-----Original Message----- From: Ed Kohler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:40 PM
Ed, your reasons countering my list are very good reasons to have a computer with internet access. There's probably no activity or lifestyle that couldn't be improved in some way, sometimes minor, by the use of the Internet. But just how are you going to contact all those people, 25-30% of the City of Minneapolis, say, and sit down with them and enroll them in changing their minds about having a computer? And then talk them into coming up with four or five hundred or more for having one so they can take advantage of the Wi-Fi that is available at no charge, right in their very own neighborhood? Sending them emails isn't going to work! <GR> It's hard for you geeks with T1 Connections who can be in "Eden Prairie and replying to a post read on a web enabled phone while riding along I-494 from Maple Grove before heading home to a cable connection in Cooper" to realize that not every wants to do that. I personally can't get along without my computer and I'm sure I'll go broadband in some fashion one of these days. But I don't need it. I don't download humungous files of movies or music. The only time that I notice my computer being slow is the occasional large message, opening pdf files and accessing some web pages that have scads of images on them. And as far as I know, that may be their problem if their server is undersized or getting unusually heavy traffic. Just as I see that 25% of the city doesn't need it or want it and I can't see what would change their mind. Ray Marshall Hiawatha REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
