Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt3

I cant possibly leave out Marks contribution to this whole issue =D. Could be our saviour!

oh puhleez (rolls eyes) Mark, are you embarrased yet ? Drop in on ozltuae in yahoo groups sometime and say hello to the old crew :)

We don't need another hero – all we want is life beyond the thunderdome.

In this case, "life beyond the thunderdome" is more about creating and bringing about the next level to global communications than anything to do with seeking to preserve all that much of what we already have.

To me, your current hero of the day bares more resemblance to a priest of an old and dying religion unwilling to let go in the face of the New Improved that is going to do him out of a job unless he learns to change his thinking and embrace it.

Seriously, when considering how obviously doomed to mostly failure this filtering is going to be, all this upset really is so much ado about nothing ... so why are so many of you climbing on board this ship to nowhere ?

Mark himself has clearly indicated he is of the view that the proposed system cannot work and will fail, and I do know him to NOT be a totally unknowledgable fellow but rather someone who can regularly throw a good and informative read together ... which leaves me wondering why even he is choosing to walk this particular path when surely even he realises the Potential For Good out of it all.

Which brings me back to my "old priest" analogy. (shrug)

Perhaps it is a case of some folk just not wanting change. (shrug++)

While I'm waxing lyrical, I reckon a few more of us learn to "turn and face the strange ch-ch-ch-changes", stop fearing and worrying and instead start thinking of opportunity and improvement.

I suspect that you'll find the latter far more satisfying.

regarDS