<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1611" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>this is pointless, but the point was it wasn't worth doing anything more than generally recalling it. The point was made that we were going down the same road and strangely not getting as far as we did the last time. At least we had a program and a group formed and everyone was enthusiastic. It was a bit like the football coach giving the pregame pep talk and all the players were climbing the walls and the coach yells let's get out there and win one for the... and the locker room door was locked.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If there was an issue that was the exact issue. And this is the last itme I say dead is dead.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidskolnik@optonline.net href="mailto:davidskolnik@optonline.net">David Skolnik</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Pianopedia - Good intentions gone wrong</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>At 11:04 AM 7/19/2008, you quoted me:<BR>><FONT face="Arial Italic, Helvetica">Explore enhanced / refined search capabilities / organizational<BR></FONT>><FONT face="Arial Italic, Helvetica">structure of existing archives.<BR></FONT>and said:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">All well and good but when does a topic stay on topic. Usually by the twelfth<BR>reply the subject is different from the original topic. Would it be any different<BR>on a 'dedicated' topic? Tangently speaking, that ls.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Jon -<BR>I'm not sure what you're saying, especially in relation to the part of my post that you've quoted, in which  I was simply wondering if there were alternate ways in which the existing data could be organized or searched, (without involving intensive editorial action), or if, in fact, the structure of that data, as it now exists, is fairly immutable. <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Maybe the exact issue is the fact that you couldn't, (or wouldn't)<BR>easily, refer to the specific previous discussions you referenced to<BR>sollidayfy the point you were making. David Skolnik</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>As to the second part (above)- "Maybe...", taken from Chris's  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:55:36 -0400 post, I thought it was clear that I would have liked to more easily refer back to the discussion he was referencing...<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <DL> <DD><FONT size=2>Alan M and I and several others tried about 18 months ago, to the best of my recollection, and I'm not going to search it to be more precise</FONT>  (Chris Solliday)</DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <DL></DL><BR>My point was, what, if anything, given the existing data structure, would have made greater specificity less onerous, for Chris.<BR><BR>Out of curiosity, I am periodically trying to interact with the list through the archives, as you do.  How, exactly, do you reply from the archives?  If you respond, please either do so privately or change the subject heading. <BR><BR>Thanks -<BR><BR>David Skolnik<BR>Hastings on Hudson, NY<BR><BR>At 11:04 AM 7/19/2008, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">><FONT face="Arial Italic, Helvetica">Explore enhanced / refined search capabilities / organizational<BR></FONT>><FONT face="Arial Italic, Helvetica">structure of existing archives.<BR></FONT>Maybe the exact issue is the fact that you couldn't, (or wouldn't)<BR>easily, refer to the specific previous discussions you referenced to<BR>sollidayfy the point you were making. David Skolnik</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>All well and good but when does a topic stay on topic. Usually by the twelfth<BR>reply the subject is different from the original topic. Would it be any different<BR>on a 'dedicated' topic? Tangently speaking, that ls.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>