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I'd like  to  add  my  2  cents  on the recent posting of the Max 
Headroom digitized audio sequence:

I'm not going  to debate the cost effectiveness of transmitting a 
170K byte (or so)  file from Australia around the world, because, 
at least in my mind,  this  network  is,  to  a  large  extent, a 
RESEARCH  network  (implicitly,  if not explicitly),  and  it  is 
SOOooo very difficult to "justify" research expenses.

However, even though all that data only  produced  a  few seconds 
(20?) of audio, CONSIDER WHAT WHAT WAS DONE:

An  individual  halfway across the world (from me)  captured,  in 
fine detail, all the nuances of the spoken word,  and  made  that 
available  to  thousands  of  other people, with exactly the same 
quality,  totally  via  electronic  (stored)  distribution!    No 
physical tapes or records, no  slow  airmail  (or  boatmail?), no 
loss of quality thru duplication...   yet  everyone of us had the 
opportunity to experience all of the detail of that sound!

Now while this may seem trivial for a Max Headroom quote, consider 
the  myriad  possibilities for more "real world" applications  of 
high quality electronically distributed "sound recordings"...  

Remember,  few thought that phonograph records were other than  a 
passing curiosity!

Jeff Harrow

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