]Winship <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ]What is going on with this list? Perhaps everything on Error Messages has already been discussed on this list, Sir :-) ]And we have had great opportunities for discussion on lists and ]listownership (ethics and philosophy thereof) which have been totally ]ignored ... Right. Perhaps a "too technical" population :-). To me -as an 11 months old, Junior listowner- error messages and the like come in third place. At least to me, listowning implies several other aspects [i.e. political, educational, scientific, ethical, etc.] which are *far* more important and interesting than just discussing "error messages" over and over again :-). I am very interested to know what other listowners and system managers think of such "human-ware" [if I may say so] issues. For instance, I was recently approached by a journalist from a US based Higher Education Magazine. They are doing some kind of study to check out "command & control" by LISTSERV (yes, LISTSERV) listowners on lists, information flow, who stays and who is not permitted to stay, etc. It is -perhaps- healthy from the political point of view but I wonder: Why is their working hypothesis based on lack of trust on Listowners/Site policies/Sites ? And why is their null model the one which considers listowner like a kind of KGB-political-cadres in a conspiracy ?. Perhaps we should/could invite the Higher Education Jornalists from that and other similar studies to this list. We could discuss in the open and hear what they have to say. ]to a few others of you. If you haven't read it, read it. Well, I would like to have a look on the text. Could you send me either via b/c or to fax (34-28-45-29-22). Regards, Aldo-Pier Solari (FISH-ECOLOGY)