[debate] throwing a few ideas out there

[Brian Loe]

This could be fun...until Gadi interrupts anyway!

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Alan Light <alanlight at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Of course Apple (or at least, Steve Wozniak) changed the world.

Jobs was the idea guy, without him Steve is still just a garage geek.
I know lots of these guys, but I'm no Jobs. I don't really like Jobs,
I don't think, and I've yet to meet a Mac I couldn't crash.

And what is an Apple these days if not an overblown, overpriced linux
distribution on a quasi closed, overpriced hardware platform?


> Whether the Kindle will replace paper -

No. Might limit its use eventually but there are far more people out
there who print every thing the get in email to read than care to
spend 400 bucks on an electronic reader. Perhaps after a couple of
generations move through with cheaper, more widely accessible readers
available you will see a serious decline in the printed book. However,
I think the move will be to print-on-demand technologies. Something
I'm looking forward to.

Sad though, the end of the 1st edition collector...


> As for "green" cars...while early adopters are necessary for the development of this
> technology, I expect that many of them will not get a reasonable return on
> their investment as individuals.

They'll have their smugness cloud!

Of course I always feel a little weird about these green car
discussions. I hate everything about green cars and yet my little VW
diesel gets better gas mileage than almost all of them AND I didn't
have to pay a premium for it. Hell, there aren't even any batteries
other than, you know, the one. Seems that if we were serious about the
environment (and I think we're too serious) we'd lower the standards
for diesel emissions until the car companies can catch up. :)