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[Ray Saintonge]

Delirium wrote:

>Gregory Maxwell wrote:
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>>On 5/26/06, Lord Voldemort <lordbishopvoldemort at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>On 5/26/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>If you consider your own contributions of such low value that they are
>>>>not worth going out of your way to present, even including sending
>>>>someone else in your place... then why should we expect them to be
>>>>worth our time reading on a mailing list?
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>>>I find questioning people's financial situations in poor taste.
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>>Huh? I was refering to the IRC meetings which is what almost all of
>>them have been.
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>Oh, I thought you meant the in-person meetings.
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There was nothing in that comment to specify that he was talking about IRC.

>I don't find IRC (or "chat" generally) a useful or efficient means of 
>communication.  Email gives enough space that people can look up 
>sources, consider their positions and arguments, read other material if 
>necessary, and then respond.  IRC is a mixture of off-the-cuff and 
>prepared remarks, broken up into small bits with a lot of asides and 
>chit-chat that you have to sit through in real time.
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I strongly agree with this.  I have this unfortunate habit of liking to 
think about what I say.  That leaves me ill-suited for the instant 
gratification that is sometimes required in chat rooms.

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