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Re: Whwre is Jan Kalivoda?
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Apr 26, 10:25 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Apr 26, 10:25 -0400
Do you know how to contact him privately? You may reply off the list of course:-) I just wanted to ask him a copy of the German 1880 paper on the statistic of the Lunars which he apparently has. Alex. On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 navlist@historicalatlas.net wrote: > > > Alex writes: > "Does anyone know why Jan Kalivoda no longer seems to be on the list? And > how to contact him. When I joined the (old) list in 2003 or so, he was > still a member. " > > Apart from five messages posted on two days in April of 2006, Jan Kalivoda > stopped posting to the navigation list in October of 2004, just two weeks > after you joined. His last substantive post was on October 1, 2004 although > he did post one later message asking how to change his email address signed > on to the list. According to a message from Bruce Stark arounf that time > (where is Bruce, by the way?), Jan K. had to get off the list because too > much email was going to his business email address. You may recall there was > a big boom in list volume about that time. October, 2004 still holds the > record for the highest list volume, averaging 25 posts per day. > > People come and go from this activity, both the activity of celestial > navigation and the activity of posting online about celestial navigation. > You'll see people filled with enthusiasm for a year maybe, and then they're > done. They've learned what they're going to learn, said what they needed to > say, and so they move on to other activities. They get outside more and > enjoy the fresh air. They go boating. Another MIA is Jim Thompson. Many > of you will recall that he posted here daily, built a big web site filled > with celestial navigation info, and seemed to have boundless enthusiasm for > the topic. Then he stopped posting, and the web site disappeared, too. > > -FER > www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---