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From: randy echtinaw <rjechtinaw@ia4u.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Heretic!
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:11:07 -0500
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

I'm with Ed. I'm a land line (SLOW) computer challenged "geezer" as it 
is. You guys all have "online personalities" and I really like that. It 
is a little strange to have such good friends I have never met. I learn 
a lot and have a good laugh here every day. I like the wiki site as the 
source of the latest "final" version of information. The only problem I 
have with this site is that I would prefer the "reply" button send only 
to the individual poster and the "reply all" button do just that. So, 
wherever you go I will follow but I am pretty happy in this corner of 
my computer envelope.
Randy


On Feb 12, 2005, at 9:58 PM, Ed Anderson wrote:

> Wheers the stiks and farwood, Vern?  I thunk we'se has us herein a 
> Heritic.
>
> I belong to a couple of  web forums, John.  No question they have some 
> nice
> features, but old dogs, new trick.  I find I spend more time on this 
> form -
> not certain its because it takes longer to read through all the stuff
> because we lack some of the features, you mentioned - or I just like 
> the
> manner of exchange and folks better here.
>
> But, in any case, I remember when this list was started by Marv as a
> "alternative" list for the rotary fliers and I guess in my opinion it 
> seems
> to work fine for the most part.  I think  the  "more advanced web 
> types"
> might find it somewhat crude and constrained, but for most of us it 
> does the
> job.   I really would not like to see the "rotary community" divided 
> again -
> but, that's just my view on the topic.
>
> Okkk, Vernn - brung out the torch! I's got thu wood stack'n around the
> varmit.
>
> Ed A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Slade" <sladerj@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:30 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Bandwidth/Netiquitte Issue.. "reply to all"
>
>
>> All,
>>> I am speaking only for myself, but I archive every single post and 
>>> see
>>> very little reason to have duplicates of ANY post
>> You're not alone. I'm sure most of us keep a local copy of every 
>> single
>> post.
>> Like me, you probably rarely look at it because it isn't easy to find
> stuff.
>> What a waste!
>>
>>> Every time Paul Conner posts, we get some sort of attachment that 
>>> says
>> there's no virus.
>> As Rusty says, this is reason 473 why mail lists are the Lycosaurus of
>> electronic communication.
>>
>>> web forums are so vastly superior to mail lists in this day and age.
>> Sorry. I can't pass up an opportunity like this. Here we are, 
>> struggling
>> with unwanted attachments and extra copies, fighting html, top or 
>> bottom
>> posting, archiving our own copies, and emailing our email addresses to
>> hundreds of virus vulnerable computers 50 times a day. Are we all 
>> nuts?
>> There's good technology out there. Let's use it.
>>
>> I help manage the canard forum at http://canardaviationforum.dmt.net
>> The majority of members are rotary enthusiasts. The forum is running 
>> on a
>> member's business server and he maintains it for free. There's lots of
> free
>> space. While the main forum is for pilots who fly the "Wright" way, 
>> it's
>> trivial to add a section dedicated to Fly-Rotary. I just did. It can 
>> be
>> found at http://canardaviationforum.dmt.net/forumdisplay.php?f=59
>>
>> Now let me be plain - I read this mail list 4 times a day or more, 
>> and I
>> find the information and the camaraderie here very very valuable. I 
>> also
>> read the canard forum and the Cozy list. This means I have to sift 
>> through
> a
>> bunch of irrelevant text to be sure I don't miss anything important. 
>> A few
>> decades ago, around the time they came out with the 2nd gen 13B, 
>> someone
>> invented a concept called "Threads". They can be made sticky, moved,
> updated
>> and organized hierarchically for easy access. You can edit/correct 
>> your
>> posts (what a concept!) and set it up so you get an email when a 
>> thread
>> you're interested in gets a posting. The WIKI idea, while 
>> commendable, is
> a
>> poor representation of 1/10 of the features of a forum. Come on, guys 
>> -
>> let's do it right, and all in one place!
>>
>> The last thing I want to do is cause trouble, get excommunicated for
> heresy,
>> or split up this wonderful group, but I just can't see a valid reason 
>> to
>> keep struggling with old technology. We don't do it with our 
>> airplanes.
> Why
>> do it with our computers?  The perfect solution, in my humble opinion,
> would
>> be for everyone reading this message to log into the above forum 
>> address,
>> create an ID, and start communicating effectively from here on.
>>
>> Anyone with me?
>>
>> John (running and ducking for cover)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>  Homepage:  http://www.flyrotary.com/
>>>>  Archive:   http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html
>>
>
>
>
>>>  Homepage:  http://www.flyrotary.com/
>>>  Archive:   http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html
>