[ale] ale list now linked with google groups ale list

[Jim Kinney]

we also have a public archives of the entire list traffic since the begining
of dirt. That archives is, and has been searchable by google since google
went live. The crosslinking between the two mediums is of little consequence
unless someone is sending sensitive data to the list.

It that case they would be rather foolish since there are _FAR_ more
subscribers than active participants.

I don't plan on ever posting anything to the google group for ale unless the
ale machine goes up in smoke. I don't expect anyone else to use it for any
other purposes as well. It is not worth bothering with except as a backup
for the traffic.

Plus is it quite clunky and awkward to use/read compared to email (gmail
does a nice threading but I can't turn it off).

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM, James Taylor <
James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:

> It's only a backchannel  if it's something I would use.  If the list is
> down I can wait until it's back up again.  The list is useful, but not
> essential to my life.
> I don't have a problem checking the web site for a status if the list is
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> I do have problem with my list messages being propagated to an entirely
> different communication medium.
> If I subscribe to a listserver I expect the messages I generate to be
> directed at that audience unless specifically defined by the list policies,
> in which case I can decide at that time whether I want to subscribe.
> -jt
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> James Taylor
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> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
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> <437d2f230802211301k36067009rdcbbe3140928cbd2 at mail.gmail.com>, "Jim
> Kinney"
> <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That is because before the new ale list was online, I was able to
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> > a google group up as an interim communication method. I did this with a
> > quickly grabbed list of emails of people from my personal archives that
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> > by no means inclusive or exclusive. It was just what I grabbed.
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> > It is of no value now that the real ale list is back up except as a
> > secondary backchannel in the event of failure.
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> > Besides, splintering this group is already accomplished by the other
> > meet5ing locations. Add to it that the group looks like particle board
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> > not plywood anyway. glued together by linux...
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> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> > wrote:
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> >> James Taylor wrote:
> >> > Why? I'm signed up for the ALE mailing list.  If I'd wanted my stuff
> >> > propagated to a Google group I would have signed up for one. -jt
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> >> I don't see the purpose. Further, I've just visited the site and I see
> >> conversations going on there that are not on the list.
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> >> Unless I'm missing something, this will simply splinter the group.
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> >> --
> >> Until later, Geoffrey
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> >> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
> >>  - Benjamin Franklin
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