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[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Daniel Callahan wrote:

> I don't have anything against a group read, but I
> posted a Q on M&D a week back, got one short but
> helpful reply, and that was it.  That's understandable
> when a) I really don't have a handle on how this list
> operates, and b) everyone is head-first into the
> topics orbiting GR.  Maybe all that's needed is a way
> to catch us newbies up when we join the list (as in:
> the recent history so far...)  All information being
> in a context, of course--

I think I can say without fear of contradiction that the only answer to
"how this list works" is that it works any way individual subscribers
want it to work. When somebody asks a question or starts a group
reading he or she will naturally hope others will pick up on it. However
much of the time other listers will prefer to be off on a variety of
other topics entirely. But don't give up. Interesting and even widely
participated in threads take hold on occasion. All a newbie can do is just
keep trying.

To "catch up" on recent p-list history you might download the past
year's postings, say, from the waste.org archives--either FTP or WWW site.  
You can download them a month at a time--without a fast connection it DOES
take time of course. I wouldn't necessary advise reading all this old
stuff however. Rather I suggest you just plunge into the fray.


		P.