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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/ > >