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From: Cheryl Singhal <>
Subject: Re: LDS and the Internet
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 07:24:08 -0400


CO>From: Connie Schachel <>

CO>>as well. the large majority of u.s. computer users have 286 or
less
CO>>computers with no modem. and for all the hype about the internet
and
CO>>web pages et.al. anyone who can read this message ought to know you
CO>>are in a very small group. It will likely be 10 or 20 years before
CO>>capable computers become commonplace in the home.
CO>>
CO>>so all the talk about putting LDS data online is really premature.
CO>>when the time is ready i'm sure they will do it. for now tho
CO>>"...these computers don't work very well."

CO>Surely you are not serious! 10 to 20 years? No Way! You sound
CO>like the early radio devotees who poo-pooed the potential of
CO>television in the 40s. By the year 2000... MOST homes in the
CO>United States will either have a computer with a modem, or have
CO>access to one through computer centers, public libraries or
CO>schools. Computer costs will continue to fall... plug and play
CO>technology will make setting up your system as simple as putting
CO>together a small stereo.

Connie, my dear chile, are you part of the choir? <G> Perhaps the
choir
doesn't quite understand that to the rest of the congregation, the
finer
nuances of arrangement are quite bewildering -- *they* like the hymn
fine the old way.

In the same manner, there are hundreds of thousands of homes, middle
class and higher, without computers and without anyone in the family
being the least bit interested in using one and indeed in some
instances
actively hostile toward them.

As a for-instance, my GF and his brother (the only children of the
marriage) had 6 children between them. Those six had 14 children.
Those 14 now have 4 children. Of those 24 descendants, 6 _have_
computers (one reluctantly). These six include only 1 of the under-21s
and except for the 5 minors, all these people are in the highest tax
bracket. Obviously, all 24 have had some interaction with computers,
either at the supermarket scanner, or at the department store, or the
driver's license bureau, or in-class. The 18 who do not have computers
see no practical, every-day use for them.

I, on the other hand, see no practical, every-day use for a $200
bread-machine, or a $400 exercise machine, or even a $300 25-inch color
TV.

CO>Corporations will hold sales meetings via IRC software/video
CO>adapters. Consumers will do 25% of their purchasing via
CO>computer. Video imaging will allow shopper to "try on" apparel

But won't let me feel that no matter how good it looks, the armhole is
just a smidge high and will pull out the third time I wear the jacket.

CO>before ordering. Grocery stores will give way to warehouses.
CO>24-hour-a-day food shopping will give the working couple more

I'll get my choice between the 89c/can Libby-libby-libby and the
88c/can
Green Giant, and no mention at all of the 69c/can house brand that I
like better...and certainly no mention of the 2/$1 special on Hanover!

CO>quality time to spend with each other/children. Video coupons,

We've heard this argument before. Somehow, work always expands to
fill any possibility of free-time. And, increasingly these days, the
10- or 12-hr day is no longer the hallmark of the ladder-climbing, but
of the _employed._

CO>shopping pro-files, electronic money transfer and home delivery
CO>will save hours each week.

ALWAYS assuming of course, that one can remember all the blasted magic
PIN and access and transaction codes. I cannot. I quit using my ATM
card when the branch manager and I got not only on first names but went
out to lunch one day while waiting for the machine to release my card.

CO>It has only just begun! Hang on to your hems... the storm is
CO>massing on the horizon!

"Apres ce, le deluge," if I may be allowed the paraphrase. Or
possibly,
"I'm sorry, Dave, I can't let you do that."

===Disclaimer: The preceding is today's opinion; yesterday's and
tomorrow's may vary.===

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