> >That's nowhere good enough is it?
> Well maybe you dont think it is good enough, but for $10 i think it is
> pretty damn good to get what progsoc offers. If you arent satisfied you
> are getting your moneys worth then why pay it.
I think this is totally the wrong attitude to be taking. The "What the
hell were you expecting for $10?" attitude is just plain wrong. If there
is a shortage of funds, then fair enough. But there isn't, is there? I think
the approach should be more like "the disks are dying, and the admins can't
be in at uni all the time to fix the machine, but we'll do our best". There,
that's much better. I don't believe the membership money is there solely to
run the machine.
> >Speaking of hardware backup, what is a machine doing fully devoted to
> >talkers?
Okay, let's stop being pedantic. He said "fully" and it's OBVIOUS that
he doesn't mean that ALL the machine is doing is hosting talkers.
Well, I don't care if one of the machines is devoted to such activities
(plus MUD's, MOO's and IRC)--does the Progsoc Executive wish to keep
its members informed about decisions it makes on such topics?
While on the topic of being an (un)informed member, I really feel as if
the Executive keeps its members in the dark. Maybe there can be another
list set up to which decisions can be posted. It seems as if the only
way we (members) get to hear about decisions is if someone has a complaint
to make about it.
Peter
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Peter Meric pmeric@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au
pmeric@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au
pmeric@nospam.acs.itd.uts.edu.au
"Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by
legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being
stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence
is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out
automatically and without pity."
Robert Heinlein