Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn(a)jeack.com.au): Funny, that. (Funny strange, not funny ha-ha.) In my geographical area in a strange silicon-bestrewn land across a wide ocean, I've maintained a calendar of local, interesting technical events, http://linuxmafia.com/bale/ . After many years of ignoring Meetup, Inc. groups, I've lately had a painful reassessment that I can no longer _completely_ ignore them, but needed a policy to deal with certain craziness such as the above. So, as of a couple of months ago, every mention of a Meetup, Inc. event on my calendar bears a footnote with hyperlink. And the hyperlink goes here: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/meetup.html Damning with faint praise is an art form well worth cultivating, I've always said. 'Teach it phenomenology.' -- Commander Powell to Lt. Doolittle, 'Dark Star'[1] [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/quotes -- Cheers, "The boisterous sea of liberty indeed Rick ('Let there be light') Moen is never without a wave." rick(a)linuxmafia.com -- Jefferson to Lafayette, 1820 McQ! (4x80)

Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn(a)jeack.com.au): I hope I will be forgiven for including a jokey reference to a very funny movie in an otherwise completely on-topic (in my admittedly biased opinion, aka I hope) response on luv-main. The (I think, I hope) on-topic bit was where you wrote Bless you for caring about topicality. I do, as well. As a gentle correction: *I* was not discussing philosophy on luv-main. The gentleman to whom I responded was. I very deliberately did _not_ engage with him on philosophy, but instead attempted to deflect that to a jokey reference to 'Dark Star' -- specifically _because_ I felt that the other gentleman was veering severely off-topic. I doubt tht three words from a classic cult movie and a URL are a problem. If they are, I regret my error -- but ask for acknowledgement of good intentions. Thank you, sincerely!