Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] less judges

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 07:50 pm, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 04:30  PM, bd wrote:
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> > On Monday 31 March 2003 10:16 pm, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> >>> Secondly, while something done privately doesn't necessarily mean it
> >>> must
> >>> stay secret, doing something privately does in fact suggest it is
> >>> done in
> >>> a manner that excludes others.  Dave can blab it all he wants after
> >>> he
> >>> gets it, but sending something to him privately would seem to suggest
> >>> it's not sent to anyone else.
> >>
> >> Yes, and it excludes everyone who isn't subscibed to spoon-discuss.
> >> The
> >> fact that the mail server blabs to all who want to 'listen' afterwards
> >> doesn't change that.
> >
> > That argument is specious and you know it. The mailserver is
> > configured to do
> > so, and everyone knows it. Otherwise the word 'privately' wouldn't
> > apply
> > anywhere - I could post votes to alt.games.dave.reads.this.group and
> > get my
> > votes recognized (if Dave chove to read it ;)
>
> If messages posted to alt.games.dave.reads.this.group were forwarded to
> Dave, then you could. Because a copy of your votes would appear in eir
> inbox.
>
> Note that if they were just stuck in an archive, and you hoped that
> Dave would read said archive, that would not count - e would be calling
> up your votes from a website open to the public. It's the difference
> between putting a poster with your message on it in the coffee room,
> and printing a hundred copies of your message and sticking one in every
> professor's mailbox.

So, if Dave reads this list only via the archives, the votes suddenly don't 
count?

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bd
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