tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Sep 26 20:13:42 2008
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Re: To the List Regiment
On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Christopher Fulkerson, Ph.D. wrote:
> To the List Regiment,
>
> Please let me understand how you work: am I correct to think that
> every letter goes out to everybody, and that whomsoever wishes to
> answer, does so?
bIlugh. jabbI'ID ghom mIw DaDelchu'ta'. tIQ mIw.
That is indeed how a mailing list works. It has been that way since
the early days of the internet.
> How many answers can one tolerate before the phenomenon is just spam?
nuv puQchoHmoH jabbI'ID 'ar? pIm Hoch.
Everyone has his or her own threshold.
> Just because one knows where the spam is coming from, doesn't mean
> it's
> not spam.
jIQochqu'. malja' jabbI'ID DapoQpu'be'bogh 'oH "spam"-'e'. 'oH
DapoQta'chugh, "spam" 'oHbe'.
I emphatically disagree. Spam is unsolicited [usually commercial]
email. If you specifically requested it, it is not spam.
> So, let me ask, in practice, how many answers does one get?
> Apparently
> not many?
rut puS jangwI'pu'. rut law'. ghomvam tamey DalaD 'e' vIchup.
Sometimes few, sometimes many. You can see the past activity of this
group in the mailing list archives.
/tlhIngan-Hol/
> But let me point out, that if your effort becomes popular, you WILL
> have a pretty bad problem to deal with.
<QatchoH>? QattaH. bImuj neH.
You seem unaccustomed to the concept of a mailing list. I assure you
that a largish number of incoming emails isn't a "pretty bad problem"
unless you are using an email client that lacks common features for
helping you manage a busy inbox.
> As to the Master of the Klingons, I will not be impressed unless
> you can tell me where the plot of beloved Klingon Homeworld dirt is
> located on this planet. Until then, brush up on your Shakespeare
> - I do not accept your authority, and your claim is without honor.
I believe you've misread Voragh's signature. He calls himself the
"Ca'Non Master" -- a play on the term "canon" meaning the definitive
works of an author. In this case, it refers to his demonstrated
knowledge of and ability to provide quotes from and references to
just about anything written about Klingon by Marc Okrand (and
others). Note that he has *demonstrated* this, for more years than
he might want to admit. You're new here, and you are certainly
entitled to reserve judgement about anyone's "authority" -- but you
should probably hold of on *challenging* authority until you have
spent some time getting acquainted with the regular participants here.
-- ghunchu'wI'