15 Oct 16 21:51, you wrote to Micheal M. Dronov:   
      
    ak>>> What software do you use when writing your messages?   
      
    MD>> Mostly GoldEd+ on my linux computer. But some days ago I installed   
    MD>> Hotdoged on my android tablet. I feel strange feelings... It works in   
    MD>> common. I think it is useful to read, but writing easier on computer.   
    MD>> I sent about 51mb fidonet mail to my tablet!   
      
    ak> What do you mean by "sending 51 mb to your tablet"? It is not clear IMHO.   
      
   i suspect it is all the mail he got when he joined the message areas and   
   likely rescanned them to get the posts onto the tablet... when i join all   
   areas my main system carries and i rescan all of them (eg: when bringing up a   
   new system that i want fully populated with posts) the resulting transfer of   
   mail is over 300Meg ;)   
      
    MD>>>> I will start some other topics here!   
    ak>>> I hope you will and even you will bring here some new people.   
    ak>>> Because many of old ones have spent most of cartridges fighting on   
    ak>>> the Fidonet battle fields for so long time.   
      
   hahaha... excellent analogy! :)   
      
    MD>> It's hard to bring new people to FidoNet. Most of old users in my   
    MD>> city left FidoNet about 5-10 years ago. And it will be harder to   
    MD>> bring them here. People in my city usually don't want/like to learn   
    MD>> new languages... I don't know why.   
      
    ak> It's clear, the young generation prefers to play games. Absence of   
    ak> advertising is also very important. Those who do want to talk   
    ak> constantly hear "Facebook", "Twitter", "Live Journal" etc at every   
    ak> corner. And a person needs only a computer browser. Easy access. But   
    ak> you have to collect many information to find your way to FIDOnet. The   
    ak> GoldEd's pseudo-graphical interface IMHO is not very attractive for   
    ak> the modern people.   
      
   agreed... they're fooled by pretty pictures that are specifically designed to   
   make operation much too easy while hiding all the details from them...   
      
    ak> Another problem -- to find subjects to talk about. There is a simple   
    ak> rule here. If you use the language and learn it -- you have questions.   
      
   yup! that's about right :)   
      
    ak> Otherwise, there are no questions. I remember a time when I translated   
    ak> some Russian books into English. That was a gold time for learning. I   
    ak> used a pile of dictionaries, already translated books, on-line   
    ak> dictionaries and forums. I could sit at every sentence thinking how to   
    ak> translate it in a better way. ;)   
      
   i remember when you were asking about some things related to those   
   translations... how did they come out? successful??   
      
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