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F R E N D Z of martian
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Hmm. my 'energy and commitment' are waning fast... If only ppl would /use/ the
discussion area I'd be happier :-0
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Magna wrote:
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> F R E N D Z of martian
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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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
> > > >
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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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> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Linux. May the source be with you.
> >
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> >
> >
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