Al,Don't know what you're talking about. My laptop with
wireless card works just fine in the bathroom. :-)
Later!-MarkAt 15:42 12 July 2003, Al wrote:where do most of you read the magazine?For most people they dont have a method to read PDF
in the bathroom. LOLAl'Mark Hawkins' wrote in ... I suggested a similar concept to Larry and then to one regional director after Larry left. My suggestion was that members have the choice; get the magazine each month OR download a .pdf of the magazine each month and then at the end of the year get a CD with the whole year on it. The monthly downloads could be handled through the current 'login' area and would have the photo quality downgraded and perhaps even in just black & white, to make the file size smaller. However the CD version would be in full color and no quality loss. Members could elect to get both
the magainze AND end-of-year CD but would have to pay
more for that option. I haven't heard anything back yet about it. The concept of getting all previous ones
on CD would be nice but may not be technically feasible unless someone takes the time or is paid to scan in all of the old magazines. However, it could also be a 'from-now-and-for
w ard' thing. Especially if the magazine was already being put in pdf format for what I described above. Later!-MarkAt 04:24 12 July 2003, F.L. Whiteley wrote:FWIW,
I offered topromote/assist (pro bono) with a similar type ofopportunity for Technical Soaring in
1997, again in 1999 (both times toSanderson), and most recently directly
to OSTIV.IMVHO, TS has beenpatheticly promoted by SSA. The ball is
now is OSTIV's court.Does the SSA have the capital to invest in such
a venture? Like thecomputer project, this may be done more cheaply
within the membership, thancontracting outside help.Would I buy a set?Sure!Frank Whiteley'Burt Compton' wrote ...
Dick Johnsontold me of this: Can you imagine all of the 'Soaring'magazines from 1934 to present on a searchableCD-ROM? Could this be aprofitable project for SSA? Anyone have experience in
this and know the costs and potential profit? EAA did it - thefollowing is from their web news: SPORT AVIATION MAGAZINE
ON CD-ROM($159.00) UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE (19.99) The latest upgrade to thepopular Sport Aviation on CD-ROM collection isnow available. Including the entire collectionof Experimenter/Sport Aviation magazine from 1953-2002, the upgrade is part
of all new set purchases. The upgrade includes Sport Aviation magazine imagesthrough 2002, an updatedsearch database to include 2002 articles, andimproved search capabilities fromthe original version. The CD-ROMs are fullysearchable by author, subject,date, and full text. You can view every article,every advertisement,photographs, drawings, and letters
from ahalf-century of publications. Go to:http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/030711_sacd.html
BurtCompton Marfa, west Texas