From: Michael Snyder (msnyder@xxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 23:01:58 GMT-3
>From a message posted by Richard Kleimon.
"This list is for information and to help people. If you are going to do
that then stay the hell off!"
Yo Bro, we are a virtual community.
How could you be on the list for a year and not realize that that you
have to take the good postings with the bad postings?
In many ways, this study list is like having a thousand people in a one
room school house. I believe even with all those excess broadcasts, we
are doing something that has never been done before, in the history of
the world.
Think of years of experience that can be drawn from, at any one time.
You think clustering computers is neat? Our community has terraflops on
top of terraflops of some of the best thinkers in our field.
I don't know the number of active members at any one time, nor the
number of countries of those members, or the number of people who will
read these messages in the future. But I do know we are world wide, and
nearly in realtime.
When it seems like (to use your words), everyone is chiming in. You are
right. We are chiming in. How could you be part of a community without
people talking about issues that impact our group, and/or some talking
in general. Thought my mailbox might wish otherwise.
Talking about the limits of the NDA, is something I think is very
normal.
It's limits are important, and also, hair splitting is required in our
field. The same critical thinking that allows us to understand a
complex OSPF design, also requires asking critical questions of most
things. To explore our limits the same way another community would
explore the hills and valleys around it's home.
One of the fun things about talking about nda issues, is that you can
break it by talking about it. Reminds me of the FCC rule about the seven
words you can't say on radio. Good circle logic.
Anyway, in short.
Yes, please post messages that are within the scope of study.
But, also remember that we are human, and also that your great, great,
grand daughter may be reading your posted messages in 2160.
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