Re: Hi, My Name is David. And I'm a Lurker

[Phillip David <phillip_david(at)xontech.com>]

I guess I'm not even a very good lurker, because I missed the original
message.  I finally got back to catching up on the newsgroup today,
though, and appreciated seeing the whole message in Steve's reply.

I post occasionally, but not recently because I haven't been doing much
IDL work recently.

Phillip

Steve Ready wrote:
> 
> OK, so i peruse this newsgroup daily. From my experience, this and
> sci.image.processing are two of the 0.01% of newgroups worthwhile reading.
> I've been using IDL for ~8 years now. It has prevented me from (having
> to)learning more of C and C++ (other than writing externals).
> 
> You can see my dogs and all the other critters at:
> http://www.oberhasli.org/redtailridge
> 
> Steve Ready
> Xerox PARC
> 
> "David Fanning" <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.14dabaddb4dbb4be989d39@news.frii.com...
> > Folks,
> >
> > Craig's wonderful parody the other day of what most
> > of the regulars would say to a recent question, and
> > today's talk of lurkers has got me thinking. Are there
> > really only 10 of us paying any attention to this
> > newsgroup?
> >
> > It occurs to me that if that really was the case
> > that you guys ought to be getting tired of the
> > same lame jokes I use all the time. :-)
> >
> > And if my wife is right and I really don't have
> > the "huge following" I often profess to her when
> > I am trying to justify no income after 10 hours
> > parked in front of a computer, then I might even
> > be encouraged to go get a real life.
> >
> > So I propose a new thread for lurkers only.
> >
> > Here's the deal. You don't even have to ask an
> > IDL question. Just give us your first name and
> > tell us where you live. Throw in the name of your
> > dog if you feel like really living dangerously.
> > Just a note to let us know you are out there.
> >
> > There will be two enormous benefits from this
> > thread. Those of us who do spend quite a bit
> > of time answering questions here can take
> > great satisfaction and three bucks and get
> > a latte at Starbucks. And people who hit that
> > SEND button will discover that your fingers
> > don't fall off, nor are you electrocuted when
> > you do it. So a big Win/Win for everyone. :-)
> >
> > What do you say? Anyone out there? Only people
> > who have never posted, or posted no more than
> > once in the past 3 months, please.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David
> >
> > --
> > David Fanning, Ph.D.
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