RE: Finnish Forest Net People telepresent in Inet'98
Pihlanto Pekka ([email protected])
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 17:27:49 +0300
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toni Alatalo [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: 30. maaliskuuta 1998 16:58
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Finnish Forest Net People telepresent in Inet'98
>
> Huh, huh. Valitettavasti on pakko ep�ill� Inet98-j�rjest�jien
> huumorintajua t�ss� suhteessa. - No, n�kkyyp�h�n...
>
> :-) Pekka
>
>
>
> *** irc.netppl.fi Monday March 30 1998 -- 15: 54 +03:00 (EET)
>
> &netppls2> "Finland telepresent in the Inet'98-conference - the Forest
> Net
> People refuse to leave their country in summertime!"
>
> A group of young netheads from the North of Finland, the country with
> the
> most Internet users per capita in the world, is representing their
> country
> by being telepresent in Internet Society Inet'98 in Geneva in July.
> They
> announced today their unwillingness to travel to Central Europe as
> they
> prefer to stay the summer safe in their home Forests.
>
> Their presentation was accepted as a part of the final conference
> program
> last weekend. The timing of the conference organizers, however, was
> quite
> unfortunate -- these days the utterly dark and depressing Winter in
> Northern Finland is making room for delightful brightness of the Sun
> making the wide fields of snow shine like diamonds! These early
> Spring
> days give the Finns a promise of a marvelous summer.
>
> The group feels now a bit uneasy about travelling all the way to
> Switzerland, which in their minds is a far-away, uncomfortably old
> fashioned, traditional and presumably also an awfully crowded place
> during
> the conference.
>
> They are also unsure about the real benefits of the journey as it
> would
> take an enormous amount of time away from their favourite activities,
> like
> hanging on the net and especially walking in forests and swimming in
> lakes, which is possible only for a short period of time each year in
> July
> just when the conference takes place.
>
> For these and other reasons the Finnish Net People have suggested that
> they would stay home and interact with the people on the conference
> over
> the Internet, preferably on IRC where they would be on anyway.
>
> The group of youngsters is, however, interested in hearing more about
> what
> the nature is like around Geneva and if the local telecommunications
> infrastructure provides connectivity in the Alps.
>
> For more information see an-inet98, http://an.org/inet98/ and
> http://an.org/inet98/netppl-about-inet98_telepresence-edited-irc.html
> (the edited original IRC-talk in Finnish)
>
> + an + ~ Toni ~ : (t
> . !
>
>