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Hi NAG: I have to vote for email. I have very little time to sit at my computer. I work on many electronic/hardware problems that don't allow me monitor a computer screen. I would never be available to give advise on line. But , I do value the input from the discussions and am willing to contribute via email. Thanks Cliff Ray Hernandez wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Really though, it isn't as if we would be forced to use it. It > was only > presented as an alternative to the mailing list. I can't see why giving > nag members an alternative form of collaboration is such a bad thing. > > IRC is a relatively mature(read old :-) ) form of chat. It has > client > software for every platform that you can think of. We use it in my > office to collaborate with other groups both onsite and offsite. We have > found that it is a great way to exchange information, ask for help, and > get opinions. > > Again, I don't think it is being presented as a replacement for > the > mailing list and nobody is saying that you would be forced to use it, > nobody is saying that we think you should use it, nobody is trying to > say that it is better than the mailing list. Ed is just seeing if people > would be interested in using it. > > - --Ray > > > John Gorentz wrote: > | It's much better to clog an inbox than to clog up a person's valuable > time, I would think. Asynchronicity is good! -John > | > | At 05:51 PM 12/13/2004, Peter J Murray wrote: > | > |>I always have small questions that could be better answered in a chat. > |>I always feel a bit of guilt when I think of something to ask, and > |>think, I hate to bother these people again and clog inboxes. > |> > |>John Gorentz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFBvjRoDVUmy71VozcRAmdgAJ963bXsKywAw18fH5fquKM3MNE3gACeKhMd > 1HOuCFoFBekjBOxig+C2iiI= > =h+1J > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Clifford L. Beckett office: 517-355-4659 A411 E. Fee cell: 517-749-4308 OMM Department fax: 517-353-0789 Michigan State University email: [log in to unmask] E. Lansing MI, 48824