Subj : RE: anyone out there?
To   : All
From : yl112@cornell.edu
Date : Tue Jul 04 2000 07:54 am

From: yl112@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: anyone out there?



On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Scott Royall wrote:

> Unfortunately, that approach doesn't really promote new ideas or ways of
> thinking.

I challenge you to tell me that I don't use new ideas or ways of 
thinking.  The analogy wasn't completely accurate.  There are people who 
think very differently from me, but whose points of views I consistently 
find more useful to me than those of other people.  And heck, if anyone 
wants *my* thoughts, they're always welcome to ask.

Also, it depends on the people you talk to.  People I tend to consult 
include Stephen Stubbs and the Bottorffs on this echo; off-echo, my 
sister (who isn't me, but knows how I work and can thus tailor her 
responses, and v.v.) and all the people at gamers (10 or so).  For the 
gaming I do, that's a sufficiently large pool of ideas.

If I need anything further, I find it on the web.  If you're willing to 
cut through the chaff (and I understand that some people aren't, and 
don't blame them!), they have great resources on things like 
kink/antikink solitons, linguistics, military history, astronomy, rpg 
tools, more.  I already have the resources I need!  :-p

When I post to the echo, chances are I'll see no responses.  That's okay; 
if people don't want to respond--heck, we *all* have important things to 
do in our lives other than the echo.  But it's more time-efficient and 
*effective* for me to go personally to folks who will respond, or find 
resources on the web that I already know of.

YHL

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	scott@conchbbs.com [mailto:scott@conchbbs.com] On Behalf Of
> yl112@cornell.edu
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 04, 2000 8:28 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of AD&D MAILING LIST
> Subject:	RE: anyone out there?
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Scott Royall wrote:
> 
> > Define "effective."
> 
> As in: I can get to people whose opinions I value, can generally get
> faster responses, and don't have to skim through lots of chaff that is
> relevant to others but not interesting to me.
> 
> As a non-echo example: if I want a book recommendation, it is more
> effective for me to go ask my sister than to poll a hundred sf/f
> readers.  Why?  Because my sister's tastes are very similar to mine, and
> where they aren't--well, both she and I know the difference.  OTOH I've
> read books that "random" other people liked (without knowing their
> general sf/f reading preferences) that *I* didn't like.  Stuff like that.
> 
> YHL

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