Re: UKNM: Subscriptions

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Paul Douglas wrote:

> 

> Stefan Magdalinski wrote:

> 

> > you still watch telly? why?

> 

> Indeed - why not sit really close to a RealPlayer window and squint....


I see the concept is too alien for you to comprehend. I don't watch

television, but it's the content I don't like rather than the

distribution mechanism. I don't want to watch Friends on the web either.


> 

> > > >I used to have an A-Z. I use www.multimap.com

> > >

> > > i used to use multimap until i found i couldn't find my way to the

> > > nearest internet cafe from regent's park road

> >

> > I always print them out before I leave.

> 

> [snip]

> 

> > > >I used to buy newspapers. I read about 20 news sites from around the

> > > >globe.

> 

> I think this is the point, though. While a lot of information on the Net

> is indeed free, it takes, for example, half an hour online to locate the

> information you're after - and even with a free ISP, you're still paying


that, for me, is a very poor example. it never takes me 30 mins to type

a url, or 30 minutes to find anything for that matter


> for the phone calls. Then you have the cost of a couple of

> laserprints/bubble jet prints to add into that. For many people, picking

> up a daily paper, buying a copy of the A-Z, etc. actually works out cheaper.


ok. I'm not typical. I don't pay for print, and I'm online at work every

waking hour.


> 

> And, in some instances, more convenient: it's easy for people with

> leased line connections to hop along to a Web page to check for

> information, but inconvenient for people with one phone line to switch

> on the PC, fire up the modem and go online.


absolutely. the 3 minute startup time is what really discourages

continuous seamless web use in the home. roll on better devices.



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