* * * THIS IS A DUMB IDEA AND IT WILL NEVER WORK * * *

That is what was once said about the aeroplane, credit card, flying a man to the Moon, fax machines, splitting the atom, cell phones and indeed the computer.

Unless those folks tried out their ideas we'd all be walking everywhere and still using quill pens.

I imagine a few months trial as techgirl suggests for a SUMMARY thread is the only way it can ever be assessed.

ScottC who knows lots about BB boards advises us that UBB does not support a 'sticky' thread that allows it to stay at top of a Forum. Unless only one or a small number of persons is given access to it, new DO's and changes/details/side issues etc will enter into the thread, so it will soon be 700 posts long like the useful US Airways one, but which is now debating whether claiming one is gay or not to get 1,000 points is ethical - an an example of how long threads can stray somewhat off topic.

I feel sure that in the same way Moderators have restricted access to one Forum if FT staff code the user account thus, that techgirl or anyone else - maybe a few others can be given access to that specific thread?? It can then be kept current, kept short, and kept entirely clear of extraneous, even if humourous and well-meaning posts. Just my 2 ozzie cents worth, which on today's exchange rate are valued at ............

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~ Glen ~



[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 08-21-2002).]