Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00952



To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: TurtleTek@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:32:56 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: comp.robotics.beam??


> Well, now that I think about it, A newsgroup DOES sound like a better idea.
> Why? Well I know mail IS free, but It only goes to a specific account. With
> a newsgroup you could pick it up virtually anywhere. This would alow more
> people to 'stumble' across it also. I'm actually thinking it would be a
> better idea.
>
> Dennison

Well, first of all, IF we take it to a newsgroup, I think we must move it to a
newsgroup! When I say move, I mean abandon the list and take all the
discussion to the newsgroup. I don't know about you, but I like having one
source of news about what my fellow BEAMers are up to and one place where all
the BEAMers are.

This allows me to address another topic. "The Zoz" has recently made an
archive to the BEAM list. A great idea, if you ask me. However, on his site it
says "Subscribe to the BEAM Alternate Emailing List or read the alt-beam
archive" ok, it says "archive", good, but it also says "Alternate Emailing
List". I don't like the sound of that. Is it just me or does that sound like a
second emailing list? Ok, I can live with a having newsgroup instead of
emailing list, I can maybe even learn to deal with BOTH a newsgroup and an
emailing list, but 2 emailing lists and a newsgroup?!? Am I reading it wrong?
Zozzles, are you out there?

I hate this. Maybe I just hate change. Maybe, just maybe, the newsgroup might
be a change for the better, but more than one discussion forum? Most likely a
change for the worst!

If we are looking to make a change to the current setup we have, it should be
losing this list and using only the list Zoz made at eGroups. I'm not
suggesting we do this, however, as I am on the "keep it as it is" side.

This reminds me of that old political cartoon with the snake in bits with the
names of each state on each segement, "Separated we die" or something like
that... 8)

-TurtleTek
"Yu, shall I tell you what knowledge is? When you know a thing,
say that you know it. When you do not know a thing, admit you
do not know it. This is knowledge."
- K'ung-fu Tzu (Confucius)

PS: Sorry if this seems old or out of date, I wasn't able to send email
yesterday so this is what I wrote then.

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