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Skriven 2012-07-31 17:21:57 av Roger Nelson (1:3828/7.0)
   Kommentar till text 1659 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: daja vu
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On Tue Jul-31-2012 10:02, Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555) wrote to Roger
Nelson:

 MvdV> On Monday July 30 2012 09:55, you wrote to me:

 RN>> Aw, phooey!  How many times has he stated that Zone 2 is larger
 RN>> than Zone 1

 MvdV>> Isn't it a fact?

 RN> As far as participants go, no.

 MvdV> I don't think so. Prove me wrong.

Does that mean you are unwilling to take my word for it?  We'll NEVER get
anywhere that way.  (-:

 RN>>  and should be the deciding zone in election matters, for one.

 MvdV>> Shouldn't  it?

 RN> No.

 MvdV> So you believe that a system where a five sysop zone has the same
 MvdV> voting power as a five thousand sysop zone, is a just and fair
 MvdV> system that can count on wide acceptance?

I didn't write that.  You did.

 MvdV> Dream on!

 RN>   He has pulled the wool over your eyes.

 MvdV> I'll be the judge of that.

I hope one day you will.  I really do.

 RN>> Now if we could get R24 involved, that might take away some of
 RN>> his perceived strength, but the nodes there are smart and are
 RN>> staying out of this foray.

 MvdV>> R24 is pretty large and is not yet subject to the "below
 MvdV>> critical mass" effect. They do not need the English spoken part
 MvdV>> of Fidonet to keep echomail flowing. They keep pretty much to
 MvdV>> temselves. The same goes for R50.

 RN> A pity they won't,

 MvdV> No, it is not a pity. On the contrary, it shows that they are
 MvdV> still above critical mass. Which is good for them.

 RN>  but it proves my point.

 MvdV> No it doesn't.

 RN>> After all, isn't it a fact that Zone 1 SysOps post more messages
 RN>> than Zone 2?

 MvdV>> No, it is not a fact.

 RN> Yes, it is.

 MvdV> Prove it.

Man, you are a stubborn cuss, aren't you!

 MvdV>> You are suffering from selective observation, you only see the
 MvdV>> English part of Fidonet.

 RN> Q1  Are you qualified to make that judgment?
 RN> Q2  What makes you think I don't see more than the English part?

 MvdV> If you saw more, you would not make silly claims like "Z1 posts
 MvdV> more message". 

 MvdV>> these days that is only a relatively small part of Fidonet. The
 MvdV>> vast majority of messages is in Russian these days.

 RN> I don't do very well with it, but with the standard letter mapping in
 RN> Russian, I can figure out what it is if I'm inclined.

 MvdV> You don't have to be able to read Russian, to figure out that the
 MvdV> Russians produce more flow than all the rest.


Roger 
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