----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:37 PM Subject: Land: Removing His Name from the subject line
> On Sep 20, 2004, at 5:02 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Dave Land wrote: > >> On Sep 20, 2004, at 4:18 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > >>> On Sep 20, 2004, at 3:54 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >>>> Dave Land asked: > >>>>> Is there any /need/ to implement this automatically? > >>>>> > >>>> Yes. > >>> > >>> Might one ask why? > >> > >> I believe one just did. > >> > > One did indeed; perhaps I should have asked "might one's question of > > 'why' be answered?" > > Sadly, I fear not. > > My guess is that our dear Alberto has a heart, and would like to see > two goods come of one act. > > First, that His Authorship would gain the quiet that He requests. > > Second, that persons on this list who (in haste or witlessness) neglect > to change Brin: to Brine: or Byrne: or Br!n: or some other such > circumlocution will not be embarrassed. > I was just daydreaming and it seemed to me that if Brin were to strip his name from every post *He* answers, it would certainly cut down a swath of posts he might normally get. Especially if he or someone else were to post a [STOP] message to attract peoples attention (an empty message with STOP as the subject). It would make sending a message to Brin a conscious effort and (if the list is working normally) would end messages to him in an hour or two......or less. Just an idea. xponent Daydreams Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
