[arachne] Re: handheld printer

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Eric,
That "if" is a big one, though!  I cut my teeth on the Internet in almost pure 
text only, image files were ASCII art stuff, maybe a small PCX or 
GIF...capabilities increased, modem speeds went up, and general "stuff" became 
bigger...now image files in JPEG format can be HUGE...I know, family members 
just love to send pics, but even with 56k on dialup fetching a 2 meg image file 
is going to take a few minutes...then I would take that same image, convert the 
size and compression, and return it with a size 10 percent what was sent.  Now 
imagine loading a MySpace or Facebook page, with multiple pics...it can even 
strain broadband connections.  I don't think MySpace junkies are going to be 
open to suggestions to not bulk up their pages, so I don't visit too often.
Guess I'm outta that loop, hehe...oh, and don't get me started on that waste 
called "blogging"....sheesh.
Wiz 

Wizard57M
Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
http://members.surfbest.net/wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 5/26/2009 12:15 PM
Subject: [arachne] Re: handheld printer

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Wiz,
         If the webpage writers would just
write the pages appropriately, then NO ONE
would be left out.  Webpages can be written
to work with most browsers if the authors
know how or if the webpage generators
were setup to do that. It would probably even
be advantageous for the comercial websites.

Eric  



On Tue, 26 May 2009 08:19:17 -0500 Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
<wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> And if nobody used digital cameras, my old 35mm would be just fine, 
> if nobody used cell phones, the old land line would 
> suffice...technology changes, society changes, usage changes...we as 
> members of society have to change as well, or risk being left out of 
> the loop so to speak.
> Wiz
> 
> Wizard57M
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
> http://members.surfbest.net/wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx/index.html
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <sheywood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 5/26/2009 7:31 AM
> Subject: [arachne] Re: handheld printer
> 
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> 
> On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 06:04 -0400, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> > 
> > On Mon, May 25, 2009 9:51 pm, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:
> > 
> > > As for "life" of a PC, nobody has defined that.  I would put it 
> at no more
> > > than 3 yrs, because in 3 yrs the capabilities have more than 
> doubled
> > > twice.
> > > Wiz
> > 
> > Some things last and some things don't. Hardware is mostly
> > ephemeral. 
> 
> I have several computers made during the 1980's that still work 
> just fine, even for surfing the internet, but only on web pages 
> that were created and designed according to the standards of the 
> good old days - that means mostly text and few graphics and no 
> JavaScript.
> 
> Old computers will last a very long time.
> 
> What did not last for very long were the old standards for 
> creating and designing web pages.
> 
> Nowadays there just aren't a whole lot of really nice web pages 
> out there that still conform to the old standards.
> 
> If all the authors of web pages would just simply conform to the 
> old standards, then there would be very few home computer users 
> feeling a need to upgrade their computers.
> 
> Sam Heywood  

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