Re: A few brief thoughts on recent [something]

[Tod Landis <landis@cruzio.com>]

  Thank you, Beth.   You're right there is a lot of interesting
  material wayyyy back upstream, and I hope the DOJ checks
  it out.
  
  Speaking of the DOJ, did anyone hear the talk Joel Klein
  was scheduled to give to the American Enterprise Institute
  in November?
  
  Still lurking...
  
  Tod Landis
  
  
  Beech Family wrote:
  
  > >P.A. Petricone wrote --
  >  ...why is it that there are just a handful of vocal participants
  > >> here that represent or are in some way connected to the "Jury of
  > >> (it's) peers"? Furthermore, who are the other 270 or so recipients?
  >
  > ================
  >
  > Lots of us who were very vocal at the beginning of the list have pretty
  > much said what we had to say and are lurking..also we're busier and busier
  > as the infamous "Holiday Season" gathers momentum...
  >
  > If you check the archives of this list, I think you'll find a remarkable
  > number of members *have* contributed!
  >
  > You might also be interested in a theory I read about once called "The
  > Theory of the Dominant 5%" which holds that out of any group of
  > people..you'll find 5% or 1/20th who are "dominant"..in this case..people
  > who are actually "butt-in-sky" enough [I include myself here,for better or
  > for worse] to post to the list. Typically, the other 95% will lurk.
  >
  > Given that probably only the more "dominant" folks will even sign up for a
  > list like this, our self-selected group will probably have a higher
  > percentage of posters than a random group...as I said, I think a remarkable
  > number have contributed to the discussion at one time or another.
  >
  > We *do* have quite a few independent developers here [as far as I know] and
  > also many who work for large companies..even Microsoft! I suspect [having
  > seen that some of them are receiving mail from the list at addresses like
  > sun.com and microsoft.com..]that they are being discreet about posting to
  > this list from those mailboxes..perhaps some who are unsubscribing may also
  > be re-subscribing at a different [home] address..
  >
  > now returning to "lurker" status..
  >
  > Heather
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