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- From: Leigh Palmer <palmer@sfu.ca>
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: Are there important unresolved issues?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.190054.25683@sfu.ca>
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 19:00:54 GMT
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- In article <MATT.93Jan10010325@physics2.berkeley.edu> Matt Austern,
- matt@physics2.berkeley.edu writes:
-
- >The purpose of this article is exactly what the subject line says: I'm
- >trying to find out if there are any issues that haven't been resolved
- >yet that people think are important. (I think it's best that we do
- >this before the vote, not after...)
-
- OK, folks. I've kept out of this up to now, so I think I'm owed my two
- cents worth. I saw a comment from a contributor whose name I have
- fopgotten which, I believe, was meant to demonstrate what a fine
- scholarly connoiseur he or she was. This person proudly disclosed the
- contents of his or her killfile, revealing clearly to me that he or she
- is an ignorant bigot. (No, my name was not listed as being in that
- particular killfile, but I would have considered it not dishonorable to
- have been in it, given at least one of the names that was.)
-
- I have said nothing about the credentials of the gentlemen who have
- volunteered to moderate the proposed group; indeed I approve of them all
- (from what I know) and I suppose any one of them will be a possible route
- into the group. I did notice that only one of the four has an advanced
- degree in physics, an oddity which, I suspect, is unparalleled on
- editorial boards of the print medium. I think that is an admirable
- departure from tradition, given the publication "clubs" which we all know
- exist in rags like PRL.
-
- I'd like to see one more credential, however, before I lend my
- unquestioning support to these estimable gentlemen. I'd like each to
- publish his killfile (if he has one). While I will not volunteer to
- moderate (I'm an immoderate type by nature), I will tell you that I do
- not have a killfile, but I read selectively, choosing articles from a
- menu like a table of contents, in a newsreader which runs on a Macintosh.
-
- I feel that revelation of these killfiles cannot diminish my respect for
- any of the gentlemen proposed (why are there no ladies?) and that
- self-examination of them may help at least some among them to become
- better moderators.
-
- Collegially,
-
- Leigh
-
- (I just figured out why there are no ladies. Ladies are too smart to mess
- in here. I note that, with one ephemeral exception, ladies don't play ice
- hockey, either. If the metaphor fits,...)
-