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Re: Dave Winer — Two-Level Communities

Fred — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:12:42 -0000

Um... actually, I couldn't disagree more. If one goes through life judging one's quality of life based upon a percieved, implied or imagined superiority or speciality of others, one will live a life of unrequited jealousy and die feeling inadequate. Trust me, somebody somewhere is always more special than you are. I wish to live my life to the best of my ability. The fact that I fly from Calgary to Cancun coach while you fly First Class doesn't detract from the fact that we both deplane in Mexico. What I experience while I'm down there is up to me, and by the same token your experience is up to you. Even if we hook up for drinks and disco each of our experiences will be unique. Who gets to decide whose experience is secondary to the others? Who gets to define what secondary is? And as long as I enjoy my time, why should I bother comparing it to yours?

"A conference experience should not be substantively better because of who you are. If you arrive late, the overflow room should be just as acceptable as the front row."

See, that makes no sense either. Your logic is flawed -- the two sentences are unrelated. _Who_ you are has nothing to do with your ability to show up on time. If you can't be bothered to show up on time, why should I bother to make your experience as good as that of those who were polite enough to show up in a timely fashion? I've done Theatre, and if ticket holders shows up late, not only are they not guaranteed a seat, often they are not even guaranteed entrance, ticket or no ticket. So if you are forced to watch the event on a video monitor rather than being allowed into the conference hall it's your own fault for being tardy. Nothing to do with how special you are.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Contax’s i4R,

Fred — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:16:12 -0000

Kyocers's dumping the brand, to the dismay of many, as of Sept/05

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05041201conta...

Re: Google employee imagines iPod that can hold all videos

Fred — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:20:23 -0000

40 MB external to use with my Mac Plus (legacy data)
80 MB external to back up the 40 MB
Over 30 x 100 MB Zip carts (are they hard drives?)
NOTE: The above are all MEGABYTES, not Gigabytes!
1 GB HD in 7600 PPC used as Zip/floppy station
3 GB HD pulled from laptop, kept as static backup of bootable OS 9 to restore old laptops
6 GB HD pulled from tower, also bootable
30 GB HD pulled from laptop, in bus-powered external case, used to transfer video files
30 GB HD pulled from tower, bootable OS X
120 GB x 2 + 1 x 40 GB in G4 tower, awaiting redeployment to non-profit
MacPro Intel with 250 GB & 500 GB drives
External 500 GB for backup
External 350 GB for backup
External 250 GB for EyeTV PVR files
External 160 GB for iTunes server
Assorted small HDs in assorted 'retired' laptops

Hmm. I think I have too many drives, not counting the failed ones. Time to consolidate and hit the local recycling depot.

Re: For your night on the town: LED cufflinks

Fred — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:48:22 -0000

Picking up on the paper-clip aspect of the post, I went to a friend's wedding and brought the full regalia, including french cuffs. But I forgot my cufflinks. I had, however, brought a travel sewing kit that had thread, dressmaker pins and tiny buttons. So I manufactured a pair of cufflinks from beer caps (Big Rock Traditional Ale, if anyone cares), thread and buttons. While they took an intense 20 minutes in my hotel room to make, they turned out to be the hit of the wedding. (Well, other than the Happy Couple, of course.) Who knew so many beer drinkers went to weddings? And while, perhaps, they're not as cool as LED, they were very recycley.