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Natter 36: But We Digress...

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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Gus - Jul 11, 2005 9:41:37 pm PDT #8987 of 10001

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Thanks, Raquel.

South Korea was incredibly "wired". Everyone was online, every where, all the time. Much more so than the States. It was 4 to 6 MB, 24/7. Viet Nam was all 9600 BAUD. New Zealand was like DSL, kinda there, but not really.

eta: When your appreciation of the world is reduced to descriptions of various bandwidths, you might begin to wonder about how much time you spend online.

flea - Jul 11, 2005 10:13:54 pm PDT #8988 of 10001

information libertarian

new zealand? viet nam? south korea ? i think gus is stalking meara.

cat does not wish me to type

Consuela - Jul 11, 2005 10:20:15 pm PDT #8989 of 10001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Gus! Welcome back!

Where in NZ did you go?

Gus - Jul 11, 2005 10:36:22 pm PDT #8990 of 10001

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Hi, 'Suela! I visited my boy and his family in Auckland.

I am woefully behind the news. Meara was in all those places this past while? No wonder some of them felt cool.

Trudy Booth - Jul 11, 2005 10:37:30 pm PDT #8991 of 10001

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Welcome back, Gus!
Welcome back welcome back welcome baaaaack...

South Korea was incredibly "wired". Everyone was online, every where, all the time. Much more so than the States. It was 4 to 6 MB, 24/7. Viet Nam was all 9600 BAUD. New Zealand was like DSL, kinda there, but not really

I read an article a while ago about parts of the world that, having never had universal phone lines, skipped right ahead of the game communications tech wise. It's cheaper and easier to throw up cell towers (particularly in unstable areas) than it ever was to build a whole network of poles and lines.

I wonder if there is some element of that at play in Korea -- they were never all that wired so now they aren't renovating, they're skipping right to the good stuff?

Gus - Jul 11, 2005 10:57:58 pm PDT #8992 of 10001

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Yes, Trudy, I'd guess that South Korea skipped a few steps. I'm not sure they were exactly 'backward' to begin with. We could probably skip a few steps in the States, too.

Trudy Booth - Jul 11, 2005 11:07:38 pm PDT #8993 of 10001

Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Like that step where you miss EVERY DAMN F2F and deprive me of your presence repeatedly ?

Gus - Jul 11, 2005 11:25:27 pm PDT #8994 of 10001

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Oh, shit. I missed another F2F, including one where I was supposed to be the host.

I am a bad, even polgaric, werewonkey. Spanking is called for.

Theodosia - Jul 12, 2005 2:45:44 am PDT #8995 of 10001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Hi, Gus!

I am full of freshly-toasted bagel, and still a-squee over the Sci-Fi Channel season premieres, so life seems pretty good....

flea - Jul 12, 2005 2:49:19 am PDT #8996 of 10001

information libertarian

I think my local public radio station is trying to kill me. Things one should not have to hear upon first waking and before drinking coffee:

1. It's 78 degrees at 7:03... 2. Is Senator Elizabeth Dole a candidate for Supreme Court Nominee?

Aieeee!

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