Date:         Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:40:01 -0000
Reply-To:     David Thompson <dtas@netcomuk.co.uk>
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From:         David Thompson <dtas@NETCOMUK.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Summaries--RE: Found and surly
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I agree with Timothy Berryhill that it is desirable to minimise unnecessary
traffic, but if replies are not posted to the list, there may be a lot of
duplication of effort by responders unaware that a question has already been
answered.
 
David Thompson
Consultant Statistician
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Berryhill, Timothy <TWB2@PGE.COM>
Date: 02 December 1998 17:58
Subject: Summaries--RE: Found and surly
 
 
 
>As Jay points out, traffic is reduced and we all still learn if people send
>replies directly to the original poster and the original poster eventually
>posts a summary of the relevant replies.  I frequently ignore this protocol
>and reply to the list, but I follow it if my reply is (IMHO) of narrow
>interest or should for other reasons remain private.
>Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard
>TWB2@PGE.COM or http://www.aartwolf.com/twb.html
>Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco
>The correlation coefficient between their views and
>my postings is slightly less than 0