Hi Thomas,
on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:50:36 +0700GMT (17.08.2008, 18:50 +0100GMT here),
you wrote:
TF No, I am a founding member of another (6-step) group! It was conceived
TF on this very list.
TF Leif Gregory is the author of the steps. I cannot find them on my
TF computer now, so if Leif or another member could post them here again,
TF that would be great.
I can. :)
E-mailaholics International
E-mailaholics International is a non-registered bunch of people who
feel committed to the development of e-mail as a means of
communication. You can declare yourself a member, if you feel that you
belong there. It was first formulated by Leif Gregory and a number of
members of The Bat! Users' Discussion List (TBUDL). Here are the
levels of EMA as drawn up at that time.
EMA - E-mailaholic pronounced like you were going to say the word
e-mail but without the il.., i.e., ee-ma-holics...
The 5-level EM scale
Level 1
Are you sure that you even know what e-mail is? You probably send all
of your holiday greetings on actual paper cards. You prefer to use a
pen and paper, and think e-mail is some new-fangled doodad that
interferes with your cutesy little post-it note campaign. Your family
and friends come first in your life. You think a filter is something
that you put in a coffee machine. You think that level 4 EMs are
demented, and that level 5 EMs should be considered legally insane.
Level 2
You prefer handwritten communication over e-mail, but at least
recognize its usefulness. You have plenty of time for family and
friends. You know how to set up limited filters, but only have a
couple because you only receive a few e-mails a day.
Level 3
You are nearing the point of no return. You are but a few UDLs (User
Discussion Lists) from attaining the next level. Keep working at it.
However, be forewarned that your family may come to regard you as more
of a furniture fixture than a human. You prefer e-mail over
handwritten communications and still obtain the ability to write
legibly in cursive. You have obtained the perfect equilibrium between
family, friends, the Internet, and a real life. Your filtering
subsystem is substantial, and wows many Internet users. There are
slight butt-cheek grooves in your chair. You look up to level 4 EMs as
saints, and level 5 EMs as exotic.
Level 4
You are a shining example of EMness. Perfection is but a few e-mails
away. You can use a pen and paper in extreme emergencies, but only by
printing; cursive now eludes you. Close family members must e-mail you
to get you to come in for dinner. You vaguely remember the names of
friends who are without e-mail addresses. Your filtering subsystem is
so complex that all but the most astute of alpha-geeks will be lost in
its complexities. There are deep butt-cheek ruts in your chair.
Oftentimes, of their own volition, your fingers will move into the
position necessary to press the hotkeys for checking e-mail. People
will remember you for years to come as your posts are scattered far
and wide throughout many mailing list archives, which will be
referenced time and time again. You look upon level 5 EMs as demigods.
Level 5
You are an incorrigible and incontrovertible EM; the epitome of all
that is EMness. You are considered by aspiring EMs as the shining
light at the end of the tunnel. You are undoubtedly the reason that
your ISP has spent ungodly amounts of money to upgrade their
bandwidth. You stare in wonder at those who still possess the ability
to write with a pen. You vaguely remember the names of close family
members who are without e-mail addresses, and you refer to your
friends not by name, but by their e-mail address. Your filtering
subsystem is so advanced that it is almost self-aware. NASA scientists
plan to model their next neural net from it...Once they figure it out
that is! You have worn out a few chairs in your time. You have a
permanent disfigurement in which your fingers are fixed at the exact
width needed to push the hotkeys to check your e-mail. Be proud, you
are a leader among leaders. Never let it be said that your Internet
existence was spent in vain, as your postings are forever immortalized
in all mailing list archives around the world.
--
Cheers
Peter
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