What the...? On Jul 23, 8:35 pm, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AOfbnGkuGc&feature=youtube_gdata > > 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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