Subject: Re: Reflection about the list

From: rer <rer [a] panet.de>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:36:04 +0100

Dear CCL list members,

the communication about 'reflections on the list'
meanwhile has generated some traffic. As a pretty
recent member of the list, this discussion is a
bit surprising to me. Being attached to several
mailing lists, the CCL list is the only list whee
this kind of discussion has arisen. In the other
lists (e.g. RADCH-L, ENVIRON) the questions and
responses are transfered to all subscribers. To
identify interesting topics and enjoying an
intelligent and meaningful discussion seems to be
a main motivation to join a list. Imagine: reading
an interesting question of a list member - and
never getting to know the answers! For a
scientist, this seems to me an efficient technique
of torture... 

Some days ago, I was looking for some information
about including lanthanide ions into Gaussian98
calculations. One of the hits in the search engine
directed to 'server.ccl...'. The linked post in
CCL was very intersting to me (doing Gaussian
calculations as a kind of 'hobby'), especially
because the person posting the question was kind
enough to summarize the answers. Otherwise the
responses would not have been available. May be
the poster has aso received some answer that where
not of interest to him - but possibly to me and
other subscribers of the CCL list.

If only the question would have been available,
what help this post would offer to others (the
community 'being the list')? In short: Replying to
the list should be a natural choice.

Dr. habil. Guenther Meinrath
Technische Universitdt Bergakademie Freiberg
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Leipziger Str. 27
D-09596 Freiberg
&
RER Consultants Passau
Schiesstattweg 3a
D-94032 Passau

Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy schrieb:
> 
> I too agree with the Dr.Michel Petitjean, replying to the whole list is a good idea.
> -Siva
> 
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