Ridiculous: an adjective meaning worthy of, or deserving, ridicule. IMO, the only thing worthy of ridicule when it comes to how we structure vines here is the lack of initiative amongst those who wish to be a part of said vines to educate themselves on how to do it properly...
And several of us have gone out of our way to make this information available to every member - repeatedly; I'm talking blue in the face repeatedly. If there is another method that allows for the "features" we have installed in our vines (i.e. the never ending chain; the geographical considerations, the searchability of archived chains, etc.), yet makes it easier to accomplish (in the face of rampant ignorance/apathy), I would love to hear about it. Our system may not be the best; I don't know. I do know that it was developed after a lot of complaints arose from the willy nilly manner of the previous "system" (which was, in effect, the "dealer calls the game"), and only after a good deal of discussion, and comparison with how other like-minded groups did it. I can assure you that the developers of our system did not put their time and energy into "a way to make the sharing of FZ's music confusing, difficult, and next to impossible". That would have been ridiculous... SOFA ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Golub To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:11 PM Subject: [Zappa-List] the vine structures in this group are a joke sorry but this group really makes vine structures difficult..why not either form a chain at the beginning of the sign up period, or post a vine offer one at a time..this is ridiculous Mike "Everybody take a deep breath, because thats all youre gonna get" Bob Weir
