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Hey - I've got nothing against Geek stuff. My point was to say I know very
little about anyone on the list. Writing an intro for everyone sounds like a
great idea Martian.
Well done on getting it together to do something with the W4U. I'm very
impressed with your energy and commitment. Sorry I havn't filled out the
survey yet. I will.
Magna
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From: martian bard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: frendz posting guidelines
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> F R E N D Z of martian
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> Yeah, I originally asked ppl to write their own intro - and most didn't
>
> It's funny - I limit the amount of geeky stuff I post precisely because I
know
> that the geek factor of some people on the list isn't that great...
>
> Maybe I should write an intro for everyone. One thing though - the list is
> currently publicly archived, which easier than me maintaining a script to
do
> it. Maybe I shouldn't post ppls private addresses to an archived list. I
> suppose I could spam-proof them...
>
> martian
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Magna wrote:
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> > F R E N D Z of martian
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> > I wrote an introduction once and then I seemed to get cut off for the
week
> > so I missed everyone elses introduction if anyone did post an
introduction.
> > All I can see is most on the list seem to be computer geeks and they
work in
> > either Dell or Brann. Kind of limits the postings to.... well computer
> > stuff. But thats good - I have other lists for other things.
> >
> > Magna
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: martian bard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 12:54 AM
> > Subject: frendz posting guidelines
> >
> >
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> > > F R E N D Z of martian
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> > >
> > > frendz, roaming countrymen,
> > >
> > > Just thought I'd say....
> > >
> > > ANYONE can post to this list. :-) Originally I had hoped that 'frendz'
> > would be
> > > more interactive than it is now - that ppl might talk to each other
more.
> > I
> > > hadn't reckoned on 'posting inertia' . Not to worry, frendz has
migrated
> > nicely
> > > to a place where I can share cool stuff I find on the net with my m8s.
> > >
> > > And you can too.
> > >
> > > If you want to post a link, the convention I've been using is to make
sure
> > the
> > > subject line is relevant, write a short intro describing the link, and
> > maybe
> > > quote some text from the page, surrounded by double-quotes. Obviously
the
> > link
> > > should be in the text somewhere, with 'http://' on the front so that
fancy
> > > email clients can pick it up. 'File | Send Link' in Nutscrape gives a
good
> > > template.
> > >
> > > So what else could you post? Feedback, maybe. What about "There's too
much
> > > rubbish on this list, stop posting", or "I like links like that" would
be
> > good.
> > >
> > > Do you want to know who else is on the list? In the interests of
privacy
> > I've
> > > kept this closed, but I guess that's like being in a pub where you
don't
> > know
> > > anyone, and you can't see the people you do know until they talk. No
> > wonder
> > > no-one's talking to each other.
> > >
> > > What about marsbard.com? Does it do enough for you? Perhaps you want
it to
> > do
> > > something else. Let me know, I might be able to code it... Or maybe
you
> > want to
> > > practice your perl/PHP/HTML/unix - I still have a fair amount of space
> > left,
> > > you can have some. Maybe you just want a homepage without any adverts
on
> > it.
> > >
> > > Anyway, enough rant. We're all frendz here...
> > >
> > > luvonya
> > > martian
> > >
> > > --
> > > Linux. May the source be with you.
> > >
> > > The World Wide Web Workers' Union - http://w4u.dhs.org/
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> > >
> >
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> Linux. May the source be with you.
>
> The World Wide Web Workers' Union - http://w4u.dhs.org/
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