Topics

[Mark Sottilaro <mark@cdm.sfai.edu>]

It seems kind of weird to me that so many of feel the need to stay "on
topic."  A lot of us have been on this list a long time.  I was on it
for a pretty long time, left, and have recently come back to find that
we seem to be going over the same ground, over and over.  "Oh, there's a
new box that blah, blah blahs..."  "Fripp is a poop head..." and so on.

Anyway, I welcome diversity in topics.  Perhaps we should all just try
to use Subject headers that accurately describe the post, rather than
try to strictly censor ourselves.  If you're not interested in a post,
don't read it.  I've found ton's of interesting stuff on this list that
didn't directly relate to looping, but was useful to me as a looper.
Which dog shampoo helps control fleas the best, is probably a bad topic,
but maybe the short life cycle of the flea and the mutations that occur
from genetic "looping" could be useful and interesting to the list.
It's a subtle point, and one that's bound to be broken, again and again,
but if we're to continue to be a vital list, we may need to be a little
more forgiving of the myriad of wacky topics that come from our loopy
selves.

Of course, you could just tell me to shut up...

Mark