[authorafrica] Re: Coming in...
- From: chika onuoha <kaorama@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: authorafrica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Friends,
I may have been too emotional in my response, but
that was the only way to let us know we are indepted
to our growing audience all over the world. I may call
them customers now, but with time, if we truly not
deviate, they will definitely metamorphose into fans.
To think about it again,...in the reverse order as
Valentino has suggested, we must first think of it the
straight and right way. Much love from me.
--- "ffsd@xxxxxxxx" <ffsd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chika,
>
> You are very intersting. I wonder what you are
> selling.
>
> Valentino.
>
> NB: Geography has everything to do with literature.
> Think about it again
> ...in reverse order.
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: chika onuoha kaorama@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:04:02 -0700 (PDT)
> To: authorafrica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [authorafrica] Re: Coming in...
>
>
>
> Hi Friends,
> My deepest regards. Well, i do not think this will
> be
> necessary now, maybe later when the need truly
> arises.
> As i lay on my bed this morning, gazing into the
> ceiling and pondering over this suggestion, i had
> wondered what geography had got to do with
> literature.I would suggest that we concentrate on
> writing real good stuff for our customers all over
> the
> world. Let's satisfy our customers first.
> Chika Onuoha
> --- Mulholland <balloons_210a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Good evening Nyankami,
> >
> > Thankyou for your message below.
> > I do hope and trust that you have solved your
> > problems and have things again under control.
> >
> > When you are ready, I'm sure that people out of
> > Africa will be eager to have some kind of map
> > indicating all the writers whereabouts in this
> great
> > and mysterious continent of yours.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ken Mulholland.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Nyankami Atandi
> > To: authorafrica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Friday, 30 September 2005 5:59
> > Subject: [authorafrica] Coming in...
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > salutations. I do sincerely hope that everyone's
> > Ok and sitting pretty in their respective
> stations.
> > Well, I've been laying low owing to some pressing
> > matters that suddenly cropped up requiring my
> > immediate and undivided attention.
> >
> >
> >
> > Before I took that excursion, the esteemed
> > gentleman, Ken Mulholland, gave me an extremely
> > important assignment; sadly, to date I haven't
> been
> > able to live up to expectations. Due to the said
> > diversion, my hands became somewhat tied. I want
> to
> > take this opportunity to profoundly apologize for
> > any inconveniences caused -and to anyone- though I
> > do hope that K M'll bear with me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now, I did note A Isong's concern regarding our
> > posts appearing at large across the internet,
> which
> > she was rather uncomfortable with. My dear friend,
> > it wasn't at all my intention when I suggested the
> > listserve idea to subject any of our team members
> to
> > unwarranted embarrassments by having their private
> > concerns, told to us in confidence, get to be read
> > elsewhere like pinups on a public billboard by all
> > and sundry. Isong, to you I convey my deepest
> > condolences for any grief this knowledge may've
> > caused you.
> >
> >
> >
> > As regards this listserve, Bruce, the AuthorMe
> > site's technically an ISP [Internet Service
> > Protocol] server. This means that the site could
> be
> > having what's called a leased or dedicated line
> > which thus essentially ensures that the site could
> > be accessed from any part of the globe, any time,
> by
> > anyone. On this basis, individual users can
> approach
> > you to've their stand-alone computers get
> connected
> > to your server, via which backbone they get to've
> a
> > gateway thru' which they get to access the
> internet.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On a small scale, this means that like you can
> set
> > up a network of, say, five computers whose users
> get
> > to be assigned addresses whose domain's the site's
> > URL [Uniform Resource Locator], i.e.
> > bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxx, isong@xxxxxxxxxxxx or
> > bandit@xxxxxxxxxxxx, along the same lines can a
> > listserver be created. On this LAN [Local Area
> > Network], Bruce can send an email to the other two
> > and vice versa, and possibly to the outside world,
> > just as they can receive from the same.
> >
> >
> >
> > A listserver -say,
> authors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > is primarily a database having as its clients a
> list
> > of addressees such that should a wire be posted to
> > that address, it gets to be bounced to all those
> > addresses forming its database; much the same
> > process like when you Cc one post to twenty two
> > others whom you want to read the said post
> > simultaneously, only that this time in the 'To:'
> > field, you write authors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> But
> > this time, the server'll do the Cc.
> >
> >
> >
> > So, all hope's not lost yet. Bruce, if you talk
> to
> > an IT jomba, I am sure that s/he could've that
> > implemented, after which you could install
> firewalls
> > to deter anyone from trying to access, without
> > authorization, the main server, as well as prevent
> a
> > repeat performance of what Anietie just expounded.
> > This is just my idea; maybe someone else could
> help
> > by some other input[s] too.
> >
> >
> >
> > As a parting shot, I want you all to know that
> > I've greatly appreciated your friendship perhaps
> > more than you know. Thank you very much.
> >
> >
> >
> > Let's Increase the Peace.
> >
> > Nyankami.
> >
> >
> >
> > PS: At night, if you look to the east you'll be
> > able see Mars -it's the only orange-reddish star
> > visible in a clear, cloudless sky. You don't need
> > any special equipment per se. Nearly a year or two
> > ago, it passed its closest distance I think it's
> > ever done in roughly our planet's lifetime.
> > Beautiful ball. Astronomy's such a wonderful field
> > of learning.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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