Re: HTML; was modem help

2003-12-03 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I'm not against progress, and I don't think any of us are. But I'm not > a big fan of big flashy neon lights in my email. I'd rather have the > speedy pace of text. I read my mail over a secure shell connection to > North America. I don't want to wait for images and pointless markup > when al

RE: HTML; was modem help

2003-12-03 Thread Vik Olliver
On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 16:23, Steve Bell wrote: > Just as an aside, two thoughts... browning> > > Are not most geeks on broadband now... Well, a majority of you anyway? Er, probably not. Broadband by ITU definition is 384Kb/s and up. I don't think Jetstream Games counts ... Now I'm finally out

Re: HTML; was modem help

2003-12-03 Thread G. M. Bodnar
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:23:02PM NZDT, Steve Bell wrote: > Just as an aside, two thoughts... browning> Fair enough. I find a little garlic goes nicely, too. > Are not most geeks on broadband now... Well, a majority of you anyway? There's more dialup than you might think. Even still, bandw

Re: HTML; was modem help

2003-12-03 Thread Jason Greenwood
Yeah, and plenty of em attach a 2 line Word Document instead of including the text IN the email too. Should we join that trend too?? =) Steve Bell wrote: You will get on much better on most mailing lists (espec linux ones), your messages will be shorter so you will save bandwidth. Just as a

RE: HTML; was modem help

2003-12-03 Thread Steve Bell
> You will get on much better on most > mailing lists (espec linux ones), your messages will be shorter so you > will save bandwidth. Just as an aside, two thoughts... Are not most geeks on broadband now... Well, a majority of you anyway? And, Linux is purporting itself to become a viable des