Posted on 06/09/2004 3:27:33 PM PDT by blam
How did this get in here. Fire the Editor!
""The next ice-age is not imminent," said Dr Wolff, "and greenhouse warming makes it even less likely"
Right. Some "Blam" threads tie into evolution, if they're about continental drift or something. Otherwise, even if I find a thread interesting to me personally, I don't ping the evo list. The science subset of the evo list is usually for cosmology, relativity, or maybe other physics topics. At least that's the kind of thread upon which the list was built. There are "mars" threads and "space" threads maintained by others, and I don't want to duplicate those. I try to keep my ping lists narrowly focused, so I don't become a promiscuous pinger.
Thanks. I usually abandon a thread when the crevos show up.
When people like Promiscuous Henry crash the party, there goes the neighborhood!
Big surprise there!
LOL!
I have a list for this and its not one of those mentioned above.
That is the problem with the rights, farm, environemt list I use. Because property rights are so tied into the environmental movement and agriculture I included all three for my list but the number of posts and pings was getting to be too much as you have seen in my freepmail. I have had to cut back and be a little more discriminating.
You know your ping list is too broad when people start dropping out in large numbers. I seriously try not to be obnoxious about pings. Originally, I thought I "knew" who should be on my list, but I made mistakes, and I learned not to make those decisions for people. For the last 2 or 3 years, I only add people who specifically request to be included. And even then, I check out their postings to be sure they're right for the list. I guess I take this stuff too seriously.
No, I think you take it just right. My lists, with the exception of the short list which is my personal list, were all created by request only. I don't get people dropping in large numbers but do get the occasional reqest to be pulled. Everyone was warned it was high volume. The list seems to rest consistantly at about 200 names. The GGG list is also about that size. It's not one of the larger lists on this forum but propably contains some of the most dedicated as all are activists in these areas.
My list grows very slowly, and it's not all that large, just 135 names at the moment. The subset of my list that I use mostly for cosmology and physics threads is maybe half that size. So the numbers are small, but the quality is awesome! Of course, the evolution threads aren't for everyone because they sometimes become quarrelsome, and my list is limited to the evolution side of the issue. I assume the creationists have their own ping list, but I don't know who runs it. I've seen no evidence of such a ping list being used in the evolution threads. My guess is that the creationists notify one another mostly by freepmail.
Thanks!
Actually, that data is grouped in periods of about 1700 to 2300 years. I'm glad you see my point ;-) We would need to take our average C02 for the last 2000 years to make a comparison that is statistically valid, not the last ten years.
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