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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Interesting that of the 73 OT =
posts, a
good chunk of them were to discourage OT posting.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I don’t know why we call it =
“Off
Topic” when it’s certainly something we talk about. =
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
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RPT</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original =
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span =
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>David Skolnik<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March =
26, 2003
7:37 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> "OT" =
Summary
3-17-03 to 3-23-03</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>For less that whatever it's worth, here are =
my
unofficial tallies <u>Technical / Non-technical postings</u> =
to
Pianotech for the week of 3/17/03 to 3/23/03 :<br>
<br>
<br>
Technical = 359<br>
Non-Technical = 73<br>
<br>
Those subjects that I separated as "Non-Technical" were as =
follows:<br>
*Number in ( ) indicates multiple responses<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Double Digests???? <br>
I really am done with OT stuff. ( Most especially if YOU =
are!<x-tab> </x-tab>)
<br>
Internet Security, and the war. <br>
Re: Let's Get Real, was: PTG Needs The Money <br>
list <br>
Re: Not the "Thumperer" >was What I love about America =
<x-tab> </x-tab>(4)<br>
O.T. and the list's image <br>
Opinion re. posts <br>
OT Posts - Cousin Susan Kline especially <br>
OT: St. Patrick's Day Quote (from another list) <br>
Pianotech Poetry =
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> &nb=
sp; </x-tab>(5)<br>
Reply to Sarah <br>
replying via daily digest <br>
Re: Shuttle. This one not a hoax.......... <br>
Fwd: South Central News <br>
subscribe/unsubscribe <br>
Thomas A. Sheehan =
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> &nb=
sp; </x-tab>(6)<br>
too much O.T. =
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> &nb=
sp; </x-tab>(21)<br>
Would you miss this list? =
<x-tab> </x-tab>(10)</span></font></p>=
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
<br>
I wonder how closely the above list conforms to the way others =
might have
categorized these subjects?<br>
Presenting this data is in NO WAY meant to suggest judgement as to the =
merit of
these posts. Over the next few weeks, and even looking back at =
previous
weeks/months, it would be interesting to see how clearly (or not) the =
lines
defining technical relevance can be drawn. If there appears =
to be
some consensus, then a OT list, paralleling PIANOTECH, as I =
described
last week, might be a very viable option, yet, even on such a list, I =
suspect
there would still be the need to establish protocols, to prevent it from
deteriorating into chaos, or being usurped by the more articulate or =
prolific
subscribers.<br>
<br>
David Skolnik RPT<br>
Hastings-On-Hudson</span></font></p>
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