Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Forum Format

From: Mark R. Harris ( brokerharris@gmail.com)
Date: 18 Feb 2008


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 been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
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-- 
Mark R. Harris
2122 W. Russet Court #8
Appleton WI 54914
(920) 470-9855
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