Re: new relay

It would also be curious to see how different the two texts
end up from each other. The only problem with one person
participating in both rings is crosscontamination - you'd
already have an idea of what to expect. And even if you get
something unexpected, you'd still have some preconceived
notions about what _should_ be there.

Padraic.

On Thu, 31 May 2001, John Cowan wrote:

>Jeff Jones scripsit:
>
>> Is the list closed yet?
>> I'm thinking that 48 hours * 35 participants is 70 days, so that if I'm
>> near the end I might be ready. I'm not sure with which language, though!
>
>This list of people is starting to get a tad long.
>
>Maybe it's time to split into two separate rings?  There is no particular
>reason (though it has always been true in the past) why the relay master
>has to participate in the relay!  The master can start and end Relay A,
>while someone else starts and ends Relay B; the master still receives
>all the smooth translations from both relays.
>
>This would also be useful for people who want to participate twice
>with different languages: use one language in A, the other in B.
>
>--
>John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
>One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
>        --Douglas Hofstadter
>

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