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To: RoseCampion who wrote (188)	9/17/1999 7:25:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12254

The "new" SI is SO bad on this that I have concluded the following : To see "out" -- you have to click "in" before being given a chance to see "out." To see OLD "in" -- I have given up, and do the following -- click "in," then click "out," then randomly search through your various messages, and check EACH and every "who wrote ..." thing until you find what you want. How SI thinks this is progress, I have no idea ! (Anyone who wants to forward this to the people at SI, please do ...) Jon.

To: RoseCampion who wrote (188)	9/18/1999 2:56:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 12254

Rose - In the "new" SI, how do I go back and see a PM message that I've sent (or one that's been sent to me that's no longer in the Inbox because I replied to it)? IIRC in the old SI this was quite easy - or am I overlooking the obvious? Nope. They cool guys who used to run SI have been diluted with a bunch of people who don't think things through before executing. Sorry to say, but this is very common in software engineering (much more so than other engineering fields). I complained, and once I finally got to Jill (an oldtimer) she admitted it was a problem that needed to be worked (although I only complained about the incoming stuff, since I never use the new SI; I'll let her know about the outgoing stuff.). Clark

To: RoseCampion who wrote (188)	9/19/1999 10:07:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12254

Aquarium / tropical fish questions. My wife and I just bought some fish to add to the aquarium in one of our kid's classroom. We got 20 guppies and 2 of some weird (and more expensive) type of fish. Needless to say, shortly after our new fish were added to the happy collection of old fish, ALL of the fish (old and new) were dead. (Luckily, the teacher discovered the disaster when she was in on a Saturday morning, so the kids never saw it !) I have several questions : Is it inevitable that introducing new fish into a fish tank will probably do this ? (All fish were purchased from same pet store, and timing of old and new into the aquarium was only a week or two apart). Why didn't either all (or most) of the guppies (or those 2 new weird one) survive, if they were the "carriers" of whatever ? I talked to the teacher and volunteered to help clean out the tank before trying another round of re-distributing income from schoolparents to owners of pet stores, and she said she thought it was unnecessary to dump out the old water and try to get each bacterium or fungus particle out, because ... she had done something with some "drops" that are specifically designed to "cure" bad fish tank water. This is something that either did not exist or I was unaware of in my fish tank days (about 30 years ago). Anyone know anything about these drops ? Lastly -- before my wife went off to the pet store to buy the "killer" fish, we discussed which kinds to get, and guessed at pricing. I remembered that about 30 years ago, the cheap fish were 10 or 15 cents each, and the "good" ones were like $1.00 each, so -- given that I am aware it is hard to earn a living (now) transacting items that sell for 10 cents (even if 10 cents seems like the correct price), I predicted that the prices would start at roughly $1.00. Well (amazingly), guppies are STILL 10 cents each, but neon tetra fish are $1.49 each. Any thoughts or analysis on this ? Thanks in advance to all tropical fish experts out there. Jon.