From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-12-03T03:17:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple iteration in a function problem

Hi Blake --

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Blake Miller wrote:

>>>> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>>>>> Paul, could you please stop being so confrontational?
>>>>
>>>> There isn't one word about Ruby in your post. That places you post in a
>>>> well-known category, one that should always be marked [OT].
>>>
>>> David's post was about your behaviour here on ruby-talk, which is quite
>>> on-topic.
>>
>> Yes, but the [OT] can be used to allow filtering posts based on their
>> relevance to the newsgroup's topic, not the meta-topic of topicality
>> (always topical).
> What does [OT] stand for, and is the appropriate tagging to put it in
> the subject?  Also, perhaps my post should have been in the Ruby on
> Rails forum instead, since I am working on an ROR project, but I thought
> it was a general enough Ruby question, so I posted there.  Cheers, and
> thanks for the help.  I think this is the most useful Ruby forum I've
> come across.

It means "off-topic", and don't worry; it wasn't added in reference to
your original post.


David

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