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Re: [Phys-l] A question for the list members



I agree with Rick.
Ludwik
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On Nov 19, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Rick Tarara wrote:

I would vote NO. This does then become commercial--one publisher becomes
two publishers becomes an insurance company wanting to give physicists a
'deal' (AAPT style), etc. Now if a list member finds a good book and wants
to tell us about a web site via a link, that's fine, but commercial
interests should not be posting advertising here. We have list members who
work for commercial enterprises and they have been very good at NOT
advertising their products. Keep it that way.

Rick

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark O. Kimball" <mok2@enthalpy.physics.buffalo.edu>
To: <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:34 AM
Subject: [Phys-l] A question for the list members


I received a request from a publishing house asking for permission to post
a
message regarding new titles that they will be publishing soon. The titles
will be of interest to some members of the list but allowing the
announcement will add a level of commercialism to the list that does not
exist now.

Does the list wish to be notified of upcoming titles from publishers? Do
we
draw the line at books or should any physics-related commercial product be
allowed an announcement on the list?

Mark
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Mark O. Kimball
University at Buffalo | Low Temperature Physics
mok2@enthalpy.physics.buffalo.edu | http://enthalpy.physics.buffalo.edu
Lab Phone: 716-645-2017x122 | Fax: 716-645-2507
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Ludwik Kowalski, a retired physics teacher
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Also an amateur journalist at http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/cf/