Wait a minute. Would an autox chat room be something like an AOL chat room?
I remember those, vaguely, not that I ever participated in such follies.
I'm only in if I can give myself a code name and post messages like, "What's
everybody wearing?" Or "Quick, gender and age, right now!"
GroovyAce23
(Katie Kelly)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Esra [SMTP:pesra@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 2:48 PM
> To: Phil Ethier; autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: autox chat room
>
> The advantage of an autox chat room is that it would give the really
> chatty people an outlet, which would unclog team.net, which would
> encourage people to pay closer attention to the remaining posts, which
> would stimulate the exchange of ideas and information. I'm all for it!
>
> Then again, I've set up a bunch of filters, so a lot of the "noise"
> goes straight to my trash without my having to ever know it exists.
>
> the other Phil E
>
> --- Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net> wrote:
> > >[An autox chat room] has been talked about before.
> >
> > And I can't imagine anything more useless. The beauty of the autox
> > list is
> > that it allows for time-shifting and the selection of the autocross
> > threads
> > which interest each person. A chat room chains you into one
> > discussion and
> > one time frame. It has all the charm and usability of CB radio.
> >
> > But go ahead if you think it is better than an email list.
> >
> > Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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> > LOON, TCVWC, MAC
> > pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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