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Home My Photo Blog (Moblog) Observations Java Hot Products Books/Knowledge Devices Operators Mobile Messaging My Courses My Profile My ideas/thoughts Techno Vision Blogroll Me! Join Paul's mail list	Sunday, October 05, 2003   :: WAP = Woefully Arcane Prattling ? :: With respect to the BBC online article about the increased “success” of WAP. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3161108.stm WAP is not an application, nor is it a service. To talk of “downloading WAP pages” is meaningless and typical of the gibberish that now pervades this industry. Can we say anything about the success of the new Mini Cooper based on the number of litres of petrol sold on the UK forecourts? Philosophers warn of our inability to debate when we fail to define our terms. In an industry that insists on proliferating new terms (acronyms), almost as its main output, no wonder the quality of discourse has gravitated to nonsensical measures (e.g. “WAP impressions”) and debates (e.g. “WiFi versus 3G”). 12:15:27 PM    comment []   © Copyright 2003 Paul Golding. Last update: 10/5/2003; 12:15:40 PM.	October 2003 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Sep   Nov Sign up to my email list - Send me email Available for hire as consultant via Magic E Company who can also develop software for you. Consult my booklist on Amazon Blogroll: