OFF: Re: Intoducing myself

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Darnell Buffington wrote:

=> Welcome to the list, but it has nothing to do with
=> BOC. The whole list is a paradoxical psychological
=> experiment. Just a friendly word of advice not to get
=> your hopes up that there's much actual BOC info. I
=> hope you're into beavis frond and stuff. I've been
=> petitioning the list moderator to change the name to
=> something more neutral. Again, welcome.

If you are upset about the lack of BOC content, I offer my stock advice:
quit whining and start a thread yourself! :-)

As for Bevis Frond and other "OFF" topic material, you may not be aware
of the filters set up by the list owner to help screen this out. Judging
by your post, you're interested in seeing only BOC-related material.
Accordingly, you should set your subscription to receive postings
flagged as "BOC" and none of the other topics.  (You'll note the Bevis
Frond posts that appeared of late are all flagged with "OFF," so under a
"BOC"-only subscription, you'd not see any of them and suffer none of
this apparent botheration.  BTW, you should've flagged your message as
"OFF," too, but that's a minor quibble.)

The name of the list is a historical accident for which you need to
blame Steve Swann.  When the list "abruptly died" that time, and folks
were looking for a new site to host it, there was brief talk about
changing the name (to reflect *something* of Hawkwind in the name), but
nothing came of it.  Everyone knew it as "BOC-L" and that's how everyone
wanted it to stay.

(Actually, I blame John for the lack of BOC info.  His FAQ is so good,
whenever anyone posts anything, the answer is "it's in the FAQ." :-)
[Just kidding, John!!])

Cheers,

Paul.

NP: The Bevis Frond, _Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco_

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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