RE: virus: Second Class Netzizens

jmott@clemson.edu
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:28:37 -0500


This very well describes my present situation.

> I think the inability to articulate at a certain level accounts for why
>there aren't as many people regularly contributing to this list as there
>could be. Every mailing list has their lurkers, yeah, but this list in
>particular and mailing lists of intellectual discussion in general are
>probably more intimidating to some, inhibiting them from speaking out. At
>least this is my case. I joined this list a long time ago (when Brodie an
>KMO posted daily), and I was stimulated by the discussion right away and
>had so much to say. The reason I didn't, though, was because I was still in
>a major depression which crippled my ability to think very well at all.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -
Clarke's Third Law.