<VV> April commuique

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Mark
I think it's time to realize this isn't VV Talk, and we're not discussing politics.
So how about shelving the shrill rhetoric--save that for a trip to KOS or suchlike. 

You want to stay on dial-up?  I could care less.  You get what you pay for. 

Spend 10 minutes on a computer with High Speed Internet, and you'll pay the extra money.  Nobody's calling you a cheapskate. 


As for the rest of your commentary. 
"PRINT IS DEAD" ---Harold Ramis as Dr Hagon Spengler, GHOSTBUSTERS, 1984.

he was right then, and that was 23 years ago. 

How about catching up with the rest of us? 

Still have a 23 channel CB, an 8 track player in every car, Wash your clothes in a zinc tub with a washboard?   That's the simile' between Dial-up and DSL-Cable internet. 

Here's a better example.  The BSA has gone to a fully web-based registration (Re-charter) system.  I had a leader do the entire charter for her Cub Scout Pack online, but her dial-up would time out when she tried to send the package to National through her connection. She called me. I have 2 meg. Cable internet with Charter (29.99 a month) AND WORTH EVERY PENNY OF IT.   
I loaded her login and passcode, hit Transmit and it sent in less than 2 seconds. 

Her dial up took 22 minutes, then timed out.

Finally, Mark I'm a little surprised at your use of a derogatory epithet in this forum.  Liberals are supposed to be TOLERANT OF OTHERS.  Tolerant of Race, Gender, Religious expression, and sexual orientation.  If someone made a reference to someone's sexual orientation, you wouldn't let it be over for a month.  But GEEK just flowed out of you.   Frankly, I'm appalled, especially from you. 

Time to wratchet down the rhetoric, eh? 

Hank