Please say it isn't so, Tony!
At 03:45 AM 02/09/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Naturally I have received a complaint about my summary blockage of the Hard
>Disk Speed thread. I concede it may have been a misjudgement on my part
>that summarily deprived a large number of readers of invaluable
>information.
>
>I therefore propose a few revisions to the list charter.
>
>(1)On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, list discussion will be strictly
>limited to topics intimately related to filmscanners, in plain text, with
>neatly clipped quotes.
>
>(2)Wednesday will be Hard Disk Day. All other subjects will be disallowed,
>although messages discussing SCSI vs. IDE will be permitted up to a limit
>of 2,000 repetitions per day. This is also gratuitous ill temper day.
>
>(3)Friday will be Vuescan day. Just so Ed doesn't get bored over the
>weekend, and can squeeze in a whole 3 betas before Monday.
>
>(4)Saturday will be HTML, unclipped comments, MS Winmail, giant sig, 'I'm
>sorry I am out of the office until Monday' autoresponders, Kanji, 'GET ME
>OFF THIS LIST!' and virus attachment day. Any subject at all, nobody will
>read them. An ideal time to revive the popular 'life of CD' speculations
>too.
>
>(5)Sunday will be Self Indulgence day, featuring
>religious/political/ethical debate incl. Mac vs. PC, Nikon vs Canon, NASDAQ
>tips, Bill Gates is/isn't dangerous, and 'my wife's divorced me because I'm
>always on the computer' day. Or anything else. It won't matter because
>generally I'll have the server in bits, fitting a new hard drive. Don't ask
>what sort, it's not Wednesday.
>
>I trust this new, enlightened structure meets the requirements of all list
>participants.
>
>Regards
>
>Tony Sleep
> - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info
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