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Grex > Coop > #284: Grex Town Hall -- How do we move forward? - Fall, 2010 |  |
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mary
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response 68 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:31 UTC 2010 |
Re: #59 I love it when Tod talks about hostility and coleslaw in the same
sentence. So much anger channeled through cabbage. ;-)
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slynne
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response 69 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:33 UTC 2010 |
resp:65 FWIW, explaining to someone who is demanding that his ideas be
implemented that the reason they aren't being implemented is because no
one has the time or inclination to carry them out is not the same thing
as knocking the idea or saying that it isnt a good idea.
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richard
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response 70 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:36 UTC 2010 |
re #69 don't interpret someone *SUGGESTING* an idea as the same thing
as *DEMANDING* an idea. Please. A suggestion is just that, a
suggestion.
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twinkie
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response 71 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:40 UTC 2010 |
I am also suggesting that Grex get a million dollars.
The fact that I'm insisting that not having a million dollars is proof
positive that the sky is falling, and that my awesome idea would have saved
everything if you'd only do what I say, doesn't change the fact that I'm not
*demanding* anything. Why, the mere implication is absurd!
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slynne
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response 72 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:41 UTC 2010 |
richard, seriously, twinkie has you pegged in this regard. I am willing
to accept that you don't intend to sound as obnoxious as you do. But you
sound pretty demanding to me most of the time.
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richard
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response 73 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:52 UTC 2010 |
re #71, 72 thats bs. someone suggesting an idea, with enthusiasm, is
not being obnoxious. Neither of you are helping grex by over-reacting
to such posts.
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twinkie
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response 74 of 334:
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Sep 30 21:59 UTC 2010 |
I don't know why you're lumping me in there.
I am very enthusiastic about Grex getting a million dollars. I'm being quite
helpful, in fact, and here you go, shooting down my wonderful idea!
And believe you me, I'm not being obnoxious when I tell you that's wrong.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
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kentn
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response 75 of 334:
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Sep 30 22:12 UTC 2010 |
I've seen a lot of good suggestions, by the way, and am trying to keep
an open mind about which ones we can reasonably do. Keep entering them
as you think of them. It's getting agreement and the implementation
that take time (and Grex is known to move slowly on both counts). We
are working on some ideas even now (such a determining feasibility and
who could do things). Enthusiasm is needed more than ever, along with
a sense of urgency about getting things accomplished quickly that will
help improve Grex before it's too late (and I don't think it's too late
yet).
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kentn
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response 76 of 334:
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Sep 30 22:21 UTC 2010 |
Hey, it'd be great if we'd get a million dollars and there probably
are ways to do that legally (e.g. a grant). twinkie, do you have
any line on how we could go about it?
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cross
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response 77 of 334:
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Oct 1 05:06 UTC 2010 |
I'll help Grex when I get back from Afghanistan next month.
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tsty
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response 78 of 334:
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Oct 1 09:22 UTC 2010 |
got an email faorm a newly validated newuser, rust, wheo said (and approved
the posting of his email):
> Thanks. Been here before. For years and years. But, I kinda let the account
lapse having my Debian boxen available.
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> Grex is HIGHLY useful for checking what robots see, text only browsing with
lynx, checking yer DNS from someplace else, all kinds of things that only a
remote connection can offer. But, since I farmed out hosting to another
company instead of doing it myself (and paying outrageous prices for
dedicated connections)... it just isn't what I used to do.
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> Heck, I remember when you guys used to cry for parts. I guess I can toss
those 30 pin RAM modules now.
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... thoight yu;d all like to know ...
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kentn
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response 79 of 334:
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Oct 1 11:44 UTC 2010 |
Re 77: Thanks, sounds good, Dan!
Re 78: Several more things to add to the list of "what can you do on grex?"
I'm glad to see a former user come back. We need more people like that, as
well as new users.
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tsty
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response 80 of 334:
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Oct 1 20:22 UTC 2010 |
r e 79 ... proactive validatoin at werk.
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jgelinas
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response 81 of 334:
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Oct 2 16:27 UTC 2010 |
Carried over from the Treasurer's Report item, where folks where asking
about using Google for e-mail:
What is the advantage of using GMail for "@cyberspace.org" instead of
"@gmail.com"? I can see the advantage for an organisation, but what is
the advantage for a user?
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mary
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response 82 of 334:
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Oct 2 18:26 UTC 2010 |
I think some people really like the cyberspace.org address.
I can't imagine how anyone would have Grex as his/her primary email
address. If Google mail goes down it's for minutes. If Grex's machine
died, well, you could be missing a whole lot of mail for a very long time.
We're simply not an enterprise email system.
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tod
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response 83 of 334:
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Oct 2 19:24 UTC 2010 |
re #81
What is the advantage of using GMail for "@cyberspace.org" instead of
"@gmail.com"?
I guess you could ask current Grexers if they would use @cyberspace.org
if given a worthy email system.
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jep
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response 84 of 334:
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Oct 2 19:57 UTC 2010 |
re resp:75: I urge you to keep it open, Kent. It's a little encouraging
to know someone thinks something is going on. It might be much more so
to know what it is. We're all used to feeling like part of the crowd,
not being outsiders looking in on the cool kids.
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keesan
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response 85 of 334:
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Oct 2 21:53 UTC 2010 |
Grex has the advantage of being a shell account and also having spamassassin
so you can tailor your spam filtering, extract text from attached garbage,
etc. I use it for freecycle and friends, but for anything that would cause
a problem if it got lost I use other addresses which are less convenient to
use.
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yecril71pl
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response 86 of 334:
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Oct 8 14:23 UTC 2010 |
Most items on the welcome menu do not work returning unhelpful error messages.
Hyperlinks in Grex help system go to http even for pages that actually reside
within Grex, resulting in broken links because new users cannot go HTTP.
These are elementary things, not rocket science, and they are repelling to
bump into.
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jgelinas
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response 87 of 334:
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Oct 8 14:38 UTC 2010 |
Aside: Whether to use absolute or relative links is always an
interesting question. The value of the former is that they can be
easily copied from one place to another. The value of the latter is
that they *can't* be easily copied from one place to another.
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kentn
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response 88 of 334:
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Oct 8 18:20 UTC 2010 |
Yes, the web site needs some help with broken links, out of date
information, etc. And the welcome menu should give better messages if
they aren't helpful. The easier we make things the better off we'll be
and the happier our users will be. To appear to be going concern we
need to keep up with issues like these, though we all understand that we
are volunteer run. Sounds to me like we need to go through several
systems on here (including the web site) and make sure things are still
working and making sense (a never-ending task, it seems).
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yecril71pl
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response 89 of 334:
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Oct 8 19:24 UTC 2010 |
What is the process for becoming a volunteer? (I am an easy rider here but
I could technically help)
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mary
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response 90 of 334:
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Oct 8 19:56 UTC 2010 |
Wow, thanks for being willing to jump in and help!
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tsty
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response 91 of 334:
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Oct 11 05:40 UTC 2010 |
tnx yecril71pl ... how;s the weathre over there?
Domain: piekna-gts.2a.pl
IP Address: 217.153.90.242
ISP: GTS Polska Sp. z o.o.
Organization: Connected by GTS Poland
Region: Warsaw (PL)
glasd to hear from ffiernds acorss the puddle.
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kentn
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response 92 of 334:
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Oct 11 23:24 UTC 2010 |
I sent an e-mail to Christopher and we'll see if he responds.
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