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Subject: <nettime> a modest proposal From: t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com> Date: 18 Mar 1998 12:46:47 +0100 * * * * * Sender: owner-nettime-l@basis.Desk.nl Precedence: bulk The Zentral Kommittee has, in its infinite wisdom and in commemoration of the umpteenth anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar, be- stowed the task of moderating Nettime-l on the Interim Keystone Kommit- tee, that is to say, myself and someone very special, who shall reveal his true identity as soon as his household gods (_lares_ in Latin) let him. In keeping with Mr. Fuller's most excellent innovation--demanding better, more diverse content--I will make the following requests: list- subscribers should please submit LESS cross-posted rants from other lists sloppy formatting and encoding masculinity by default pissing matches MORE obsolescent genres (epic, pastorals, sonnets, doggerel, etc.) material about open source development and developments practical ideas for integrating "new" and "old" media bibliographies, orderly compilations, useful pointers Officially, Ted PS By the yet unknown person who will reveal...etc: Mr Byfield & myself will disclose shortly the exact terms of reference under which we intend to exercise our discretionnary rights under which we will undertake the moderation of nettime for the time being. I wish only to let it be known here and now and for the guidance of the general following of this esteemed list that no cross-postings and postings under cc to other lists shall be accepted unless such is motivated by the most exceptionnal of circumstances. Members kindly note and oblige, (S/d) (anonymised) --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@desk.nl and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@desk.nl