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<p><strong>o1bigrenor</strong> is <strong>absolutely correct</strong> with his observation: "when I'm supposed to spend an hour of my time watching something that I could have read through in likely under 5 minutes - - - they're a waste of my time."</p>
<p>A few paragraphs of well-crafted textual prose can be read and absorbed more quickly than the time it would take to watch a video conveying the same ideas. I often avoid watching lengthy videos, because the time investment is likely not justified by the video's information content.</p>
<p>This being said, videos do have an important role to play on the Internet. For example, when a journalist interviews a prominent public figure, their conversation can range dynamically and spontaneously over subject matter. Tone of voice and facial expressions also convey information. The interviewer can confront the interviewee with difficult observations and questions. How the interviewee handles these challenges, will inform the audience about the character of the interviewee.</p>
<p>Consider the urban riots in the United Kingdom. A video of a streetscape engulfed in rioting, has a more dramatic impact then the simple word "riot". And a video of UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer, conveys more powerfully, subtle aspects of his demenour and attitude, than would a written report. A written report could carry biased implications, whereas the video of Starmer is unvarnished uninterpreted Starmer.</p>
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<div class="v1gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM Peter King via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" rel="noreferrer">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>On 8/10/24 7:08 PM, James Knott via talk wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On 8/10/24 19:02, Peter King via talk wrote: <br />
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">Thoughts? Experiences with gmail? </blockquote>
<br />I don't recall email addresses ever being case sensitive and my experience goes back to a VAX 11/780 in the mid 80s. I agree with your daughter, making it case sensitive would be a bad idea. Is there an RFC that says otherwise? <br />--- <br />Post to this mailing list <a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" rel="noreferrer">talk@gtalug.org</a> <br />Unsubscribe from this mailing list <a href="https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgtalug.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ftalk&data=05%7C02%7Cpeter.king%40utoronto.ca%7C6e7e5b7fccea433cefbe08dcb9914a41%7C78aac2262f034b4d9037b46d56c55210%7C0%7C0%7C638589280871237820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=o8w5jyMVwN%2BfzHknjuZLP1ZDYRQ5VwkByVcZxiLhcXI%3D&reserved=0</a></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: large;">Don't know about a canonical RFC. I could live without case sensitivity, but punctuation?</span></p>
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<div>I'm a thinking that poor use of case and a dearth of punctuation are actually small potatoes to what is </div>
<div>happening out there in the wild. What I am seeing is that text has almost become discarded in favor of, </div>
<div>wait - - - you'll love this - - - video. It is just so much easier to disseminate ideas if one can babble in </div>
<div>from of some kind of video taking device than to actually write things. </div>
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<div>Agreed - - - poor or bad punctuation makes for difficult reading, lack of capitalization also doesn't help </div>
<div>much but when I'm supposed to spend an hour of my time watching something that I could have read </div>
<div>through in likely under 5 minutes - - - they're a waste of my time. (And that's not getting into the severe </div>
<div>dearth of understanding of information that has been acquired in the past - - - we MUST repeat research </div>
<div>at least every generation!! (NO!!!!!!) Its so research institutions remove access to research within 3 years </div>
<div>of completion - - - because its 'old' - - - - ARGH!!</div>
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<div>end rant!</div>
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