[TriLUG] OT: windows firewall

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:11:12 -0400, Chris Knowles <chrisk at trilug.org> wrote:
> Pedantry.
> 
> Elitism.

No, just trying to keep the signal to noise ratio at a high level so the
list remains useful.  I think that's a useful goal, and posts that complain
about those efforts do not help to raise that ratio.  This is a special 
interest list, which by definition means that some topics are not
appropriate for it.  If people are going to complain every time someone
points that out, then why bother even having the special interest?
 
> The Windows post is indeed entirely off topic here.  However, I'm happy
> to talk about windows firewalls with him or anyone.  Particularly since
> the entirely unwritten subtext is: "If I were using a sane system like
> *BSD or Linux, this wouldn't even be a question... but these people know
> about firewalls..."

If it was a question about how firewalls worked, that would be one thing.
It was not.  It was a question about what windows product should I use.
I see no reason for a post like that on a linux list.

> So I'm happy to allow it.  Particularly if the poster puts an OT in the
> subject line.  (lo and behold they did.  You were warned.)

So, then you would support questions about what windows software
someone should use to do something?  Why bother even having 
a *linux* list then?

> The battery post is not directly *ON* topic, but I think it is
> appropriate for this list.  Many of us have Linux laptops running with
> aging batteries.  We answer other hardware questions all the time.

I'll grant you that, which is why I didn't respond to it directly but
just mentioned it in passing.

Tanner