[PLUG] Signal:Noise -- an Observation

[John Cadigan]

Thank you! It does tend to get a bit out of hand...doesn't it?
Amen to that brother! Sheeeesh!
 
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From: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:33:06
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Signal:Noise -- an Observation
 
Felix Lee wrote:

>ah, it's phrased oddly. I interpreted the last sentence as "too
>often, the answer isn't archived and should be" rather than the
>opposite.
> 
>
I have a tendency to phrase things similarly which is perhaps why I 
caught it. I'm not sure what that sort of phrasing would be referred to 
as, but in my case at least, it's probably some sort of pretentiousness ;-)

>probably because I tend to feel not enough is public. Rich
>proposes that people can answer a question privately, and anyone
>else who wants to know can send email to ask for the answers too.
>this doesn't really work well in the general case. there are
>many reasons this can fail to get a timely answer, or any answer
>at all. it's simpler if questions and answers are both just
>automatically archived and indexed.
>
> 
>
Well, although he pointedly avoided mentioning it directly, it seemed 
clear to me that he's referring as much to our little flame war as 
anything else, and I can certainly appreciate his position. All the 
mudslinging should probably be taken offlist.

/me volunteers but demands followers.

Regards,
Cliff


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