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Subject: Re: List of participants for WCCC

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 08:04:01 05/18/04

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On May 18, 2004 at 10:22:21, Matthew Hull wrote:

>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.

People do attend of course.  It's just that most conferences are a few days, not
almost 2 weeks.

anthony

>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>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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