Ease of use considered harmful (was: lojban-tech list (was: Beginners' mailing list and scheduled IRC

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, And Rosta wrote:

> I sent (or meant to send) my remarks as a private comment to Jorge, who
> in sending his reply must have thought my reply was one of the many
> quotidian victims of unmunged-headers-considered-harmful.



If you maintain a sane reply policy on jboske, in contrast to this most
annoying behavior noted above, I shall surely enjoy moving some traffic
there!




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of a shade of an idea, which would naturally and spontaneously occur to
any skilled mechanic or operator in the ordinary progress of
manufactures."  -- Supreme Court Justice Douglas, 1950