Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] the beginning of bp as we want it Re: The end of BoundaryPoint as we knew it
Date: Nov 05, 2004 @ 22:18
Author: Michael Kaufman (Michael Kaufman <mikekaufman79@...>)
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yahoo IBRG is no more! (and hasnt been for maybe over
6 months now)

--- aletheiak <aletheiak@...> wrote:

>
> i say
> leave them alone & theyll come home
> wagging their trifunnybums behind them
>
> alternatively
> as he is a sensitive fellow
> why doesnt someone just give him a goose at his ibrg
> list
>
>
> but of course
> he may just be out on expedition again
> off somewhere on our great playing field
> or at least we can wish him to be so lucky
>
>
> & you know
> technically he will not be overdue here for another
> 4 months yet
> since only 5 months have elapsed since we last heard
> from him
> following his previous 9 month hiatus
>
> so at all events not to worry let alone grieve
>
> & you know you can always dial or pump him up again
> on our handy
> search engine
>
>
> & regarding jespers other point about being met with
> silence lately
> i suppose i should apologize in that connection for
> being afield
> myself
> but of course i am not sorry i have been too busy at
> play here to
> pore very heavily over your undoubtedly excellent
> work
>
> i will remind you all tho
> if it is by any chance my own feedback you are at
> all or ever missing
> that i am a little gun shy so to say
>
> in fact shy of all war & other crime & other
> wretchednewss
> & therefore tone deaf & color blind to a certain
> part of the spectrum
>
> so if you want my feedback you just cant be that
> naughty about what
> you bring here & still expect me to pay much
> attention to you
> since i need to maintain the purity of my brains too
> you know
>
> indeed for the creative process it is a most
> important thing
>
> but i think your difficulty isnt just that i have
> been silent
> even if it werent usually i who do comment
>
> rather i think your difficulty is your belief in
> what the topic is
>
>
> as well as your belief in the intrinsic interest of
> borders
>
>
> for technically we dont really have a topic
>
> we only used to have a topic
> & that was multipointing
>
>
> & borders just arent as intrinsically interesting as
> multipointing
>
>
> so i am not surprised you &or other border freaks
> are getting a
> little bored with borders
>
> which btw i think is the main reason why border
> freaks fade away
>
>
> the interest level in multidimensionality however
> only multiplies &
> squares & cubes as it goes
>
>
> so when you encourage everybody with an interest in
> borders to
> suggest ways of bringing your interest in them back
> to life
> even if my interest in borders is only the necessary
> for multipointing
> i can fairly respond here by suggesting you focus
> more on the actual
> trypointing fun & less or even not at all on what
> already or
> inevitably bores you
>
> indeed promote yourself to an action hero
> or whatever action or hero appeals to you
>
> or you may get still boreder
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
> Kaufman
> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > As for Jan, I don't know what has happened to him.
> I
> > sent him an email over a month ago in regards to 2
> > statistical tripointing errors he had on his
> webpage,
> > but I never heard back and the page is still
> > unchanged.
> >
> > --- Jesper Nielsen <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jesper Nielsen
> > > To: doug@b...
> > > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 7:44 PM
> > > Subject: The end of BoundaryPoint
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear fellow border freaks
> > >
> > > Since 2000 BoundaryPoint has been a great
> > > inspiration to me and many others, but lately we
> > > have lost many great contributors like Jan Krogh
> and
> > > Peter Hering. And we only hear from other great
> > > contributors like Rolf Palmberg, Peter
> Smaardijk,
> > > Udo Metz, etc once in a blue moon.
> > >
> > > I have recently tried to contribute with new
> border
> > > material about Cyprus, new topomaps of South
> Eastern
> > > European tripoints, neutral zones etc., and have
> > > like a few others who attempt to re-ignite the
> group
> > > with interesting new topics have just been met
> with
> > > silence.
> > >
> > > I will encourge everybody with an interest in
> > > borders to help get this group back alive and
> back
> > > on topic. Any ideas for promotions? Virgin
> tripoint
> > > of the week?
> > >
> > > Jesper
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________
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>
>
>
>




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