27 Oct
1998
27 Oct
'98
3:13 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
Agreed! This is the only list I do not receive as a digest and prefer to
receive as individual messages. Serendipity is a powerful factor when you
hang with bright people. I always look at each message even if it turns
out my interest is some peripheral aspect.
This list is well above average in all respects, however, like all lists,
a percentage of the noise would abate if people took the time to target
the quotes and only use material relevant to that specific post.
Like I did with this one, with 80 or so % of the quoted verbiage
deleted. (And Hans did previously) It isn't a major problem, but
everybody can do their part to help.
-- Stephen Dauphin
PS, Didn't realize I'd need a disclaimer. No connection with the company,
no connection with any geographic location. Just an uncommon French name
by way of French Canada.
I have been
watching closely what has been comming though and I have found
that by just looking at the heading I trash 95% of all messages, spot
checks have shown me that there is nothing worth while reading.
Reading just the headers is missleading - very missleading.
I did it sometimes, especialy when they where talking about
DEC stuff, where I have no personal link, even no information
about, and before I even realized I passed some _very_ interesting
themes - nobody can reflect complex things in just a header.
I've learned my lesson - now I peek at least inside _every_
message.