RE: A WASTE OF TIME?

["Bartlema, Lauri, L." <BartlemaL@emh10.bliss.army.mil>]

It is certainly less time-consuming to e-mail.  I guess it all just
comes down to what people are willing to do with their time.


Lauri L. Bartlema
Curatorial Assistant
Conservation Division
Directorate of Environment
Fort Bliss, Texas

> ----------
> From:         Dinogeorge@aol.com[SMTP:Dinogeorge@aol.com]
> Sent:         Tuesday, September 01, 1998 10:57 AM
> To:   BartlemaL@emh10.bliss.army.mil; dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject:      Re: A WASTE OF TIME?
> 
> In a message dated 98-09-01 12:52:18 EDT,
> BartlemaL@emh10.bliss.army.mil
> writes:
> 
> << Just an observation about you, Dinogeorge.  I have had, for the
> last 6
>  months or so, an average of about 6 messages a day from you.  You,
> who
>  does not want to give up your time to write a paper.  Yet you post
> many
>  copious messages everyday, to the point that I have seen comments
> from
>  people asking that you be timed out after X number of times in 24
> hours.
>  I guess I am just wondering why you have time to argue with everyone
> on
>  this list, but no time to write any papers. [no intended  malice in
> this
>  statement, just curious] >>
> 
> It's a >lot< less time-consuming to dash off e-mail replies--such as
> this
> one--than it is to prepare a scientific paper, with photographs,
> figures,
> peer-reviewed text, endless revisions, and so forth. These days I am
> compelled
> to spend as little time as possible on nonpaying work, and e-mail
> gives me the
> opportunity to convey a considerable amount of information (or
> drivel--suit
> yourself) per minute spent.
>