Illiterate as well as obnoxious, since you patently don't understand what you're writing. All I see is more smoke-blowing on your part. That's all for me.
At 11:28 AM 9/8/2006, you wrote: >Quoting Robert Hole, Jr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I look forward to reading the recommendation list you set up - it > > should be fascinating. > >I've contributed to Cheryl's list, and been quite grateful for her >providing her site. I've also published SF book reviews, and >participated in creating some of Usenet's SF literary newsgroups. > > > You are going to do it aren't you? > >I look forward to either finding _or_ building the right sort of >collaborative substitute for Cheryl's site, yes. > > > That's what this message says - because you'd "rather use the open > > Internet" (which, I point out is hardly open by your standards - or > > are you stealing access somehow rather than entering into a business > > relationship with some sort of provider?). > >I think you must be rather confused, Bob. Did _you_ need to enter into >a business relationship with Cheryl before being allowed to post to >Emerald City? If so, I think you missed a few memos. > > > You've complained enough about how this one is exclusionary that I > > assume you're going to go do your own version so you can claim it's > > open and "free". > >So, if I decry the out-of-control national debt, does that mean I'm >obliged to cut a personal cheque to cover it? > >As it turns out, I _do_ offer very extensive Internet facilities to the >public including wikis, mailing lists, NNTP newsgroups, and project >management facilities -- on my personal servers, that I built, >administer, fund, house, and maintain. Despite the transparent illogic >and rhetorical cheapness of suggesting that I'm obliged to fill the gap >personally, I might indeed try to create something to take the place of >Emerald City's annual collaborative list prospectively -- or, see if I >can find one already set up elsewhere. > > > Otherwise, you're apparently just blowing non-semantically relevant > > smoke to be a pain in the ass. > >I'm sorry you cannot distinguish between AOL-style service ghettos and >Cheryl's Web site, but your cognitive problem is otherwise just not on >my agenda. > >_______________________________________________ >basfa mailing list >[email protected] >http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://vesta.wallis.com/mailman/listinfo/basfa
