Just getting to some of these older posts now (the time off recently has created a bit of a backlog in my inbox!) and am chuckling out loud albeit belatedly at Bob's brilliant rhyme (smile) Pavi From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52 Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:45 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of Site testing & Angels Oh, Bob, I love it!!!! <laughing> Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob <mailto:rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:14 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of Site testing & Angels Wow, thanks for that information and also for the poem Pavi. Angels may laugh, Angels may wheedle, But we mortals still say They dance on a needle. Bob (definitely no Keats). ----- Original Message ----- From: Pavi Mehta <mailto:pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:47 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Of Site testing & Angels Hi Bob, Good question. Yes there will be a beta test before release and from what I understand John Glass will work with a group of volunteers and members on this down the line. And regarding the headcount of angels I apologize but just couldn't resist tossing this poem into the mix: Questions about Angels by Billy Collins Of all the questions you might want to ask about angels, the only one you ever hear is how many can dance on the head of a pin. No curiosity about how they pass the eternal time besides circling the Throne chanting in Latin or delivering a crust of bread to a hermit on earth or guiding a boy and girl across a rickety wooden bridge. Do they fly through God's body and come out singing? Do they swing like children from the hinges of the spirit world saying their names backwards and forwards? Do they sit alone in little gardens changing colors? What about their sleeping habits, the fabric of their robes, their diet of unfiltered divine light? What goes on inside their luminous heads? Is there a wall these tall presences can look over and see hell? If an angel fell off a cloud, would he leave a hole in a river and would the hole float along endlessly filled with the silent letters of every angelic word? If an angel delivered the mail, would he arrive in a blinding rush of wings or would he just assume the appearance of the regular mailman and whistle up the driveway reading the postcards? No, the medieval theologians control the court. The only question you ever hear is about the little dance floor on the head of a pin where halos are meant to converge and drift invisibly. It is designed to make us think in millions, billions, to make us run out of numbers and collapse into infinity, but perhaps the answer is simply one: one female angel dancing alone in her stocking feet, a small jazz combo working in the background. She sways like a branch in the wind, her beautiful eyes closed, and the tall thin bassist leans over to glance at his watch because she has been dancing forever, and now it is very late, even for musicians. All good things, Pavi From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:05 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Aquestion about the new site Bob, I always thought it was the head of a pin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob <mailto:rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: bookshare volunteer discussion <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavi Mehta <mailto:pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:02 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Aquestion about the new site I believe you have said that the new site is going live around the beginning of the year. Is there going to be a time when we get to test it? I know we tend to be a contentious bunch--our ability to argue about how many angels can stand on the head of a needle is notorious--but, as good as engineering is, I doubt they'll get it all right the first time around. Without a beta cycle for this new improved product, in which problems are identified and corrected, we might be inviting a whole host of problems. Even the great and wonderful freedom scientific runs a beta test on its products. Just asking. Bob "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."--Margaret Mead ________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.2/1785 - Release Date: 11/13/2008 9:12 AM ________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.2/1785 - Release Date: 11/13/2008 9:12 AM