Curse you, Bill, now you've got me doing it. My students are gonna hate me
soon, the ones that don't already. My thoughts on recent events follow,
albiet in a somewhat esoteric format.
> ** It would be hard to find a better-functioning mail list/newsgroup than
> GML. Credit is due to the veterans who made it this way.
Mail list flows smoothly-
Rice U's system hard to beat-
Wise to stay the path.
> ** Nobody should expect GML's content to be tailored exactly to his/her
> interests. Neither is your newspaper's content. Please be agreeable
> about what does not interest you very much.
Needs and tastes may vary
The GML serves all well.
Wise to stay the path-
> ** Content and mood both shift almost daily. We are humans, and that's
> how we function.
>
Haiku and spices
Merge with gerbil discussion
Happiness flowers.
> ** If I had surfing kids, I'd be delighted for them to be using GML.
> They can learn things about both gerbils and the rest of life.
Youth and internet
Gain wisdom from thier elders.
Free lessons are shared-
> ** GML adapts and heals itself as if it were a living organism. Look at
> what we are doing right now. We're discussing how to handle a major
> recent problem that caused a lot of people discomfort -- and we're
> expressing how we would like to see GML in the future.
Growth and nurturing
Arise from trolling and spite
Nirvana draws nigh.
This list has a lot fewer problems than any I've ever been on, moderated or
otherwise. The level of discourse is also usually pretty high, as least as
it pertains to gerbils and thier ilk. I know it's certainly made my
gerbiling experience easier. No real need to change, things have already
calmed down. At some point in the future, there will more likely than not
be another skirmish or somesuch, but that's really part of the price of a
list where things are this reasonable most of the time.
