[Vision2020] Facebook; The death of Vision 2020?

[Reggie Holmquist]

What is the purpose of V2020?  If we know the purpose of the community it
will be easier to determine the best format for achieving that goal.  I do
wonder if certain folks on this  board are resistant to things like facebook
because they are afraid they might lose whatever influence they have on this
board.  One benefit of fb over this board is that fb has security measures.
Go over to the right-mind blog and see how Dale Courtney has infiltrated
this list and posts things from this list onto his blog on a regular basis.
I find that somewhat uncomfortable.

Again, I will emphasize that this discussion is really centered around the
purpose of this community.  Obviously, that is up to the community, but it
still seems like a good thing to think about.  What are we accomplishing
here, anyway?  I'm serious.

-Reggie




On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

>  Donovan Arnold stated:
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> “There is a huge technological difference between Facebook and the current
> V2020 format that was created in 1993 and has not changed since that time.
> Babies have been born and competed high school since this format was
> created. In technology terms, that makes it a great great great
> grandmother.”
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> If it is important for you to stay in step with technological advances, Mr.
> Arnold, you’ll go broke.  You would be upgrading your software every year
> (at a minimum).  You would be constantly browsing the market to upgrade (or
> expand) your computer’s peripheral devices (printer, scanner, etc. etc.).
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> And don’t even get me started on the computer itself.  I just replaced two
> of my computers to the tune of $2K each and purchased a mid-range laptop
> ($700) . . .  not to mention the software (MS Office, Adobe stuff, Cyberlink
> PowerDirector. video converting software, Roxio video stuff etc. etc).  Six
> months from now they will all be considered technologically obsolete.
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> So, you see, Mr. Arnold . . . there is absolutely nothing wrong with a
> system that accomplishes what it is designed to do.
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> Tom Hansen
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> Moscow, Idaho
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> "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps."
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> -       Emo Philips
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