[AGL] report from the front lines

[Frances Morey]

Reversing this spacial aspect of conferencing, learning and
interacting with various groups could fundamentally re-form society. I hope
that would be for the better. Now isolating ones self by "going back to the
country" could become less doable. John Clay one time wrote an endearing
song about that trend, when people formed cult groups to escape city life.
I would love to see the lyrics on that one once more.
Best,
Frances

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 1:08 PM Charles Loving <lovingigor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Zoom will have zero effect here. The SWTexas Phone Co is installing high
> speed internet out here. I have it at the house and since I don't use my
> cell phone it is a mute point. The local poverty level is well below the
> national level. The education level is lacking as well. Rick ranchers make
> money while the city suffers.
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 12:39 PM Michael Eisenstadt <
> mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/3/2020 12:01 PM, Charles Loving wrote:
>> > No idea what Zoom is? The internet doesn't work for rural people very
>> > well. I doubt that 50% of the people in this county even have a
>> > computer. They have a phone and maybe a smart phone. I don't use my
>> > cell phone out here because there is no service. So the farmers and
>> > ranchers are without Zoom or Food delivery.
>> No, you are not eligible for home delivery from HEB. But the lack of
>> Internet in the boonies is addressed in the 2 trillion dollar bailout.
>> Free Obamaphones will again be available and the infrastructure to
>> provide Internet to all and sundry will be coming to your neighborhood.
>>
>> Zoom turns out to be an interactive browser-based application that allow
>> remote conferencing. In my case, it was a seminar with about 6
>> individuals taking turns to say something. If the participants enabled
>> video on their computer, others could see them in their study as well as
>> hear them. Predictably all the professors participating from home sat in
>> front of wall-to-wall bookcases full of books. Zoom's stock price
>> doubled recently - no surprise.
>>
>>
>
> --
> Charlie Loving
>
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