Digital BW, The Print

Folks,

I am posting this on list, (a) to let you know I am following all this, (b) to offer 
some suggestions, and (c) to say that I cannot in good faith engage in real 
censorship "from above" on these matters.

I am always dismayed that these kinds of avalanches happen on the list. I 
have also decided that this is the nature of the beast, not the end of "quality" 
as we know it on this list. It's the nature of both of our human nature and of the 
delivery system: someone gets an annoying digest full of off topic threads, or 
comes to the home page to find dozens of messages instead of one title 
thread that can be easily ignored if desired.

The best suggestion I can offer is that when things stray, please respond off 
list.  The next best suggestion is to pay attention to  your written "tone of voice" 
because  in writing it has far more impact, especially when we don't see each 
other face-to-face. It is easy to write things we wouldn't dare say to someone 
in person. A little like road rage or flipping someone as we speed away 
protected by our vehicle. 

I value Austin's presence here, and he is entitled to offer an educated opinion 
on matters of his expertise. For that matter, so is everyone else. And we are all 
entitled to disagree. But by writing with "flames ON" all we are doing is 
waisting bandwidth - to put it in appropriate lingo. So, please, a bit of 
self-restraint. Much as the list has two "moderators", we can only beg  for 
moderation from your end in  these circumstances.

Regarding the origins of the Foveon thread: It is indeed off topic, since we are 
not really a list on image capture. And sice it's difficult for moderators to be 
"thread police" here, when these topics pop up, as long as they die down 
quickly, it's not worth making a big fuss over them. Nevertheless, the best 
remedy, is to not respond to OT posts on-list or to start an on-topic thread. 
Besides, an off topic post will not serve the person posting it as well as it 
would if it went to the appropriate list. 

My "moderate" two cents....


Antonis Ricos

<OK, so I am a Libra...<g>...>