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[justbarron]

What do y'all think?

[Carl Price]

neither

[justbarron]

Thanks, I agree with you. Just want to see what the general concensus was on the subject.

justbarron

[DrZaius]

I think there was just a mild ruckus with the "drug" thread being allowed, nothing to be alarmed about.

[justbarron]

Shouldn't be any ruckus at all. I find the thread and everyones view very interesting. I volunteer as a drug counselor for children and teens so the active discussion of the subject doesn't bother me at all. It just seems to annoy some people because they take things too personally.

[morriswindgate]

I think that I would just re-install the drivers without removing the profile and if this doesn't work then you might want to create anew Dos partition on the floppy.

[DrZaius]

I think that I would just re-install the drivers without removing the profile and if this doesn't work then you might want to create anew Dos partition on the floppy.

You want to fdisk and format the General Discussion forum!

Just kidding, wrong thread morriswindgate.

[Gintaras]

Originally posted by morriswindgate I think that I would just re-install the drivers without removing the profile and if this doesn't work then you might want to create anew Dos partition on the floppy.

I like that

General Forum is OK. Sometimes it's good to BS(when nothing else to do), sometimes you have some question that would go to Gen Forum only.

Social tread is OK, "snow" as well.
But about drugs
It could be OK, if PC Mech was based in Holland, and most of users were from Holland.

Let me ask, why could NOT be discussed warez- it's illegal.
drugs are illegal, but it's ok too discuss. If it's OK, then to discuss warez should be ok too. Double standarts or no to double standarts?

BTW, once or twice already I did suggest to Dok that # of posts made in General Forum should not be counted since these aren't related to PC technical(well, prolly 99% aren't)

[troysvihl]

none of the above

[archie]

None. BTW, the marijuana debate is a social issue.

[Pythagorean]

Ha! If you ask me the most dangerous thread is the members gallery! I mean, what purpose could it possible serve beyond encouraging a little socialization between members? It has nothing to do with computers, but I like it! Especially the way most people have sent in pictures of themselves with something/someone important to them. You have a guy with a motorcycle and (presumably) his daughter, a guy and a race car, some family pictures, lots of guys and their computers and my favorite: a guy in a boat holding his giant trophy fish!!

[HAL9000]

Gintaras, warez and cracking are not discussed around here because they are illegal activities AND since this is a tech site, if it were labeled as a source for warez and/or cracks, could be shut down and we would all be going elsewhere.

The drug issue could be sensitive enough to shut down, but since the users here are acting in a disciplined manner and not pushing a flame war, it remains open.

I don't think any of the choices should be shut down and as such, I have opted to add a "none" category to the vote.

[HackinCowboy]

Would it be wrong to simply discuss the usage of warez in terms of how it effects the economy?

[HAL9000]

IMHO, not speaking for any of the other mods around here, I would tend to put that into a political category. Yea, I know, the legalization of drugs could be put political already, but since warez are a no no around here, and it's preferred that politics go into Forumclick, it seems fitting that it go over there as well.

[justbarron]

Thanks HAL for adding that to the poll, I forgot and could not edit it.

justbarron

[Statica]

Again, not as a mod, but from a person point of view (am a lazy man who doesnt want to create a Statica2 .. hint hint ), I'd like to see the General Forum remain, and the same with everything that was debated here. This is a rare group of intellectuals gathered, fine so the other sites may have pictures of people overclocking their Hot Wheels cars to insane levels, and then benchmarking them, or photographing their computers underwater to keep them cool, but we seem to have people here who reflect society, well mannered towards everyone concerned. & this is what a group of people do, we thrash out issues running around in our heads (sometimes at 2AM), and this what gives the site a unique flavor.

I dont even mind discussions of warez in terms of what is good for the computing world or the economy, or discussions about the newest mindnumbing drug out there, but there is a line of legality preserved .. in addition to the obvious forum rules. For example, would find that a post telling everyone abt going to www.somekid.com/~page/order.html for an order form for marijuana would be bad vs discussions abt the legalities and how it affects us as stimulating. By the same token, a post telling someone to search for a warez alternative to a program is IMHO a bad thing. As long as all ofus realize that censorship isnt the only issue at hand, it is also preserving the sanctity / appearance of an organized gathering within the framework of what has been deemed appropriate behaviour

I personally look fwd to indulging in the threads of the general forum, because its general, and I cant stand the utter din of empty vessels in most other places. Thanx for the opportunity to speak my mind

[M. A. Dockter]

It seems that we are forgetting a few things on how this forum actually runs, and has run for quite some time.

The mods, as a whole, on consensus, decide which threads get killed, and other such events steaming from it.

I really do not care for a user trying to tell the moderators which threads to close, and better yet which forums to shut down. Suggestions are all well and good and taken into consideration with much more weight than events such as this, which fail to take into consideration the folks that actually run the place.