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This flurry of e-mails regarding a "tote bag" somehow
reminded me of the story, "A Tale of Two Cities".
During the French Revolution, there were many beheadings
of the former ruling class and one scene really impressed me.
In the crowd at each of these beheadings was Madam La Farge
knitting tote bags to receive the severed heads of the nobels.
Herb Gottlieb from New York City.
(Where tote bags have never been so popular)
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:09:01 -0500 "Fernanda Foertter [Advanced Physics
Forums]" <admin@ADVANCEDPHYSICS.ORG> writes:
no no...I'm not officially affiliated with aapt or Phys-L...though if
you
guys would like to endorse us, that would be great.
APF is a forum I made for Physics majors. It's been up for 4 months
now,
with over 130 member from all over the world. Its somewhat like
this format
at Phy-L except no emails- it's all web based.
I did get the endorsement of SPS (Gary White) and I'm hoping my
little idea
will turn out big among students. So far we have articles, meeting
info,
and general physics questions.
I just wanted a site free from quacks, religion and "alternate"
theories.
Some place where students like me can ask some other student about
experiments, papers, and concepts.
And the tote bag, well, I made the pic myself. Whether its nicer
than your
NRA bag, I don't know. You'll have too see it to find out :)
www.advancedphysics.org check us out! Maybe you guys at PHYS-L
would like a
forum there...think, no more emails and a database to look back
on...I would
love to add you guys on, and you can help other physics majors!
Fernanda
Admin at APF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob LaMontagne" <rlamont@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: Tote Bag
OK - now I'm curious. What is 'Advance Physics Forum'? Are youbag
collecting money to keep th PHYS-L server going? What is this tote
like? Is it nicer than my NRA tote bag?by
Bob at PC
Advanced Physics Forums wrote:
"Advertise" to me implies that someone is out to make some money
filling
up myup your mailbox. Since creating the website, I've been putting
own
teachersmoney for a cause I believe worth while, and certainly, Physics
As waswould agree. So, if asking for a little help is SPAM, oh well.
said
thisin the original email, you don't have to buy the bag to support
site.
for theYou could always send the funds directly, thus helping me pay
thenmonthly costs of running the server etc. I would prefer that
having
doingthe website selling the tote bags for me get most of it.
I don't want to bring out the violin here, but at least what I'm
is a
(sniff)worthy cause...and a very productive one, unlike other SPAM.
second time
Admin
APF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Cleyet" <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: Tote Bag
I've advertised (only?) twice both as part of threads. The
I
don'tfirst asked the List's mgr. if it was OK; he assented. I
remember
mfgs.what the second was, but I think it was another item a friend
The
discussingfirst was a very accurate sidereal clock on a thread
sidereal
person's lasttime. If I remember correctly, I suggested Googling the
membername to find the item. My friend later thanked me, as a list
did
consequencepurchase one as a result of my post.
In the thread on power line frequency control chaos, as a
of
frequencythe blackout, I reported the result of his monitoring line
because Iusing one of his devices in Santa Barbara. He did this
hisforwarded a (or several) post(s) from this thread. Below is
result:
have been
http://www.bmumford.com/clocks/60cycle/index.html
[Notice how I've (again?) slipped in an advert. This must
the
somesecond time?]
bc, who thinks it's ok to "advertise" the availability of
site.commercial item, IF it directly relates to a thread.
p.s. I think making spam a felony is a bit extreme.
Larry Cartwright wrote:
Advanced Physics Forums wrote:
I added this bag to the store to generate funds for the
informationIt's perfect for teachers and I think you'll love it!
If you prefer, you may also send donations and the
remainingis at the above mentioned site.
Gadzooks! Spammed by Phys-L! I pray that the last few
extinction.non-commercial zones of the Internet are not doomed to
IMHO, well-intentioned spam is still spam.
Best wishes,
Larry
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Larry Cartwright Retired Physics Teacher
<exit60@cablespeed.com> Charlotte MI 48813 USA
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Just because spamming is not yet a felony doesn't mean
that it shouldn't be.
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Herb Gottlieb from New York City
A nice friendly place to live and visit