WW communications (was Jo's site etc)

[carolynwhite2]

No: HPFGUIDX 119748


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <gryffindor.phan at g...> 
wrote:
> Carolyn wrote:
> I've never decided whether we have found out what Jo was referring 
to in this interview quote about WW communications:
> 
<snip>
A: Wizards don't really need to use the Internet but that's
> something that you'll find out later on in the series. They have a
> means of finding out what goes on in the outside world that I think
> is more fun than the Internet. Could anything be more fun than the
> Internet? Yes!
> 
<snip>

Arya:
> Carolyn, I'm wondering when this quote is from?  Specifically, I'm 
wondering if it's before the publishment of GoF as that is when, 
IIRC, Floo as a means of mere communication is first introduced.  I 
think I've leaned towards thinking it is the Floo Network.  I even 
think I might have read an idea (or a fanfic) where someone proposed 
the Floo could be used like a television of sorts (to get a view in 
on a Quidditch game for example).  Of course I'd say that sounds 
inefficient as the Floo is a main thru-way for travel and probably 
shouldn't be blocked up for mere entertainment.
> 


Hi Arya
According to QuickQuill, the quote is from a Raincoast Books 
interview, dated March 2001 - that is, the year after GOF was 
published. So it seems she was referring to something that would turn 
up in OoP or a later book.

I also wondered if it meant occlumency/legilimency, but that's not a 
common skill, and also a bit hit and miss for finding things out, and 
is certainly not much fun! So, crystal ball gazing was my next 
thought. But [two-way] mirrors could be it as well - and we have had 
that hint in OoP, with the present Sirius gave Harry.

I like the Floo-based entertainment channel idea, but a problem, 
surely, is that you wouldn't get much of a view of a normal quidditch 
match peering out of a fireplace <g> ?

Carolyn