... the jury was balanced on a knife edge: I've been at it for almost 15 years now, and I'm no happier or more content as a result. Maybe it's been a discharge valve, or maybe it's been a deleterious distraction; I can't tell. All I know is that I'm fed up with the whole thing. Part of it has to do with the slow demise of Usenet. It's so much less fun these days, because the majority remainders are too ...

... was clear the jury was balanced on a knife edge: I've been at it for almost 15 years now, and I'm no happier or more content as a result. Maybe it's been a discharge valve, or maybe it's been a deleterious distraction; I can't tell. All I know is that I'm fed up with the whole thing. Part of it has to do with the slow demise of Usenet. It's so much less fun these days, because the majority remainders are too salty to...

...Sep 19, 5:46 am, Ravna Bergsndot <z...@y.x> wrote: I've been at it for almost 15 years now, and I'm no happier or more content as a result. Maybe it's been a discharge valve, or maybe it's been a deleterious distraction; I can't tell. All I know is that I'm fed up with the whole thing. Part of it has to do with the slow demise of Usenet. It's so much less fun these days, because the majority remainders are too salty to even ...

...Sep 19, 7:46 am, Ravna Bergsndot <z...@y.x> wrote: I've been at it for almost 15 years now, and I'm no happier or more content as a result. Maybe it's been a discharge valve, or maybe it's been a deleterious distraction; I can't tell. All I know is that I'm fed up with the whole thing. Part of it has to do with the slow demise of Usenet. It's so much less fun these days, because the majority remainders are too salty to even ...

... I have my doubts about the wisdom of writing about a twist at the end. I appreciate that it drove you to get a copy and for that I'm grateful but the knowledge that there is a twist must surely be a distraction. On the contrary. I'm now looking out for cloos to the twist. It just adds to the enjoyment. Fair enough dood. Nah... just use a middle initial for the other genre. It works for Iain (M) Banks. ...

... I've worked on with so many contributing to so little code. The RCS approach had the well-known multiple developer malady of RCS: somebody would check out a source file, begin to work on it, and then get distracted by some higher priority issue and leave it locked, so the archive admin (me, grumble) was always having to break locks. But now there are better alternatives: too many and every project wants a different one, arrrgggh!...

... wrote: I have my doubts about the wisdom of writing about a twist at the end. I appreciate that it drove you to get a copy and for that I'm grateful but the knowledge that there is a twist must surely be a distraction. On the contrary. I'm now looking out for cloos to the twist. It just adds to the enjoyment. Nah... just use a middle initial for the other genre. It works for Iain (M) Banks. There, and I was ...

... place. I have my doubts about the wisdom of writing about a twist at the end. I appreciate that it drove you to get a copy and for that I'm grateful but the knowledge that there is a twist must surely be a distraction. I mean, i don't *know* because I read it before Wendy wrote that review so I was unaffected by it. ;-) I already have two 'documents' that pretty much constitute books. They need a fair amount of polishing but ...

...8:46 am, Ravna Bergsndot <z...@y.x> wrote: I've been at it for almost 15 years now, and I'm no happier or more content as a result. Maybe it's been a discharge valve, or maybe it's been a deleterious distraction; I can't tell. All I know is that I'm fed up with the whole thing. Part of it has to do with the slow demise of Usenet. It's so much less fun these days, because the majority remainders are ...

..., 8:46 am, Ravna Bergsndot <z...@y.x> wrote: I've been at it for almost 15 years now, and I'm no happier or more content as a result. Maybe it's been a discharge valve, or maybe it's been a deleterious distraction; I can't tell. All I know is that I'm fed up with the whole thing. Part of it has to do with the slow demise of Usenet. It's so much less fun these days, because the majority remainders are too salty ...