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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Tim,
>
> You need to fix that bug in your poster SW that is not referencing quite
> correctly! :-) I keep having trouble finding your replies. Well, found
> it so here I am.
>
> To net it out, I agree with you, mostly, on this. (and I tend to think
> of you and Bram as adults, BTW(1) )
Same here, I probably should have said that a little more clearly :)
> The question is, is there anything salvagable? If there is (and it's not
> my call, it's the cad.dev regulars, I'm just a gadfly), is the time and
> effort likely to pay off? If the judgement is, "maybe" (and again, not
> my call, it's the call of whoever volunteers to take on the
> "babysitting") then I think drawing sets is more likely to be value add
> to the community sooner than several other activities I can think of.
> That's all I'm saying there. Based on your offline note to me I sort of
> think you already agree.
>
> 1 - Mookie was making an age based distinction(2), I tend to go on
> maturity level. Except when you were slamming me in the great "blue
> windows" /"hoarding connections to TLG" flamefest, ( :-) ) I tend to
> think of you as adult. Adultness is not a function of age, it's a
> function of behaviour.
That's what I meant when I said that.. if no one would have ever told me
that Tim wasn't an "adult" a never would have guessed otherwise, Same
with Bram, though I don't have as much contact with Bram has I have had
with Tim.
> 2 - valid and I know she agrees with me, she was just making a point
> that we're all adults, or mostly adults, here on LUGNET. (3) You guys
> count.
Most definately!
> 3 - for now. Going forward the mix will change according to Todd. We
> need to work some of these mentoring/behaviour/monitoring things out now
> before things get more hectic.
Yes, things will have to change, not only for them, for us too.. we do
need to be patient with the younger users. There are a lot of us that
aren't parents, and to some it might be a little rough at first. Though
I think in the long run we can all get along here and make this place
feel like home :)
> Tim Courtney wrote:
> >
> > At 10:17 PM 8/13/99 , Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > Tim Courtney wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd say not. I'm looking more for things along the lines of gathering
> > > > links, making sure stuff works, making pages which are not
> > > > content-critical. LDrawing sets in large volume is nice, but its not
> > > > something considered 'giving someone an appreciation for the place' IMO.
> > >
> > > Why not? I think that Ldrawing sets is indeed useful. But then, my
> > > perspective is that of a consumer of instructions, not a creator of
> > > them, and I certainly know that I do not have the time nor the interest
> > > to get deep into part creation. I am grateful that there are those who
> > > do. It is a tough job and it takes a lot of skill.
> >
> > LDrawing sets is useful, I'm not disagreeing. But the thing is Jonathan
> > has stockpiled bunches and bunches of these LDrawn sets and will just
> > submit a flood of them without editing out his own 'parts' first. I'm more
> > concerned with adhesion to the OMR standards.
> >
> > > But I trust they will not tell me how to architect distributed systems,
> > > just as I would not presume to tell them how to do parts. I may vote on
> > > how the parts look to me, just as I welcome their input on how the
> > > systems I architect perform.
> >
> > Correct.
> >
> > > But anyway, if there is something that benefits the community as a whole
> > > (not specifically ldraw.org) that Jonathan is good at, and from which a
> > > more constructive interaction might result than if it were something
> > > Jonathan was NOT good at, it seems worth a try to this outsider.
> >
> > I was just using ldraw.org as a suggestion. But yes, there are other
> > things that would benefit the community outside of doing stuff for ldraw.org.
> >
> > > A few ground rules if I may be so bold:
> > > - no asking for parts. Do the sets you have the parts for only.
> > > - no using non standard parts. Not even as mockups.
> > > - if it doesn't display correctly on a system that has all, and only,
> > > the official released parts, it's wrong.
> >
> > Good thoughts.
> >
> > -Tim <><
> >
> > http://www.zacktron.com
> > http://www.ldraw.org
> > AIM: timcourtne
> > ICQ: 23951114
> >
> > Commonwealth Edison: What do you do with OUR power?
> >
> > Get paid to surf the web! Visit:
> > http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=DGO655
>
> --
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