I am programming in perl, and there are tens (if not hundreads) of mailing lists just for programming in perl, each one with a specific thread, and even on those lists use to appear off topic threads.
Blindprogramming is a general programming mailing list and there could be much more threads of discussion and subjects to discuss than the number of members, so there will always appear off topic subjects for a part of the members.
Some of us are interested in the accessibility of the GUIS, some of us in web programming, some of us in some certain languages, and even if some messages are very on topic, they could be very uninteresting for some of us.
Octavian----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 10:11 PM Subject: RE: Has anyone noticed?
The editors, IDE's and how we communicate with our sighted programmingcolleagues are certainly part of what we must deal with. And I think that alot of coding questions could be better answered if people could find theright forum of sighted programmers. This is just a high-traffic list with apoor signal-to-noise ratio, but often it continues to be a good source ofinformation about new developments. People just need to remember that thereare a lot of people reading the mail on this list, and that there are hundreds of other lists where some questions could be asked and issues discussed. Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls-----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 3:49 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Has anyone noticed? Hi Ken, I noticed, and I struggle with what to yell at people about. I guess I figure people must be using editors for programming and it must be on topic. I'm sorry that bothers you. Does anyone else have strong feelings about this? Jim __________Less time in line at the checkout counter, more time with your loved ones.http://snipurl.com/shopandprofit ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Perry <mailto:whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 3:46 PM Subject: Has anyone noticed? Even with all the complaining about off topic we do more talking about editors, peoples software releases, Cell phones, and things not programming related than we do programming related. It has gotten so badthat I am thinking of creating a rule that runs a spam filter that detectsmails that have nothing to do with programming all though I am not sure I can catch all the garbage I just was amazed when I looked over the last weeks email from this list and saw how much really had to do with programming and how much had to do with other crap that had nothing to do with coding.... __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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