At 08:43 AM 11/4/2004, you wrote:

>I think that OT posts are not the problem, rather it's a lack of
>professionalism, and at the very least, a lack of common courtesy that
>allows any post to degenerate into a war of words that only a select (and
>repeated) few members wish to participate in.

I agree with this, Ray. OT threads used to be informative, entertaining and
rare; because people were courteous and respectful even when they
disagreed. That's not true any more, and the reason I turned OT off. I have
better things to do than delete dozens of message each day. When people
post off-topic stuff without the OT tag, the utility of this list goes down
even further to the point where I am ready to follow Tom and Tim out the
door. I've had it.

--
Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *