Although I'm not a big fan of private message boards, I have decided to take David up on his offer to join this group. I will try my best to keep my input...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 1, 2000 2:58 pm
... Ah, but you see, you will no doubt be a source of entertainment here, as I will allow you to post anything that you want (absent serious threats of civil...
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Keith David Tyler
romulus@...
Jun 1, 2000 4:59 pm
I have to say that I'm more honored to be invited to the XODP discussion group than I would ever have been to be knighted with metadom. But I should begin my...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 1, 2000 5:15 pm
Please feel free to invite anyone who you think might be interested in joining this eGroup. I've already received quite a few names of XODP editors that I'm...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 1, 2000 9:45 pm
See http://topica.com/lists/wibdir/read/message.html?mid=1700862199&sort=d&start=0...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 3, 2000 1:18 am
... Update: My original post in the above-referenced Search Engine Discussion (SED) thread was an exact copy of the "copylefted" document found here at...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 3, 2000 4:03 am
See http://www.traffick.com/ (displays feature link to http://www.traffick.com/story/06-2000-xodp.asp )....
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 3, 2000 8:53 am
If you get a chance, please check out Hotrate. (See http://hotrate.com/referral.asp?ref=netesq .) It is a favorite destination of ODP expatriates. What I...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 3, 2000 9:19 am
Errata: One of the links above yields a 404 error. I this happens, try http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/motivation.html ....
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gary@...
Jun 4, 2000 4:38 pm
As a Hotrate "expatriate" I suppose it falls to me to add some context to David's endorsement. I think, if you couldn't survive the gauntlet of imbeciles at...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 4, 2000 5:04 pm
... Hey, everybody! Michael Gold aka ODP Meta Editor goldm, aka owner of Detection.net [you know, the cool site listed in...
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A.E.G. Goodman
andrew@...
Jun 4, 2000 5:54 pm
I wonder if instead of trying to create an exhaustive directory around the volunteer concept (just another ODP)... if the model that makes the most sense is...
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relax@...
Jun 4, 2000 6:53 pm
It was not my intention to bombard notice boards across the Internet with tales of my removal from ODP. I intended one post on Search Engine Discussion, which...
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Ammon Johns
bk@...
Jun 5, 2000 4:46 am
I read carefully through the forums at SED and I think if you are truly looking for the reasons that you were dismissed from the ODP you need look no further...
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Andrew Goodman
andrew@...
Jun 5, 2000 5:18 am
When I first saw this "armed robbery" analogy used on SearchEngineDiscussion.com (a.k.a. dmoz editor types' hangout), I commented that it reflected on the...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 5, 2000 5:51 am
While editing a post for formatting earlier today, I received a second post from the same poster with detailed instructions asking me to edit the first one....
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 5, 2000 6:12 am
... Well, I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!...
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Keith David Tyler
romulus@...
Jun 5, 2000 3:30 pm
... This is something that comes largely in part, I think, from the environment that existed in ODP when netesq and I began our editorships there. A lot of...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 5, 2000 6:23 pm
See http://searchenginediscussion.com/ubb/Forum48/HTML/000009.html . Please allow me to state my public support for the right of Search Engine Discussion to...
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Keith David Tyler
romulus@...
Jun 6, 2000 12:41 am
Latest reports, considerately edited, quote George Ruban as saying: -> The directory as such really would appreciate some help. Remember, we're not -> doing...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 6, 2000 1:35 am
Okay, folks: This is how it works. Take your best shot at guessing the date and hour by which XODP will have 100 members, and you will win one dollar ($1.00...
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Keith David Tyler
romulus@...
Jun 6, 2000 4:45 pm
Latest reports have quoted David Prenatt as saying: -> Okay, folks: This is how it works. Take your best shot at guessing -> the date and hour by which XODP...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 6, 2000 5:32 pm
I received an e-mail this morning from Bradley M. Kuhn of the Free Software Foundation, stating that he had read my guest column "Life After the Open Directory...
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A.E.G. Goodman
andrew@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:19 am
David, so far only 21 members. I don't think you should have said 100 aloud, you might have jinxed the whole thing. But just in case, I'll put in a guess:...
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Cory Kleinschmidt
cory@...
Jun 7, 2000 2:12 pm
Dear Traffick visitor, ... *You are receiving this message because you have registered to post messages at the Traffick Forum on Traffick.com...
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nd1@...
Jun 7, 2000 6:00 pm
Monday, July 31, 2000 - 23:59 Hours... Duke...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 7, 2000 7:32 pm
While I have no desire to turn XODP into a cabal, I understand that there are times when XODP Members/Lurkers wish to engage in secure and confidential...
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mar@...
Jun 8, 2000 7:14 pm
Hi all! I just joined this group, and I've now read most of the discussions that have happened so far. To be honest, I must say that I'm not interested in the...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 8, 2000 7:26 pm
The message reproduced below has been edited by David F. Prenatt, Jr. in compliance with the wishes of Bradley M. Kuhn of the Free Software Foundation. ... ...
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David Prenatt
netesq@...
Jun 8, 2000 7:32 pm
... Speaking as the one and only moderator of this eGroup, I am happy to confirm that the discussion which you have initiated is precisely the type of...
