Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-17 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: Jim Choate, in a display of bad judgement and ill temper never before seen on the internet, spewed forth the following blood-libel: I have fulfilled a lifelong goal, I have walked where no man has ever walked before. I can now die happy ;) I'm

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-15 Thread Mike Rosing
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Steve Furlong wrote: The point was, the content providers aren't providing the entertainment. The daughters are talking (and talking!) to their friends with no help from the big companies other than providing the connectivity. I believe that was Olyzko's point in the

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-14 Thread Jim Choate
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Mike Rosing wrote: Content is crap, conectivity is king A.M. Odlyzko at Univ. Wisconsin, early 2002 (May I think?) Bullshit, if there isn't content why do they want connectivity? What is it they are connecting to? Content (ala entertainment or problem resolution) are what

Re: [IP] Dan Gillmor: Accessing a whole new world via multimedia phones (fwd)

2002-12-14 Thread Steve Furlong
Jim Choate, in a display of bad judgement and ill temper never before seen on the internet, spewed forth the following blood-libel: Nitwit, who are the daughters talking to, dial-tone? Not. They are solving two problems, entertainment and a problem (social connectivity). The point was, the