On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Bob Jamison wrote:
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:45:30 -0600 From: Bob Jamison <rwjj@...127...> To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...>, inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Jabber logging
Bryce Harrington wrote:
We've turned off logging on the Jabber channel, at Ishmal's request. He felt it would give a better sense of privacy for discussions if there were no logs. The logs up until Oct 30 will be kept.
We have also added a robots.txt file to prevent google searching/caching of the old logs.
Oh, my..... You make me sound so terrible! :(
It was only Google with which I really had a problem...
Considering that nothing prevents an individual client from logging the channel anyway, turning off the logs only adds a modicum of privacy. All it does is turn off casual browsing. Analogous to leaving the door open, but closing the screen door.
I only had trouble with the Orwellian practice that every word we ever type belongs to society, and that it will be Googlecached forever. This would force us to have Happy, Pleasant Thoughts, because Big Brother is watching. We would be restrained from saying something like 'this sucks' when it would otherwise be utterly appropriate.
"The innocent have nothing to fear."
I agree with Bob, I also find it very creepy. Things can very easily be taken out of context. It is somewhat stifling but sometimes it is good to be reminded of the need to be polite and get along, politeness is cheap. I am reasonably careful about what I say on mailing lists because I am very much aware of how long this stuff hangs around for. I also talk lots in the hope of drowing out anything contraversial through the sheer volume of other things I say. :)
But again the reality of Echelon is very creepy. Privacy is dead.
- Alan
But, hey, I'm only one person. I don't want to sound petulant, nor I would ever want to have my opinions affect others. What the majority of devs here desire would be fine with me. I can work around it if necessary. I do miss hanging out on the channel, though!
bob