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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So sorry to see the demise of this wonderful device
- I assume Mark that you meant 56Kbps, 56bps would be a tad slow even by the
standards of yester-year. Gee I am getting old! How many of you "out there"
started with 300bps modems?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I still have the delight of using a 56Kbps modem
for access when down at Yinnar. It works well although a tad slowly, especially
when people send you emails with photos with file sizes of 1-4 MB.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Brings up a different issue. The waste and cost to
us all of sending oversize or useless data over the internet. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Useless as in spam. It costs us all. Clogs up the
network.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Oversize as in the example of emails with photo
attachments. Used to be that I would resize photos to 640x480, when that was the
normal screen resolution, and save as jpg files at 70% quality to make sure that
the files I sent were of a reasonable size. Not so any more. My rels take photos
on their 10MB cameras and send them to me as high quality jpegs. I can't
even view them directly onscreen as they are far too big. I don't want to
print out high quality A4 prints from all these photos, so why send them to me
at this size?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Enough of the rantings of an aging, not yet
old, fart.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Hind (Semi-retired)<BR>Ashwood and
Traralgon<BR><A
href="mailto:robert@yinnar.com">robert@yinnar.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au">Mark KELLY</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Study design -
legislation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Interesting to see that the glossary extends the legislation
list to now include:<BR clear=all>- sections of the Charter of Human Rights
and Responsibilities Act 2006<BR>- Parts of the Spam Act 2003<BR><BR>It's also
interesting to see protocols are back in the Key Knowledge for networking
after a 4 year layoff. I'm glad. I liked protocols.
<BR>Topologies are still missing, however.<BR><BR>Sadly, the familiar 56bps
modem has been removed from the study design after an 8 year run.<BR><BR>--
<BR>Mark Kelly<BR>Manager - Information Systems<BR>McKinnon Secondary
College<BR>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<BR>Direct line /
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