birding-aus

Pay for Rare Bird Alert...surely not?

To: Simon Mustoe <>
Subject: Pay for Rare Bird Alert...surely not?
From: Alistair McKeough <>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:48:09 +1100
One of the principle advantages of my recent trip to western NSW was that I
had no Blackberry reception. Bliss.



2009/11/6 Simon Mustoe <>

>
> It's funny isn't it...it's more of a peace of mind thing I suppose. The
> more technology allows us to stay connected whilst allowing us the freedom
> to roam into the wilderness, the more paranoid we become about disconnecting
> ourselves from our everyday lives.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon.
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: 
> > To: ; 
> > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:14:32 +1100
> > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Pay for Rare Bird Alert...surely not?
> >
> > Several people have mentioned the problem of receiving email in remote
> areas, e.g. via an iPhone, etc.  I'm wondering how important this is to most
> people.  If you're in a remote area, are you going to be willing to drop
> everything and go somewhere to see a bird somewhere else?
> >
> > I would have thought you'd only be interested if the alert was for
> something close by (in which case you'd be very annoyed to have been so
> close but to have missed it).  But what are the chances of that?  I'm
> guessing that usually it would be ok to wait until you can get email again.
> >
> > I'm just guessing about this, I'm rarely out of range for long myself,
> unfortunately.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > Simon Mustoe wrote on Thursday, 5 November 2009 9:06 AM:
> >
> > > Then, there is no guarantee people would even receive the news.
> > > IPhone or not, you don't log on all day every day and you certainly
> > > don't can't use an iPhone in much of the outback - though you can get
> > > mobile reception, though GPRS is going to be costing you the
> > > equivalent of satellite bandwidth (~$10 / MB).
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> New Windows 7: Simplify what you do everyday. Find the right PC for you.
> http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/www.birding-aus.org
> birding-aus.blogspot.com
>
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
> send the message:
> unsubscribe
> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
> to: 
>
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com

To unsubscribe from this mailing list, 
send the message:
unsubscribe 
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 
===============================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU