What's this got to do with hard boiled or noir? When I think
of the BS I took about the dealth penalty thread... which
certainly does impact hard boiled and noir. Take the
discussion off list if you want to go on with it. This is the
way things are done now, and the thread is off topic!
Patrick King
--- "Mark R. Harris" <
brokerharris@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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