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Re: Bad news for NASA
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:06:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Kelly McKiernan wrote:

(snip)

I have forceFUTed your post (and am considering others in the tree as well) to .debate as it’s veering in that direction (discussions of the merits of funding are probably not nearly as well suited to geek). Note that you can always change the FUT back if you disagree with good reason or because you are going back on topic for .geek

See also this recent thread

http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=20719

which touches on many of the same issues.

Hope that helps. Questions or concerns about the force to my email... I’m still not sure what the right level of notification/intervention is.



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Bad news for NASA
 
(...) I think the topic of 'right level of notification/intervention' is worthy of public discussion. IMO, in this specific instance, the intervention was unnecessary. I hadn't read any 'debate' into the discussion, and any time 'NASA' and 'budget' (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
  Re: Bad news for NASA
 
(...) Hmm, thought I was on topic for .geek, but you're right, it was starting to become a debate. I agree the followup on this should go to .debate. (...) I saw part of that thread, but hadn't read it in a while - I had a hard time with some of the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: Bad news for NASA
 
(...) ... But since it didn't actually become a debate, shouldn't it be left alone? I thought it was a very interesting thread, and was surprised to find it just disappeared - if it wasn't for Steve's post, I wouldn't have had any idea that it was (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)

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