Re: [IRCA] The New Rockin' 980!

[Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 December 2007 12:54, Ira Elbert New, III wrote:
> Funny thing, but I thought keyboards came with a delete key. I know
> I use mine quite often.

I'll bet you do.  I think mine may be wearing out.

Is it too much to ask that a little restraint and common sense be 
exercised?  I guess so.

Consider what happens when you post the same question on many 
different lists.  A persistent problem on mailing lists is that many 
people reply to questions without checking to see if the question has 
already been answered by somebody else.  But that small problem is 
multiplied manyfold when the question appears on many lists, since it 
isn't feasible to check and see whether the answer has already 
appeared somewhere.  So, a lot of people may be wasting their time 
posting unnecessary replies, and many more people are wasting time 
deleting all the duplicate and unnecessary postings.

I find it remarkable that there are so many mailing lists dedicated to 
an esoteric hobby with a relatively small number of practitioners.  
Are there really that many little factions and loyalties in the 
hobby?  We would all be better off if the most active AM DXers would 
pick one or two lists, and cut the others loose.  Then, maybe, others 
would gravitate to those lists, and we could cut down on the 
duplicity without fear of missing something.

Okay, I'll crawl back in my hole now.

Barry

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Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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