If this were vBulletin, you could have unsubscribed from this
thread by now, or never subscribed to it in the first place.
:)
Lord help the digest readers tomorrow. But in a way this is
my whole point.
Mark
On 2/18/08, Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Folks, this thread is wayyyyy off topic and, to
me,
> it's the most boring off topic subject that's
ever
> come up here. I couldn't care less about
changing
> formats and I'll bet Dashiel Hammett wouldn't
either.
>
> Patrick King
> --- "Mark R. Harris" <
brokerharris@gmail.com
<brokerharris%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > This is what I wrote:
> >
> > "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."
> >
> > I don't see how a careful reading of what I
wrote in
> > any way suggests that I
> > am calling rara-avis-l members "clueless."
It's
> > specifically because we're
> > not that I'm suggesting we migrate. I'm puzzled
by
> > your comeback, in short.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/18/08, Ivan Van Laningham <
ivanlan9@gmail.com<ivanlan9%40gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
<brokerharris%40gmail.com>
> <brokerharris%40gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2/18/08, Dave
Zeltserman
> > <
dz@hardluckstories.com
<dz%40hardluckstories.com>
> <dz%40hardluckstories.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > >
> > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>
> >
>
<rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com><rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Mark
> > > >
> > > > > R. Harris"
<brokerharris@...>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mark R. Harris
> > > > 2122 W. Russet Court #8
> > > > Appleton WI 54914
> > > > (920) 470-9855
> > > >
brokerharris@gmail.com
<brokerharris%40gmail.com>
> > <brokerharris%40gmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message
have been
> > removed]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mark R. Harris
> > 2122 W. Russet Court #8
> > Appleton WI 54914
> > (920) 470-9855
> >
brokerharris@gmail.com
<brokerharris%40gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have
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> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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