well, pahdawan, you have just taken the first small steps into a larger world. <smile>
-Eric On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > I guess. > > I've just never been referred to as such before. I've never even heard the > word before joining these lists. lol. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > 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. > 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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