From: Smokerbros@aol.com <Smokerbros@aol.com>
>In a message dated 99-02-22 00:34:42 EST, pethier@isd.net writes:
>
><< Obviously I'm not telling you not to make a chat room somewhere. I
just
> don't understand why anyone needs one. >>
>
>Because it's like being able to stand around bench racing, responding to
one
>another immediately, instead of writing something and waiting for a
response.
If you have time to sit at your computer all the time, the real-time autox
list does pretty much the same thing, and the digest folks don't miss any of
it.
This is apparently a religious discussion. I've seen chat, and I just am
not impressed. Others don't agree.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban
LOON, TCVWC, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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