[simpits-chat] Hi All, Happy New Year

Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:55:16 -0800 (PST)

Which is truly unfortunate because there has _got_ to be more than 20
brilliant people on this list. :)

g.

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joseph Fagner wrote:

> Your right, it will be the same batch of people.
>
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simpits-chat-admin@simpits.org
> [mailto:simpits-chat-admin@simpits.org] On Behalf Of Bob Reed
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 4:38 PM
> To: simpits-chat@simpits.org
> Subject: Re: [simpits-chat] Hi All, Happy New Year
>
> And this is the place that the "Usual Suspects" will hang out. Watch and
> see. I enjoyed most of the off topic stuff. Like Gene says I like to
> think
> of this as a community!
>
> Bob Reed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb@deltasoft.com>
> To: <simpits-chat@simpits.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [simpits-chat] Hi All, Happy New Year
>
>
> > Hehehe.  Ever check the "Forums" link off the main simpits.org
> website? :)
> >
> > The problem is that instead of "build it and they will come" it is
> more
> > like "build it and they'll look at you like you're an idiot."  The
> forum
> > has been active for over a year and it gets very little use.
> >
> > I set up a news server as an alternative to the mailing list.  It was
> > viewed more as a curiosity than anything else and was only used by a
> > handful of people before I gave up maintaining it.  The most heard
> reason
> > was that it was too hard to use.  I guess configuring a news reader is
> > just too hard for some people.  That in itself boggles my mind since
> > they're supposedly here to build incredibly complex cockpits.  Nobody
> even
> > asked how to use it.  They arbitrarily stamped "too hard" on it and
> > ignored it.
> >
> >
> > I set up a private IRC server for the group to use.  That just got me
> > hacked by some snot-nosed little pigfucker from Romania.  Again, most
> > didn't use it because IRC seemed to be too much to grasp.
> >
> > It's intensely frustrating at times.  When I moved the list from the
> spam
> > and ad ridden mess at Yahoo, at least 30 people bailed right away
> because
> > the new list archiving method was "too hard to understand" or they
> > couldn't post to the list from a website.  I figure that gang liked
> all
> > the spam and tack-on ads that are the trademark of yahoo.
> >
> > Out of the 269 people currently subscribed to the list, I'm willing to
> bet
> > that over 200 of the have _never_ posted so much as an introduction to
> the
> > list.  There are about 20 people that post on a fairly constant basis.
> Of
> > that group, I'd say that at least 15 of them have been with the list
> since
> > it started in 1999.  This group is what I call the Usual Suspects. :)
> If
> > there is a lot of traffic going on, it's usually due to something that
> one
> > of the Usual Suspects(tm) have either said or done.  They're also the
> > coolest bunch on the whole list. :)  BTW, you're also one of the Usual
> > Suspects because you post amusing, interesting or inquisitive things
> to
> > the list on a regular basis. :)
> >
> > g.
> >
> >  On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joseph Fagner wrote:
> >
> > > Well, maybe they'll be back after a week or two when the chatting
> dies
> > > down.  I know you have quite a bit on your plate, but doesn't
> EZ-board
> > > have/do a free bulletin board?  I don't know, what if any upkeep
> there
> > > is.  I'm sure some of us would volunteer to help moderate the
> groups.
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: simpits-chat-admin@simpits.org
> > > [mailto:simpits-chat-admin@simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 3:58 PM
> > > To: simpits-chat@simpits.org
> > > Subject: RE: [simpits-chat] Hi All, Happy New Year
> > >
> > > There were a few posters that left.  I think what rubs me so wrong
> is
> > > that
> > > people can't seem to grasp that this is a community of people that
> have
> > > similar interests AND a homebuilt cockpit of some kind.
> > >
> > > I *really* miss bulletin boards. :(
> > >
> > > g.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joseph Fagner wrote:
> > >
> > > > Were there any of them that were contributors?  Heck we go days
> > > > sometimes without a post and someone writes in "where is
> everyone?"
> > > > Now, the last two days with a lot of folks off for the new years,
> we
> > > had
> > > > some chatty conversation and now they are getting all bent out of
> > > shape.
> > > > There is just no pleasing some people.
> > > >
> > > > Jay
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: simpits-chat-admin@simpits.org
> > > > [mailto:simpits-chat-admin@simpits.org] On Behalf Of Gene Buckle
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 3:45 PM
> > > > To: simpits-chat@simpits.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [simpits-chat] Hi All, Happy New Year
> > > >
> > > > Heheheheh!
> > > >
> > > > I actually had a guy unsubscribe from -tech today (the 8th!) that
> > > > complained about too many *digests*.  *sigh*
> > > >
> > > > g.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Mike Williams wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Now that we are on the chatlist, chat away, kinda like reading
> all
> > > the
> > > > post
> > > > > myself, :)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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