I disagree about Foursquare. It may be the best way to find local deals and reviews of a place on the spot, not to mention finding out by accident that your friends are a few blocks away from you in a coffeehouse.
They originally said Twitter would be useless too. I think various events last year proved them otherwise. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > I disagree about Segway and Betamax. The former is used quite widely by > security guards and police in airports, malls, and city streets, such as > here in Atlanta, where I see cops and guides using it all the time. I think > it's a device that may be a bit ahead of the masses' understanding and > appreciation of its potential. My same assessment for Betamax, which was > clearly superior to VHS. That it failed isn't an indication that it was a > bad product, so much as the people and industry didn't appreciate it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 8:44:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] The 50 Worst Inventions > > > > I don't agree with some of these but Time magazine isn't always accurate. > > > The 50 Worst Inventions > > > http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1991915,00.html > > Worst Inventions > > - > Segway<http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991909_1991902,00.html> > - New > Coke<http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991909_1991730,00.html> > - > Clippy<http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991909_1991755,00.html> > - Agent > Orange<http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1991915_1991909_1991756,00.html> > - 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