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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:17:13 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Perlman <perl () lucent com> Date: September 23, 2005 6:58:46 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, Ip Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] more on Coursey on IP WITH NASTY EDITORS COMMENTS dhf Dave: To tag on to Ed Belove's posting... While I am neither a Journalist nor a computer scientist it seems to methere are some major low level differences between print media (newspapers
and magazines) and a mail list like "IP."Key among these differences is the manner (I.e. data rate and bandwidth) in which these two media are distributed. A newspaper has relatively few (1
per day) very large data distribution containing 10s or even 100s of separate threads (articles). On the other hand, a mail list like IP has several distributions, each containing one thread. On a busy day I may receive 20 or more postings from IP, but usually far fewer.Thus, when a mail list contains an error (which, BTW, I do not think was the case in the matter under discussion - it was really a question and a fear)
it is far more likely that the reader will spot the follow-up. There issimply less noise and the follow-up "signal" is clearer and easier to find.
Remember, "The Medium IS The Message" Richard ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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