[plug] signal to noise

[Leon Brooks]

The Thought Assassin wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Scott wrote:
>> Jeez people have been saying for a while they don't want to write to
>> this list

> Wish I were privy to all these off-list discussions you quote, but I'd
> rather the people voiced these opinions online where we can discuss them
> and take action if need be. Nothing will be changed by people sitting in
> the corner complaining about things.

Actually...

> Ask an economist about "Network effects". Until the noise starts to
> overwhelm the signal, the interaction between the different segments is a
> dynamic source of fuel for the conversation fires. What we do need to do
> is continue thinking about ways to keep the noise down, in order that we
> can maintain this synergy.

...that's already happening, according to Scott. Some of the noise 
(pointless whinging) evidently *has* been taken off list. Isn't 
homeostasis wonderful? (-: