Space Forum / Space History / March 2010

On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:31:38 -0500, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
<mooregr_delet3th1s@greenms.com> wrote:

...Especially the Orlando Sentinel, who were more guilty of just "C&P"
as "Jim" so callously dismisses. Then again, considering just how
dismissal he was, I honestly don't think he's even read it, and is
just being such a total troll because he knows it pushes my buttons to
the limit.

As it obviously did last night.

...To be honest, out of all the trolls we've had, there has never been
one to push me over the limit as far as "Jim" did last night. It's not
that he snottily, limp-wristedly dismissed the CLFAQ because *I* was
the compiler and architect, but that he showed no respect for all
those on the sci.space groups who also stood up and contributed to the
effort in a time of great sadness for everyone here that mattered. I
can take his snarky pathetic insults to me, but did the rest of these
people deserve his spooging? See if you can recognize these names
listed here:

http://www.io.com/~o_m/clfaq/s1.htm#Contributors

...Now, granted, I'll be the first to admit that the CLFAQ is arguably
obsolete, and some sections need tweaking even today. But at the same
time, the CAIB report(s) are out now, and for those seeking the really
detailed official answers have always been directed to seek out those
publications since they were made available for public consumption.
But at the time it was launched, it was a document that was needed, as
it was an inarguably useful tool in dealing with the trolls,
crackpots, idiots, racists, retards and morons of the type that showed
up when Challenger was lost, who wanted to use the loss of Columbia to
foist their own sick agendas. All you had to do whenever they popped
up was to reference the CLFAQ section most apropos - many times
including Section XII - and then watch as those threads quickly died.

...But regardless of what "Jim" would like to think, this wasn't just
someone he hates just "copying and pasting other's work" the CLFAQ
couldn't have been accomplished without a concentrated and coordinated
effort, especially in those first two weeks following the Columbia
accident. This accomplishment involved direct communications with
those who contributed, with numerous back-and-forth refinements
between each FAQ update - which in the first two days was practically
an hourly event - and the closest thing to just "C&P" occurred when
either a news article was quoted, or when someone at NASA forwarded
the first rough version of the Timeline of Events before it was
released to the press. Everything else was based on the research of
the people listed in the Contributors section, and without their hard
work the CLFAQ probably wouldn't have happened.

...That, friends and colleagues, is what pushed me past the breaking
point last night. Not that he tried to claim that my work was
worthless, but that the entire effort and those who contributed to it
all were worthless. The CLFAQ was the entire sci.space hierarchy's
finest hour. It proved that the users of a computer-based
communications forum, where most if not all of those involved never
see each other face-to-face, could pull together in a time of crisis
and confusion, compile and publish an informational document designed
to keep all involved and/or interested as completely and accurately
informed about the topic and related topics at hand, and continue to
update and expand that document as many times as necessary for the
duration of the respective crisis, and then archive the document for
any and all future reference needs.

Bottom Line: Usenet was established as a network with sufficient
connectivity to allow for continued rapid information exchange that
could survive a full-scale nuclear attack. The CLFAQ proved that one
of the reasons usenet was created was valid and attainable, and those
who contributed to it are to be commended for their efforts.  "Jim"
can troll all over me all he wants, but *not* the CLFAQ or those who
provided the information and made it work. Those people deserve all
the praise and respect they can get, regardless of what pathetic
little catamite trols like "Jim", "Me" or "Charlie X. Murphy" wants to
call himself.

                              OM

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