On Feb 6, 2010, at 5:46 AM, Bill Arnold wrote:
> I don't believe that filters solve the problem. It's like there's a guy in
> the back of the room heckling and shouting nonsense every time you try to
> talk, and while you can put in an earplug, you know it's happening and
> others are listening, which frustrates the forum in different ways.
Filtering works fine for me. I see the technical talk, and I see an
occasional OT from people I respect. And I don't give a rat's ass if someone is
spewing nonsense, nor do I care about the fool who is dumb enough to listen.
I don't like a lot of programs on TV, either. But I don't obsess over
them, nor do I write the TV stations asking them to do something about a show I
dislike, and that others may be watching. I either change the channel or turn
it off.
> Some just leave, some are inhibited from talking, some are confused, some are
> mad, etc. Thus what could have been an incubator for useful idea development
> becomes a stricken neighborhood.
>
> Where's the creativity?
Bill, nothing is stopping you from being creative. Instead of
complaining that no one is making your ideal environment, why not go ahead and
do it yourself?
> Ed, don't you work for a company whose business is the cloud? What do they
> have to say?
What does cloud computing have to do with anything? Since November,
ProFox has been hosted on a cloud server. Did you notice a change?
Cloud computing isn't centralized control of content, which is what you
seem to be implying. It's simply making resources available in a much more
flexible manner.
> Don't they see a great opportunity to make the net more useful,
> even just for themselves at first? I see IBM has gone with something like
> second city. Isn't that inspiring?
Get a grip. This is an email list. It's not a virtual world or
anything.
-- Ed Leafe
_______________________________________________
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.
