While I agree about the "delete key", he does have a point though.
The character and function of lists change as people who use the list
change. If a lot of people using this list start talking progressively
more off topic, then it is common list progression that's what the list
becomes progressively as the original topic contributors progressively
drift away.
Lists are dynamic creatures. People don't like to fuss with SPAM and
at some point all of those delete key clicks become laborious and not
rewarding enough if there is no longer enough of the original content to
balance things...
db
Melissa Bell wrote:
Nicely put for those who exercise their delete finger. I have enjoyed
the health care back-and-forth, and even the Bill Nye insert. I went
to the posting and saw where the Waco paper had pulled the article
from their website. See, computerspeak. This is a great
list-serve. Use that old delete button. All of us can slide things
back on topic anytime. It's called having a question and pressing
send. The responses will follow.
MB
On Aug 18, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Michel Lowe wrote:
No offense to the Windows or Mac fanatics, but when I see a thread
that I'm
not so interested in I don't feel the necessity to read every follow up.
I've discovered the great utility of the delete key. It bothers me
naught
if members want to talk about health care or football or politics or
religion. We usually get off on these tangents from a computer-related
starting point. For the most part the list members are a pretty
thoughtful
bunch and even when I disagree I can still learn something
interesting if
only that we are a heterogeneous group with a diversity of opinions.
And there's always that delete key...
-Mike
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Purcellville, VA
-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God "Science Guy"
I think he enjoyed the computer talk here, but didn't like some of the
people.
Well, he seems to prefer orthodoxy to anarchy. I don't think the
medicine
discussion belongs here either, and what they do or don't do in Waco
is a
matter of supreme indifference to me.
But I know how to read selectively, and for the most part this list
stays
on topic.
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