MEG

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Finally returning to the grindstone after indulging in a little 
light assault and battery on the main board.


Hm, newly-dubbed the HBP I see.., well, they got the blood bit right 
anyway.


> 
> MEG - no major probs with the doc that I can see, though this
> copyright niggle enters realms far beyond my ken. I can't add 
anything 
> constructive to that, I'm afraid.
> 
> I agree that too many hyperlinks would defeat the whole object of 
the 
> exercise (well, nearly), plus if something can be accessed via the 
> search facility,  even via a hyperlink, does that impinge on the 
> copyright thingy?



Yes, it does. If its all just hyperlinks, we probably don't 
contravene anything, so its a tempting solution legally, as well as 
technically fairly simple. However, it makes the whole thing very 
dull and pointless, a slight improvement on Yahoo maybe, but not a 
great deal. I'm hopeful we won't have to settle for this, even if it 
means leaving out posts from troublemakers.
 


> More generally - one year? Maybe - as the shortest estimate; the 
> contrasting extreme would be about the time the next Ice Age rolls 
over 
> us. It's a bit of a "how long is a piece of string?"
> question, but I  really think we should try and get up to date 
before 
> the next book is published.



I think if we all made an effort, we could get the first 50000 posts 
done by the end of the year, and it would be great to launch that. I 
think the response from the members would be so enthusiastic it will 
not only give us all a boost, but will also prompt the setting up of 
a longer-term team to keep it running.


> 
> Personally I have no problem sticking around until we're up to date 
or 
> nearly so (it's the frog in the well problem), but at that point 
I'll 
> probably bow out. Coding current posts could be handed over as an 
> Admin/Housekeeping function. It shouldn't be too onerous, or at 
least 
> not until the site goes bananas with book 6.
> Whaddaya think?
> 
> Barry


Good, ...its important not to have to be integrating new people all 
the time, because the coding is going to get very tricky shortly, and 
conversations rather esoteric as to what we do with it all.

Book 6 will, of course, present us with an entirely new set of 
problems. Hope you will stick around long enough to at least help set 
up the new coding structure to deal with them..



> 
> BTW - I can read xxx.doc files with no trouble, it only garbles 
when 
> it's in tabular form - which can usually be rectified with some 
nifty 
> work with my space, tab keys. Oddly the mac version you kindly 
posted 
> was unreadable on my mac. Very strange.



Well, not entirely surprised; I shouldn't think Bill Gates took a lot 
of trouble to get it right. Now there is an evil overlord who has 
read the rule book..