{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/4611", "note": "Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright in each message remains with the person who wrote it. Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 4611, "subject": "apology", "messages": 4, "voices": 3, "first": "2006-05-23T17:16:58+00:00", "last": "2006-06-02T13:02:52+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "b sharp", "address": "bsharporflat at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2006-05-23T17:16:58+00:00", "subject": "(urth) apology", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I'd like to apologize for monopolizing so much of the community space \nlately. My excuse is that I spent the last 20 years reading the 5 Urth \nbooks at least once and often twice a year with no one to discuss them. So \nthe floodgates are currently open, unless a chorus of complaints arise. The \nreservoir is draining and should be at more acceptable levels soon." } ] }, { "message_id": "<200605231746.34171.ddjones@riddlemaster.org>", "from": { "name": "Daniel D Jones", "address": "ddjones at riddlemaster.org" }, "date": "2006-05-23T21:46:34+00:00", "subject": "(urth) apology", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tuesday 23 May 2006 13:16, b sharp wrote:\nI'd like to apologize for monopolizing so much of the community space\nlately. My excuse is that I spent the last 20 years reading the 5 Urth\nbooks at least once and often twice a year with no one to discuss them. So\nthe floodgates are currently open, unless a chorus of complaints arise. The\nreservoir is draining and should be at more acceptable levels soon." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I'm rather at a loss as to why you'd apologize for discussing Wolfe's works on \na mailing list devoted to discussing Wolfe's works. It's email. If someone \nis offended or bored with your posts, they can easily skip over the posts. \nIf they're really tired of reading your posts, they can twit you. \nPersonally, I've found your posts quite interesting. Post on.\n\n(I'm not sure if the word \"twit\" is still commonly used in this manner. In \nthe old BBS days and the early days of the Internet, all of a decade and a \nhalf or so ago, a \"twit filter\" was a filter which automatically deleted \nposts from a specific person. To \"twit\" someone was to add them to your twit \nfilter.)" } ] }, { "message_id": "<1f7617370605231657k2590ee04n57e13be11106001c@mail.gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes", "address": "danldo at gmail.com" }, "date": "2006-05-23T23:57:02+00:00", "subject": "(urth) apology", "in_reply_to": "<200605231746.34171.ddjones@riddlemaster.org>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Seconding what Daniel says; B, I find your posts fascinating, and\nusually well-reasoned even if I don't agree with them. You are not\nthe first person to come into this list and make a whole lot of postings,\nfull of new observations and theories; even when the theories are far\nmore controversial than yours have been, I think it's a good thing,\nbecause it tends to bring new energy to the list, which otherwise\ntends to languish somewhat between Lupine publications.\n\n--Dan'l" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On 5/23/06, Daniel D Jones wrote:\nOn Tuesday 23 May 2006 13:16, b sharp wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I'd like to apologize for monopolizing so much of the community space\nlately. My excuse is that I spent the last 20 years reading the 5 Urth\nbooks at least once and often twice a year with no one to discuss them. So\nthe floodgates are currently open, unless a chorus of complaints arise. The\nreservoir is draining and should be at more acceptable levels soon." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I'm rather at a loss as to why you'd apologize for discussing Wolfe's works on\na mailing list devoted to discussing Wolfe's works. It's email. If someone\nis offended or bored with your posts, they can easily skip over the posts.\nIf they're really tired of reading your posts, they can twit you.\nPersonally, I've found your posts quite interesting. Post on.\n\n(I'm not sure if the word \"twit\" is still commonly used in this manner. In\nthe old BBS days and the early days of the Internet, all of a decade and a\nhalf or so ago, a \"twit filter\" was a filter which automatically deleted\nposts from a specific person. To \"twit\" someone was to add them to your twit\nfilter.)\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "b sharp", "address": "bsharporflat at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2006-06-02T13:02:52+00:00", "subject": "(urth) apology", "in_reply_to": "<1f7617370605231657k2590ee04n57e13be11106001c@mail.gmail.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Once again I'd like to apologize to the group for the excessive volume of my \nposts this past month and my sometimes less than polite tone for a new group \nmember. I was in a bit of a maniacal phase which has passed. I'll post \nanything of interest the manic episode produces. Thanks to all!\n\n-bsharp" } ] } ] }