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From: Jim on 28 Jan 2010 06:32 On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yes. Also not so convinced about universal appeal - I personally find >>> him irritating but that's me. To me, he does come over smug and >>> arrogant. >>> >> >> Ah well, different folks etc. He can come over a wee bit smug, but arrogant? >> Never personally thought that of him. >> >> Jim > > I wonder if it's not seeing the guy and that's not an excuse either. He > sonds rather smug and perhaps i'm interpreting his tone wrongly. I'm > guessing. > Aye, could be. Body language and all. > Not so convinced on it being normal to have 20 phones though. It's bad > enough keeping up with all the apps on the current one thanks. [laugh] well, he's a tech adict and he can afford it, so where's the harm? Actually it's a good thing - he buys stuff so I don't have to :-) Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 06:32 On 2010-01-28 11:32:27 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes. Also not so convinced about universal appeal - I personally find >>>> him irritating but that's me. To me, he does come over smug and >>>> arrogant. >>>> >>> >>> Ah well, different folks etc. He can come over a wee bit smug, but arrogant? >>> Never personally thought that of him. >>> >>> Jim >> >> I wonder if it's not seeing the guy and that's not an excuse either. He >> sonds rather smug and perhaps i'm interpreting his tone wrongly. I'm >> guessing. >> > > Aye, could be. Body language and all. > >> Not so convinced on it being normal to have 20 phones though. It's bad >> enough keeping up with all the apps on the current one thanks. > > [laugh] well, he's a tech adict and he can afford it, so where's the harm? > Actually it's a good thing - he buys stuff so I don't have to :-) > > Jim That's one way to view it I suppose. Generally though, it's a lot to keep up with and in many ways a waste of money.
From: Woody on 28 Jan 2010 07:17 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-28 11:10:45 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > > > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > > > You can believe a lot of what he says about smartphones, for instance, > > because he owns and uses maybe 20 different ones, from HTC to Nokia to > > Motorola to Apple. It's not just his Apple fanboi bias coming through, > > but his appreciation of technology and gadgets in general and real world > > comparison of the different products. > > He's not exactly in the real world then. He owns 20 phones? What kind > of arsehole thinks that's normal behaviour? A lot of people I work with change their phones disturbingly often. And now, having more phones than you makes someone an arsehole?? I own 12 guitars, I dread to think what that makes me! -- Woody
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 07:20 On 2010-01-28 12:17:47 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-28 11:32:27 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: >> >>> [laugh] well, he's a tech adict and he can afford it, so where's the harm? >>> Actually it's a good thing - he buys stuff so I don't have to :-) >>> >>> Jim >> >> That's one way to view it I suppose. Generally though, it's a lot to >> keep up with and in many ways a waste of money. > > Its not public money, why does he need to justify what he spends it on? > I am sure we all waste money by other peoples standards. Christ - did I say he should justify anything?
From: Rowland McDonnell on 28 Jan 2010 09:18
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > >> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> > > > > Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? > > > > So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I > actually am interested in his views. But nobody knows anything significant about the bloody gadgets yet! <sigh> Technical reviews - yes. Punditry - no. Give it a few months and intelligent comment might be possible. But one thing I noticed during the time I scribbled for a living: pretty much all the firms that make a living by selling fortune telling services do so the way that the old sideshow `gypsy' fortune tellers did it: by telling the paying customer what they wanted to hear. Professional pundits are - almost all of them - charlatans. A few, a /very/ few, are honest. I suppose Stephen Fry's one of them - but still, are his views really worth paying attention to in this case, at this time? <shrug> I have other worries. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |