From: Chris Larson (clarson52@comcast.net)
Date: Tue May 18 2004 - 15:24:38 GMT-3
My apologies to Paul and the list. It was a bad decision and a mistake I
will not repeat. In my excitement at the prospect of collective action, I
didn't think it through before I sent it to the list. I can certainly
imagine the annoyance, garbage and clutter if everyone made the same
mistake. Again..my apologies.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: FW: gasoline, WAY OT - but it may be of importance to you
> At 2:00 PM -0400 5/18/04, Chris Larson wrote:
> >What is grounds for being banned from the list? I certainly hope that
does
> >not happen. What exactly is it? The forwarded e-mail all in caps ( I
wasn't
> >going to re-write it), or the off topic post?
> >
> >I understand it was a bad idea to send it to this list and wish I could
> >retract it but it is too late now.
> >
> >My apologies.
> >
> >Chris
>
> Looking back in the archives, you have made some useful posts, so
> maybe there's room for some slack. It's one thing to have a Friday
> Funny or such that's still vaguely on networking, or to ask a
> non-Cisco question on the Professional list, but a totally
> non-networking post on CCIElab is really pushing things.
>
> I suppose I was particularly annoyed by this as not just a chain
> letter, but with absolutely no author or group attribution.
>
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com>
> >To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:48 PM
> >Subject: Re: FW: gasoline, WAY OT - but it may be of importance to you
> >
> >
> >> At 1:09 PM -0400 5/18/04, Chris Larson wrote:
> >> >This post is way off topic to any list I belong to but I thought it
> >> >may be of importance to others and it requires a large number of
> >> >participants so I am going to forward it. I was glad to get it and
> >> >to be able to participate so I though you might too. If not ignore
> >> >it and I am sorry to have wasted the time/bandwidth.
> >> >
> >> >At the very least It will be an interesting look at the
> >> >effectiveness of "flash crowds" so to speak or maybe "flash
> >> >political movement" would be a better description.
> >>
> >> Let's put this in a CCIE context. Asking the proctor for information
> >> is going to help only if you demonstrate you have thought through the
> >> problem. Proctors being people, they are also going to respond
> >> better if not yelled at.
> >>
> >> Starting in reverse order, the economic protest that was described is
> >> in all caps -- the EMAIL EQUIVALENT OF YELLING.
> >>
> >> Next, we have phrases like "It has been calculated" and "May 19 has
> >> been declared," but with no supporting data. Who calculated what?
> >> What methods were used? No information.
> >>
> >> Who declared May 19 a day of protest? I like to know who I'm
> >> supporting with my voice and my vote.
> >>
> >> This is probably grounds to be banned from the list, although the
> >> final decision will be that of the list owner. I hope yelling about
> >> Evil Oil Companies was worth losing support for your CCIE quest.
> >>
> >> [Long, all-caps, much white space lecture snipped]
> >>
> >> Howard Berkowitz
> >> Member, Groupstudy Moderator Team
> >>
> >>
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