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Grex > Oldcoop > #59: Minutes of Grex Board Meeting 18 December 2003 | |
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willcome
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response 25 of 57:
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Dec 21 01:22 UTC 2003 |
Re. 22: its.
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remmers
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response 26 of 57:
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Dec 21 13:06 UTC 2003 |
What's bizarre is that a service running on such old hardware and
software gets so many users.
What's the standard group name - "guest"? Seems contrary to the concept
that we like people to move in and stick around forever. Maybe "resident".
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bhoward
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response 27 of 57:
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Dec 21 14:34 UTC 2003 |
What do you think about using "citizen" which communicates the sense
commitment without implying physical locality?
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remmers
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response 28 of 57:
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Dec 21 15:03 UTC 2003 |
Current names are folks, beings, humans, populus, entities,
units, sapients, and citizens. So there's precedent for
"citizen" and it does convey an appropriate idea, but it'd
be fun to come up with something new.
How about "grexers"?
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janc
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response 29 of 57:
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Dec 21 18:02 UTC 2003 |
Because of the uid limit, most Grex uid's have been used by many different
accounts over the years. However, the combination of group-id-number and
user-id-number uniquely identifies every user in the history of Grex.
That's cool but I can't think of any use for it. I can't say I care at
all what happens to this when we move over. Might be best just to move
everyone to one group and never have to think about it again.
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jp2
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response 30 of 57:
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Dec 21 19:27 UTC 2003 |
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mary
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response 31 of 57:
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Dec 21 19:51 UTC 2003 |
Bipeds?
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cross
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response 32 of 57:
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Dec 21 20:02 UTC 2003 |
What about the group name that had been already chosen and put into
the renumber script?
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naftee
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response 33 of 57:
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Dec 21 22:08 UTC 2003 |
re 20 "neighbours"
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keesan
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response 34 of 57:
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Dec 21 22:54 UTC 2003 |
Plebs - the common people of ancient Rome; the general populace.
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mary
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response 35 of 57:
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Dec 22 00:44 UTC 2003 |
Mortals. You can't get much more
inclusive than that.
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remmers
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response 36 of 57:
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Dec 22 01:13 UTC 2003 |
Yes, but through one's writing (on a bbs or elsewhere) one
achieves a measure of immortality.
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mdw
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response 37 of 57:
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Dec 22 03:29 UTC 2003 |
Which would better fit "aspirants".
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aruba
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response 38 of 57:
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Dec 22 04:14 UTC 2003 |
Re #31: I can think of at least two Grexers who aren't bipeds...
How about "rabble".
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keesan
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response 39 of 57:
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Dec 22 04:28 UTC 2003 |
You'uns.
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jp2
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response 40 of 57:
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Dec 22 04:54 UTC 2003 |
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gull
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response 41 of 57:
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Dec 22 16:10 UTC 2003 |
I'd push for "users", because of the principle of least surprise.
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remmers
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response 42 of 57:
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Dec 22 17:13 UTC 2003 |
But Grex is *supposed* to be surprising!
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bhoward
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response 43 of 57:
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Dec 23 01:38 UTC 2003 |
Rereading all this, I've decided that personally, I prefer "folks" to
"citizens".
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gelinas
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response 44 of 57:
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Dec 23 02:19 UTC 2003 |
Re 32: I couldn't find that name mentioned anywhere. I finally tracked
it down in garage:
gid 50 (people) -> * gid 200 (people)
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jep
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response 45 of 57:
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Dec 23 04:10 UTC 2003 |
Wouldn't the most inclusive group name be "us"?
I am trying to think of reasons why it matters what the group name is,
and failing.
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jp2
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response 46 of 57:
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Dec 23 04:11 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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gelinas
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response 47 of 57:
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Dec 23 04:16 UTC 2003 |
Everything matters to _someone_, jep. :)
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naftee
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response 48 of 57:
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Dec 23 08:29 UTC 2003 |
I nominate "myself"
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remmers
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response 49 of 57:
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Dec 23 14:32 UTC 2003 |
Re #59: "Us" could be misinterpreted as "United States", decidedly
non-inclusive.
It doesn't matter why or whether it matters what the group name is.
Experience tells us that a large percentage of discussion on any
public bbs is about things that don't matter.
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