>Oh, yes I have (checked "my" public library)! That's exactly what
>I mean. The reality doesn't match the hype! OUR public libraries
>do not allow for "personal email" - and for any OTHER reason, there
>are 1) simply too few to be able to use for any length of time,
>2) have NO printers, 3) have little of the functionality that even the
>most meager home PC's have and 4) one has to STAND using them! (Does
>that tell you to "not linger?!"
I think your right. This is a loser and a waste of time. Students need to
buy a computer and second hand they are not very expensive. You can always
do without the printer like I did for awhile and take your disk to the
printing center and have your docs printed there, and some colleges let you
download right from your room to print shop. Mind you that doesnt help much
if your living under the Center Street Bridge or a culvert somewhere.
>
>This sounds great in theory - but the libraries' public computers are
>only to assist the "great unwashed" (just a colloqualism-don't freak)
>in becoming somewhat familiar with computers, not really computer-
>literate.
I think thats a very unfortunate and kind of elitist phrase to use. Who is
the great unwashed anyway?
>If there are libraries (public) who have FREE computer use, there are
>somewhere ELSE. The only access I would know of would be to go to a
>place like Kinko's copies, or similar, where they will "rent" you a PC
>with all sorts of stuff - PLUS a printer (AND a chair)! But then,
>here we're back to EXPENSE again!
Hey I like Kinky's. They are open all night and Sundays too. It can be real
handy and sometimes there is people there to help. You cant get that in the
dorm at 4 a.m. As for expense you can partly get around that with a job.
>
Betty D
