How about 1 annual special issue that includes all the
previous year's linescores, writeups, etc.? Maybe
something like "contesting yearbook 2003". I would pay
extra for it, and save it. I LOVE to see "N7OR"
somewhere in the lower half of the pack :-) I realize
the issue marked 2003 would not be released until late
2004. I could live with that.
73, N7OR
--- asciibaron@comcast.net wrote:
> there was a comment regarding the data showing up on
> the web and that being a good place for data. and
> another comment proclaimed that the under 40 crowd
> was more focused on the Internet and less on print.
>
> the data on the net is good. excellent. i can mine
> the data and get the answers i need to set my goals
> without having to dig out a QST from the bottom of
> the stack, which of course would be the wrong one.
>
> as for the younger crowd and print - anyone can
> develop a website - anyone. in 10 years time, the
> data on that website might or might not be
> available. hard drives cost money and bandwidth
> costs more. with that said, i feel more part of
> something in print than i do on the net. by
> default, the net is an ever shifting place where
> data is constantly admended and replaced with
> current data sets. it by default is not the media
> of permenence - books and magazines hold that title.
>
> and nothing makes accomplishment more valid than
> reading it in print - it is imperical and can not be
> changed or subverted or deleted when the server
> takes a dump.
>
> i am a computer professional and am amazed at how
> many people want to use the web as a data warehouse.
> it simply is not designed for that role over
> extended periods of time. how many contests will
> show up in the scores database before the database
> manager decides it's too unweilding and separates
> the datasets. by year or contest groups.
>
>
>
> -steve
> KB3KAQ
>
>
>
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