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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 (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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