| Re: Record Day on IDL Newsgroup [message #20951] |
Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Martin Schultz (martin.schultz@dkrz.de) writes:
> Perhaps we should rename the newsgroup to comp.lang.idl-poetry.
Here is the first truly inspired suggestion we have
had this week. It has already clawed itself to number
3 on the list. :-)
> PS: couldn't David just send in 100 wishes and say it was a typo ?
Another good idea. I have never been much good at following
RSI's directions anyway, so it has good deniability. :-)
But no matter how many items make the official "list",
I do want you to know that I have evidence RSI is paying
attention. They may not act on every suggestion (I'm
pretty sure IDL is not going to go the Open Source
route), but they have certainly read every suggestion.
And I, for one, have been impressed with how little
whining and carping have been in the suggestions.
Surely that counts for something, too. When people
care enough about your software to take the time to
make suggestions for how it can be improved, it suggests
you are on the right track. It is total silence
that is most ominous.
I'll be visiting RSI, list in hand, soon. But I
say "Good Job!" to all of you who have submitted
your ideas.
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say I knew Mark could write wonderful
programs, I just didn't know he was that poetic. Next
we will hear he is a former member of the All Blacks. :-)
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Record Day on IDL Newsgroup [message #20954 is a reply to message #20951] |
Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00  |
Martin Schultz
Messages: 515
Registered: August 1997
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Mark Hadfield wrote:
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> And so the IDLers, weary from their day of frantic posting, go to their
> beds.
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> "Oh I wish, I *wish*," they say to themselves, "that *my* wish makes David's
> top 10." And in the small hours when dark thoughts arise they will think, "I
> hope, I *hope* that there *will* be a top 10. Surely David would never let
> us down." For, as a very wise man has said, "IDL users are ever hopeful but
> never satisfied."
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> And on the other side of the world, where people are getting ready to go to
> their homes in the winter evening, a few persistent souls notice that a calm
> has descended on comp.lang.idl-pvwave.
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> ---
> Mark Hadfield
> m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield/
> National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
> PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand
Perhaps we should rename the newsgroup to comp.lang.idl-poetry ;-?
Fortunately,
Europe has a six hour head start wrt to the US -- I always enjoy the
off-and-on-topics
first thing in the morning...
Very nice, Mark.
Cheers,
Martin
PS: couldn't David just send in 100 wishes and say it was a typo ?
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| Re: Record Day on IDL Newsgroup [message #20957 is a reply to message #20951] |
Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00 |
Mark Hadfield
Messages: 783
Registered: May 1995
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And so the IDLers, weary from their day of frantic posting, go to their
beds.
"Oh I wish, I *wish*," they say to themselves, "that *my* wish makes David's
top 10." And in the small hours when dark thoughts arise they will think, "I
hope, I *hope* that there *will* be a top 10. Surely David would never let
us down." For, as a very wise man has said, "IDL users are ever hopeful but
never satisfied."
And on the other side of the world, where people are getting ready to go to
their homes in the winter evening, a few persistent souls notice that a calm
has descended on comp.lang.idl-pvwave.
---
Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield/
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand
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| Re: Record Day on IDL Newsgroup [message #20966 is a reply to message #20951] |
Mon, 31 July 2000 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Chip Sample (sample@idcomm.com) writes:
> Seems like a bunch of this traffic is wish-list related. Maybe IDL users
> are hopeful but unsatisfied.
Uh, Chip, this is *WAY* off topic!!!!!
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say that all that talk earlier
this week about the stripper was just a joke. :-(
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Record Day on IDL Newsgroup [message #20967 is a reply to message #20966] |
Mon, 31 July 2000 00:00 |
John D. Sample
Messages: 11
Registered: August 1999
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Seems like a bunch of this traffic is wish-list related. Maybe IDL users
are hopeful but unsatisfied.
Chip
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In article <MPG.13efd395610df6a9989b90@news.frii.com>, davidf@dfanning.com
(David Fanning) wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just counted up the posts on the IDL newsgroup today.
> A new record, at over 40!!!
>
> I noticed that 52.35% were completely off topic,
> including 98.7% of mine. :-(
>
> I just want you to know I can't keep up anymore.
> (I really am getting too old.) I'm going to cease
> and desist.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting
> Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
> Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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