On 1/26/08, S. Newhouse <sen1 at math.msu.edu> wrote:
> I find these kinds of discussions, very useful, but if they are more
> appropriately done by private email--off the maxima list-- I am happy to
> do that.
I don't see any problem with conducting discussions about specific
technical problems on the mailing list. Other people can throw in
their $0.02 and the results are preserved in the mailing list archive.
Wrt mailing list conversations let me remark that it helps a lot to
trim quoted text to just the stuff to which one wishes to respond.
best
Robert Dodier