Dave F. writes: > Russ Nelson wrote: > > -1. Don't confuse anarchy with chaos. SteveC is our leader (and > > should behave as such by Giving Advice), but he's only our leader so > > far as he gives Good Advice. > > > > > A leader in an anarchic state? How does that work? ;-)
Exactly as I just described, although perhaps more clearly than that. SteveC has no power to force me to use 1 for true or -1 for false, or 0 for false. And yet if SteveC said "folks, let's use yes and no as binary values, and not 1, 0, or -1." most people would do as he says. Not because he is forcing them, or is going to take all his marbles and go home, or is going to dismiss *...@cloudmade, or will say bad words to people. No, he is a leader because we respect him. THAT is how leaders in an anarchic state arise. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
