| Re: Hi, My Name is David. And I'm a Lurker [message #23635 is a reply to message #23433] |
Wed, 07 February 2001 12:54  |
Phillip David
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I guess I'm not even a very good lurker, because I missed the original
message. I finally got back to catching up on the newsgroup today,
though, and appreciated seeing the whole message in Steve's reply.
I post occasionally, but not recently because I haven't been doing much
IDL work recently.
Phillip
Steve Ready wrote:
>
> OK, so i peruse this newsgroup daily. From my experience, this and
> sci.image.processing are two of the 0.01% of newgroups worthwhile reading.
> I've been using IDL for ~8 years now. It has prevented me from (having
> to)learning more of C and C++ (other than writing externals).
>
> You can see my dogs and all the other critters at:
> http://www.oberhasli.org/redtailridge
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> Steve Ready
> Xerox PARC
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> "David Fanning" <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.14dabaddb4dbb4be989d39@news.frii.com...
>> Folks,
>>
>> Craig's wonderful parody the other day of what most
>> of the regulars would say to a recent question, and
>> today's talk of lurkers has got me thinking. Are there
>> really only 10 of us paying any attention to this
>> newsgroup?
>>
>> It occurs to me that if that really was the case
>> that you guys ought to be getting tired of the
>> same lame jokes I use all the time. :-)
>>
>> And if my wife is right and I really don't have
>> the "huge following" I often profess to her when
>> I am trying to justify no income after 10 hours
>> parked in front of a computer, then I might even
>> be encouraged to go get a real life.
>>
>> So I propose a new thread for lurkers only.
>>
>> Here's the deal. You don't even have to ask an
>> IDL question. Just give us your first name and
>> tell us where you live. Throw in the name of your
>> dog if you feel like really living dangerously.
>> Just a note to let us know you are out there.
>>
>> There will be two enormous benefits from this
>> thread. Those of us who do spend quite a bit
>> of time answering questions here can take
>> great satisfaction and three bucks and get
>> a latte at Starbucks. And people who hit that
>> SEND button will discover that your fingers
>> don't fall off, nor are you electrocuted when
>> you do it. So a big Win/Win for everyone. :-)
>>
>> What do you say? Anyone out there? Only people
>> who have never posted, or posted no more than
>> once in the past 3 months, please.
>>
>> 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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