[RTC List] Take a byte out of your emails

[Carter Fleming]

I must say it is fun to wake up the day after Christmas and read these 
entertaining flames and misunderstandings and misconceptions and 
whatnot. I do have a thought concerning them, however...

I know this request may seem redundant because it's been made many, many 
(read that as: many) times in the past (I remember making it 12 years 
ago): can you trim your replies down to just the pertinent data that is 
under discussion in any given email? I subscribe to the digest version 
of this mailing list, so to read Cole's and Van's entertaining discourse 
I have to scroll through 58KB of mostly repeated information to really 
pull out the juicy stuff. When you (all of us) compose a reply, can you 
(we) strip out the superfluous information and just cut to the chase 
with these discussions? Things move much more quickly that way and 
voyeurs like myself can glean the gist of an entire discussion before 
our own desire to chime in gets the better of us.

Cole: are you perhaps confusing and meshing two entirely separate issues 
with your rather copious complaints? Hosting and connections to the 
Internet beyond the borders of Humboldt are different issues. Perhaps 
before you dis local hosting companies (of which there are several 
reliable options from which to choose) or spread rumors about their 
unreliability you should clarify what your real complaints involve. In 
this case it seems to me you are complaining about Humboldt's isolation, 
not hosting options.

I am confused, furthermore, by your reference to a "small local hosting 
company" based in Seattle.  By definition - since this list serves 
Humboldt County and surrounding environs - that would not be considered 
"local". Maybe to Seattle residents, but then this would be a topic of 
discussion for one of "their" local listservs, not ours. Perhaps in the 
interests of supporting (the mindset that supports) the local economy 
you could rephrase your concerns to say something like "Due to 
connectivity issues imposed by geography, we've had to take our hosting 
out of the County." If it is a real and legitimate complaint that you 
have about a local business, slamming it (by name or implication) is not 
something we do on public discussion boards. That is one of the purposes 
for the Better Business Bureau.

Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!

Carter

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