On 30 Sep 2009, at 20:46 , Russ Nelson wrote: > 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. >
If he says only few people will even notice. if josm/potlatch use them as presets 90% will follow > No, he is a leader because we respect him. THAT is how leaders in > an anarchic state arise. > yes he is a leader and as such deserves respect. he should lead some useful and intelligent projects and don't loose a word about this childish 1/0/yes/no/true/false discussions. a consumer of the data has to do a bit more work but this is a small fee for free access to an amazing database. > -- > --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 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
