Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 07:22:21 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 10:09:52, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 18, 2004 at 10:06:30, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On May 18, 2004 at 09:36:41, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On May 18, 2004 at 09:22:52, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On May 18, 2004 at 08:53:01, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>>> >>>>>>Right. How exactly would I have done that at the WMCCC in Jakarta? At the >>one >>>>in Paris. _NO_ internet access. _NO_ email access. Jakarta was a >>black hole. >>> >>>>>Fine, in Israel you _DO_ have internet access, and you _DO_ have email >>access. >> >>>> >>>>Fine. Nothing like _consistency_. Makes "planning" quite easy, would you >>not >>agree? >>> >>>In Graz there was Internet. In Maastricht there was internet. What's your >>>point? >> >> >>Then there was no need to make it a physical event, except as a means of >>excluding people with an economic barrier. > >Most conference all over the world still require physical presence. Ever wonder >why, when a video conference can substitute it? What good is a conference if people can't afford to attend? The conference should have set up lectures for Internet broadcast and made tournament participation avialable via the internet. I mean, we've gone to all the trouble of developing this fabulous technology which connects the world, and these lame-brains are stuck in the 1970s. It's ludicrous. > > >> >>> >>>In 1996 and 1997 Internet was not way as common and cheap as it is now. >>> >>>Assuming there had been no improvement in this regard is rather, well, >>>stupid. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP
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