---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:02:13 -1000
From: "Brian N. Tissot" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: "Living in a newsgroup" or "UW paper in perspective"

>>> Q:  How many internet mail list subscribers does it take
>>>     to change a light bulb?
>>>
>>> A:  1,331:
>>>         1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail
>>>           list that the light bulb has been changed
>>>        14 to share similar experiences of changing light
>>>           bulbs and how the light bulb could have been
>>>           changed differently.
>>>         7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
>>>        27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about
>>>           changing light bulbs.
>>>        53 to flame the spell checkers
>>>       156 to write to the list administrator complaining about
>>>           the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness
>>>           to this mail list.
>>>        41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.
>>>       109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and
>>>           to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb
>>>       203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar,
>>>           alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing
>>>           light bulbs be stopped.
>>>       111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we
>>>           are all use light bulbs and therefore the posts
>>>           **are** relevant to this mail list.
>>>       306 to debate which method of changing light
>>>           bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs,
>>>           what brand of light bulbs work best for this
>>>           technique, and what brands are faulty.
>>>        27 to post URLs where one can see examples of
>>>           different light bulbs
>>>        14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and
>>>           to post corrected URLs.
>>>         3 to post about links they found from the URLs that
>>>           are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs
>>>           relevant to this list.
>>>        33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote
>>>           them including all headers and footers, and then
>>>           add "Me Too."
>>>        12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing
>>>           because they cannot handle the light bulb
>>>           controversey.
>>>        19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."
>>>         4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.
>>>         1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.
>>>        47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion
>>>           was meant for, leave it here.
>>>       143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.
>>>
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>Gert Jan Gast <[log in to unmask]>
>Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
>Department of Marine Ecology
>P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands.
>Phone: 31 (0)222 369573. Fax: 31 (0)222 319674.
>
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     BRIAN TISSOT
     Associate Professor of Marine Biology
     Kalakaua Marine Education Center
     and Marine Science Department
     University of Hawaii at Hilo
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