[Elecraft] Don

[Bill K9YEQ]

Many of us HAMs are accused of it.  Good things grow under rocks.  It would be the dark side!

The issue is assuming what is sent on the internet is private?  No way.  Many have no idea as to what is disclosed from their own PC.  Check the cookies... my God!  We give a way so much personal information.  But then without doing so, you struggle and waste time.  

Mistakes can happen. Whatever one writes, consider the consequences and don't forget: it can be found on the internet.  If you don't want it known, send it out USPS.  If someone else should not follow one's perceived protocol: s.... happens.  No one is perfect.  I am not, Don is a lot closer.

I have mistakenly sent out things I didn't want to or sent them to the wrong recipient with no malice intended.  I recently did so.  The wrong recipient told me he knew they weren't for him so just deleted them. Then he told me the last one I wrote was quite good.  Oh, well.  S.... happens.  I can't get it back. I screwed up (again!) and could not retract the simple but very bad mistake.  I didn't dwell.  Moved on to this issue.  Let's all lighten up and be forgiving because none of us is perfect. There are religious about this but I won't go there.

Bill
K9YEQ


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Rock [mailto:kevinrock at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:49 PM
To: Bill K9YEQ
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Don

I don't know about living under a rock but I am one :)
   Kevin.  KD5ONS


-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill K9YEQ <k9yeq at live.com>
>Sent: Apr 18, 2010 3:41 PM
>To: "'H. Cary'" <h3cary at gmail.com>, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Cc: don at w3fpr.com
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Don
>
>I wouldn't think Don takes much personal.  He is very technical and avoids
>personal interaction from what I have experienced.  He is just super when it
>comes to knowledge.  I read everything he posts, unlike many others.  I put
>him on plane with the Elecraft staff.  Who would know the difference?  He is
>a gold mine of knowledge and have been involved with him for 10 years or so?
>He is not one who divulges personal information and anyone on the internet
>knows that what they send is open to the public, if not, what rock have they
>been living under.  
>
>Bill
>K9YEQ
>K2 and KX1 field tester, K3 and modules. P3 on the way!!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of H. Cary
>Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:24 PM
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Cc: don at w3fpr.com
>Subject: [Elecraft] Don
>Importance: High
>
>Allow me to weigh in on the "personal information" issue.  W3FPR did not
>post ANY private information, only the name and call sign of another ham -
>if it's readily available on the internet, as it is on QRZ.com, it is not
>PRIVATE - anyone with a computer can get it for goodness sakes!
>I can only speak for myself but I subscribe to the reflector so I can read
>W3FPR's postings!  He has helped me on several occasions and I ALWAYS learn
>something from his e-mail answers.  This reflector will be a much less
>interesting place without him and I hope he will reconsider only taking
>questions at his home e-mail addresses.  Perhaps, Wayne and Eric can
>convince him to stay - I sure hope so.
>Don,  Nolite te bastardes carborundorum!
>73,
>H. Cary, K4TM
>Lynchburg VA
>K2-100 #4991
>K3-100 #3448 [ex-K3-100 #0178]
>
>
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