why alt.surveyor ?
Maynard Riley
Can anybody speak to the question of why this group was started?
Eugene A. Calame
On 11 Jan 1998 16:01:30 GMT, may...@interaccess.com (Maynard Riley) wrote:
>Can anybody speak to the question of why this group was started?
>
You must not be a surveyor.
Eugene A. Calame eaca...@texas.net
Austin, Texas USA http://lonestar.texas.net/~eacalame/home.htm
Bertho Boman
I have been trying to figure that out too.
There isn't so much activity on the "real" ng that it would require a
split.
Bertho Boman
Vinland Corporation
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Peter B. Legere
Eugene
There is a newsgroup at sci.engr.surveying. You will find that Mr Riley has
many postings to that group. Indeed, he even maintains a surveying website.
In view of this, I think his question is valid. I have been posting to this
group myself, but I am not sure why.
The only reason I can think of is that I am an "alternate" surveyor,
relying on my own abilities and reputation to make a living rather than
being certified by a professional group or Government regulations. I don't
find this to be restrictive, I always tell prospective clients that I have
no license or insurance, and I refer those clients who need work done on
the "other side of the line" to a legal surveyor. I have even been accepted
as an expert witness in a courtroom based on my reputation for honesty and
accuracy, rather than certification by an outside body.
I must say that I have never been flamed by the legal surveyors in
sci.engr.surveying just because I am not a registered land surveyor. The
discussions are interesting and informative, and there seems to be no
distinction between registered and non registered surveyors.
So, do we really need this group?
Peter B. Legere
--
Anvil Island Design-Build
ANVIL db
If necessity be the mother of invention, then surely laziness is the
father.
Make sure you cut it good and short, you can always splice a piece in.
Eugene A. Calame <eaca...@texas.net> wrote in article
<34bd0fc6...@news.texas.net>...
> On 11 Jan 1998 16:01:30 GMT, may...@interaccess.com (Maynard Riley)
wrote:
>
> >Can anybody speak to the question of why this group was started?
> >
Eugene A. Calame
On 11 Jan 98 20:00:58 GMT, "Peter B. Legere" <ple...@mountain-inter.net> wrote:
>So, do we really need this group?
>
>Peter B. Legere
I really don't know . I am not a surveyor. I just detected perhaps a bit of
territorial competitiveness in the question and thought I would poke at the
provocative question a little.
I found the same questions about alt.hobbies.beekeepking a short time ago. Some
one who uses sci.agriculture.beekeeping was all out of sorts about it. The
territorial competitiveness is somewhat of mystery to me. Can the big eight
newsgroups be that weak?
Guess that makes me a troller for this thread. I promise I won't continue.
It's just a slow Sunday day. The kind you love to have once in awhile
Enjoyed the visit and relax everyone. I'am not going to destroy
sci.engr.surveying. :-)
Regards,
Muried A. Pepling, LS,PP
Maynard Riley wrote:
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> Can anybody speak to the question of why this group was started?
weeks ago. Seems somebody is trying to set it up for spam!!!!!
Al Pepling, PLS
Alex C
Maynard Riley wrote:
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> Can anybody speak to the question of why this group was started?
Why Not?
alex
Peter B. Legere
Fair enough
Peter
Eugene A. Calame <eaca...@texas.net> wrote in article
<34b93934...@news.texas.net>...
Bill
Alex C wrote in message <34B93D...@concentric.net>...
>Why Not?
>
>alex
One possible reason is that some people are barred by their employers from
accessing newsgroups under alt.*, because of the (false) perception that
everything under alt is at best frivolous.
It would be unfortunate if the answer to someone's question were only
available under alt.surveyor and not also posted to sci.engr.surveying. An
ancient thread back in comp.cad.autocad discussed getting rid of alt.cad.*
for just that reason.
Maynard Riley
>On 11 Jan 1998 (Maynard Riley) wrote:
>>Can anybody speak to the question of why this group was started?
eaca...@texas.net (Eugene A. Calame) responds:
>You must not be a surveyor.
Maynard to Eugene: whatever would give you that false impression?
I note that the original question has yet to be answered.
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