On 21 Jun 2007 at 16:52, Wayne T Smith wrote: >That said, I don't expect to change the thinking of anyone that thinks a 2KB >message is better than a 40KB message, in and of itself. I think the fear is the other way around... we fear the inevitable future where Peggy, sitting in her rural 10 by 50, surrounded by empty Doritos bags, sends us a 17 Terrabyte holographic representation of her avatar, a vaguely Lindsey Lohan-like executive speaking from her 50th floor corner office, containing the 20 byte profundity - "Hey... watcha doing"? -Kary