[MD] Changes in 2011

[John Carl]

Many good points, Tim.  To keep from diluting I'd like to just applaud this
one though:



> [Tim]
>   I can imagine situations in which 'noise'
> might be a barrier to real discussion.  I don't think such a contention
> holds water here.  If you think everyone here is an idiot, that's cool,
> but it isn't the 'noise' that is keeping all the geniuses from typing up
> their posts and responses.
>


John:

That's a key issue, right there folks.  Its not "noise" in the common
parlance of the debate halls or classroom.  Here there can be many, many
points raised and the noisy, irrelevant ones ignored.  "Genius"  might be
quashed in a forum where there is only so much physical space for the sound
of words in the air, but on an email forum this is not true.

Think about it.