Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Grow up....
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 12:45:35 -0400

Duane,
I don't think any of us should expect these ludicrous discussions to stop.
Sadly, on the LUG, there are many people with nothing else to do and for
some of them this group seems to be an important part of their life. Maybe
they are retired or maybe just lonely or who knows maybe the LUG is even
their moment of fame. But I do not think that I can justify much longer the
time it takes to wade through up to 200 mostly useless posts every day. The
WEB can be a great resource for information but unfortunately the LUG is not
living up to its potential. I for one joined the LUG hoping to find
information about using Leicas and instead I am finding that I am learning
much more from old fashioned paper (books) and from going out and using my
Leicas alot.
Steve
Annapolis


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>From: "Birkey, Duane" <dbirkey@clarence.hcjb.org.ec>
>To: "Leica Users (E-mail)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: [Leica] Grow up....
>Date: Thu, Oct 14, 1999, 10:22 AM
>

>Good grief,  There come a point when the discussion on the lug becomes
>ludicrous.
>
>It is rather amazing how fast some are to write mostly to completely errant
>posts.  
>
>Thank you to those who have done the math correctly...  I'm often impressed
>by the level of intelligence on this list.... I'm also frustrated by the
>lack of it at times... 
>
>Can we avoid nonsensical argumentative discussions on this list about
>whether a telephone book is digital or not....  
>Phone numbers themselves are in one sense a digital representation... yet
>they are recorded on paper in an analog form, some are bolded, some are in
>different colors...  some are in different size fonts....  some are
>smudged.... there are pictures, there are different weights of paper,  there
>is a dot pattern on the color cover.....There is more information there than
>pure numbers....  and you can argue till you are blue in the face because
>you think you are right...
>
>Either way.... whether you think I am completely right or wrong..... WHO
>CARES!  
>
>Find something worthwhile to contribute to the LUG.... take the silliness
>somewhere else... start another list to argue about digital vs. analog or
>e-mail yourself and argue both sides..  Or better yet... take it off-line..
>
>Duane  
>