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Aug 25, 1998 06:41 PM
by Rodolfo Don
Thank you Dallas, I will call THEOSOPHY COMPANY tomorrow and request their catalogs. My experience with shipments to Cuba is not positive. I took a duffel bag full of books to Cuba, most of them donated by Espa=F1a Lodge in Los Angeles. Those books got to the Cuban Section, because they were part of my luggage when I travelled there, but sending them by mail is a different story. Even letters sometimes they never get there. I'm going to try to send them the books catalog and also I'm going to write to the president and see if she feels that the political situation has changed to the extent that it would be possible for them to try to get a modem and an internet account. Thank you for your information. Rudy Don 757 Welburn Avenue Gilroy, CA 95020 >August 24th 1998 > >Dear Rodolfo: > >SPANISH EDITIONS OF THEOSOPHICAL BOOKS. > >If you can let me have your snail-mail address I can ask the THEOSOPHY >COMPANY to mail you a copy of their catalog of Theosophical books in >Spanish (if you do not already have it). > >If you prefer dealing with them directly you can either phone them at: >213-748-7244, > or Fax: 213-748-0634 > >Address: THEOSOPHY COMPANY, > 245 W 33rd St., > Los Angeles, Ca., 90007 > >and ask them to send you their catalog of both English and Spanish editions= =2E > >I would assume that the censors in Cuba will permit small individual >shipments of books ? But you have the most recent experience. > >Best wishes, > >Dallas > >From: "Rodolfo Don" <rdon@garlic.com> >Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 6:30 AM >Subject: Re: re High Speed Internet Access > >>Dear Doss and Dallas, >> >>I find this subject very interesting and the prospects for the future are >>very promising. The first thing that comes to my mind is countries that >>have a shortage of books and have no printing of theosophical books at all= , >>like Cuba. When I visited the TS in that country a few years ago I was >>shocked that there was no copy of the "Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett" in >>the country. Before my trip I decided to take my own copy (Spanish version= ) >>with me and leave it there, as well as my spanish copy of the SD. So you >>can imagine what the internet could do to the Cuban theosophists. Right no= w >>there is a lot of control by the communist regime, and the Section, even i= f >>it has a computer system (donated by the Spanish theosophists), it doesn't >>have internet access, and can't download any theosophical material from th= e >>internet. >> >>I tried to find a way to connect them through a modem, but they kept >>telling me that it is not possible. Maybe some they will be able to join >>the theosophical world community through all means of communication, >>including high speed internet connection. >> >>Rudy >> >> >>>Dear Dallas: >>> >>>Here are my responses. >>> >>>At 04:00 PM 8/24/1998 -0700, you wrote: >>>>Aug 24th 1998 >>>> >>>>Dear Doss: >>>> >>>>What you report is quite wonderful. Now what would the average PC owner >>>>need to have in the way of software or access-ware to be able to do this >? >>>> >>>At this time, high speed access is very expensive. Only large institution= s >>>and very rich people can afford it. What is needed is telecommunication >>>connection between your computer and the Internet Service Provider. The >>>most likely scenario is ability to get high speed connection via cable >used >>>for cable television. The technology is not here yet. In a couple of year= s >>>it is likely to be available. For now the 33.6 modem is the most cost >>>effective approach for most of us. >>> >>> >>>>I would observe that the use of paper and printed texts is still a >necessity >>>>for students. as that is the place where one sets down one's ideas (of >>>>course this could be put down on a computer page/file -- and hopefully >there >>>>would be no crashes ! ) >>>> >>>Agreed. Paper is not going away. >>> >>>>What I would like to address is the following: >>>> >>>>DATA is fine. But it takes a mind that is fine-tuned to the nuances of >what >>>>is IMPLIED to digest compare and understand what the data means. >>>> >>>What we are seeing is information overload. But the ability to access inf= o >>>is going to be valuable. >>> >>>>So, to my mind this will not render obsolete the written reference >material, >>>>although actual reference to certain DATA can be accelerated. >>>> >>>>It still takes a MIND going at its own pace to decipher the implications >of >>>>such data as is received. >>>> >>>>What do you think ? >>>> >>>>Dallas >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >