 |
 |
Come on guys, I was just getting my popcorn ready. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We have now used one third of today's allocation in discussing the > size of the daily allocation. Just sayin', is all. > > > > > On 28 October 2010 01:04, Peter Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > David -- > > > > I think we need to test the last assumption against the real code. While > it is a rational (so to speak) interpretation, the code might be buggy > enough to not let any messages through -- including the first -- when the > limit is set to 0. > > > > > > Peter > > > > On Oct 27, 2010, at 7:47 PM, David Fiander wrote: > >> > >> Ray, I think that the constraint makes more sense as a positive real > number. > >> While the length of a thread will never be exactly a non-integer length, > it > >> will eventually exceed any finite real-valued limit imposed, which is > all > >> that's necessary. > >> > >> (Actually, the "non-negative" part is optional. A limit that is <= 0 > will > >> still allow the first message through before the list is throttled.) > >> > >> - David > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 18:18, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress < > >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> I think the constraint is that it has to be a rational number. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of > >>> Eric > >>> Hellman > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM > >>> To: [log in to unmask] > >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia > >>> > >>> I vote for changing the limit threshold to > >>> > >>> PI * (eventual length of this meta-thread). > >>> > >>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Alexander Johannesen wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Doran, Michael D <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >>>>> Can that limit threshold be raised? If so, are there reasons why it > >>> should not be raised? > >>>> > >>>> Is it to throttle spam or something? 50 seems rather low, and it's > >>>> rather depressing to have a lively discussion throttled like that. Not > >>>> to mention I thought I was simply kicked out for living things up > >>>> (especially given my reasonable follow-up was where the throttling > >>>> began). > >>>> > >>>> Alex > >>>> -- > >>>> Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic > >>>> Maps > >>>> --- http://shelter.nu/blog/ > >>>> ---------------------------------------------- > >>>> ------------------ > http://www.google.com/profiles/alexander.johannesen > >>>> --- > >>> > >>> Eric Hellman > >>> President, Gluejar, Inc. > >>> 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 > >>> Montclair, NJ 07042 > >>> USA > >>> > >>> [log in to unmask] > >>> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ > >>> @gluejar > >>> > > > > > > -- > > Peter Murray [log in to unmask] tel:+1-678-235-2955 > > Assistant Director http://dltj.org/about/ > > Lyrasis -- Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers. > > The Disruptive Library Technology Jester http://dltj.org/ > > Attrib-Noncomm-Share http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ > > > > >