[Gasification] Ecoethanol "(OFF TOPIC)" <------ see???

[Harmon Seaver]

On 7/26/06, Manuel Escamilla <manuel_escamilla at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Harmon Seaver:
>
> Maybe then there are a lot of other members that are being inpolite and rude
> to the rest by posting off topic issues... you should talk to all of them
> which might be around lets say 100% of the whole list.
>

   Ahhh, no, it is not -- as I said, I've been on this list a very
long time, and most of the people here do not post off-topic. As a
matter of fact, if you or anyone else had posted about ethanol here 10
years ago, you would have been flooded with nasty emails.
Unfortunately, I suspect many of those very erudite and knowledgable
people are now long gone from this list as I never see them posting
anymore.



> I kept the previous posts in the email because I forgot to erase it... I am
> really sorry that 4kB of stuff really harmed your server, computer or
> whatever... maybe you should buy a new one don't you think? There are some
> with more than 100Gb of hard drive space which probably, just probably,
> won't get worked up over a 4kb email.

   You clearly don't understand -- when I mentioned drive space, I was
talking about the repp.org server -- and the moderator here (as
elsewhere on repp) has quite often asked people to trim their posts.
It is indeed very much a problem, not only for repp.org, but also for
those people searching the archives for information.
   But also -- yes -- a longer email is very much a problem for many
of us here on these lists. We have to download all that before we can
even see if we want ot delete it or not -- and for people on slow
dialup connections, or those who have to pay by the byte, that is a
serious problem. For me -- a big part of the year I am living in my
cabin in the northwoods of Minnesota. It is off-grid, no phone (within
two miles) and my only net access is when I go to town once a week and
go to the library -- where I am only allowed one 1/2 hour of net
access. That is barely enough time to look at my bank account, and
then quickly try to delete all the crap on my email account and maybe
not even then get to respond to any personal emails.
    So -- like I said, having been on this partiuclar list for many
years, I now find it so clogged with off-topic posts (only during the
last 2 or 3 years) that I am forced to unsubscribe during the time I
am up north -- and frankly, that really, truly, pisses me off.

> No Harmon I am not lazy... probably naive... hehehe
>
> You know what... lets drop it there, my intentions were not to create an
> unconfortable situation and yes, I will post again an off topic issue if i
> see it fit so if you ever see and off topic thing delivered in your mail...
> just erase it.

   No -- if I see an off-topic post from you again, you may be very
assured that I rwill seriously roast your ass.



> Godd luck on whatever it is that you do...

   I'm a retired unix systems administrator and network engineer. And
yes, in reply to your other post, I most certainly do have an english
major besides, in Creative Writing, as a matter of fact. And am also a
published poet and writer.  You might like reviewing my CV at:
http://cybershamanix.com/resume.html


-- 
Harmon Seaver