Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 08:19:35 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 11:04:01, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >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. It would take a creative rounding algorithm to round 9 days to two weeks, rather than one week :) Besides, some people attend many conferences. We have some "tourists" in our department, who attend a conference in Finland, then fly for another one in Belgium, then to another in Boston, .... > >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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