Poor people (me) and people who live in places broadband is not available (at least three of my friends).
"Funny how a lot of these tech types love to try to tell you how you should spend your money"
I usually respond to that tone with, "Oh, you're offering to buy me an upgrade then? How sweet of you!" (Except that the last person to snark at my complaints of being limited by ancient hardware went on to buy me a faster computer in the next paragraph, before I had a chance to get snarky back, and I elected to graciously and gratefully accept instead.)
The group associated with the person who sent out the mail I complained about in this entry is a local association of performing artists, so the should understand the concept of "starving artist", I hope.
Re: "Whaddaya mean, you don't have broadband?!" Heh, yeah.
"Funny how a lot of these tech types love to try to tell you how you should spend your money"
I usually respond to that tone with, "Oh, you're offering to buy me an upgrade then? How sweet of you!" (Except that the last person to snark at my complaints of being limited by ancient hardware went on to buy me a faster computer in the next paragraph, before I had a chance to get snarky back, and I elected to graciously and gratefully accept instead.)
The group associated with the person who sent out the mail I complained about in this entry is a local association of performing artists, so the should understand the concept of "starving artist", I hope.