Message-ID: <vines.0pY7+ziZAoa@BARRB0204.usaid.gov> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:37:21 GMT From: Christopher Lowe <mailto:clowe@USAID.GOV> Subject: [Fwd: www.dieoff.org/page110.htm] To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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Comments:
There is an argument to be made for devoting this list purely to development
technology and methods. Such a pure list would no doubt appeal to those who
complain about the perceived WOB (waste of bandwidth). Unfortunately,
development executed within a moral or philosophical vacumn can lead to the
kinds of ill-conceived and poorly-designed projects that have dogged this
field of endeavor for years.
Finally, the only path between two strongly-held arguments is tolerance...
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 18:57:17 -0800
From: "B. Diamond" <mailto:bdiamond@athens.net>
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Subject: Re: www.dieoff.org/page110.htm
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Jay Hanson wrote:
> At 07:46 PM 9/29/97 +0200, Ray Cole wrote:
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> >I vote keep it off the listserv. The developing areas I am interested in
> >can't afford to download this stuff and I hope they forgive me for this
> >response.
>
> I am curious Ray, what kind of stuff can they afford to download?
Given that the vast majority of posts to this list are calls for papers
and/or announcements for (expensive) international conferences, just what
exactly do these folks get from this listserv? There is of course the VITA
-News report, but then again this is always a large document that must be
very expensive to download. So what is the point?
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