hi, ........consolidating replies to reduce threads :)
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Kartik Mistry kartik.mistry@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
hehe...just kidding ;-)
No. You are doing it right ;)
...er, you mean flaming others is a necessary part of community building or is that a LUG related activity ??
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, VidAyer vid@svaksha.com wrote:
...and I have a request... it would be nicer if folks ignored it or asked the admins (write to the list-owner) to rein in the offending person(s), instead of the current 20+ long thread (which I am sure was much fun), which is far more annoying than the OP. YMMV
And you think starting a *new* thread in response to the already existing thread is *not* annoying? :P What about the 10 odd threads that'll start as a result of you starting this thread? Hmm...it will continue to grow exponentially and eventually there will be tons of threads, all thanks to you! We had contained the situation in one thread but now look what you've done!
Sarcasm, Mr. Dinesh Joshi ?? I would credit you with a lot more intelligence than that. So i'll just step over your current self-indulgence in asking leading questions[0] via presuppositions[1], petitio principii[2] and syllogisms[3] and invite you to help LCIN (see below...:))
hehe...just kidding ;-)
...but I'm not (kidding) when I invite you (and other members who derive joy in flaming others) to volunteer for conducting LC-Labs[4] sessions in Mumbai, in addition to Mehul Ved's Linux session** at VJTI. Linuxchix-India has been trying to sync with the local LUG groups and it would be fantastic if you could volunteer to help us with the same. Bigadda (Mumbai), had agreed to provide space/machines for the purpose of workshops and seminars in their office premises on Saturdays, which has not been utilised to its potential.
CC'ing the Indichix list as I'm not aware if Warren and Jayashree, who take care of the Mumbai activity, are subscribed to ILUG-BOM list. If anyone wants to contribute in Mumbai, feel free to exponentiate this thread[4] into something which may be practically useful, never mind which list you discuss it on.
** Mehul's thread requesting for volunteers for local meets evoked a mere 2 responses from ILUG-BOM list which has 1000+ members, as opposed to the flaming threads which encompass insults, sarcasm and/or diss on (perceived) lesser mortals. Probably he will find many volunteers but this sure makes for an interesting observation besides being an example of why _some_ local LUG's miss out on various aspects, especially active participation of women[5] and I've said that earlier in a different context[6].
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_many_questions [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inference_objection [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism [4] http://mailman.linuxchix.org/pipermail/indichix/2008-August/001179.htm [5] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/x302.html [6] http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20050131/044076.htm...