RE: regress in crystallographic good practices and knowledge

[Darren Broom]

I agree with Bill.

Also, I haven't done any practical Rietveld refinement for years but, aside from the aforementioned snarkiness, still enjoy reading the discussions. In my current day job, I am also involved in supplying (admittedly a very small amount of) equipment to neutron and synchrotron sources so it's great for me to be able to use this list, alongside the neutron users one, to keep up with things in the world of powder diffraction.

Can I also ask a perhaps controversial question: I wonder what the main issue is with attachments?

I use my personal email account to subscribe and, although I am useless at keeping my inbox tidy, I currently have just under 20 GB of storage space left; so a few pdfs or similar from Rietveld list posters would not cause me a major storage space issue...

Best regards,

Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: bill.l.re...@exxonmobil.com
Sent: Fri, 8 May 2015 11:26:03 -0500
To: rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: RE: regress in crystallographic good practices and knowledge

My personal observation only of course – I’ve seen that a lot of “entry level” questions are met with incredibly snarky comments which I find very off-putting.  The participants on this site should welcome all questions – it’s an opportunity to teach, not ridicule.

 

Bill Reese

 

 

From: alan.he...@gmail.com [mailto:alan.he...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Alan Hewat
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 11:07 AM
To: Leopoldo Suescun
Cc: rietveld_l@ill.fr
Subject: Re: regress in crystallographic good practices and knowledge

 

I apologize in advance for attaching a file but I cannot share my astonishment without it.

....that´s why I worry more and more every day.

And I worry that people are still attaching files to the whole list when they are explicitly asked not too. Most papers are on-line now, so just give a link to the paper. Or post your file to a free file sharing service - see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_hosting_services 

 

Anyone who still posts files to the whole list is automatically suspended for 1 week.

 

Actually, I worry that the Rietveld list no longer serves a useful purpose. There are few interesting discussions, and apparently few people actually read the posts.

 

Alan

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