From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-12-03T03:40:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple iteration in a function problem

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?

It actually stands for "Off Topic", but in a case like this it is entirely
appropriate to allow filtering by people who don't care to read about the
meta-topic of topicality.

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Paul Lutus
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