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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