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Yeah, that was one of the first things I looked for when I got an android phone. I still see the same two AR apps, and they're both quote gens. Wonder why there aren't more, lots of Oists seem to be sNerds. The reason I wanted to do a FAQ is so that a layperson (maybe someone who's heard of AR in the news recently, but hasn't read her works) can quickly get the GIST about the philosophy and it's stance on important topics. Also, I was thinking back to when I started reading about oism and participating on the forum. The two things that bothered me were: 1) posts that said, 'go read every_single_book_about_objectivism and then we'll talk' instead of answering the op's question, and 2) the threads that interested me most were so long that I grew a beard while reading them.. and without knowing users it can be hard to tell who is defending AR's position and who is attacking it. So the goal is to say clearly and concisely, 'here is the position on X, and here's how we arrived at it' without having to read through all the banter on forums & objanswers.com. That's half the fun now, but when I was starting out I just wanted the gist to see if it was worth all the time and effort. So with this app, I'm targetting lazy people like me, or the me I was 1.5 years ago. Hope that makes sense.

I posted the following in the Productivity section, Aug 20 2009. I just checked again, and it is still not possible to send an email to the owner of this site, and I have been enrolled for email updates this entire year, but have received nothing. I for one will not send US$125 to someone who cannot be identified, contacted, or held responsible. =========== Since my original contact (January 2009) with the owner of the AOBP site, asking him to restart the database, the site was "launched". Unfortunately, I can no longer endorse joining a site which has no actual means to contact the owner of the database because the contact page only produces a 404 message. Believe me, I have tried at least a half dozen times. I've even done a whois and tracked down the owner, and sent him several emails informing him of this problem, and have yet to receive any reply. Apparently he's a website developer. Subscribing to the mailing list has also never produced any mail. Since the owner is asking for $125 to join his database for objectivist business owners, I think that transparency would be a minimum prerequisite. This is a shame. I wish there was someone who could both consistently live up to the objectivist virtues and who could also organize a network of objectivist business owners. I mean John Galt did it, in an era without computers. Stay Focused, <Φ>aj ============ Mmm, upon reflection, maybe this is JG's way to troll for suitable candidates for his valley? Don't call us, we'll abduct you...