I was trying to stay out of this, hoping this thread would die by
itself, but it didn't...
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 08:54, Hans Franke wrote:
Am 29 Aug 2006 7:19 meinte Jay West:
Zane wrote....
When was the 10 year rule revoked?
Apparently my many posts on this over the past few years were
missed. Ok, for your benefit, consider the revocation date 8/29/06.
Now, hold the horses. Has there been something I missed?
Like some putsch? So, who is the ruler that gave us the
revocation of our basic rule, right today?
Jay, the our sovereign leader. The guy that runs the list. "For some
reason," he believes that since he's running classiccmp now, he can
control the way it runs.
Deal with it. He's instead asking you to "use good judgement" in what's
classic or not. If you can't do that, well, I'm sorry, I can't help
you with that.
I'm pretty sure the 10 year definition dates back
to the
beginning, I know it was in place 3 months after the list was
formed.
When it was created has little bearing on when it was retired or
it's relevance today.
Sounds like some people might think about the constitution.
SCNR, but that rule is the very basic definition of this list.
And it worked quite fine for a long time.
So did lots of things, and for a lot longer. Doesn't mean that they're
right, or the best way to do things.
There are most definitely some *very* cool systems
that are less
than 10 years old.
Sure there is. "Cool" doesn't necessarily mean on-topic though.
There's probably lists on the internet somewhere that they can be
discussed.
Which is exatly what this list is ment to be. I strongly
suggest that, if someone wants a differnent list, he or
she should go ahead and open up such, but not try to
fiddle with CC.
Or perhaps if you don't like progress, you should go create your own
list? :)
Pat
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