From: dulcinea@cwis.unomaha.edu (Shaene Steinauer)
Subject: Re: Call for votes: To reveal or not to reveal.
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 06:09:25 GMT

Okay, here goes (again.  And again, I apologize for posting this in 
the wrong place first.) (This is slightly edited, so please read this new 
version...


HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu  writes:
> If you read this group (magician or not), if you even *LURK* on this group,
> or if you are just passing through, PLEASE respond to this post and let
> everyone here know that you exist.  I would like to determine the scope
> of the readers on this group for a potential FAQ.
>

NAME:  Shaene M. Steinauer  (dulcinea@cwis.unomaha.edu)
 
> PART OF THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN:_Omaha, Nebraska
> 
> MAGICIAN or LAYPERSON:__in between
> 
> If Magician:  TYPE OF MAGIC:_easy -- but good ones, like CARD WARP
>               AGE:_20
>               YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:_12 or so
> 
> If Layperson: AGE:_20_
>               WHY DO YOU READ THIS GROUP:_To become a better
						magician
> 
> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE ART OF MAGIC TO POST
> "INSIDER" INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE METHODS USED TO ACHIEVE
> A MAGICAL EFFECT:_No._
 
> WHY/WHY NOT:_(see posts)  Information is not just for people 
				who can afford to buy it.
				The main reason I haven't 
				been able to go from half-magician
				to magician is because I cannot
				afford to.  This would be a great
				forum to help young (and broke) 
				half-magicians and magicians who
				would rather spend more time 
				practicing than researching.
				(After all, an unpracticed trick
				IS the worst way to reveal "insider"
				secrets...)

			     Information-giving would be voluntary.
				MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A POLICY WHICH
				ASKS PEOPLE TO WAIT TWO DAYS 
				BEFORE RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS
				INVOLVING INSIDER INFORMATION,
				AND IF ANYONE POSTS AN OBJECTION
				TO SOMEONE GIVING AWAY THEIR TRICK,
				PEOPLE WILL ONLY RESPOND BY PERSONAL
				EMAIL.

			      How could you enforce such a FAQ?
> 
> ADDITIONAL COMMENNTS____Besides above, If any FAQ decides to exclude
			Insider information, there should be a section
			in it to list people who are willing to discuss
		        secrets by e-mail, who they are willing to discuss
			them with, and how much information they themselves
			posess.
> 
> I will summarize and post results in 2 weeks.


--Thanks, Hans.  Great idea.
> | O |                                                                   | O |
> |   | Hans C. Masing          "By all means marry: If you get a good    |   |
> | O | HCM100 @ PSUVM.psu.edu   wife, you'll become happy; if you get    | O |
> |   | HCM100 @ CBA1.psu.edu    a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." |   |
> | O | Penn State MIS Dept.                           - Socrates         | O |
> |   |                                                                   |   |
-- 
--Dulcinea
    (Shaene M. Steinauer)
    (dulcinea@cwis.unomaha.edu)
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--Dulcinea
    (Shaene M. Steinauer)
    (dulcinea@cwis.unomaha.edu)
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