Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 10:54:10 -0400
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Cell Phone and the Internet
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Starbucks wifi comes at a price. They use T-mobile, and it's not free. No, you don't have to go into Starbucks - but you do have to put your credit card in!
But I'm definitely with Greg on the internet - it is BRILLIANT! Much of what I do as both vocation and avocation uses a computer. I wouldn't leave my laptop at home any more than some of you would leave home without your CDs or your DVDs or (heaven forbid!) your televisions. Now that's what seems absurd to me, traveling in a vanagon with television! But to each her own.
I guess I agree about people's personal cellphone conversations, but maybe I'm just a voyeur - I find it quite entertaining to eavesdrop! And if they're going to have those discussions in public, I'm not going to feel guilty about listening. :-)
Joy
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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Greg Potts
:::Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:07 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: Cell Phone and the Internet
:::
::: Hi William,
:::
:::The internet represents different things to different people.
:::
:::If all you see of the internet is pop-up porn links and endlessly eBay
:::auctions, I agree with you. A little of that goes a long way.
:::
:::To me, the internet is for communication. Communication with Family and
:::Friends, and for learning about topics of interest and world events. If
:::I'm on the road in my bus for a week at a time, I appreciate the
:::ability to reconnect to this resource and rediscover what is going on
:::in the world. Perhaps I have a mechanical issue to research, or I want
:::to know how people are doing at home, or simply let folks know where
:::we're at. It's cheap and easy to use the net to accomplish this.
:::
:::Eric's mention of Starbucks is a very helpful piece of data. How it's
:::used is up to the individual.
:::
:::
:::Happy trails,
:::
:::Greg Potts
:::Toronto, Ontario, Canada
:::
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:::1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
:::1988 Vanagon GL 8-passenger Automatic
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:::
:::
:::On 3-May-05, at 1:14 AM, developtrust wrote:
:::
:::> Our culture is going to pot. I hope we can live without the cell phone
:::> and
:::> Internet connection for just a few hours a day.
:::>
:::> I'm trying to envision a cartoon with a woman (usually) walking or
:::> driving
:::> with a cell phone at her ear, or a compulsive need to be connected to
:::> the
:::> Internet 24/7. When will it end?
:::>
:::> What bugs me most is people (mostly women) who talk on the cell phone
:::> the
:::> most intimate conversation in public like we want to know. For God's
:::> sake
:::> walk out the door to a private area for your cell phone conversation
:::> and
:::> leave your lap to at home or Stan Wilder will put a well deserved
:::> curse on
:::> you.
:::>
:::> William
:::>
:::>
:::> ----- Original Message -----
:::> From: "Eric Clarke" <eric.clarke@SHAW.CA>
:::> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
:::> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:54 PM
:::> Subject: FW: Cell Phone and the Internet
:::>
:::>
:::>> One word folks - STARBUCKS!
:::>>
:::>> Starbucks has installed WIFI in each North American location, usually
:::>> the signal is good enough to enjoy from the parking lot.
:::>>
:::>> - Eric
:::>>
:::>
:::>
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