[The following is a second mailing of Humanist 9.124]
[1] From: cjg@stubbs.ucop.edu (51)
Subject: Re: 9.120 aesthetics of Humanist
[2] From: "larry a. taylor" <ltaylor@CS.UCLA.EDU> (4)
Subject: Re: 9.120 aesthetics of Humanist
[3] From: Gloria McMillan <gmcmillan@east.pima.edu> (16)
Subject: walk-through of archive search?
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From: cjg@stubbs.ucop.edu
To: mccarty@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 04:47:49 -0700
Subject: Re: 9.120 aesthetics of Humanist
I hate to have my first posting to this revitalized "Humanist" disagree
with our respected moderator, but I think the matter of handling headers is
_entirely_ in the hands of the recipient, and that - you, Willard - needn't
feel "confounded or depressed".
Any mail handler worth its salt can deal efficiently with "hiding" header
information so readers can get to the "jist" of the text. However... I use
Eudora and, paradoxically, leave the header information "on". There is a
certain pleasure I get from seeing them there, and a renewed respect I feel
for the programming that make this information network really work.
I think it has to do with the feeling of disconnectedness I feel with many
technological realities of my life. I used to believe it was possible
(theoretically, at least) for me to disassemble my wrist watch and restore
it to working order by reassembling its component parts. I now wear a
watch with a crystal display, and not only do I not know how it works, but
I am certain I could not disassemble/reassemble it. I won't even tell you
the last time I changed the spark plugs in a car. I know my present car
has them somewhere under the hood, but I don't know where. This is the
kind of stuff about which much is written under the label "technology
anxiety."
I don't experience any such ambivalent feeling about the Internet. Perhaps
one of the reasons is that I understand the technology better. Another
might be that I am reinforced in understanding the rather pedestrian way in
which computers go about algorithmically moving an electronic message
across the network of computers from its source to me. I get that from
glancing at (not reading) the headers. And it generally makes me feel
respectful and impressed.
Then I get to the meat of the Humanist message, refreshed and ready to go.
Chet
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From: "larry a. taylor" <ltaylor@CS.UCLA.EDU>
To: mccarty@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 19:50:15 -0700
Subject: Re: 9.120 aesthetics of Humanist
I believe that your mail READER can also eliminate
some of the unwanted junk. As I recall, the MH mail
system on Unix can display an edited model of the input
document.
LAT
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From: Gloria McMillan <gmcmillan@east.pima.edu>
To: mccarty@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 05:17:23 MST
Subject: walk-through of archive search?
[See the editor's response below.]
I know that I have looked at the steps to retrieving material from your
archives and found the info mildly baffling. Would someone be
willing to show SPECIFIC example of searches? For a listserv I
am on, I have a template in my top level directory, and when I
want to search, all I have to do is add a specific subject (and
possibly limit it by time.)
So, a run-through of one or more typical searches here would
help me (and probably not only me - -some people are just more
shy about looking 'dumb'.)
Thanks!
Gloria
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Editor's note. Check out
http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/techhelp.html
the technical notes page for Humanist.
WM
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