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RE: I screwed up 2 intersting sites

To: "benettw@bellsouth.net" <benettw@bellsouth.net>,
Subject: RE: I screwed up 2 intersting sites
From: Beth Butters <bbutters@dmi.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 23:05:22 -0800
   I just look at that stuff and hit the big X button, even if it was explained 
to me I'd never remember it next week.  Kvach

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From:  FastmetalBDF@aol.com[SMTP:FastmetalBDF@aol.com]
Sent:  Friday, January 21, 2000 8:45 PM
To:  benettw@bellsouth.net
Cc:  land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject:  Re: I screwed up 2 intersting sites

   Hello  Bill,   Please  explain  what "  test do not read  "   means   
??????
      I  myself,  and  probably  quite a few others on this list, are NOT  
computer
whiz kids, and a subject title such as that, along with most of this 
cyberjargon of
MIMES,  URLS, DEFAULTS, CHARSETS, ISOS, which are all a total puzzle to
me,  is totally  mystifying , and   I   do know  many of us would appreciate  
a
more basic explanation, or introduction to what you are offering us .  
Obviously,the
subject matter is clearly defined in your sentence, " A lot about etc, etc. 
----------- "
     But  to tell us that " this is a multi-part message in MIME ( ?????? ) 
format. "
is meaningless to some of us that are not involved daily in computerland ,as 
we do
not know what " MIME " means, nor most of this other alphabet soup 
terminology.
     The  best  I can do is type in whatever follows a prefix of  " www ",  
or  " http ",
and wait and see what comes up .   I  realize many of my generation are
computer illiterate, I know I am, and also know  I' ve got a lot of  company 
.  I
guess  I' d  better find a good book on all this  Info  Age  terminology and  
how  to
utilize my home  PC  to best advantage .   All  I'm  suggesting is please 
don't
assume everyone sitting at a computer is totally proficient in all its' 
capabilities,
and the requisite techniques to achieve these limits .
      Your  title ( above )  states that you " screwed up 2 intersting ( S P. 
) sites "
How are we to know this ?   I  was completely  puzzled with  "  test do not 
read "
     What would one do to  TEST  it  ?    Possibly you could explain this 
seemingly
paradoxical statement  ???        Thanks a lot .
                Bruce  Ferguson    a k a    Eli  Whitney  struggling  in  the 
 Info  Age  .


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