Nope. Never been a fan. -- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://www.edwardcrosby.com ----- "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." Merlin Mann
> Hmmm never saw that episode of futurama? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 24, 2010, at 12:15 AM, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. I prefer to rate my e> ... >>> >>>>>>> read more »- Hide quoted text - >>> >>>>>>> - Show quoted text - >>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group >>>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jim >>> >>>>> blog ~http://blog.k12virtualization.com >>>>> "Keep moving Forward" >>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group >>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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