[Sigia-l]

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David (Heller) Malouf [mailto:dave.ixd at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 13 July 2006 11:14
> To: Jonathan Baker-Bates
> Cc: SIGIA-L
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l]
> 
> On 7/13/06, Jonathan Baker-Bates 
> <Jonathan.Baker-Bates at wheel.co.uk> wrote:
> > What I originally *meant* was examples of technologies where the 
> > inventors had made huge claims about their ideas along the lines of 
> > them producing tectonic shifts in the fabric of society or exiting 
> > business models. This is something which Mr. Lamere appears 
> to do when 
> > talking about how his technology will "alter the 
> traditional 'hit-driven'
> > business model of the music industry" etc.
> 
> Very rarely do "inventors" of anything good make these 
> claims. Fulton, Bell, Edison, Marconi didn't know their 
> individual inventions would forever shift the fabric of 
> society. 

<snip>
> 
> Bigger question ... what are you trying to get at with your 
> original question? Do you really think there is nothing else 
> to "invent"? Just not sure what the point is.

I wasn't getting at anything in particular - like I said in my
badly-expressed original post that got us into talking about Viagra: I
was merely being facetious.

My apologies for this. Let's talk about something on topic.

Jonathan



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