On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 00:26:22 +0100 (CET), Lars Aronsson lars@aronsson.se wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
But you certainly have the time to write a lot of messages on this list.
Again, I think perception of this is distorted somewhat and largely based on a set period of time a while ago - when I first joined this list I posted short posts often thrice in a row, flooding the list
I'm sorry to say that this perception is created anew every week, as long as this list is dominated by messages from you discussing your principal stance ("theory") rather than actual achievements ("practice"). Especially the long and tiresome discussion of various tongues from China seemed to be of very little practical use.
Whatever.
Also, it doesn't take much time to write an e-mail, at least for me,
It still takes a lot of time, at least for me, to read all the messages on this list. I wish there was more substance in them.
I'm also sorry to add to the impression that I'm only complaining. So let me end by telling that last month I scanned a public domain Finnish encyclopedia of 4 volumes and that more than 100 articles or stubs from it have already been imported into the Finnish Wikipedia, as shown by the category http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luokka:Pienest%C3%A4_tietosanakirjasta_tuodut_a...
So now not only are you complaining, but you're bragging? Great job, Lars. Great job.
Mark