Re: [Admin] RAHE hiatus until May 4 2008

In article <fvtb3o0119k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Steven Sullivan <ssully@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> Arny Krueger <arnyk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Sonnova" <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:fvo30b01a7t@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > On Sun, 4 May 2008 19:45:34 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
>> > (in article <fvlsce017a0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> >
>> >> "Sonnova" <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >> news:fvkgpb02mpt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:10 -0700, David E. Bath wrote
>> >>> (in article <Ok8Qj.7558$Ks1.5827@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> >>>
>> >>>> Due to my unavailability starting on April 25 and
>> >>>> lasting thru May 3, RAHE will be on hiatus. Posts
>> >>>> received after 7 pm April 24 will not be processed
>> >>>> until the morning of May 4.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> And this is what is wrong with a moderated newsgroup.
>> >>> It's unreliable due to the incursion by a third party.
>> >>
>> >> David is all that keeps this place from being another
>> >> RAO.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Sure, but what he needs is back-up.
> 
>> I suspect that the  Linux thing is a stopper for many. 
> 
> I've actually got dual-boot Windows/Linux setups on my computers now,
but
> it's the time committment that gives me pause.
> 

Actually it doesn't take me much more time to process posts than I
would just reading the group assuming one reads all of the posts
anyway. Not many posts get rejected nowadays besides off-topic stuff
which is rare. Spam gets filtered before a moderator sees it. I rarely
spend more than a hour a day on RAHE moderating. Now if we had a
second moderator that could process posts during the work day like we
used to then the traffic could possibly double.

The only reason for the hiatus this time was that I was out of town
and I did not have computer access. Most of the time I leave town I do
have my laptop with me and so there is no interruption.

-- 
David Bath - RAHE Co-moderator