On May 11, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Matthew Hunter wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 07:41:19AM -0700, skzb <skzb at dreamcafe.com> > wrote: >> My problem with using ideas that I've read on the list has nothing to >> do >> with any legal questions. It has more to do with thinking, "Oh. >> Someone >> else came up with that? Well, I guess it must be too predictable/" >> I hate >> being predictable. On the other hand, changing something I think is >> cool >> just because someone else had the idea is problamatical. > > This paragraph is fairly reassuring. > > It is widely speculated that one of the reasons Jordan's series > degenerated so rapidly was because the online fan base engaged in > such extensive (one might even say "rabid") analysis of the > books. The author noticed this and seemed to become annoyed that > we were unravelling a substantial fraction of his mysteries > before the story did, and so he started obfuscating them even > more (some would argue that he even changed his plans to avoid > giving the "accepted wisdom on the net" answer to some). That's an interesting theory. I always though he had diarrhea of the word processor myself.