Damnit just don't call me late for supper. Scott
On Jan 31, 2011, at 4:28 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > Riccardo, > > It is quite common for types of communities to adopt nicknames or phrases for > themselves that might not seem acceptable outside the community. For example > the black community have adopted the N word, the gay community have adopted > queer or puff in the UK, and over here there are various descriptions used by > the blind community such as blinky (I guess its because some blind people > blink a lot), other words include gozzy, bindy, and total. I am sure there > is a hell of a lot more out there too. > > Chris > > > On 31 Jan 2011, at 09:17, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Ok, >> >> a bit off topic but, why on earth would you refer to your self as a blink? >> Maybe the word is just new to me not having heard it before the last year >> but, What does it even suppose to mean? I don't think I would like being >> called a blink. >> >> JMO >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >> >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >> >>> well, >>> there is the 3 or 4 US Dollars for an app from the app store, or the $1,000 >>> US price tag for software that shouldn't cost more than $100 (btw, that >>> over priced software is called Jaws for windows). I know there are reasons >>> for developer costs (paychecks, taxes and the like) but to charge such >>> enormous prices simply because the government pays them is unconscionable! >>> they price us (the blind) out of the market solely based on "ability to >>> pay". one other thing I will say about freedom scientific: their business >>> practices are predatory. >>> >>> now, apple has its share of bad items on the list, but accessibility isn't >>> one of them. Apple realized that everyone (regardless of disability) needs >>> accommodation. its why those who are like us (blinks) have speech and >>> braille and why others who cannot read but otherwise can see use the >>> symbology of images on the desktop (yes, there are folks like this). >>> >>> the whole point is this: sure, software is not free, but it doesn't have to >>> be onerously expensive either. >>> >>> -Eric >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> While reading on tuaw recently, I came across a link to a very good >>>> article, written by a developer, listing the reasons why software is not >>>> free. Since there is from time to time a lot of discussion regarding the >>>> price of software, usually involving people decrying the fact that a given >>>> app is not free or nearly so and somehow feeling that they are being >>>> gouged by developers, I thought I'd offer this link for folks to check out >>>> and think about. Remember, this author is not a blindness software >>>> developer. Everything she says in her article is common sense. But since >>>> it is coming from a small mainstream developer, not one developing for our >>>> small market, maybe it will go down easier with those of you who post >>>> here and elsewhere the view that small developers working for a small >>>> market segment are somehow out to screw us over. >>>> http://wildchocolate.tumblr.com/post/2943819131/13-reasons-why-software-is-not-free >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> Mary Otten >>>> motte...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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