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mta
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response 100 of 134:
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Feb 17 21:34 UTC 1998 |
No reason it couldn't. But I'd still be interested in a more specific
conference if it formed. (Less stuff I don't care about to sort through,
y'know. ;)
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mta
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response 101 of 134:
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Feb 17 21:37 UTC 1998 |
Incidently, I'd like to offer the Hippie Conference, which has been comtatose
for most of the last several years, either to a new FW or to be archived and
deleted.
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cmcgee
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response 102 of 134:
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Feb 17 21:39 UTC 1998 |
Funny, I'm still getting stuff new in that conference every month or so.
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cmcgee
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response 103 of 134:
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Feb 17 21:46 UTC 1998 |
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keesan
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response 104 of 134:
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Feb 18 01:18 UTC 1998 |
Misti, if you are really interested in a genetics conference, and if you are
planning to give up the Hippie conference as FW, would you be a FW in a new
conference? I have no experience as a FW except for the login of DIY. Does
it make any sense to start a conference then cancel if no interest?
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rcurl
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response 105 of 134:
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Feb 18 08:30 UTC 1998 |
You don't need any experience as a FW before you get experience. There
is a list of commands FWs can use to link items from other cfs, and
that is the main thing you do. Soem FWs try to stimulate activity in
their cfs, but when one sees how many cfs get along fine with FWs that
no longer participate, one realizes there are no especially challenging
tasks. Why don't you take it on, and learn?
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keesan
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response 106 of 134:
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Feb 18 19:15 UTC 1998 |
Rane, does this mean you would visit a genetics conference if I were FW?
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rcurl
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response 107 of 134:
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Feb 19 07:37 UTC 1998 |
Probably...I would need to watch that you don't start promoting Lysenkoism...
;->
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keesan
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response 108 of 134:
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Feb 19 17:24 UTC 1998 |
Well, I just wanted to know if I should present both sides of a question or
just one, and let you handle the other side. Since there seems to be no
interest in this conference, I will wait until an interesting issue comes up
(say in one of my translations) and post it somewhere else.
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mta
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response 109 of 134:
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Feb 19 21:22 UTC 1998 |
keesan, sure I'd be willing to co-FW with you. Though Ran is right. There
are no especial challenges to it. I can happily answer any questions you might
have, though.
Grex's policy has always been to start any conference that is requested and let
the users vote with their participation -- so sure, it makes sense to start the
conference, advertise it, and see what develops.
Colleen, you're still getting stuff? I'll have to go see if I "forgot" certain
items a long time ago or something. I'm glad there are signs of life there.
Wann be a fair witness? ;)
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cmcgee
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response 110 of 134:
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Feb 20 19:38 UTC 1998 |
Keesan, fws dont present "sides" of a question. Theirs is more of a
facilitator role of making sure that problems that arise are handled in a
mature, community-focused fashion. Your job has more to do with managing the
computer stuff like linking items than to present a point of view.
Take a look at the fw commands to see what I mean.
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valerie
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response 111 of 134:
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Feb 21 05:29 UTC 1998 |
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keesan
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response 112 of 134:
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Feb 25 22:46 UTC 1998 |
How about a human diversity conference, including cultural and genetic
diversity, called 'diversity'? I'll see where Agora 94 drifts to next.
re #110, I was teasing Rane, who always seems to take the opposite side in
any science-oriented discussion. I can always count on him to find something
on the internet which disagrees with what I found there. I did read the fw
commands, after I sort of volunteered myself into being Fw for DIY, but
there has been no need to link anything there, it is always busy there.
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rcurl
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response 113 of 134:
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Feb 26 08:26 UTC 1998 |
No, no... you take the opposite side. :)
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keesan
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response 114 of 134:
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Mar 12 18:45 UTC 1998 |
I have been entering diversity-related items in Agora and they all
seem to be of general interest. #94 (intercultural relations) is still going
strong, and has covered culture, race, genetic resistance to disease,
evolution, and now social classes. Talking to strangers was about nature vs
nurter (genetics vs environment) in determining personality. Career choices
is about what makes people prefer different sorts of work. Formality is about
hierarchies and social rank. I have a few other diversity-related topics in
mind, such as different styles of organization, pet personalities. These all
seem appropriate to agora, should I also bother linking them to a separate
conference?
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remmers
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response 115 of 134:
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Mar 13 00:03 UTC 1998 |
Why yes, link them to the diversity conference.
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davel
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response 116 of 134:
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Mar 14 03:30 UTC 1998 |
Right. On at least two grounds. First, and in general, it's easier to
*find* things of interest if they're in a conference devoted to that topic.
Second, and in particular, later this month this Agora is due to become the
*old* agora, & discussion is likely to die an early death.
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keesan
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response 117 of 134:
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Mar 14 05:18 UTC 1998 |
Is anyone else going to comment before the spring equinox?
And does this mean our dowsing discussion ends or does it get carried over.
We are still going back to refer to old responses.
How about Diversity - Differences within and between groups?
I just remembered Dowsing is linked to Paranormal, no problem.
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keesan
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response 118 of 134:
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Mar 16 04:26 UTC 1998 |
Nobody in agora seems to care either way whether there is a Diversity
conference, so can we try it for a while (quick before Agora moves somewhere
else and I have to find it to link a few items).
Diversity - Differences between and within groups of living creatures
The login id would mention things like race, ethnicity, religion, social
class, rank, anthropology, sociology, genetics, nature vs nurture.
Misti was willing to be co FW, is that still okay with Misti?
Any better ideas for a description for help conf?
I have lots more ideas, including asking people how they feel they and their
partner are complementary in personality and ability.
(Will wait for the next agora. And I also wondered just what happens when
a new agora starts to the old items still being discussed. Do they get copied
over in entirety, or restarted? Would it be possible to retain items that
have had responses in the final week of the old agora?)
Rane explained in Agora 26 how to avoid having to read items linked from agora
which are marked new in the conference to which they are linked, you just type
seen at the ok prompt, thanks Rane.
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rcurl
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response 119 of 134:
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Mar 16 06:50 UTC 1998 |
The *whole* previous agora will be saved as oldagora. You can join oldagora
just like any other cf - and you can continue to respond in it, for that
matter. I just keep both "agora" and "oldagora" in my .cflist. Quite of
bit of activity continues in oldagora. Some more recent items are linked
from oldagora to agora, by the usual procedure (you have to ask the agora fw,
of course). No items are automatically linked from oldagora to agora.
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mta
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response 120 of 134:
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Mar 17 01:44 UTC 1998 |
Keesan, I'm on a borrowed computer tonight because my darling son killed
mine. I'm willing to be co-FW, but unless you want to call me I might not
be much help for the first while...
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keesan
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response 121 of 134:
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Mar 17 01:56 UTC 1998 |
May we offer you a free PC clone? Or help with resuscitation?
I was wondering where you had gotten to. Good luck.
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davel
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response 122 of 134:
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Mar 17 22:57 UTC 1998 |
What weapon did he use, Misti?
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scg
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response 123 of 134:
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Mar 17 23:50 UTC 1998 |
I think he told me he used an ethernet card.
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keesan
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response 124 of 134:
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Mar 18 18:00 UTC 1998 |
Am I supposed to wave a magic wand now to create a conference, or is that the
responsibility of staff (after they finish the magic of installing the 670?)
(I have not looked yet to see if it exists, did I speak too soon?)
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