Hypo toad? Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:02 PM, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this conversation was caused by hypo-toad!!! > > On Friday, July 23, 2010, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >> The really dumb thing about all this? At some point these smart >> phones are going to be ubiquitous, and unless MS gets off their butt >> and does something spectacular, even complainers like me are pretty >> darn likely going to be using either iOS or Android. (Or, I suppose, >> BlackberryOS, but Blackberry has really fallen off in the public >> eye.) So at some point I am going to have to give someone money I >> don't want to give up. >> >> A friend of mine works for Verizon now and he has an Android phone >> which he loves. I guess I should stop worrying and love the Bomb, err, >> I mean, the Goog. >> >> On Jul 23, 3:46 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >>> can't argue that point. If you are a 'for profit' business and you use the >>> term, 'don't be evil' ...which is sort of adolescent...how about 'just be >>> fair' that would have probably made more sense. But Goog used the term and >>> now they get to reap what they have sown! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Neither the NRA and the AARP use such imbecilic nomenclature in their >>>> official governing principles, either. Like I said, Google opened the >>>> door for this stupidity and made it fair game to make fun of them in >>>> this nature. >>> >>>> On Jul 23, 3:34 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> so Google is evil like Vito Corelone...they have all the 'judges and >>>>> politicians in their pockets' but won't share? Well this is America, >>>> anyone >>>>> who has cash can buy, sell and swap any politicians they want. Look at >>>> the >>>>> NRA or AARP, because they have such fanatical lobbying efforts they are >>>>> evil? >>> >>>>> i tend to agree with Ron here, the term hypocrite seems better than evil. >>> >>>>> Evil is a term i reserve more for child molesters, people who train watch >>>>> and enjoy dog fights and Dick Cheney. >>> >>>> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> No, when your mission statement includes "Don't be Evil" and you treat >>>>>> it as you corporate motto, that makes it fair game for me to turn >>>>>> around and use it as a perjorative on them for donating $800K to >>>>>> Obama's warchest while at the same time Google CEO Eric Schmidt is >>>>>> serving as an "informal economic advisor" and former Google executives >>>>>> on the Sicence advisory board pushing their own "network neutrality" >>>>>> agenda contrary to free market principles by buying support from key >>>>>> government figures including FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. >>> >>>>>> Furthermore, and this is pretty damning as far as I am concerned, when >>>>>> you say "Don't be evil" but then go into markets with the intention of >>>>>> eliminating competition just like *gasp* that old fuddy-duddy >>>>>> Microsoft. I mean, let's go to Steve Jobs here: "We did not enter the >>>>>> search business. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they >>>>>> want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them ... This don’t be evil >>>>>> mantra: It’s bullshit." >>> >>>>>> Check the above response where I said my employer was a Fortune 200 >>>>>> firm... I'm corporate, and have been for some time. And this is not a >>>>>> problem to me. >>> >>>>>> On Jul 23, 3:11 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> So why is Goog evil? What are they cramming down everyone's throat? >>> >>>>>>> I would agree they were kind of bullied by China, but hey, a billion >>>>>>> consumers might make me change my business strategy too... >>> >>>>>>> And does evil=a corporate "sell-out"...because i have to tell ya, >>>> most >>>>>> all >>>>>>> of us have a price we can be bought, sold and shipped for. >>> >>>>>> > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> Google opened the "evil" door by parading it around constantly to >>>> put >>>>>>>> themselves over. So if it is trite then I contend that its their >>>> own >>>>>>>> damn fault. >>> >>>>>>>> Same goes with Apple rebeling against the "evil empire"... The >>>>>>>> Simpsons did a great bit on that a few years back with Comic Book >>>> Guy >>>>>>>> in an Apple Store. >>> >>>>>>>> On Jul 23, 2:41 pm, Carlos Pedraza <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> Evil is, frankly, just too trite and vague a term for any >>>> rational >>>>>>>> discussion of the topic. 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