SPONSORED LINKS
I like to add that long ago, this was a 750-specific ThinkPad discussion
list.
Then some folks with older 700's and 720's poked their noses in, along
with TP 500's.
As the ThinkPad line expanded, the decision was made that it was best to
try to keep everyone together for the sake of critical mass, rather than
multiples splinters that wouldn't have that.
At any rate, if you don't like it, then go. Not everyone is going to be
happy...
At 04:26 PM 11/3/97 -0800, Mitchell Yee wrote:
> I have to disagree with the attached comment.
>
> All things considered, especially with the state of the Net these
> days, this list has a remarkably *low* quantity of chit-chat.
>
> There are a lot of other newsgroups and liss where the noise and spam
> make the list virtually useless. Considering that this list
> isn't even moderated, it's even more surprising that the spammers
> haven't been shelling us with *cheap thinkpads here* ads or *free
> money* scams.
>
> Yeah, we all would like to see a newsgroup that would just give us
> useful information about our machine only. But, we also might gain
> some other insights on our own Thinkpad's idiosyncrasies by hearing
> about someone lamenting about their machine.
>
> If I'm not interested in the subject, I just delete the message
> before reading it.
>
> Mitchell
>
>
>______________________________ Reply Separator
_________________________________
>Subject: Re: comment from someone who unsubscribed
>Author: Bob Angell <aims@gte.net> at Internet
>Date: 11/3/97 5:06 PM
>
>
>RE: Letter WRT unsubscribing ...
>
>AMEN!! Way too much Noise to Information ratio. I *do* not
>have a 701 but do have a 755 and 760. I enjoy most of the
>information, but do not have the desire to wade through all of
>the chit/chat. Please consider whether what you post will be
>relevant to the *whole* list. If there are a handful of you
>interested in the specifics of a 701, please just send private
>email. <ahhh, feel much better now!! g>
>
>-Bob-
>--
> Bob Angell, Principal - Sys. Engineer/Author/Consultant
> Applied Info & Mgnt Sys, 1238 Fenway Ave., SLC, UT 84102
> v: 801-583-8544 e: aimsllc@ibm.net / bangell@cs.utah.edu
> --------------------------------------------------------
> http://home1.gte.net/aims/index.htm
> --------------------------------------------------------
> "Had Mama Cass and Karen Carpenter shared that Ham sand-
> wich, they would both be with us today!"Received: from
mail-oak-2.pilot.net (198.232.147.17) by ima.jud.ca.gov with SMTP
> (IMA Internet Exchange 2.1 Enterprise) id 00022184; Mon, 3 Nov 97 16:03:56
>-0800
>Received: from CS.UTK.EDU (CS.UTK.EDU [128.169.94.1]) by mail-oak-2.pilot.net
>with ESMTP id QAA25542 for <Mitchell_Yee@jud.ca.gov>; Mon, 3 Nov 1997
16:03:21
>-0800 (PST)
>Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost)
> by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK)
> id TAA26312; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:02:46 -0500 (EST)
>Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.7); Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:02:07 -0500
>Received:
> by CS.UTK.EDU (cf v2.9s-UTK)
> id TAA26213; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:02:07 -0500 (EST)
>Received: from mta2.gte.net (mta2.gte.net [207.115.153.11])
> by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK)
> id TAA26201; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:02:03 -0500 (EST)
>Received: from smtp1.mailsrvcs.net ([192.168.129.30]) by mta2.gte.net
> (Intermail v3.1 117 223) with ESMTP
> id <19971104000526.BNNM15939@smtp1.mailsrvcs.net>
> for <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu>; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:05:26 -0600
>Received: from denali (1Cust133.tnt17.sfo3.da.uu.net [153.37.49.133])
> by smtp1.mailsrvcs.net with SMTP id SAA22031
> for <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu>; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:05:22 -0600 (CST)
>Sender: aims@mailsrvcs.net
>Message-ID: <345E670B.63DA@gte.net>
>Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 17:06:35 -0700
>From: Bob Angell <aims@gte.net>
>Organization: Applied Information & Management Systems
>X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; U; AIX 2)
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
>Subject: Re: comment from someone who unsubscribed
>References: <199711032349.SAA20026@spot.cs.utk.edu>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>Comment: to {un}subscribe, send mail to thinkpad-REQUEST@cs.utk.edu
>
-------
Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775
Director, Electronic Commerce Program
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California