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Re: OT: can you remember...

From William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: OT: can you remember...
Date 2016-03-16 16:53 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <ncc32e$fmp$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <nc8ijn$3dc$1@news.albasani.net> <qmbmrc-8gn.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <ncb9e7$orb$2@news.xmission.com>

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On 2016-03-16, Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
> In article <qmbmrc-8gn.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>,
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@invalid.es> wrote:
>>On 2016-03-15 09:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> ...how little fuss was made about our JOINING the EU - merely a little
>>> trade treaty, we were told. The Common Market.
>>
>>How does that relate to Linux?
>>
>>Otherwise, this is off topic. Please post that to a more appropriate group.
>
> What part of "OT:" don't you get?
>
> Or, to put it another way, if he had decided to post to a politics group,
> it would have been inappropriate to post it as "OT:".

I think he was pointing out that just because you label something OT
does not mean that you should regard yourself as free to post whereever
you want.  OT should mean "Off Topic" not "Inappropriate for this
newsgroup". Ie, what part of separate newsgroups do you not get?

>

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OT: can you remember... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-15 08:54 +0000
  Re: OT: can you remember... Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-03-15 11:43 +0000
  Re: OT: can you remember... Yrrah <Yrrah-acf@acf.invalid> - 2016-03-15 18:58 +0100
    Re: OT: can you remember... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-15 18:19 +0000
  Re: OT: can you remember... William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-15 19:51 +0000
    Re: OT: can you remember... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-16 11:57 +0000
  Re: OT: can you remember... "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-15 22:33 +0100
    Re: OT: can you remember... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-03-16 09:36 +0000
      Re: OT: can you remember... William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-16 16:53 +0000
        Re: OT: can you remember... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-16 17:46 +0000
  Re:OT: can you remember... dlbendigo  <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2016-03-16 15:22 +1100

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