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Re: Member Password Center
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 11 May 2000 19:29:40 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> 
> > The fact that an issue results in high traffic means that it needs fixed - • not
> > swept under the carpet. The merits of my suggestion aside, some pretty weak
> > logic is being applied here.
> 
> Not necessarily.
> 
> The logic is both simple and sound:
> 
> 1) Arguments have been made.
> 
> 2) Todd has made a decision.
> 
> 3) Further arguments have been made.
> 
> 4) Todd has basically said under no circumstances is he going to change his
> mind.
> 
> It's not so much the amount of traffic you're going to generate by talking
> about it as it is the futility of your arguments (frankly, Larry P probably
> knows more about network security than you, and he failed to sway Todd).
> 
> As I said before, re-opening the issue is probably going to cause nothing but
> grief.  That's not your goal, is it?
> 
> eric

The fact that an issue results in high traffic means that it needs fixed - not
swept under the carpet. The merits of my suggestion aside, some pretty weak
logic is being applied here.

Scott A



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Member Password Center
 
(...) Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. Hey, Todd, I've been meaning to ask this for a while now- is there any way you can adjust the skip-filter to allow for killfiling users as opposed to groups? eric (26 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Member Password Center
 
(...) It isn't up for discussion, and it never really was. Drop it. --Todd (26 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Member Password Center
 
(...) A) it's no longer high traffic, it's just the usual malcontents and troublemakers rather than a huge groundswell. B) what exactly is weak about Todd saying "his marbles, his decision, that's it"? It may not be logic but it's as strong a (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Member Password Center
 
(...) Not necessarily. The logic is both simple and sound: 1) Arguments have been made. 2) Todd has made a decision. 3) Further arguments have been made. 4) Todd has basically said under no circumstances is he going to change his mind. It's not so (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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