X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:51:16 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.4] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c4) with ESMTP id 2634790 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:22:59 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.4; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id q.c31.22735b0c (42809) for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:22:17 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:22:16 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: One mag, One electronic ignition X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part1_c31.22735b0c.34b3c7d8_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 9.0 VR sub 5006 X-Spam-Flag: NO --part1_c31.22735b0c.34b3c7d8_boundary Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="part1_c31.22735b0c.34b3c7d8_rel_boundary" --part1_c31.22735b0c.34b3c7d8_rel_boundary Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="c31.22735b0c_alt_bound" --c31.22735b0c_alt_bound Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/7/2008 10:32:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, colyncase@earthlink.net writes: emag/pmag is now showing products to display and change timing. re: PRISM. Vaporware is sw that doesn't work yet and therefore cannot be manufactured. Far as I can tell, PRISM actually does work but the supply chain is not worked out for manufacturing. However, the effect is very similar to vaporware... Colyn, When I first looked at PMAGs, they had no experience with anything other than a single EMAG on a Lyc 360. I am not even sure the 360 was injected, let alone with a higher compression ratio. Thus the move from LASAR to LSE. xMAG have come a long way in the last few years - 24 software versions, redesigned options and finally a display, albeit requiring a serial ported laptop (unless you carry your desktop on flights). You can even dicker with the timing curve - What more could one want? If I were looking today, I would more seriously consider PMAGs. Vaporware is undelivered product promise. The promise of PRISM has been around for a long time. It is still not available. I live in the present. BTW, here is Wikipedia's overly strong definition (probably after having gone thru many experiences): Vaporware is a _software_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) or _hardware_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware) product which is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge, either with or without a protracted _development cycle_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_cycle) . The term implies unwarranted optimism, or sometimes even deception; that is, it may imply that the announcer knows that _product development_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development) is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion date, feature set, or even feasibility. Scott Krueger MotorMouth, Charlatan, Bon Vivant, Escapee, Etcetera... **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 --c31.22735b0c_alt_bound Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In a message dated 1/7/2008 10:32:23 A.M. Central Standard Time,=20 colyncase@earthlink.net writes:
emag/pmag is now showing products to display and change timing.
 
    re: PRISM.  Vaporware is sw that doesn't work= yet=20 and therefore cannot be manufactured.   Far as I can tell, PRISM= =20 actually does work but the supply chain is not worked out for=20 manufacturing.   However, the effect is very similar to=20 vaporware...
Colyn,
 
When I first looked at PMAGs, they had no experience with anything othe= r=20 than a single EMAG on a Lyc 360.  I am not even sure the=20 360 was injected, let alone with a higher compression ratio.  Thus= the=20 move from LASAR to LSE.
 
xMAG have come a long way in the last few years - 24 software=20 versions, redesigned options and finally a display, albeit requiring a seria= l=20 ported laptop (unless you carry your desktop on flights).  You can even= =20 dicker with the timing curve - What more could one want?  If I were loo= king=20 today, I would more seriously consider PMAGs.
 
Vaporware is undelivered product promise.  The promise of PRI= SM=20 has been around for a long time.  It is still not available.  I li= ve=20 in the present.
 
BTW, here is Wikipedia's overly strong definition (probably after havin= g=20 gone thru many experiences):
 
Vaporware is a software or hardware product which is=20 announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to= =20 emerge, either with or without a protracted development=20 cycle. The term implies unwarranted optimism, or sometimes even deceptio= n;=20 that is, it may imply that the announcer knows that product development=20 is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completi= on=20 date, feature set, or even feasibility.=20
 
Scott=20 Krueger
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