[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: It appears that the people who overpost are not stepping up and saying that they are going to change or that they care about or understand what the FFL community has said to them, in fairly gentle and kind terms. In fact,

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Oh, having realized what would happen if you guys decide to implement a solution like the one I just proposed, I add an addendum to it at the end: So I'd vote for a solution similar to what he [new.morning] proposed: -- Given an appropriate start date (say the beginning of a calendar month)

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Reposting the after coffee math version of this post, having deleted the pre coffee math version :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: It appears that the people who overpost are not stepping up and saying that they are going to change or that they care about

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-22 Thread Irmeli Mattsson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else sick of thus choking of FFL? If so, open your window and shout I'm not going to take in any longer. Or simple post it. I visit FFL only occasionally, and select my reading according to the titles

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-22 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reposting the after coffee math version of this post, having deleted the pre coffee math version :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 wayback71@ wrote: It appears that the people who overpost are

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-22 Thread Ingegerd
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Irmeli Mattsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: Anyone else sick of thus choking of FFL? If so, open your window and shout I'm not going to take in any longer. Or simple post

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Averages are useful, but not refelctive of the core problem, IMO. Tell someone on a jammed freeway at rush hour that the roads have ample capacity to handle average traffic you will probably be shot by a roadrager.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] If people don't want me here, just post that comment here on this thread and if enough people do so, I'll be happy to leave. Thats your perogative to take an all or nothing approach. But, of course, my suggestion was that

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread shempmcgurk
You write too much. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ If people don't want me here, just post that comment here on this thread and if enough people do so, I'll be happy to leave.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread at_man_and_brahman
My experience with JS goes back even before AMT. She and I were members of a mailing list in the early '90s. She posted like a demon to that, too. I commented to her once that I was amazed at how she found the time to post so much, and she responded, You have no idea. A billion posts later, her

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My experience with JS goes back even before AMT. She and I were members of a mailing list in the early '90s. She posted like a demon to that, too. I commented to her once that I was amazed at how she found

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ wrote: My experience with JS goes back even before AMT. She and I were members of a mailing list in the early '90s. She posted like

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread at_man_and_brahman
I do not remember specifically what I said. Apparently you do, so please remind me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ wrote: My experience with JS goes back even before

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My experience with JS goes back even before AMT. She and I were members of a mailing list in the early '90s. She posted like a demon to that, too. I commented to her once that I was amazed at how she found

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not remember specifically what I said. Apparently you do, so please remind me. Sorry, I don't remember specifically either. But my response quoted a famous line from a movie called Reversal of Fortune,

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread at_man_and_brahman
I do remember. I asked you why you felt the need to work so hard defending TM to people who clearly could not be convinced to see things a different way. You replied, You have no idea. I took this to mean that you thought I had no idea how much energy you put into this or were capable of in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do remember. I asked you why you felt the need to work so hard defending TM to people who clearly could not be convinced to see things a different way. You replied, You have no idea. I took this to mean

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread wayback71
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ If people don't want me here, just post that comment here on this thread

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread vajradhatu108
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ If people don't want me here, just post that comment here on this thread and if enough people do so, I'll be happy to leave. Thats your perogative

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that the people who overpost are not stepping up and saying that they are going to change or that they care about or understand what the FFL community has said to them, in fairly gentle and kind terms.

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread new . morning
Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that the people who overpost are not stepping up and saying that they are going to change or that they care about or understand what the FFL

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ wrote: I do remember. I asked you why you felt the need to work so hard defending TM to people who clearly could not be convinced to

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ wrote: I do remember. I asked you why you felt the need

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ wrote: snip It was an email list. I forget the name of the founder/moderator. Some guy in Kalifornia. I think that was probably '92 or

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Which forum was this, by the way? TMNews, perhaps? If so, that would have been well after I had started participating on alt.m.t in

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread at_man_and_brahman
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Which forum was this, by the way? TMNews, perhaps? If

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread qntmpkt
---Interesting idea, but the fact that a few posters post disproportionate numbers of posts is an example of a typical power law associated with internet-type phenomena; and widespread in economics. Briefly, there are many types of distributions, foremost among the standard normal

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, qntmpkt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---Interesting idea, but the fact that a few posters post disproportionate numbers of posts is an example of a typical power law associated with internet-type phenomena; and widespread in economics. Briefly, there are

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Hate 55%off FFL Posts by Three Posters. Give them time-outs?

2006-09-21 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, vajradhatu108 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I support the idea, I'd just make it three strikes and you're out. There are already a number of invitation only FFL spinoffs they don't have the address of... I'm hurt. To subscribe, send a message to: