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

[Ed Kummel]

Nope...I'm of the school of thought that the properly applied technology can solve any problem.
The key phrase here is "properly applied". Of course, that's also the most difficult part too!
Ed
web/gadget guru

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--- On Fri, 4/9/10, Jim Lee <jimlee at centurytel.net> wrote:

From: Jim Lee <jimlee at centurytel.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] OT: iPad vs. MS Courier: Sound Off
To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 12:49 AM

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>
>


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