Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > What do you mean "have the quality of access?" The quality of the > internet is available to all. > > [Arlo] > Its available at all to those who can afford it. And for those who > can only afford dial-up, the Quality of the Internet is depreciable. > It takes my friend (who is on dial-up) ten times as long to watch > even short videos as it does me. And longer ones, or any type of > "rich media" (meaning multimedia, or high-bandwidth content), forget it. > > People who can afford DSL or greater can watch movies, television > shows and stream audio broadcasts online. They can enable realtime > voice-chat, play in MMORPGs or social worlds like Second Life, they > can partake in multi-media events in online learning courses. > > Those who cannot afford this, can't. > > Then let's talk computers. I know many families who can't afford > computers. They don't get online at all. > > Now let's talk experience. I can use my cell phone to call into JOTT > to leave a voice message that will automatically update my blog. I > can then use my bluetooth digital camera to take, edit and upload > pics immediately (yeah, broadband!). At home, I can edit images with > PhotoShop (retail $699), upload them to my website, then jump into > Second Life for an evening class (where video and audio streams are required). > > My quality of access to the Internet is better than many because I > can pay for it. > > Sorry, I don't want my income to determine the quality of education > to which I have access.
Of all people -- you seem to have forgotten completely about the public library. > [Platt] > You conveniently omitted your personal attack. "Because you lack the > balls to say what you really mean." > > [Arlo] > Omit it? Sorry. Thought it was clear what you were claiming to take > offense to. But, no you don't. And you still don't. > > [Platt] > So don't hold your breath. No point in continuing a conversation with > a deceiver and a bigot. > > [Arlo] > Right. I'm a bigot. Anyone who engages in personal attacks is a bigot. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
