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In article ,
"Hasta La Vista" wrote:

> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
> news:alangbaker-2C39FF.10164021032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> > In article ,
> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
> >> news:alangbaker-D19484.22491620032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> >> > In article <_-udnYte0t_XpH7anZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> >> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
> >> >> news:alangbaker-9BC2FB.21112020032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> >> >> > In article ,
> >> >> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:alangbaker-6D327F.10222316032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]..
> >> >> >> .
> >> >> >> > In article <7dOdnQxqIt4GfkHanZ2dnUVZ_tWtnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> >> >> >> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
> >> >> >> >> news:alangbaker-E714DB.01172716032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net
> >> >> >> >> ]..
> >> >> >> >> .
> >> >> >> >> > In article ,
> >> >> >> >> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> "Jim" wrote in message
> >> >> >> >> >> news:jim-EA5E66.10074814032008@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> > http://www.hardmac.com/news/2008-03-14/#7950
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> That's really a heartbreaking sight. A small crowded room,
> >> >> >> >> >> with
> >> >> >> >> >> tiny
> >> >> >> >> >> tables and desks, folding chairs, and a plastic lawn chair to
> >> >> >> >> >> sit
> >> >> >> >> >> on!
> >> >> >> >> >> It
> >> >> >> >> >> looks like a small office, with cheap funiture, not an
> >> >> >> >> >> "Internet
> >> >> >> >> >> Cafe."
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Yeah...
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Perhaps it has something to do with it being on Union Island
> >> >> >> >> > in
> >> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> >> > West
> >> >> >> >> > Indies...
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Something to do with it being a prosperous tourist attraction
> >> >> >> >> with
> >> >> >> >> many
> >> >> >> >> fine
> >> >> >> >> resorts and an international airport?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The "international airport" flies to the neighbouring islands.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Do you think an international airport isn't allowed to handle local
> >> >> >> traffic?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It's an "international airport" because it handles local traffic;
> >> >> > which
> >> >> > consists of islands that aren't part of the same state/country.
> >> >> > Hence,
> >> >> > "international".
> >> >>
> >> >> What kind of point do you think you're making?
> >> >
> >> > That you're trying to make it sound like Boeing 747s are landing there
> >> > when in fact it's Cessna's and Beechcraft and DeHavilland Otters.
> >>
> >> I did nothing of the kind. The type of aircraft involved are besides
> >> the
> >> point anyway.
> >>
> >> > When the entire island is only 3 miles long the "internation airport"
> >> > isn't going to be accommodating anything as large as even a 737.
> >>
> >> What makes you think a 747 runway wouldn't fit within three miles? You
> >> seem to possess a wealth of ignorance about everything.
> >
> > You simpleton, the island is only 3 miles long and the runway occupies
> > one little spit on the entire island. It is at most 2,000 - 3,000 feet
> > long.
> >
> >
> >
> > There's the "international airport" Edwin. One little runway that
> > doesn't run half the length of the island.
> >
> >
> >
> > There's another view, with the runway at the far right. Note how little
> > of the island it occupies.
> >
> > > > nt+and+the+Grenadines&sll=12.641343,-61.395507&sspn=0.025963,0.039654&ie=
> > UTF8&ll=12.602145,-61.436234&spn=0.051933,0.079308&t=h&z=14&iwloc=addr>
> >
> > That's the entire island.
> >
> > > > 8,-118.409185&spn=0.044147,0.079308&t=h&z=14>
> >
> > That's LAX at the same scale.
> >
> > To fit just one runway on Union Island capable of landing transport jets
> > would mean the entire island would have to be perfectly flat.
> >
> > Now, would you like to go on arguing about how Union Island must have a
> > fancier internet cafe than the one presented because it has an
> > "international airport"?
>
> My argument isn't what you reduced it to above, and you've only proved my
> point. Your original references to only the size of the island and the
> size of its population didn't justify your assertion that rat hole of an
> office was the best it could be expected to have for an internet cafe. As
> everything you've referenced proves, it's a prosperous, luxurious tourist
> destination, regardless of the size of planes using its international
> airport.

Sorry, but the onus is on you to show that they have any other internet
cafe, Edwin.

It's a small tourist island and what we know is that the only internet
cafe we *know* about is Mac-based.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."