7 Mar
2005
7 Mar
'05
9:15 a.m.
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, John Foust wrote:
That would explain its unpopularity, of course.
I agree, it'll never catch on.
Mail is superior to web in at least one instance: it's close as we
get to "abstract data" and can be rendered in truly different
ways. It's really low BW. Well except for the spam, attachments,
dead smtp ports, ...
ALso, I fetchmail all my mail from the server, and read/reply at
my leisure.
Plus, human culture is the reason we take part, not machine
efficiency; but I recognize we're close to the point where it may
fall on us and kill us if we continue to ignore it.
But what if it were links/lynx compatible? That fits on 24x80.
Yes, yes, I know not everyone has 24x80 with a green phosphor.
At 08:03 AM 3/7/2005, you wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 07:38 -0600, John Foust wrote:
Why the emotional attraction to a mailing list as
opposed to the web?
Because the web is shit for just about everything?