Maybe you didn't get my last message. It doesn't matter around here if a forum is better or not, the PHB's will not allow the users to surf the net even to get email. At one time I was registered on this list as my personal hotmail account but I had to stop using it because they blocked access to hotmail. I also have accounts at yahoo and my space but those are or were blocked so I have to use my business email account to keep from having it blocked. The only other way would be to only look at the questions and responses from home afterhours; in that case I would be an observer and not a participant. Personally I like to think on occasion I have helped someone on this list instead of just gathering the knowledge of these fine people without giving anything back.
Jerry Banker Sr Programmer Analyst Affiliated Acceptance Corp Sunrise Beach, MO 1-800-233-8483 www.affiliated.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Symeon Breen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:00 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] testing > > I donbt understand how reading a forum is any different to reading an email ?? - > except that the date/time order is always correct and it does not clog your mail, and > you get dozens of forum style benefits which of course you do not have to take as it > then implies spending time on that darn web thing ? - Infact it takes me longer with > the email list as I have to do my own housekeeping and setup my mail client to place > all the mails in a separate folder and then go through and delete the emails etc. On a > forum I just go to it, look at what has changed since I last logged in and come away > again all happy and relaxed. > > The reason why we all use the list is because everyone is on here, I use the forum as > well but no one is on there so it is pointless. The point is if we all used a forum (the > existing one or a new one) we would get certain things that people complain about > fixed like the time lag - which gets me on virtually every post. > > > Rgds > Symeon. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony W. Youngman > Sent: 30 December 2007 23:34 > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] testing > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Haskett > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Wol: > > > >I just don't get this attitude. Why is it necessary to pick up our toys and go home? > >To say, "if you don't do things my way I'm quitting the team"? There are too many > >postings that forswear any solution that doesn't result in a complicated mess of > >things. > > I don't use forums. I read this mailing list in my spare time, or snatch > moments at work. I find forums time-consuming, and a pain, and I have > better things to do with my time (like working :-) > > At the end of the day, all too often I find that the web is a solution > in search of a problem. It's the wrong tool for many jobs, and imho this > is one of those situations. > > I rest my case with the fact that other people have pointed out - there > ARE fora out there, including those on u2ug. Why are the fora unused > while the mailing list carries on regardless? I put it to you - the > reason is that most people worth listening to prefer a mailing list. > > Cheers, > Wol > -- > Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 'Yings, yow graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking the > thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said Nanny. The man > lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett 1998 > Visit the MaVerick web-site - <http://www.maverick-dbms.org> Open Source Pick > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
