A Michael Perelman suggestion from 1999

[Peter K.]

>I think it would be an interesting experiment on either lbo or pen-l.
>Neither list would suffer all that much even if there were absolute
>silence for say two days out of every 6 weeks. I think the technology
>exists for enforcing it even, though I'm not sure whether it would cost
>additional fees or something.
>
>Carrol

I think the polite thing to do since it's Doug's list would be to check with
him offlist before you throw it out as an idea. Otherwise, why not lead
by example?