I am afraid I agree with Mr Burrell. The discussion re the distribution of
1/X only helped those who were interested and filled up the "inbox" of those
who were not. Maybe the original sender of a query should copy all those
who replied to any future correspondences so that those who expressed an
opinion can discuss it away from the list.
Regards
Sarah Kirk
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Sewell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 19 February 2004 16:21
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Some Reminders
At 21:01 17/02/2004 +0000, Quentin L. Burrell wrote:
>I think that the recent exchanges re the distribution of 1/X justify
>Andrew's "official" line and highlight the weaknesses of Martin's
>alternative.
Au contraire, in this rule-breaking incident the iterative, accountable and
self-correcting process helped. Osher Doctorow will remain the scourge of
mailing lists regardless of protocol.
Regards
Martin
PS You've highlighted the weakness of the rule by being forced to break it
in order to discuss it.
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