Date: 08/06/2003 02:41 AM
From: Ian Orchard ([email protected])
Subject: How Robots Will Steal Your Job
The loophole in the potential takeover of our jobs is that if too many people are unemployed, then there are not enough customers to buy the products the robots are making ("How Robots Will Steal Your Job," Aug. 5, 2003).
Some mechanism is needed to genuinely trickle the wealth downward to the Great Unwashed.
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Date: 08/05/2003 10:57 AM
From: Craig ([email protected])
Subject: Millions Going Solo With Cells
There are three problems with cell phones winning out over land lines ("Millions Going Solo With Cells," Aug. 4, 2003).
First, cell companies will have to drop lengthy contracts. Second, cell companies need to drop the "nice to the customer only before you sign the contract" attitude. And third, cell companies or phone manufacturers will have to find a comparably priced way to allow multiple phones in the home on one phone number, i.e., cell base stations.
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Date: 08/04/2003 09:22 PM
From: Kirk ([email protected])
Subject: Millions Going Solo With Cells
My wife and I dumped the land line in December ("Millions Going Solo With Cells," Aug. 4, 2003). We hooked back up in July. Working from home, you get really sick of doing the "can you hear me now" bit on important calls.
Until the quality of reception is improved drastically, we won't solely rely on mobile phones again.
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Date: 08/04/03 10:07 PM
From: Jacqueline Pitts ([email protected])
Subject: Helping Find African Roots
I am uncomfortable with the first paragraph of the story in which I am quoted ("Helping Find African Roots," Aug. 4, 2003).
I feel that your interpretation of what I tried to convey marginalized what Africans lost during slavery. In my opinion, your inference that if the slave traders had been better at record keeping there would have been no frustrations -- or I would not have been frustrated -- is comical, disturbing and did not accurately represent what I said.
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