Re: Offlang suggestion & counterproposal

En réponse à Maarten van Beek <dungeonmaster@...>:

>
> Oh, you missed Christophe and mine frequent discussions about the use of
> PDF
> on the internet. It's a miracle I was still invited to his birthday
> party
> last month ;-).
Not really :)) . After all, I argue only with people I care about. People I
don't care about, I just don't bother :)) . It may be strange, but it basically
means that you're sure to have my full friendship as soon as you had an
argument with me :)) .

>
> In my experience, I spend more time each trimester to collect the copy
> than
> to asemble it. And I even have to scan in all the images myself, write
> 30%
> of the articles myself, type over half the stuff since 25% of the copy
> is
> delivered in handwriting (try to convert that!). We have a staff of
> three
> people, and it takes us just one evening to put everything together,
> once we
> have collected it.
>
Well, you're unlucky. I didn't have this kind of problems with the students'
newspaper (handwritten articles? They never dared :)) ). As for transcribing
handwritten articles, scanners normally always come with some writing-
recognition program. Doesn't your scanner have one? (I have to look at mine, I
still don't know half of the software installed on my computer :)) ).

>
> Ah, Jan is going to mediate. Be wary not to get caught in between two
> clashing titans ;-)
>
:))) (imagining a little version of Jan standing between two giant versions of
Maarten and me running towards each other :)) ).

>
> I don't agree. I firmly believe that before you start working, you need
> a
> decent plan, otherwise you risk putting a lot of work into nothing. But
> hey,
> if it isn't my time that's possibly wasted, than who am I to judge the
> effort?
>
Hehe, it's just to prevent that my time will be wasted that I gave such a
proposal :)) .

>
> But since I am seeming such a doom-mongering smart-ass, I see that I
> will
> have to participate in order not to be tought of as a negative jerk.
>
:))) You put yourself in the trap :)) .

>
> Exactly what I had in mind. Although people telling you that they will
> surely contribute in no guarantee. I remember writing a whole chapter
> on
> conculturing for the lecture notes for David's conlang class, when I
> didn't
> really have the time, only to find out that the class was cancelled a
> few
> days before it started (which was, btw, not David's fault).
>
Well, if we go to my plan, I promise it will end into something, unless
uncontrolable factor like my computer melting down (it can happen, the Rempts
know that :(( ) or a Thirld World War. Are people ready to take the risk? :)))

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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