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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>-Reggie<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Donovan Arnold stated:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“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.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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.).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">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.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">So, you see, Mr. Arnold . . . there is absolutely nothing wrong
with a system that accomplishes what it is designed to do.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Seeya round town, Moscow.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Tom Hansen</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Moscow, Idaho</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the
leather straps." </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Emo Philips</span></p>
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