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craftech wrote on 2/8/2008, 6:34 AM
Mike,

I was thinking of posting the following question:

"Is it OK for vegitatians to eat animal crackers"?

Do you think I should list that as OT?

Thanks,

John
Steve Mann wrote on 2/8/2008, 7:41 AM
It depends on who defines OT. OT for you is probably not far enough OT for me to label it OT. Some slightly divergent posts are likely to be of interest to many Vegas users. You may think it OT, but to the many other Vegas users who appreciate the information don't see it as OT.

As far as the volume of postings, if the subject doesn't interest you, then don't open it.

Bill Ravens wrote on 2/8/2008, 8:02 AM
anarchy RULES!!!
birdcat wrote on 2/8/2008, 8:24 AM
> anarchy RULES!!!

Nope. Anarchy = NO RULES!
Cheno wrote on 2/8/2008, 8:41 AM
"Please be mindful of serious Vegas users who do not want to waste time sorting through so much OT subjects."

Does this mean users who are serious about using Vegas, users who are "seriously" using Vegas or serious people who are using Vegas?

Why did OT have to stand for Off-Topic and make Occupational Therapy take second fiddle?
Grazie wrote on 2/8/2008, 9:40 AM
"Occupational Therapy take second fiddle?"

Wouldn't that be Music Therapy instead?
CorTed wrote on 2/8/2008, 10:07 AM
I always thought it meant On Topic ?
Kennymusicman wrote on 2/8/2008, 10:30 AM
What about if something is off topic, and digresses into something off-topic. Does that mean it now becomes on-topic?
TGS wrote on 2/8/2008, 10:35 AM
OTay
winrockpost wrote on 2/8/2008, 10:50 AM
i prefer the easy going vegas users to the serious ones
Coursedesign wrote on 2/8/2008, 10:56 AM
I was thinking of posting the following question:

The answer can be found on page 87 of the Vegas manual:

"No, it makes them crack up."
Laurence wrote on 2/8/2008, 10:57 AM
I kind of like the idea of an OT forum: especially coming into an election like we are...
Ecquillii wrote on 2/8/2008, 2:29 PM
It's getting real difficult to navigate here with the massive increase in off topic threads that are not marked as such. Please be mindful of serious Vegas users who do not want to waste time sorting through so much OT subjects.

I've found no difficulty in navigating this forum based on Subject headings now or in the past . Whether or not the heading lists a message as off topic or not, I am usually able to determine from the available information if I would want to read it. In those cases where I've clicked on a thread that I have no interest in, I still usually give it a quick glance to see what is currently of interest to people, knowing that at some time in the future I could share just such an interest.

Tim

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craftech wrote on 2/8/2008, 3:20 PM
In those cases where I've clicked on a thread that I have no interest in, I still usually give it a quick glance to see what is currently of interest to people, knowing that at some time in the future I could share just such an interest.

Tim
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Yeah, but Tim.

He's right in that in clicking on some threads we could go round and round and in the end still be absolutely nowhere. See what I mean Tim?

John
Kennymusicman wrote on 2/8/2008, 3:44 PM
So do we mark the posts as "OT", or "OT please" ?


And do we have to capitalise the OT, or can it be a variant such as ot, oT, Ot? OT seems so loud, and conversely ot just whispers and doesn't get heard. Ot, well that says to me, 'I'm unsure if I should be writing this post". Now oT. that I like. The way the T just leans on the o like an office worker leaning on the wall next to the coffee machine having a nice friendly (and oT) chat with a co-worker. Don't you think?
craftech wrote on 2/8/2008, 3:49 PM
So do we mark the posts as "OT", or "OT please" ?


And do we have to capitalise the OT, or can it be a variant such as ot, oT, Ot? OT seems so loud
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I don't know.....you guys are a bunch of "BB"s.

John
TGS wrote on 2/8/2008, 3:55 PM
A bunch of BB stackers?
Kennymusicman wrote on 2/8/2008, 3:57 PM
But isn't it nice to have a fun thread to balance "THAT" thread (the big one that shall not be named)?
blink3times wrote on 2/8/2008, 4:10 PM
What about if something is off topic, and digresses into something off-topic. Does that mean it now becomes on-topic?

Well, when you multiply 2 negative numbers the result is positive... so given that, you may very well have a valid point.
craftech wrote on 2/8/2008, 4:59 PM
Hey Mike Stevens,

Where are you?

Get back here so we can B your Bs.......!

John
bStro wrote on 2/8/2008, 5:26 PM
I don't know.....you guys are a bunch of "BB"s.

Hey, hey. Let's be civil. There's not need to call anyone a BillyBoy.

Rob
riredale wrote on 2/8/2008, 11:29 PM
Just did a quick count. I show 50 threads on my page, of which 7 are marked OT. In addition, there are 4 threads at the top marked "Sticky."

I don't mind the diversion from strictly Vegas topics in general. Most of them are tech-related anyway, which I obviously enjoy reading. Others are more diverse, but it's kinda fun to see what's on people's minds.

I would draw the line at topics involving politics and religion, which have been shown over the years to cause hard feelings. These two topics have been traditionally off-limits in other social settings which are meant to be friendly and welcoming in nature, and I wish that rule would be better observed here. But again, in general I think OT's make this forum a nice place to park and read what people from all over have to say.

But I still wonder what keeps the guys like Farss down in Australia from falling off the earth. Don't they realize they're on the bottom of the planet?
PeterWright wrote on 2/8/2008, 11:45 PM
> "But I still wonder what keeps the guys like Farss down in Australia from falling off the earth. Don't they realize they're on the bottom of the planet?"

Didn't you know? - gravity goes upwards here.
farss wrote on 2/9/2008, 4:42 AM
"But I still wonder what keeps the guys like Farss down in Australia from falling off the earth. Don't they realize they're on the bottom of the planet?"
Why pick on me? Serena is much closer to the South Pole.

But getting back on to the off topic topic. I'd like to propose an extension of the current nomenclature:

"OT:" = Off Topic
"VB:" = Vegas bashing. [I] Very likely to confuse Australians though[/i]
"RC:" = Religious Content.
"AO:" = Adult Content.

They could be used in combinations such as "VB+RC+ AO" for posts complaing about Vegas bugs that contains profanities and obscenities.

Bob.