Klarinet Archive - Posting 000524.txt from 1997/03

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Web/Practice time
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:51:23 -0500

Practice 3 Hours - just concentrate harder.

At 11:56 AM 3/15/97 -0600, Neil Leupold wrote:
>> Is there no public library with free Internet access? Every public
>> library in my region has free access, library card or no! Internet
>> coffee shops? How about local access at your University vs. remote?
>
>I imagine there are abundant free local outlets, but the premium
>in life, far beyond money, is time. Can it be construed as a
>choice that I practice 5 hours a day, attend coursework, study
>that material, work out in order to take care of my body, and
>then manage to sqeak out 30 minutes to eat in the middle of it
>all? Yes, of course it can. It's a student's life, and boy
>do I miss my desk at the corporate office sometimes, not to
>mention the paycheck. Meanwhile, the only time in the day which
>is negotiable is the time that I spend on the computer, and I do
>that during those minuscule thirty minutes at home while I'm
>eating.
>
>> As to the Sneezy bulletin board - Why do you really think it
>> will drain Klarinet? I would think that over the long run,
>> information and discussions cross posted from sneezy to Klarinet
>> would add to the information on Klarinet, not subtract - it's
>> thousands vs. hundreds of people visiting.
>
>Only your subsequent responses to my initial post, which voiced
>a concern (not a pronouncement), indicated that there would be
>cross-posting of information from Sneezy to Klarinet. I didn't
>notice your initial announcement making mention of this. My
>concern is precisely that I might never get a chance to see
>the postings which go to the Sneezy board and not to Klarinet.
>With the responses thus far, one of them offering outright to
>send me a copy of the software free of charge, I think my problem
>will soon be a thing of the past. I'm looking forward to taking
>a look at Sneezy and the OCR. Meanwhile, the fact that material
>will be cross-posted alleviates my concern to a great degree.
>Thanks to one and all for the information and suggestions. I'll
>be signing those home page guest books before long!
>
>Neil
>
>
David C. Blumberg
Principal Clarinet Riverside Symphonia
reedman@-----.com