Hi All-- You "like this group" despite saying, "Yahoo Groups
has in my observation deteriorated to a format for the
clueless"?
You're not going to persuade a bunch of us "clueless" to
follow your lead that way.
Metta, Ivan
On Feb 18, 2008 10:51 AM, Mark R. Harris <
brokerharris@gmail.com> wrote:
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> That would require more ambition than I possess at
this point. :) And I
> *like* this group -- I see no need to rival it, but
it should not get stuck
> in what is rapidly becoming the technological past.
That was why I raised
> these points.
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> Mark
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> On 2/18/08, Dave Zeltserman <
dz@hardluckstories.com> wrote:
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> > Mark
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> > There is nothing preventing you from starting a
RARA AVIS type group on
> > vBulletin or similar platform. If it proves
superior to YAHOO groups
> > and you do a good enough job with it, I'm sure
people here would
> > eventually migrate over to it. --Dave
Z.
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> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>, "Mark
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> > R. Harris" <brokerharris@...>
> > wrote:
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> > > I seriously propose that rara-avis-l
consider migrating from the now
> > > quite antiquated Yahoo Groups format to
vBulletin or another similar
> > > system that allows for far wider
functionality, including choosing
> > the
> > > threads one wishes to subscribe to, having
user profiles and avatars,
> > > offering basic HTML coding for bold,
italic, etc., offering
> > emoticons,
> > > etc., etc. Yahoo Groups has in my
observation deteriorated to a
> > format
> > > for the clueless, with a very low
signal-to-noise ratio in most
> > > groups. Ours is an exception, but I think
it's time we got out of
> > here.
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> --
> Mark R. Harris
> 2122 W. Russet Court #8
> Appleton WI 54914
> (920) 470-9855
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brokerharris@gmail.com
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-- Ivan Van Laningham God N Locomotive Works http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.python.org/workshops/1998-11/proceedings/papers/laningham/laningham.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours
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