Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:20:19 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Re: NOISE REDUCTION In-Reply-To: <38BA34ACF3E0D311B4230000F803503603D0729F@VHAPEREXC1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Shhhhh! Quiet! -------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC) Avialantic.com fpierce@avialantic.com www.avialantic.com ------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM]On > Behalf Of Chris Starling > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:59 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] NOISE REDUCTION > > > geesh... > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Speicher [mailto:JSPEICHER@NIAID.NIH.GOV] > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:41 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: [MDOSPREY] NOISE REDUCTION > > > I'm relatively new to this "server" but it does seem that there could be > improvements in efficiency. If you are posting a strictly > personal appeal, > for example suggestions on field guides or spotting scopes, you > should place > your e-mail address PROMINENTLY in the text of your message so it can be > easily cut and pasted for those wishing to reply to you (check it > twice for > accuracy!!!). Otherwise the tendency seems to be that the replies will go > out to all the members. > > The second observation is to comment that the whole point of this > site is to > share our enjoyment in our hobby by letting people know what's > being seen in > the area. Mis-identifications are going to happen, but i don't > think anyone > needs to apologize for making a mistake. That approach will only increase > the chances of someone failing to post a bird siting that we > would all like > to know about for fear that they may be mistaken. > > I also wonder if it's really necessary for most of us to know the > connection > between James Bond the field guide author, James Bond the fictional > character and Ian Fleming. This is the second time this has > surfaced in the > two months i've belonged to OSPREY. > > If this offends anyone in any way, i suggest that you reply to me > personally > (address below) to spare everyone else on the server from even > more noise... > > Jim Speicher > > jspeicher@niaid.nih.gov > > > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================