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Subject: Re: List of participants for WCCC

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 07:06:30 05/18/04

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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.

>
>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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