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[Physltest] [Phys-L] Receiving Multiple Posts (was Re: seeing what you believe)



In his Phys_L post of 22 Nov 2004 17:13:23-0600 titled "Re: seeing
what you believe," Joel Rauber wrote:

"Are other people always getting Hake's posts twice?"

The answer is probably YES! And some poor souls get my posts more than twice!!

Note that my post "Re: seeing what you believe" [Hake (2004a)] was
CROSS-POSTED to AP-Physics, Phys-L, Physhare, & PhysLnrR. So if one
is subscribed to all of those lists s(he) will receive my post four
(4) times!

Why crosspost and thereby inflict multiple posts on hapless
subscribers such as Joel Rauber?

As I explained in Hake (2003):

"Discussion lists provide a potential way to surmount disciplinary
barriers, caused in part by the traditional departmental structure of
universities.
The potential of the web as a mechanism for promoting
interdisciplinary synergy in education reform is emphasized and
schematically pictured on page 3 of Hake (2000), accessible by
clicking on the 204kB pdf
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/WhatLearn-013100g.pdf>."

To enhance interdisciplinary synergy, derelict subscribers such as
myself resort to the cardinal sin of cross-posting.

If one is subscribed to more than one list and thereby receives
multiple posts, s(he) can e.g.:

(a) Take a few milliseconds to hit DELETE on posts previously received.

(b) Subscribe to all lists using the NOMAIL option, thereby receiving
NO MAIL from any list :-). For lists such as Phys-L, Physhare, and
PhysLrnR running on LISTSERV software, it takes only a few minutes to
change one's subscription to NOMAIL: Follow the simple directions at
<ARCHIVE URL>/ "Join or leave the list (or change settings)" where
"/" means "click on." [The APPENDIX of Hake (2003) lists URL's of
many discussion list archives.] Then subscribe using the "NOMAIL"
option under "Miscellaneous." Then, as a subscriber, you may access
the archives and/or post messages at any time, while receiving NO
MAIL from the list! For suggestions on monitoring posts on the
archives see Hake (2003).

(c) Filter out posts from known cross-posters - their names are on
file at local police departments, the FBI, and Homeland Security.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>

"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to
think little of robbery; and from robbery he next comes to
Sabboth-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. .
. and then to cross-posting."
Thomas De Quincy


REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2000. "What Can We Learn from the Biologists About
Research, Development, and Change in Undergraduate Education?" AAPT
Announcer 29(4): 99 (1999); available on the web as ref. 7 at
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake> or immediately downloadable by
clicking on the 204 KB pdf at
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/WhatLearn-013100g.pdf>.

Hake, R.R. 2003. "Re: Lively Academic Listservs," online at
<http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312&L=pod&P=R3771>. Post of
5 Dec 2003 16:02:18-0800 to POD, PhysLrnR, Physhare. Later sent to
AERA-D, EvalTalk, and ASSESS, and Math-Learn. The reference to
posting suggestions was inadvertantly omitted. The most recent
version is at Hake (2004).

Hake, R.R. 2004a. "Re: seeing what you believe," online at
<http://lists.nau.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0411&L=phys-l&O=D&P=28435>.
Post of 22 Nov 2004 14:38:23-0800 to AP-Physics, Phys-L, Physhare, &
PhysLnrR.

Hake, R.R. 2004b. "Thirteen Posting Suggestions," AERA-K post of 26
Jan 2004 16:44:44-0800; online at
<http://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0401&L=aera-k&T=0&O=D&P=3392>.
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