[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On January 17, 2005 01:57 pm, Jim Van Meggelen wrote: >> I'd have a hard time appreciating regulatory challenges in regions >> that I don't have involvement with, so I assume that the reciprocal >> is generally true as well. Granted, I shouldn't presume that everyone >> thinks as I do, but people tend to have a limited interest in >> subjects that don't directly affect them. I figure technical >> discussions in Asterisk-Users are nearly always of some value, while >> regulatory peculiarities mostly are not. > > I agree with you on this, but then again I "put up" with so > much on the -users > list that I really don't care to listen to, especially the same tired > discussions over and over, that I figure some regulatory > babble might be a > welcome change.
LOL. I hadn't thought of it that way. Little vignettes amidst the commercials? > That and for the half dozen or so Canuck-only threads I can > think of off the > top of my head it's hardly worth putting together an entire > mailing list. Just because the volume isn't there? That might be a good thing, ya know - have a list with, say, one or two messages a day, on average. >> Having said all that, I want to stress that I do not feel that I am >> right and you are wrong. I not only respect your opinion, but am open >> to the possibility that you are correct in your assertion. > > hahaha don't worry I've got a pretty thick skin and actually > enjoy being > proven wrong... makes me a better person. It was a policy at our company that any new product implementation would always require Technical Support be involved until several engineers, technicians and installers were comfortable with it. I hope I always remember the lessons learned from getting new products, and having to develop training and implementation practices. I'd figure I was an expert on the ones that went smoothly, but then six months later if someone would call me with problems, I'd discover that I didn't know a thing. As for the ones that gave nothing but trouble, I'd fear them, assuming I didn't know what I was doing, until it became clear that more often than not, I knew more about them than the manufacturer did. The fewer the troubles, the less knowledge retained; the more painful the task, the more god-like skills were obtained. It took me many years to figure this out - I used to think it should be the other way around. Seems that making mistakes is actually a fantastic (albeit uncomfortable) way to learn. I sometimes wonder if I unconsciously muck things up at first as a rite of passage. Nobody knows a thing so well as those who can expertly break it. >> For me, however, the separate list seems to have value. It is not >> because I want to start a Canadian Club(tm), but more that I would >> love to talk about certain subjects of interest to Canadian Asterisk >> users, and somehow feel that Asterisk-Users is not the right venue >> for it. > > Well as I said there's so much fluff in -users already that > until we really > become a nuisance I don't see the harm in it at all. Half of > the stuff > belongs on -biz anyway and a full third of the remaining in > asterisk-newbies-who-refuse-to-research-before-posting... a > dozen or so > threads of stuff that makes no sense to anyone outside of > Canada wouldn't > even register as a blip on the screen. You're probably right. Would it be considered trolling to start a thread on Cleaning Maple Syrup off of Dial Pads, or Wiring your Moose for Wi-Fi? > Besides my personal bet is that the CRTC is going to just > mimic what the FCC > does anyway (c.f. UL vs CSA, wireless regulations, etc., > etc.) that it would > be great to see what the various big boys stateside have to > say and how they > interpret what's going on with the FCC and VOIP regulation. > >> It's not a matter of right or wrong; more like personal taste, >> really. > > Agreed. Does that mean I'm right and you're wrong? ;-P -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/2005 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users