Indus Script

[Mahesh]

Hello Dominique!

I share your frustrations.

When I went to the URL, I started receiving what were "advertistisements".
Perhaps this web page is hosted on one of those "free" servers because the
author cannot afford it or is unable to host it elsewhere? This could be a
real problem in third world countries.

It would be instructive to contact the author and find out.

mahesh


-----Original Message-----
From: Jibunnessa <ycrnn14 at UCL.AC.UK>
To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: Indus Script


>Dear Dominique
>
>I've just had a look at the WEB site mentioned below,
>and had NO PROBLEMS!!!
>
>>>For more recent comments to the Indus Script decipherment
>>>problem see:
>>>http://www.vedickalidas.home.ml.org
>
>>Once more time a fucking web site!
>>I was interested by content, not by a tremendously great
>>picture, consuming a lot of time and money before any
>>serious information appears!  I resigned before the end.
>
>Well, it's a shame that you did!  Though I don't have time
>to read through the articles at this precise moment in time,
>one thing I can say is that the picture on the front page is
>the only one really (+ the odd textual graphics on the contents
>page). All the other pages are just texts of probably interesting
>information.
>
>>I'll never know what could be interesting. The lesser internet
>>etiquette is to leave a choice to the user, not to act like an
>>contemtible American moneymaker!
>
>I don't think these are very helpful comments.  And to be so
>textually viscious because of one attempt to access that took
>longer than you hoped, is rather unfair!
>
>I'm actually very grateful to the merry band of people all over
>the world who can be bothered enough to take the time and trouble
>to set up and maintain WEB pages containing useful and interesting
>information/discussions (esp if they also contain bibliographies
>as well)!
>
>While I agree that some pages can be rather gimmicky and don't
>take the user into consideration when designing, this is NOT one
>of them!  And your comment about 'contemtible American moneymaker'
>is rather offensive.  What are you talking about?  What money?
>The site is simply disceminating information, and engaging in
>discussion!
>
>This is my first encounter with the WEB site in question and I
>have no vested interest in defending it.  However, let's NOT slag
>off other people's efforts with such poison WITHOUT REASON!
>
>Jibunnessa Abdullah
>
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