On 2/8/01 6:10 AM, "Tom Neff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (My favorite was Chuq's "this list is a rotting sinkhole," etc,
No, not at all. If it was, I wouldn't be here. And while that occasionally
is a tempting concept (and I'm sure a number of you would encourage it...),
this place isn't a rotting sinkhole. Fixed in its ways is a better term.
Maybe stagnant, but that's assigning an editorial value I'd rather avoid.
> Paradoxically, because this list isn't "marketed" or widely advertised, you
> have to be in possession of something like a clue to find and join it,
> therefore it is not flooded with misdirected, peabrain or irrelevant
> postings. Almost everybody here is too busy running lists to play
> children's games or otherwise waste energy. We come here when there's a
> real problem or issue, we deal, we get back to work.
I guess it all comes down to what you want to be. This list doesn't want to
take a leadership role in this stuff. That's fine -- but at times, the folks
on this list then complain because stuff isn't run the way they want it run.
If you want it run the way you think it ought to be run, go out and teach.
But that's not what the list's interest is.
--
Chuq Von Rospach, Internet Gnome <http://www.chuqui.com>
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Yes, yes, I've finally finished my home page. Lucky you.
95% of being a net.god is sounding persuasive
and convincing people you know what you're talking about, even when you're
making it up as you go along. (chuq von rospach, 1992)
