I like magazines with advertisement, cities with publicity, tv with adds, MI-L with fridays funny, and sex secure! Filters up.
Juanse temuko-Chile ----- Original Message ----- From: Bagwell, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'David Reid' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 'MapInfo-L' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: RE: MI-L It's Friday! - Survey Response > Just one caution... > > Last week's joke was politically based. We all know that a few things exist > that should not be included in professional, public areas... to include > politics, religion, morality, and anything else that is controversial. It > should easily follow that in our society today, it is too easy to 'offend' > someone, and the laws exist that quickly bring down forums and such... even > for 'little, harmless' mistakes or misintentions. > > I still hold that we should not have to 'turn on' filters to avoid email > that shouldn't be part of the list anyway... otherwise, maybe start a new > list called "MI-Jokes" or something. That's like telling people to get > caller ID to avoid the abusive number of telemarketing calls that exist, or > a PO Box to filter out junk postal mail. > > No need to continue this rant... other than follow the advice of someone who > responded to me. If it gets out of hand, we'll put an end to it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:52 PM > To: 'Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express' > Cc: 'MapInfo-L' > Subject: RE: MI-L It's Friday! - Survey Response > > > Friday funnies - a welcome diversion at least for me > > Email rule or filter to delete without reading - easy to apply, I'll > help walk you through it if using OE or Outlook > > To those that would send a Friday Funny - As Ryan pointed out, make > certain your subject contains the word "Friday" > > If you missed a Friday funny, or any other topic as far as that goes, > check the List Archives first, chances are, you'd find a copy of it > quicker anyway. Search here: > http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion/search.php?f=7 > > Friday - Thank goodness today is the day that all this hullablaloo is > about :)) > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:59 PM > To: ALICIA HENDERLITER > Cc: MapInfo-L > Subject: RE: MI-L It's Friday! - Survey Response > > > I second that, just label them "Friday" those who don't want to be > bothered can create a rule to delete anything coming from MapInfo-L with > the word "Friday" in the subject. Keep 'em coming, but keep 'em clean. > > Ryan Morgan > Aerials Express > www.AerialsExpress.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: ALICIA HENDERLITER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MI-L It's Friday! - Survey Response > > > This response to you Survey is only as I see it for the MapInfo List. > > The main points for not being as annoyed at jokes at MI-L than > elsewhere... > 1. As a general rule, the fact that it is a joke or stress relief > is in the > Subject line of the email. > 2. The majority of those dealing with the jokes are mature about it > and take > other peoples feelings into account. > 3. The stupidity of the mass-email request to resend the joke is a > rarity, > and was a mistake by someone who does not (according to his own email) > usually participate in the joke emails. > 4. and Sometimes the jokes sent are actually Map or GIS oriented. > 5. It does do a fairly good job of getting mental pictures of the > MapInfo > community, where they are not just electronic answers to questions, > which even you seem to be interested in since you replied with this > survey. > > > Alicia Kaye Henderliter > DHS / CH&P / PMSS > 535 W. Jefferson, 3rd Floor > Phone: 217 / 524 - 5987 > Fax: 217 / 557 - 0515 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> "Bagwell, Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/31/03 01:29PM >>> > I thought I would take a survey on how many people on the list want to > receive the "off topic Friday" emails that seem to be becoming more > popular for some reason. > > I, for one, do not like receiving all of the jokes, chain letters, virus > emails, etc. that now plague the Internet (the latest study I read said > that somewhere around 40% or more of the email is junk - jokes, > advertisements, chains, etc.). I load the anti-banner, anti-spam, etc. > software and utilize the functionality of various programs that include > ways to weed out such email. I find it just fills the inbox and takes up > space on the server. If I want to receive that stuff, I'll sign up for > it. > > I signed up to this forum because of the capability to reach a worldwide > scope of knowledge and resource in regards to MapInfo and the various > questions that we have... I find it very helpful and save some of the > threads that apply to my own mapping needs. > > However, this whole "Friday" thing worries me... some of you will > criticize me and say "lighten up" and that's ok. I have a thick skin and > can take it. But honestly... the other day we had several emails back > and forth of people asking about an older "Friday" email that they > wanted the joke to give to someone else, and frankly, I don't think that > is what this forum was all about. Is this going to get worse, where we > can expect more and more "Friday" emails on friday, and then more and > more questions on an old joke (instead of using the archives or asking > the person who sent it)... to the point where, once again, my inbox is > filling up with useless email? > > Besides, this joke is one of the many that circulate the Internet every > so often... someone fills in a different University name or whatever... > I personally have seen it three times now. > > So what does everyone else think? > > -Ross E. Bagwell > GIS Manager > Universal Access Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Haynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI-L It's Friday! > > > Chem Exam > > > At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. > They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., > that each had an A so far for the semester. These four friends were so > confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the > University of Virginia and party with some friends there. > > They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all > day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. > Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor > after the final and explain to him why they missed it. > > They explained that they had gone to UVA for the weekend with the plan > to come back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire > on the way back, didn't have a spare, and couldn't get help for a long > time. As a result, they missed the final. The professor thought it over > and then agreed they could make up the final the following day. The guys > were elated and relieved. > > They studied that night and went in the next day at the time the > professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed > each of them a test booklet, and told them to begin. They looked at the > first problem, worth five points. It was something simple about free > radical formation. Cool, they thought at the same time, each one in his > separate room, this is going to be easy. Each finished the problem and > then turned the page. > > On the second page was written: For 95 points: > Which tire? > > > John D. Haynes > Director > Geodata Consultants, Inc. > 1-800-838-6661 ex.10 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.geodataconsult.com > > > This communication contains information from Universal Access, Inc. (or > its > affiliates) which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for > the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). 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