Oh, please, please, COME ON Ubuntu development people! <OT>

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 19:31 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:01:43 -0400
> Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > As far as sounder goes, on the old Caldera List we yakked away on it,
> > but made darn sure that those who couldn't care less about this kind
> > of over-the-fence-yak could easily filter it out with <OT> on the
> > subject line. Those that enjoy longish threads that arise from some
> > topic, when some forgotten memory was called forth to be shared... If
> > the <OT> rule was/is fastidiously applied, there is the best of both
> > worlds. 
> > 
> > It's a thought. But, that was in the "Old Days". Ric
> 
> I believe the difference to be one of the, "new vs old," type
> generation gaps.  I know that most all of the younger people I am
> exposed to (don't go there) would have a hard time with some of the OT
> threads on Sounder (or here, for that matter), not because of content
> but because the threads are TL and they DR.
> ("too long," and, "didn't read," for all you other oldies)
> 
> Today, conversation, if it can be so termed, is carried on through
> character-limited text messaging/twitter or on sound byte-influenced
> IRC venues. Even the TV and radio are all about the short sound byte,
> not the in-depth news to which we of an older generation are used.
> 
> Its all about the personal attention span as evidenced everywhere in the
> whole Sounder debacle.

'tis a pity too. The English Language (for those of us born using it)
can be a beautiful thing. I get off on the Zen of the Linux Community
thing, like this discussion of the early days of UNIX and Digital.
That's Old School goodness to me. Those fresh to Linux need to know of
the giants on whose shoulders we all stand. 

Since I'm not bilingual, it would be interesting if those that speak
fluent Spanish or German could tell us if their Linux communities are
experiencing the terse short-attention span as well. Or, is the whole
planet been sucked suffering into Twitter-mode? :) Ric


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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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