RussellMc <apptechnz <at> gmail.com> writes:

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> > On a more serious note, about the democracy on the list: democracy!=3D =
anarchy.
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> This list is not a democracy either.
> This has been noted for years but is easily missed when things go well.
> As I noted earlier today, but nobody picked up on it, the list is a
> very very benign dictatorship.
> Really.
> Akin to British Royalty prior to the Magna Carta but a few orders of
> magnitude more benign.
> See my prior post for a few more words on this.
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>         Russell
>         Crown Minister under sufferance.

All hail the King! I mean Crown Minister...

Thanks for pointing to Magna Carta, I did not know, or remember, this. =20
In reality, I am fairly satisfied with the list and it's rules (and rulers:=
-))
It would be great to have some form of redress for people who are not satis=
fied,
although I understand that it might be too troublesome/challenging to imple=
ment.
 In the end, even if PIClist is a dictatorship, there are plenty of other p=
laces
on internet to get tech info on PICs and EE and everything else.  Just the =
fact
that people still come here suggests that the list provides at least some v=
alue.
 FWIW, I enjoy both technical and other discussions on the list.  Interesti=
ng to
see and discuss so many opinions and points of view from around the globe.=
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Sergey Dryga
http://beaglerobotics.com



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