Thank you for the post Kevin. Ed, Profox is about as near perfect a list as I could imagine. I can't imagine where I would be in my career without it. It is the single best source of information there is for me. And I consider many of you my friends because we help each other almost every day. And have for many years!
I don't venture to the off topic side because it doesn't interest me, but it gives everyone a chance to express themselves on anything and everything that does not belong on the tech only side. On any other list, that stuff would go "off line" because it is not appropriate for the list. The problem with that is that only the sender and receiver get the benefit of the discussion. On Profox all of us can freely exchange ideas and we can all benefit from the discussion - regardless of the topic. "[OT]" is a small price to pay for that ability! Thanks again Ed!!! Jeff --------------- Jeff Johnson [email protected] (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 07/03/2012 07:46 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Kevin Cully wrote: > >> Freedom. There's nothing more important. > A bit hyperbolic, but yes, I agree. But freedom only exists in the > context of a society. Because we as a society have laws that regulate what > people can and cannot do, does that mean that our freedom is gone? Or are > these laws what enables us to be free? > > I reluctantly set up ProFoxTech a few years ago because several people > made the case that they saw this list as a valuable technical resource, but > were not able to subscribe because some of the posts were not appropriate for > their work environment. In my mind, that amounted to the actions of a few > suppressing the rights of the rest. So the tech-only version of this list was > created; note that it is not a separate list, but a filtered subset. Anyone > who wants to see all list postings is perfectly free to do so. > > But this filtering required some additional effort to achieve. It would > require that the list be moderated in some fashion to separate the technical > stuff from the rest of the posts. Since I didn't want to spend my days > reviewing posts, I chose to make the list self-moderated: post what you like, > but it's up to you to indicate when you are straying outside of technical > areas by adding the [OT] tag to the subject. By and large this system has > worked wonderfully, even though some people are a bit forgetful from time to > time about this. > > Please also note that Pete is still perfectly free to post OT stuff. > Nothing has changed in that regard. The only thing that's changed is that for > the next two weeks none of his posts will be sent to the ProFoxTech > subscribers. > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
