Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:08:31 05/18/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 11:19:35, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >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 :) No it doesn't. Where is your local teleporter station? Travel adds 2 days at least. Another day for setup and testing. Now at 12. 12 is much closer to 2 weeks than 1 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, .... > Conferences are a different idea. Lots of paper sessions. Where are those at the WCCC? There is a difference. > >> >>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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