Eh can't type from my phone hypno-toad!!!!! Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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