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Chip,
I don't wish to promote further "capitalism" banter, yet I would like to
acknowledge your *very* constructive suggestions. I myself have
absolutely no problem with anyone saying whatever he like on this list.
I think we've all been hardened to life's interruptions by the people
calling to switch our long distance service <g>; an interruption
considerably more unpleasant than anything that ever occurs here. Yet,
there is a matter of focus; I think *focus* is where you're coming from,
and I appreciate your attempting to re-focus our efforts.
In regards to your thoughts on increasing the value of list
participation: I think it would be interesting to know how may people
are actually on the list. My guess is that the old 80/20 rule would
apply, and that 20% of the readers do 80% of the posting. If this is
true, then the 80% who don't post are still avid readers who perhaps
remain silent because they are intimidated by the often overwhelming
knowledge and experience of the 20%. That's why I applaud your ideas
about an FAQ and similar vehicles that could serve as a repository of
information for the silent majority, perhaps relieving them of their
bashfulness about more active participation.
I look forward to your power-user tips.
What do you think it would take to create and maintain an FAQ?
Leo
Chip Anderson wrote:
>
> OK guys, _please_ take this discussion elsewhere. I reserved
> judgement at first, but now I think this discussion is definately over
> the "off-topic" line. This is not a email-list for political views.
> If you want to continue this kind of discussion, I suggest that you
> move it to the alt.politics.economics newsgroup (seriously!).
>
> In another post, Richard Estes suggested that people consider
> subscribing to Silicon Investor and I wholeheartedly agree. The
> threads there on Metastock and on Technical Analysis are _very_
> informative and rarely get as off-topic as this list seems to do. If
> you don't subscribe already, do yourself a favor and check out
> http://www.techstocks.com
>
> In the hopes of increasing the signal-to-noise ratio on this list, I'm
> gonna start sending out at least one Metastock power-user tip per week
> - hopefully they will spark more discussions about using the product
> effectively. Look for the first tip later today. I encourage others
> to think of ways to increase the value of participating in this list.
> Anyone feel like creating and maintaining a FAQ? ;-)
>
> Chip
> http://coolhistory.com/ChipsCharts
>
> P.S. Frank, I'm definately not singling you out here. Your post was
> simply the one I chose to "respond" to.
>
> ---"Frank B. Gaylord" <fbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > At 11:03 AM 1/14/98 , Richard Estes wrote:
> > >No I haven't. Have you? Do you think the form of government or
> economic
> > >structure had something to do with it being a totalitarian state?
> > >
> > >The point I made was that simply because 50% plus 1 votes for
> something,
> > >does not make it good or bad. Majority rule can be as oppressive as
> one
> > >dictator. If the realization of that truth is "no-nothing", then
> you need to
> > >assess your logic criteria.
> > >Richard Estes
> >
> >
> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> > ::::
> >
> > Richard -
> >
> > Capitalism and democracy go hand-in-hand; cannot have capitalism
> without
> > democracy. In reality, though what we have in this world today are
> > capitalism and democracy in varying shades of grey, it is still true
> that
> > the closer to pure capitalism, the closer to a pure democracy follows.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Frank :-)
> >
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