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The Bicycle Thief

Puma's "unstealable" bike, as described in "The Catalyst" (October), might win points for artistic design, but it's a failure of functional design. As any urban dweller knows, disabling a bicycle doesn't render it unstealable. How many times have you seen a front tire locked to a post with the rest of the bicycle stolen? A bicycle only weighs about 20 pounds; a thief presented with the unstealable bike merely has to cut the cable lock, take it home, and repair it!

Yali Friedman
Washington, DC

Halfhearted Debate

My favorite magazine (Fast Company) on my favorite subject (design) blew it by not printing the full text of Open Debate in the magazine. I've followed the career of Joe Duffy with admiration and sometimes envy. The title and edited text left me wondering if Joe had had a lobotomy. After reading the full text online, that's clearly not the case. The title should have been: "RESOLVED: Great design should not be left to amateurs."

Michael Kelly
Warsaw, Indiana

Skoll's Moving Pictures

The efforts of Jeff Skoll ("Moving Pictures," September) are a truly great step for Hollywood. I'm wondering whether we can step further out of the Hollywood norm. Why does the success of these movies have to be measured in box-office ticket sales? These films should be screening for free across the country--and be judged by how many people they reach. To Mr. Skoll, thank you for taking so much initiative with Participant Productions.

Jenna Boller
San Francisco, California

We need more leaders like Jeff Skoll and more companies like Participant Productions. My whole family has seen An Inconvenient Truth, and been to the Web site to start making changes. We replaced all of our lightbulbs, and we're buying a hybrid vehicle. The film created an incredible awareness that will change many lives, and hopefully create a tipping point in the fight to stop global warming.

Melissa W. O'Mara
Tully, New York

Still Turned On by Lightbulbs

Of all of the business and product articles I have read in the past few years, none have made such an impression on me as "How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the World?" (September) The article was not only well written but showed a way that almost everyone can make a positive impact on energy and environmental issues. After reading it, my wife and I not only switched the bulbs in our house but are also now buying CFLs as presents for everyone while providing reference to the article. These will be the gifts that keep on giving.

Adam Erickson
Overland Park, Kansas

Fast Fix

In our November 2006 article "Down the Rabbit Hole," a sentence should have read, "In a 'compact luxury' category where Mercedes and BMW had tried and failed, Audi sold more than 5,000 cars in the A3's first seven months on the market."

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