Re: Why a home page ?

[Tony <scope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:

>When assessing the possible effects/applications/benefits/impact of a
>homepage named "Expanded View from behind a Rock, by Simon N, East 
>Orange.", consider the following:
>
>You have already reached immortality in Matters Printed.
>But, within 10-20 years, hardly anyone will remember you from
>printed media. Heck, the next generation might not even know what
>printed matters are. And even if, after another generation most of
>those ancient printed matters will have been reduced to dust.
>Soooo....if you really want to achieve immortality you'll have to do 
>better than that. 
>And that is where your homepage comes in. [rest of text snipped]

I could never have put all the reasons more eloquently than Willem-Jan, but
I'll add one more reason. In his marvellous book "Brief Lives" the 17th
century writer John Aubrey says (and this may not be an exact quote)

"When a knowledgeable man dies, what a wealth of knowledge dies with him"

Now, I sincerely hope that Simon will be around for quite a few years yet,
but it's never too early to start leaving a legacy of knowledge, and as
Willem-Jan says, the web site is an ideal way to do it.

Another two cents from

Tony Andrews.