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>>>>> On 03 Jan 2000 23:48:15 -0600, Amos Gouaux <amos+lists.ding@utdallas.edu> said:

w> However, when voice communications over the internet become better I
w> suspect things will improve....

Amos> Then there'll be voice mail.  

no, answering machines are equally as evil.  If I don't answer, call
back another time.

The answering machine is another example of a disjointed conversations 
that basically work like email.  You can't interrupt or interact.

-- 
"Ninjas aren't dangerous.  They're more afraid of you than you are of them."