From johnb Sent Thu, Jul 16th 1998, 15:00
From johnb Sent Thu, Jul 16th 1998, 15:00
> Oh, ok. Hey, sorry, everybody, my bad. I guess i missed the part where > this nebulous thing known as "idm" spontaneously evolved, developed an > intelligent brain, and starting having desires and needs like the rest of > us. I must have been napping when idm started needing and not needing > things--hey, like me, for example. Damn--idm doesn't need me. I'm gonna > go jump off a building. No, really. > Not knowing a whole lot about idm does not deny me the right to > light-heartedly protest a Beastie Boys post on an idm (that's "idm," now) > list. But I guess on this list you have to earn an opinion by way of > reviews, discussions, or answers to questions. Only when I start > contributing to, say, the import ban discussion, can I become a productive, > worthwhile, and valuable member of this list. And I can't just sit and > read mail, I am required to put some out, too, risk the criticism of my > mailing-list peers. Hey, maybe there should be a quota--every list member > must submit, say, 4 posts per week. I think that's reasonable. I'm not sure this quota thing is a good idea, but there oughta be *some* kind of law against bad sarcasm... .John.