[NTLK] OT: iPad vs. MS Courier: Sound Off

[Jim Lee]

And not all people believe that technology can "save the world".  In  
fact, many of us believe technology will destroy it...

-Jim

On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Matt Howe wrote:

> Not all people can be bought. The man that invented the process to  
> turn old
> plastic pop bottles into polar fleece did not sell out. He licenses  
> his
> technology all over the world for a song. Thus there is an abundance  
> of
> cheap warm clothes and a lot less plastic pop bottles. We need more  
> like
> him.
>
> Matt (Ducky) Howe
>
> Ryan wrote:
> <snip>
> I'm optimistic because I think technology can save the world.  I'm
> pessimistic because government and companies could stymie access to  
> that
> technology.  Invent the food replicator did you?  Just got offered $50
> million for a buyout of the patents by AT&T?...
> <snip>
>