Re: Google's WMD Error Message

2003-07-06 Thread Chris Corrigan
The WMD page has been around for a while. The reason it comes up when you tell Google you feel lucky is that Google ranks pages based on how many links those pages have to them. Many webloggers have been linking to the WMD error page, driving up its page rank and placing it at the top of the list

Re: everything WE know about ost...

2003-07-06 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Hi Peggy, right, I never have met Murli, either, other than a few exchanges per email. He does exist, I am sure. He is part of our common history. He should come to Denmark. If you happen to read this, Murli, come and join us in Denmark. Greetings from Berlin mmp On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 13:20:18 -0700,

Re: Local Practice Group (long)

2003-07-06 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear Brendan, I feel your passion all the way into summery Berlin, thanks. Your experience mirrors ours here in Berlin with local twists. As we began organising the first Berlin OSonOS back in March of this year we felt we had to get 30 people to sign up at 70 bucks each to cover costs for a fullbl

Re: Rainbrows.

2003-07-06 Thread Pannwitz, Michael M
Dear Brian, bless you, this adds to the lore and to the truth, of course... I love your indelible memory of the multudinous rainbows. And for me it ain't irrelevant for those rainbows are indelibly imprinted in my memory as part of the rise of the worldwide openspace community. See you in Denmark,

Re: "weapons of mass destruction" in google

2003-07-06 Thread florian fischer
Artur Ferreira da Silva schrieb: > . > PS: Do it quickly before they correct it... > > * . dear artur, why the hurry ? why not waiting for the correction if there is something to correct.! I prefer waiting. florian * * == osl...@listserv.bo

"weapons of mass destruction" in google

2003-07-06 Thread Artur Ferreira da Silva
Dear friends: I suggest a little experiment: 1) Go to the site: www.google.com 2) Key "weapons of mass destruction" (don't hit Enter) 3) Hit the botton "I am lucky", and not the normal google search 4) Read careffully what seems to be an error message. You may also follow the links. Have a n

Re: questions on OS's form

2003-07-06 Thread Peggy Holman
I find myself still pondering what feels like a contradiction in my answer to Birgit's question. It has to do with the essence and form of Open Space. Raffi described the meeting he attended saying: >But the energy of the sessions felt very much like OS. I wouldn't call >it full OS. and then sai

Re: dufuses

2003-07-06 Thread Harrison Owen
At 05:45 PM 7/4/2003 +0200, Susanne Hildebrand wrote: And still I´m chewing on things like power, economic constraints, subtle domination structures. no questions yet. just - what is a dufus? ein Doofie vielleicht? Alternatives might be -- "not the brightest candle on the cake," or "playing w

Very long story of a 1.5 day OST with deep conflict

2003-07-06 Thread Chris Corrigan
Colleagues: It's been a while since I posted a story of a recent Open Space, but I have a few saved up, including this one, which I undertook with my erstwhile partner Chris Robertson. I just returned from northern British Columbia, in a region known as "The Peace," named for the mighty river tha

Local Practice Group (long)

2003-07-06 Thread BrendanMcKeague
G'day folks Alongside the current fascinating conversation about OS origins and form, I'd like to share my wee bit of passion about the ongoing story of our local OS practice Group here in Perth, Western Australia - called Keeping the Space Open (KTSO)... It began after Michael Herman's (that fl