Date: 04/28/2005 06:05 AM
From: Real (Reality@spymac.com)
Subject: Mac Fans Drooling Over Tiger
I wish to correct something here ("Mac Fans Drooling Over Tiger," Apr. 28, 2005). "To many people, Tiger is the most significant of the four OS X upgrades since the operating system was first released in 2000." That statement is wrong in so many ways. Tiger doesn't improve performance or enter any revolutionary technology; it was all done before in Panther. The most important undate of the four is Panther when many concepts were introduced. Tiger is mainly eye candy for window users that might switch.
Frankly, I don't need Tiger. It will not run any faster or safer than OSX 10.3.x and would just eat up my funds. My suggestions for those who have Panther already, stick with what you have until 10.5.
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Date: 04/26/2005 07:40 PM
From: Preston Fahey (pf448@yahoo.com)
Subject: Boston Gets High on Art
What's this article really t/selling people ("Boston Gets High on Art," Apr. 26, 2005)?
Through GPS mobile phones and the tracking devices used in virtual settings, people are increasingly becoming a part of artificial environments, said George Fifield.
Many of the artists contributing to the Cyberarts Festival are exploring the new media literacy, in which stories are told and received in a nonlinear fashion. Greg Ulmer, Freeman's collaborator on Imaging Place, calls the phenomenon "electracy."
Mobile phones, as they evolve into powerful computing tools, will dramatically change the way people interact with their environments, said Katherine von Jan, a predictor of future trends for Faith Popcorn's Brain Reserve, a consulting firm to manufacturers of consumer products. "Everyone is a broadcaster of information and self-expression," said von Jan.
"People raised on video games," said Freeman, "will eventually want to hear stories and receive wisdom in a similar way."
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Date: 04/27/2005 07:28 PM
From: who cares (gadgetfan2005@yahoo.com)
Subject: Your Money Under More Scrutiny
Great ("Your Money Under More Scrutiny," Apr. 26, 2005). The government is monitoring and profiling every transaction you make. Conform or be flagged. Just don't, say, contribute to Amnesty International, for example, because they consider the USA to be one of the greatest human rights violators on the planet. Alternative religion contribution? If it's not Xtian or Jewish (only because they are expected to convert en-mass to Xtianity), it is a dangerous cult and/or terrorist linked. Welcome to 21st century America...I'll probably get flagged just for sending this.
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Date: 04/27/2005 01:01 PM
From: Steve Bastable (steve@bolder.net)
Subject: Gadgets No Help for the Blind
Paul Morgan, the engineer at NASA, should check out a company ("Gadgets No Help for the Blind," Apr. 24, 2005) calledIcuiti. I have worked with this company for many years and a device to aid the visually impaired has been discussed many times. The convergence of current technologies are bringing the possibility of a low-cost, light-weight visual aid closer to a reality.
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