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Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 07 May 2007 19:38:15 +0100 > Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> This is where you can push openoffice, however I read recently the >> human brain can't cope with people talking and looking at slides with >> information on at the same, time. >> > > Rubbish - at Uni I had to take in information from the OHP, the > whiteboard, the handouts and the words of the lecturer. It all depends > on the level of interest. If the topic bores the audience, slides or > talk won't make any difference. Probably the WORST talk for the > audience is when someone takes this idea seriously and ends up merely > standing at the front of the room reading what everyone else can read > from the slides. Yawn! > > I think that is what they were refering to, as I said I had no problem in Canada with 2 talks, on on software testing and on on data recovery, the above article was in the paper; I agree with you however, that its about how the talk is presented. Paul > -- > > Neil Williams > ============= > http://www.data-freedom.org/ > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ > -- Events Linuxbierwanderung - Torbay Mini Linux Beer Hike 28th / 29th July 2007 http://www.linuxbierwanderung.org/ Follow torbay mini LBW link. http://www.openoffice.org http://www.linux.org CHAT SERVICES www.phractured.net PRFC CHAT ROOM - http://www.zleap.net/cgi-bin/irc.cgi www.serfer.co.uk -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.1 GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- DI! D++ G e H! r! z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html