Interesting... there were some recent comments that the list has
improved over the years.  I certainly think there's much less flaming
and more actual discussion going on, even if off-topic stuff has been
rather rampant.

2008/12/19 Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca>:
> I understood that 1 year ago... this list is getting down the drain.
>
> I still come lurk once in a wile just to read some childish and unrelated,
> irrelevant post.
>
> You did a good job!
>
> Thanks.
> Ben
> http://www.benplace.com/
>
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:01:02 -0800, Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>Okay, this isn't fun anymore.
>>
>>The "Charter" is gone. The footer is gone.  Moderation is gone.  Quote
>>full digests if that's what blows up your skirt. Top post, bottom post
>>or middle post to your heart's content. Discuss Fords, Priuses, John
>>Deere tractors, cell phones or the likelihood of there being life on
>>the moons of Saturn 24/7 if that where the conversation leads you.  If
>>you all feel that you want moderation, I can offer a couple of
>>personnel recommendations, but that's for all of you to decide. It
>>just ain't me babe. I have had enough.
>>
>>David, hard drive space and CPU power ARE cheap.  Flying from coast to
>>coast to install them costs a bit more and Tom, who still has
>>possession of the hardware has been more than a little difficult to
>>contact. I have more that enough retired hardware to rehost, but to do
>>so requires gerry's hard drive(s) to capture the archived data and for
>>the Listserv package. There has been off list discussion about
>>replacing gerry, but without actually HAVING gerry, it is difficult to
>>proceed. If there are folks that want to pursue this avenue, please do
>>so. I have nothing to offer the discussion except rack space and pipe.
>>(Which is the original offer that got me into this silly predicament.)
>>
>>I will continue to approve requests to subscribe to the list (since
>>there's no one else who can until gerry gets freed from Tom
>>Carrington's closet) and I will send the how to unsubscribe link to
>>those who ask. I will moderate or remove subscribers who escalate
>>flame-fests to the level of Godwin's Law but that is it. Complaints
>>will go into the bit bucket for electron recycling.
>>
>>Be nice to one another.
>>
>>Jim
>

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