At 02:43 PM 12/7/00 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
Not a valid comparison. Do we have a worldwide, global phonebook that lists
every telephone number on the planet?
yes. we call it "411". If the operator doesn't have the information, s/he
redirects you to someone who does.
Do we have telephones with
keyboards into which you type a name instead of a number?
Yes. we enter them manually, which is a pain, but I have ten such buttons
on my phone, and my cell phone has space for about 30.
And yet we get by very well without them.
that's not obvious either. If I want to call you, I have to track down your
phone number. I can't just call the operator and say "connect me to Anthony
Atkielski". But I can find your email address pretty quickly with a web
browser, and atkielski.com isn't too hard to come by.