[CII] terms and conditions

[Robert Slade]

From: Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>
Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:38 am

> But doesn't this start to equate 'Critical' with 'convenient to have'.
> 
> I guess i tend to want to push the meaning of  'Critical' 
> to the edge of 'something without which there is no Internet'


I would say that, even with your definition of critical, an extra browser window (and, if in a hotel, IE) become critical.  In YVR, without the extra browser window, I can't get the connection restarted, and therefore cannot send email.  (If I even take too long reading your email message, I'm stuck.)  Well, OK, I suppose I could do some workaround that involves signing on, reading one message, creating a reply in a Notepad window, and then restarting the session and signing on to email again in order to send it.  So, yes, at that point we are talking about convenience rather than criticality.  However, in the hotel case, IE is critical.

(As long as I'm reviewing airport free Wifi, I'm now in Seattle.  They have free Wifi, too.  Odd, though.  On first looking for the network, it tells you it is security enabled, and asks for the key.  Then it says it is security enabled, but provides you the key.  Then it says it is unsecured.)

(Slow as molasses in January, too ...)

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