Re: The nature of the beast

From: David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Tim Franklin <tim@leaphome.pelican.org> writes:
> If you can view 3 full pages of text at a time, I would suggest that either
> your eyesight or you monitor are fairly atypical.  Not that this invalidates
> what works for you, but it makes it less likely that others will share the
> same experience.

I do think I'm comfortable with smaller fonts than most users.  I'm just
describing my own experience, so people can appreciate why I personally
find viewing most text reports online more convenient.  (And, if it's
only a question of technology, then we might conclude that more and more
people will prefer reading reports online in the future.)

Of course, if I still had an 80x24 monochrome CGA display, I might feel
differently.

>>> I'm assuming that you meant "online" as in "on the computer" here;
>>> if you meant "connected to the internet", then you're off your
>>> rocker, I'm afraid. :-)
>
> You're in the US.  Paul's in the UK.  He (very likely) pays for Internet
> access buy the minute (even if his ISP is flat-rate, his phone bill isn't).
> You, I suspect, don't.  People accessing the Internet in the UK are, on the
> whole, keen to get off-line again as quickly as possible - paying for
> thinking time is an expensive option.

How does the fact that *Paul* pays by the minute imply that *I* am "off
my rocker" for using online access more heavily than he does?

Anyway, as it happens, I do pay by the minute.  New Jersey's unlimited-
use residential ISDN rates are too expensive to be useful.  At my level
of use, my connect time costs me about $0.01 per minute (sum of telco
and ISP costs).  I don't find this high enough to cause me to alter my
usage patterns.

David desJardins

References

The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
csuan@crocus.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Paul Walker)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
htp@dove.net.au (Henry Penninkilampi)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
csuan@crocus.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Paul Walker)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
David desJardins <desj@math.berkeley.edu>
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: The nature of the beast
tim@leaphome.pelican.org (Tim Franklin)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0000