Indeed, Ron, many thanks from all of us. I wasn't here for its genesis but it has been a daily part of my life since about 2000. Amazing to think how much I've learned and all the people I've met!
Sean ps Are we depriving a commercial listserver a living by flocking to this free daily concert of commentary? On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: I feel the need to add a clarifying remark my statement that "when a service is free then YOU are the product." This discussion list, hosted by Wayne Cripps and his servers, is in fact a freely available service that does not, to my knowledge, mine personal information from its users. It's been a while since we all thanked Wayne publicly for providing this forum, and for taking steps to protect its users. The lute-list is a much appreciated remnant of old-school egalitarianism. Thanks, Wayne. RA > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:58:03 +0000 > To: edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp; dwinh...@lmi.net > CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: praelu...@hotmail.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: xxxxxx problem > > Ed, you'll recall that I made the suggestion off-list, and that I > qualified the suggestion with the statement that I do NOT use the > data-mining service. As far as I can tell, any positive uses the > service may have had are negated by the nature and quantity of personal > information it robs from public interactions and private mail > accounts. As usual, when a service is free then YOU are the product. > RA >> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:28:39 +0900 >> To: dwinh...@lmi.net >> CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> From: edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: xxxxxx problem >> >> xxxxx seems to be a fairly useless thing for me. The main use Ive > made of it is to grab friends pictures to put in my address book. I > never endorse people anymore because then I just get bothered by more > and more messages. However, I did reach Terry through xxxxx sparked > by Rons suggestion. >> >> On Jul 21, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: >> >>> To Terry Schumacher and anyone else on xxxxxx- >>> >>> I no longer have an account on xxxxx. Please stop xxxxx (if > possible) from bothering me with contact/endorsement & other requests. > Nothing personal, hostile, reclusive or anything; I just no longer have > an account with xxxxx- it provides nothing of any personal or > professional use to me. I can always be contacted through this elist if > you do not have my personal email address. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dan x -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html