SV: [sdiy] Civility on the List

[Grant Richter]

I was suggesting the incessant squabbling was part of the list demise.

On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:05 PM, Karl Ekdahl wrote:

> Pardon me but is there still some conversations going
> on, is the list working? I got this e-mail but i have
> no idea about the context since i've more or less
> received nothing from the list in a while...
>
> Karl
>
> --- Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net> skrev:
>
>> This list was populated with the most highly
>> respected specialized
>> experts on the PLANET. Many of the rest are people
>> with degrees or
>> advanced degrees.
>> University degrees are good place to start, if you
>> then add to that
>> years of personally funded original research.
>>
>> Flat out contradicting known and respected experts
>> is silly and makes
>> the contradicting poster look stupid. I sadly
>> watched the
>> exasperation level of the real experts raise over
>> the years. I know
>> who the expert posters are, because I do background
>> checks and read
>> their web pages before responding.
>>
>> The "because I said so" attitude is completely
>> unacceptable in a peer
>> review setting. If you are not willing to justify
>> inflated
>> performance claims with published factual data, then
>> don't post them.
>> You just look foolish by doing so.
>>
>> I respectfully suggest that posters consider the
>> emotional impact of
>> their posts, and develop their diplomatic skills in
>> general. If we
>> can not maintain the civility I would expect from a
>> person to person
>> professional conference, then this list has lost the
>> ability to
>> advance the state of the art in synthesis.
>>
>> In Closing: Cloning existing designs part by part is
>> not an
>> advancement in the state of the art of synthesis.
>> Only applying
>> original thinking to existing ideas can produce new
>> avenues of
>> research. For this, I heartily salute Prof.
>> Lanterman who is teaching
>> this methodology to his students.
>>
>> On Apr 23, 2007, at 10:12 AM, karl dalen wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, the list appears to be stone dead!
>>> Time to run the backuplist again i suppose!
>>>
>>> Your next message didnt appear!
>>>
>>> KD
>>>
>>> --- megaohm <megaohm1 at gmail.com> skrev:
>>>
>>>> I read you. Karl. Are you having trouble posting
>> to SDIY? I am,
>>>> too. See my
>>>> next messege (hopefully) .
>>>>
>>>> p.
>>>>
>>>> On 4/22/07, karl dalen <dalenkarl at yahoo.se>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> bla, bla, bla ,bla.....testing 123!
>>>>>
>>>>> KD
>>>>>
>>>>>
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