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Drinking the koolaid

Feb 04, 2008 20:19

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polarbear February 5 2008, 05:07:10 UTC

I love it for the maps and traffic, the stocks mostly, but it excels at everything.

I have a couple of gripes. Not being able to make custom ringtones of stuff I own for free, not having multiple ring profiles, the way certain menus pop up, but honestly, they are so very minor when it comes to how pleased I am with the thing. It really rocks, and no I haven't drunk the kool-aid. :)

plural February 5 2008, 08:07:06 UTC

eh I've barely even touch that stuff

mostly been using it as a phone
and playing with photos and music/podcasts

got pretty much the same impression
a few gripes and the occasional wtf
as I try to figure out how to do something

but for the most part
I'm quite happy with it

squidb0i February 5 2008, 07:46:44 UTC

I got Jen one for xmas.
I am jealous.
It is way rad.

But then she covets my macbook, so.....

;]

plural February 5 2008, 08:08:29 UTC

mutual coveting
is the backbone of a any decent relationship
and
welcome to my insanity
feel free to ignore the lawyers
and their reams of waivers

the jist of it is that
I'm not responsible for any therapy
which results from your reading my
ramblings

Why I hate apple: budhaboy February 5 2008, 17:23:48 UTC

The news: two new products added to Apple’s line both at $499; an iPhone with 16 gigabytes of memory and an iPod Touch with 32 gigabytes of memory.

I'd lay odds the little ratfuckers at the apple store knew about this, and sold you one anyway (presuming, of course, that you didn't get a 16GB for 499)...

I smell money... budhaboy February 6 2008, 13:13:23 UTC

Consider this WSJ article (it's from today, so if you don't have subscription, you could find it the print):

Loans of Freescale Semiconductor Inc., taken private by a consortium of private-equity firms in December 2006 for about $28 billion, are trading at a 15.5% discount to their original value; Tribune Co., which was taken private in April by investor Sam Zell for $8.2 billion, issued loans now trading a 26% discount.

Apparently, the corporate bond market is in upheaval. Think about that for a minute: Bonds taken out to do a buyout for a perfectly viable company are trading at a 15.5% discount... The reason (if the article is to be believed) is that is the percieved default rate... You be the judge, bubba. I wish I had spare capital, I'd be all over this shit like white on rice.