> and would find it difficult to > contribute much useful info. If and when I can, I do, but mostly I'm a > lurker, asking occasional questions like my recent one about keywording,
Oh dear I've got a lot of people very agitated. I'm not moaning at those people who have posted such as you & Joanna. Dumb questions are fine assuming that you've RTFM, googled, etc and many times even if you haven't. God knows I've asked some stupid ones before now. I know that people like yourself help in whatever way they can. What I was saying in my own bluff way is that people really should take part in the discussion & not sit on the sidelines taking all & offering nothing in return. Someone asked if I would like all the email traffic that 1500 posters would generate. Bring it on I say. It could be fantastic. 1500 points of view - what a resource! Right now its 50 points of view, the same 50 each day. I feel its lazy and maybe disrespectful of the lurkers who never contribute. My point about a registration system is that it limits the list to people who at least have some knowledge, analogue or digital, lab or sales staff, web designer or illustrator - ie someone who makes a living from imaging. At least we know as a group that they have something to offer. With such a system at least one could post offlist to someone who knows a lot about say CMOS chip design because their bio would give you a clue to their knowledge. At least that the theory! Contribute, exchange, discuss, rant, maybe become arragant & elitist but at least take part for christs sake. I can see that most do not share my view so will now shut up. I can hear cries of thank god. Kind Regards Steve Steve Climpson =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
