Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!maytag!looking!brad From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: mercy rule Message-ID: <99503@looking.on.ca> Date: 21 Feb 90 03:51:16 GMT References: <6358@ncar.ucar.edu> Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 19 Class: discussion In article bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) writes: >In article emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: > What do you gain from delaying except delay ? > >A damping, or at least phase-shifting, effect on behavioral feedback >loops. More deliberated thinking from the intellect than from the >brain stem or from wrist reflexes. An interesting counter example to this is a network known as USENET. On this network, for those unfamiliar with it, longer discussion and "voting" periods actually engender *more* discussion, more tangents and more bouts of personal attack and overzealous debate. (Ok, I'm being sarcastic, of course you've heard of USENET) The delays here do not give us a time to pause and reflect. They give some a chance to argue, campaign and look for trouble to make. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473