[gopher] [gopher 2.0]

[NN NN]

Haven't expected that the discussion on this topic will last so long. I think that you're wrong about fido: it's somewhat active in Russia in contrast with all other Europe and USA.

> Dead in america & russia maybe, for the six million other ppl on earth, it still my have relevancy. just like gopher & fido do.Where I live 1 hr from my capital city in a first world country ,Australia, we are rolling
> out fibre to every home....
> 
> Yet for just one example, the huge horticultural industry here in the tropics runs on fax!, people look at me strange when i tell them i cant receive text msgs because i have voip phone sitting on a data sim in my phone, & when I tell them send me email
> instead, people(not all) my age & under stare straight thru me in horror thinking about jumping on their desktop machines looking up hotmail on the 'Netscape' to send me email to their phone.
> 
> I move into a house in town for 100gb dsl the cheapest i can get is $90/month with $60 connection. & I live in the central town of the 3rd biggest population centre of my state which is 2000+km long........
> 
> Reality is fellas that america is currently blessed by God & it shows. 10usd for unlimited fiberoptic?
> 
> Most people in 3rd & 2d world stilll use sms.Or in the case of North korean doctors treating aids patients , FIDO.
> 
> that is.. internetworked dialup BBS.
> 
> the innovation imo has stopped from the first world.the task, fellas seems to have fallen to our hands.
> 
> Onya Kevin, great job mate.
> 
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> From: Gopher-Project <gopher-project-bounces+barana24=hotmail.com at lists.alioth.debian.org> on behalf of Martin Ebnoether <ventilator at semmel.ch>
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> Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2016 6:37 AM
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> To: Gopher Project Discussion
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> Subject: Re: [gopher] Gopher 2.0?
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> On the Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 07:46:54PM +0100, NN NN blubbered:
> 
> Hi.
> 
>> > By that measure, *anything* involving Gopher is 'rather useless'.
> 
>>
> 
>> Maybe. But I would like to say that an unlimited internet
> 
>> connection is far cheaper. SMS messages are very expensive.
> 
>> As communication type they are dead at least 5 years.
> 
> I don't know about you, but I have unlimited SMS/MMS. Along with
> 
> unlimited calls and Internet, that is.
> 
> CU, Venty
> 
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