Please say it isn't so, Tony!
At 03:45 AM 02/09/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Naturally I have received a complaint about my summary blockage of the Hard >Disk Speed thread. I concede it may have been a misjudgement on my part >that summarily deprived a large number of readers of invaluable >information. > >I therefore propose a few revisions to the list charter. > >(1)On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, list discussion will be strictly >limited to topics intimately related to filmscanners, in plain text, with >neatly clipped quotes. > >(2)Wednesday will be Hard Disk Day. All other subjects will be disallowed, >although messages discussing SCSI vs. IDE will be permitted up to a limit >of 2,000 repetitions per day. This is also gratuitous ill temper day. > >(3)Friday will be Vuescan day. Just so Ed doesn't get bored over the >weekend, and can squeeze in a whole 3 betas before Monday. > >(4)Saturday will be HTML, unclipped comments, MS Winmail, giant sig, 'I'm >sorry I am out of the office until Monday' autoresponders, Kanji, 'GET ME >OFF THIS LIST!' and virus attachment day. Any subject at all, nobody will >read them. An ideal time to revive the popular 'life of CD' speculations >too. > >(5)Sunday will be Self Indulgence day, featuring >religious/political/ethical debate incl. Mac vs. PC, Nikon vs Canon, NASDAQ >tips, Bill Gates is/isn't dangerous, and 'my wife's divorced me because I'm >always on the computer' day. Or anything else. It won't matter because >generally I'll have the server in bits, fitting a new hard drive. Don't ask >what sort, it's not Wednesday. > >I trust this new, enlightened structure meets the requirements of all list >participants. > >Regards > >Tony Sleep >http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info >& comparisons >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe >filmscanners' >or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title >or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body