mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS) (05/29/91)
Just to keep everyone up-to-date, a short note. A certain amount of discussion has gone on off-line amongst those of us who have the most froth dripping from our fangs, and we are working out the details of the CFV. Esentially, we are attempting to agree to disagree, and construct a vote which permits people to vote in an orthogonal vector space, as it were. Thus, if you believe there should be a group for palmtops, but handhelds should be left alone, or there should be an HP48-only group and handhelds should be otherwise uns=disturbed, or whatever else you might want, there will be an unambiguous way to vote. As this proposal will attempt to be all things to all people, and will rival War and Peace in its scope, it may take a few days before you see it, but you can use the time to prepare yourselves for the sheer ectasy :-) :-) Jeff E Mandel MD MS Thought for the day: "You want me to get my head examined? And just what do expect my asshole to do in the meantime?" Jeff E Mandel MD MS Asst. Professor of Anesthesiology Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu
taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) (05/29/91)
In article <7679@rex.cs.tulane.edu>, mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E Mandel MD MS) writes: |>Just to keep everyone up-to-date, a short note. |>A certain amount of discussion has gone on off-line amongst those of |>us who |>have the most froth dripping from our fangs, and we are working out |>the details |>of the CFV. Esentially, we are attempting to agree to disagree, and |>construct a |>vote which permits people to vote in an orthogonal vector space, as it |>were. |>Thus, if you believe there should be a group for palmtops, but |>handhelds should |>be left alone, or there should be an HP48-only group and handhelds |>should be |>otherwise uns=disturbed, or whatever else you might want, there will |>be an |>unambiguous way to vote. |> |> Kind of jumping the gun, aren't you Jeff? You don't have the results from the straw poll. You don't have agreement from the people in on the private discussion, nor have you brought the discussion out into the public light where these things are supposed to happen. -- >>>==>PStJTT Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber, KC1TD Give a man a solution and you're employed for life. Teach a man to find solutions and you're employed for a day.
kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman) (05/30/91)
In article <5026@ryn.mro4.dec.com> taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber) writes: >In article <7679@rex.cs.tulane.edu>, mandel@vax.anes.tulane.edu (Jeff E >Mandel MD MS) writes: [Jeff writes that among other things, there will be a vote that will allow everyone to vote for exactly what they want.] >Kind of jumping the gun, aren't you Jeff? You don't have the results >from the straw poll. You don't have agreement from the people in on the >private discussion, nor have you brought the discussion out into the >public light where these things are supposed to happen. Is it just me, or does anyone feel that this whole 'split' discussion would go better if people would spend less time taking cheap shots? Patrick, he didn't say that he had agreement, he said that they are going to have a vote that will allow the disagreeing groups to each party to vote for what they want to. And I know that I speak for quite a few of us when I say that we would much prefer if a good deal more of these discussions stayed out of the public light. We are sick of this topic and would much prefer to go on with something else. Patrick, we all know that you disagree with Jeff, but tht doesn't mean you have to insert any conspiricy theories into his postings. Michael -- Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on kaufman | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die. Roy Batty