I'm suprised that Jobs didn't claim the phone can't take a full charge either...that battery clearly isn't at the high point...
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]>wrote: > Looks like that t-shirt I originally posted has come to life. > > http://bit.ly/bimgCE > http://bit.ly/ccamez > > This is a new low for Apple. > > -- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://www.edwardcrosby.com > ----- > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > Merlin Mann > > > Eh I tried for some humor. This conversation reminds me of the 04 red > sox. > > Everyone was like yanks are the evil empires sox are the rebels. Then the > > sox finally won the world series and it happened again in 07. Then the > sox > > fans me included realized hey we were the team that was #2 in payroll > > behind the Yankees for the last dozen years why the f didn't we win? Then > > along come the rays who blow both teams out of the water last year with > > even less payroll... Now the sox and yanks are looked at differently. So > > if you have been actually following the yanks are ms the sox are apple > and > > Tampa is now droid. > > > > Eventually there will be a paradigm shift in os and platforms I think > it's > > already started you can tell by the convo on this listserve. > > > > 5 years ago it was ubuntu. Next it will be chrome in another five years > it > > will be another open distro the point I am making is Linux/open source is > > getting better every decade it will never be on par with osx or windows > > until there is another "Linux" type underdog os available. Then it will > be > > four mainstream os's and a cult community one. Eh just some random > > thoughts and Ed why no futurama love? I am sure your the only one that's > > read this rambling this far > > > > Jim > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:20 AM, "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> 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. 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