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Re: Bad news for NASA
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 23 Jul 2004 01:18:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dan Boger wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 06:21:11PM +0000, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > My experience with this particular (NASA/congress/shuttle) topic the
> > several times it comes up is that sooner or later it always clearly
> > belongs in .debate. I may have acted too early. But I already saw some
> > of the codewords... (Shuttle eating everything else for example).
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> The fact that past threads became debates doesn't mean that talking
> about NASA is OT for .geek. I'd recommend judging each thread by it's
> own contents, not by the history of the subject.
Yes, I agree with that as a general principle. I do think this one was already
over the line though. But I'm massively compartmentalised. Should a "is this
here instead of there?" post/question precede a forceFUT? I dunno. It's possible
to overanalyse this, I fear.
> > Prove me wrong! Set the FUT back and stay out of debate areas... I'd
> > like that because it meant that the thread stayed out of debatable
> > stuff and there would be a teachable moment in there.
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> Regardless if anyone actually replies to the thread anymore, I think
> this is the wrong approach - shouldn't the guiding rule be "when in
> doubt, wait and see"? Instead of "at the first hint of trouble, punt!"?
Yes, I agree with that as well now that some of the dust has settled. I think
there may be exceptions to that rule though. Rather greater magnitude than this
particular excursion and rather faster breaking than this one, though, before it
(preemptiveness) is warranted.
> (I'm guessing the FUT on your post was to admin.general, but I have no
> easy way of knowing - it wasn't in the text of your post,
Good point, it's easy to forget to mention that.
> and FUTs are
> apparently broken for SMTP users).
I did not know that (or have forgotten it). Does Todd?
> Setting FUT to admin.general.
Hm... will your FUT take? It seems to for me anyway.
Again, thanks for exploring this with us.
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