Hi Ron, I didn't mean to troll you. I see the differences in the situations. Yes, this list is a good thing and if the kindness of certain individuals pre-empts a predatory practice _and_ supports a great thing like world-wide lutey friendship then something is right in this corner of the world.
Sean On Jul 21, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > Indeed, Ron, many thanks from all of us. I wasn't here for its genesis but it has been a daily part of my life since about 2000. Amazing to think how much I've learned and all the people I've met! Thanks go to Wayne, of course > ps Are we depriving a commercial listserver a living by flocking to this free daily concert of commentary? Now Sean, you should know better than bait the grump. Wrong forum. Wrong context. RA > On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > I feel the need to add a clarifying remark my statement that "when a > service is free then YOU are the product." > This discussion list, hosted by Wayne Cripps and his servers, is in > fact a freely available service that does not, to my knowledge, mine > personal information from its users. > It's been a while since we all thanked Wayne publicly for providing > this forum, and for taking steps to protect its users. The lute-list > is a much appreciated remnant of old-school egalitarianism. > Thanks, Wayne. > RA >> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:58:03 +0000 >> To: edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp; dwinh...@lmi.net >> CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> From: praelu...@hotmail.com >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: xxxxxx problem >> >> Ed, you'll recall that I made the suggestion off-list, and that I >> qualified the suggestion with the statement that I do NOT use the >> data-mining service. As far as I can tell, any positive uses the >> service may have had are negated by the nature and quantity of > personal >> information it robs from public interactions and private mail >> accounts. As usual, when a service is free then YOU are the product. >> RA >>> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:28:39 +0900 >>> To: dwinh...@lmi.net >>> CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >>> From: edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp >>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: xxxxxx problem >>> >>> xxxxx seems to be a fairly useless thing for me. The main use Ive >> made of it is to grab friends pictures to put in my address book. I >> never endorse people anymore because then I just get bothered by more >> and more messages. However, I did reach Terry through xxxxx sparked >> by Rons suggestion. >>> >>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: >>> >>>> To Terry Schumacher and anyone else on xxxxxx- >>>> >>>> I no longer have an account on xxxxx. Please stop xxxxx (if >> possible) from bothering me with contact/endorsement & other > requests. >> Nothing personal, hostile, reclusive or anything; I just no longer > have >> an account with xxxxx- it provides nothing of any personal or >> professional use to me. I can always be contacted through this elist > if >> you do not have my personal email address. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Dan > x > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > --
