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From: shihsun@glasses.Princeton.EDU (Shih-ping S Sun)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: T1000
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Date: 6 May 91 23:33:03 GMT
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In article <Z81BE53@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>> I disagree.  Humans can read well in excess of V.32bis speeds  -- what
>> do you think speed reading is?
>
>A trick for skimming material, making use of redundancy in English.
>
>OK, if you're a speed-reader a 9600 baud modem might be useful. But how
>many people like that are there?

You have to keep in mind also that many people get high speed modems
primarily for transfers (even PD transfers).  Also, they see a lot of
use for network connections (I'm thinking specifically of WWIVnet, of
which I'm a member.  I imagine they get use all over Usenet also)

>there are programs that remove noise words simplify spllng rmvng vwls
>ft mr txt scrn. Prhps cld b spd rdng 90s.

heh, you should read Mark Twain's essay on how we could improve the
English language.  Really funny.

S. Spencer Sun '94