My vote is for the ubiquitous PDF format. At least it
will look as intended where ever it is opened...
The face lift will be nice and I suspect the potential
for some revenue flow is a big plus for the ARRL.
Maybe we will see more contesting in QST based on
"clicks" ;o)
73,
Julius
--- Scott Pederson <spederson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ......Lest we mention Open XML, ODF, or PDF?
>
> Scott - DR -
>
> Dick-w0raa <w0raa@comcast.net> wrote: Here we go,
> months and months of pro & con debate over HTML vs
> Text. I
> guess the good thing is that it will get rid of all
> the Skimmer crap. At
> least for a while. :)
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K0HB "
> To: "K1TTT" ; "reflector cq-contest"
>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] OH NO! New Technology!!!
>
>
> > >
> >> HTML! OH NO! How will we ever survive this??
> It must be the end of the
> >> world for contesting as we know it! A new
> watered down name for
> > non-geezers
> >> no less! GEEZ, if you don't know what a Rate
> Sheet is you shouldn't be
> >> contesting! And why clutter up the good old
> historic text only format
> > that
> >> could be easily forwarded via 60wpm baudot with
> pictures???? Who needs
> >> them? Next thing you know they'll be running an
> sstv, or moonbounce, or
> >> some kind of weird digital mode contest or
> something crazy like that!
> >>
> >>
> >> David Robbins K1TTT
> >
> >
> > "We pass the word around; we ponder how the case
> is
> > put by different people, we read the poetry; we
> > meditate over the literature; we play the music;
> we
> > change our minds; we reach an understanding.
> Society
> > evolves this way, not by shouting each other down,
> > but by the unique capacity of unique, individual
> > human beings to comprehend each other.'
> >
> > --Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail
> (1979)
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> > --
> > ><{{{{*> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb
> >
> >
> >
> >
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