Message #1017

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Goodbye everyone
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:43:07 -0700

David,

I’m really sorry to see you go. You definitely made a substantial
contribution finding formulas and calculating permutations and simply
being a strong booster to this little group. You should feel good about
that. Know also that you don’t need to leave completely. You can simply
configure your membership to not send you any email messages and then
just read them on-line whenever you like, if ever. If you end your
membership then you’ll need to rejoin before you can read the message
archive again. Whatever you choose to do I support you and thank you and
wish you only the best.

-Melinda

djs314djs314 wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m writing to let everyone in this wonderful group know
> that I will be unsubscribing after I post this message.
> You have all been very good friends, the best, and have
> always been supportive of me and my work. I thank you for
> all of this. I feel that I no longer have anything worthy
> to contribute, and need to focus on other things in my
> life right now.
>
> Melinda, Roice, Don, and Jay, I am very sorry that I never
> kept my promise to further assist with MC4D. I also want
> to congratulate Andrey for his incredible contribution with
> MC7D, it is truly amazing.
>
> David, this apology is coming many years later than it
> should have, but I want you to know that am and have always
> been in deep regret and shame for the manner in which I
> treated you in our last conversation. I am very sorry,
> and you should feel no reason to forgive me after all
> these years.
>
> My contributions to this group were minor, and never
> completely proven as accurate. My work is collected on
> this page, if anyone ever wants to refer to it:
>
> http://seti.weebly.com/page.html
>
> If I ever return to doing research or writing papers on
> Rubik-like puzzles, it will be added to this page, but this
> is doubtful. As I said, I am no longer involved with
> anything related to this group, so I am choosing to leave,
> and move on to other things. I apologize if this is
> upsetting news (most likely not), but I clearly don’t
> belong here anymore (and perhaps never did). Everyone
> here has been very supportive and kind, and I can’t thank
> you enough. I won’t forget the positive experiences
> that I had here, and will in fact cherish them.
>
> Thanks again everyone so very much. I wish you all
> the best, and I am sure that you will all continue to
> make fascinating discoveries and work together to explore
> puzzles never before imagined. You are truly a great
> group of people, highly intelligent, and it was an honor
> to know each one of you. I wish you nothing but the best
> with your passion to investigate, create, and solve
> some of the world’s most fascinating puzzles.
>
> All the best,
> David