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Hypothetical Death Match - E-mail vs. the Web
netbuzz writes "If you had no choice but to choose, which would you give up: access to e-mail or the Web? Both still exist, just not for you. Read how others are defending their decisions — and how a few just refuse to choose." From the article: "From Stewart Deck: 'The Web has become intertwined into so much that I do and so much that I want to know and learn about that without it I might as well move to a grass hut in Irkutsk. The Web brings me closer to words, thoughts and ideas far beyond my geographical boundaries. I use it for information, education, insight, entertainment, EVERYTHING. ... I certainly enjoy the convenience of e-mail but I think I could put together work-arounds that would hold up reasonably well in its absence.'"
If I want instant access to information, the web is my only choice.
If I want to talk to someone, I can use this fancy technology that I like to call a "phone."
The only people who I could see picking e-mail over the web are those who are either deaf or mute, or are so socially inept that they can't talk to people over the phone.
I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
You can duplicate the functionality of email with the web (and maybe the other way around), but, what if you don't?
What if it's broken down to this: do you want the ability to communicate with other human beings only, or the ability to obtain information from computer databases only?
Perhaps that's more of where the question was aiming...
--TheOrangeSquid Is it any wonder things seem so awry? We swim in a sea of confusion and don't have to think to survive