On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Jay Warner wrote, responding to Dennis: > I agree one can do a lot by "simple" email. However, my greatest > frustration in this communication mode is lack of graphics, due to > need for text based emails. > > I use an older version of Netscape, which allows graphics, but it > clogs the e- arteries. > > If you are going to explain this stuff to introductory students, you > have _got_ to link graphics closely with text. IMHO.
I agree with your point of view. But it is possible to display graphics using the printer as a plotter; the result is cruder than high-res graphics, but can be presented in text. (And I suspect that nearly anything one really wants to show, in this context, can be shown adequately in that medium.) If you have Minitab available, most of the graphical illustrations one needs can be created in (what used to be called, anyway) its "standard graphics" mode. Of course, students do need to be instructed to use a monospaced font (e.g., Courier), else the graphical displays will be interestingly distorted! And for the odd occasion where a high-resolution graphic is really needed (can't think of an instance offhand, but that doesn't mean one doesn't exist), you can put it up on a web site, or send it by e-mail as an attachment (if the e-mail software doesn't filter out such things). -- Don. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Burrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 56 Sebbins Pond Drive, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 626-0816 [was: 184 Nashua Road, Bedford, NH 03110 (603) 471-7128] . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
