List, We tune a note, and, physics being what it is, that note is evaporating (aurally) as it is played. We regulate and voice an instrument, and for a brief while, that instrument may well be something special. We rebuild an instrument, and, if we have done our work well, for 30 years or so, people can look at it with pride. We callously injure our fellows, through word, deed, or yes, thought, and we do violence not only to them, but also to ourselves, and through this medium, many others. Potentially for many, many years. We should, each of us, remember that not only technicians subscribe to this list (or to CAUT, for that matter). It is a public list, not a private one; and we should behave accordingly. Oscar Wilde once said that: "People forget that it is the little acts of everyday that make or unmake character. Therefore, everything that we do, we shall one day have to shout from the rooftops." In the present context, our communal rooftop is the Internet. And through it, our shouts are heard on other rooftops around the globe in a matter of minutes. How do we wish to be perceived by others? Ultimately, how do we wish to be perceived by ourselves? Peace. Oh, by the way, Sunday is the first day of Advent... Horace At 06:45 PM 11/24/97 -0800, you wrote: >At 12:17 PM 11/24/97 -0600, Jim Bryant wrote: >>> ...By now we all, or most of us, know your feelings about this subject so >>>please dispense with the extraneous negative comments as to the contents of >>>the posts of others. >>>Jim Bryant (FL) > >Keith McGavern wrote: >>This part of your post also caught my attention, Jim. Wasn't this what he >>(Bill) was trying to illustrate and his whole point, that we shouldn't talk >>about other people and their works in an unbecoming fashion? It appears >>you are calling him on the very thing he was initially addressing. In >>principle it shouldn't matter whether it's close to home (about someone on >>the list) or far away (someone off the list). >> >>What is that saying you are bringing up every now and then, "If it's not >>right for one, then it's not right for all", or something like that. >> >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Keith, > >As you just said, > >>Wasn't this what he >>(Bill) was trying to illustrate and his whole point, that we shouldn't talk >>about other people and their works in an unbecoming fashion? > >Yet Bill has been talking about his colleagues, their works, and this list >in an unbecoming fashion ever since he joined us. His flame to Conrad >Hoffsommer, which it now appears was just the continuation of an earlier >disagreement, was the first hostile post this list had seen in months. >Before that post, pianotech had enjoyed a possibly unparalleled period of >quiet, productive, supportive exchange and good fellowship. > >Lists call for tolerance if they are to work well, and I suppose if we must >tolerate Bill Bremmer's attempts to rile us that we can. I would still >vastly prefer civility, and I stand by my original advice to him, which he >deleted. If he wants to find out what I am talking about, he can get into >the old archive and search for "stickie", (March 28, 1997) which was truly >an inspired post and which did a lot to lead us to the peace we enjoyed till >so recently. > >CAUT is a viable alternative for those who dislike the atmosphere here. We >don't have a monopoly on technical discussions about pianos. > >So, with charity for all, and malice towards none ... > >SUSAN KLINE (in caps so as not to be forgotten once again) > > >Susan Kline >P.O. Box 1651 >Philomath, OR 97370 >skline@proaxis.com > > >"I know exactly how long it will take me: whatever time is available, plus a >little more." > -- Ashleigh Brilliant > > > > > > > > > > Horace Greeley Systems Analyst/Engineer Controller's Office Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 650.725.9062 fax: 650.725.8014
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