God bless you Mike for your voice of reason. It's really easy to become quite intimidated by the tech talk for a newbie. I'm not a scientist and won't pretend to be one now or ever. I think it takes a certain talent to adhere to strict guidelines time after time and god bless those people who do so. We will all benefit from their perseverance.
I don't know how electricity works either. All I know is I turn the switch on and the room lights up. It's magic. :) Diane "M. G. Devour" wrote: > > To Bob, and Bob, and Marsha, and Chuck, and Vikki and Heather, and > all who've been probing one another's hot spots or defending the > probees... > > Peace, my friends. > > We *are* moving in the direction of standards for the very good > reasons that Bob and Vikki and I and others cite. > > We are *also* planning to keep simple instructions available for the > new folks *and* make them as standardized and the output as well > quantified as possible as we go along. That's always been the goal. > > Marsha and Ivan and Chuck and Heather and all who are willing to help > the newbies along the path: Thank you. We need you and you're best > suited for the task. > > But please, hold out hope for the "techies". When the results start > to trickle down we'll have even *better* information to give the new > ones, and they will be able to have more confidence in the results > they will get. > > Here's the goal: To maintain a dual character for the list. > On the one hand, the serious work of trying to understand CS and > refine our methods, and on the other hand, sustaining a welcoming > and helpful environment for newcomers. > > Which is more important? Wrong question! > > Which could we possibly afford to do without: Helping people now, or > learning more so we can help people better?! > > The answer is obvious. > > We've each got a role to play. I'm *sooo* encouraged to see you > taking on so many tasks and responsibilities, folks! The work gets > done. > > I can't always spare the energy to help the newcomers. So, please > keep giving them a hand. If there's a problem we have it's getting > them to speak up and let us know they're there. > > Always the message has to be "Don't worry about the tech talk, the > simplest setup will work if you try it." > > And let's hope we can keep experimenting and developing, ***and > documenting and publishing*** new results. The better we can answer > those recurring newbie questions, the more documentation we have, the > more people we'll be able to help. > > Please, everyone, respect what the others are doing and have to > offer. Even if you don't agree to its value, it's part of the whole > that is this mailing list community. I mean to say this to *every* > *one* of you! > > We've got it good. It's hard to appreciate just how good things are > right now. And there's hope for it to get better. If the good Lord's > willing, there'll be time for that to happen. > > In any case, we're all doing the best we can, and that's not too > bad. No, not bad at all... > > Be well, > > Mike D. > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > [[email protected] ] > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
