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Yet another application tapping into the "cloud" market.
Stoic Joker:
Okay hating technology was a bit broad, maybe it more just the (down the marketing toilet) direction it's going these days. I like computers, and still enjoy working on/with them, but... The whole cell phone/PDA/Epal dependency just irks the hell outa me. Why is it that all of a sudden nobody is allowed to be considered Kewl unless they've got enough electronic gizmos strapped on that they could pass for :)ing Batman? I-just-don't-get-it...and I'm not sure I want to.
Why the hell do we suddenly seem to need to be entertained/directed/informed/connected every second of every waking minute? Are we that afraid of being lonely? Boredom wasn't really fatal...last time I checked.
superboyac:
Okay hating technology was a bit broad, maybe it more just the (down the marketing toilet) direction it's going these days. I like computers, and still enjoy working on/with them, but... The whole cell phone/PDA/Epal dependency just irks the hell outa me. Why is it that all of a sudden nobody is allowed to be considered Kewl unless they've got enough electronic gizmos strapped on that they could pass for :)ing Batman? I-just-don't-get-it...and I'm not sure I want to.
Why the hell do we suddenly seem to need to be entertained/directed/informed/connected every second of every waking minute? Are we that afraid of being lonely? Boredom wasn't really fatal...last time I checked.
-Stoic Joker (September 01, 2010, 09:10 AM)
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Haha, yes, I agree. I'm actually trying to go as minimalist as possible. Except (a big exception) for my home computer, that thing is a beast and does everything. But as far as cell phones and all those gadgets, I like them, I think they're fun and all, I just don't have a need for them which is why I've never purchased them yet. I hate to be one of those "good ol days" curmudgeons, but seriously, I think people are comically afraid of peacefulness...what you're calling boredom I'm calling peaceful times. People just have a hard time not doing anything and just thinking or relaxing. Just chill people! I went to a great jazz show the other day and one of my friends was constantly texting the whole time. Just couldn't keep his thumb off that iphone. I find a lot of people my age and younger are a little....spazzy. They always are looking to have fun. The irony is that they never find it even when they think they do. All I want is some peacefulness.
Stoic Joker:
I hate to be one of those "good ol days" curmudgeons, but seriously, I think people are comically afraid of peacefulness...what you're calling boredom I'm calling peaceful times. People just have a hard time not doing anything and just thinking or relaxing.-superboyac (September 01, 2010, 09:25 AM)
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Actually I used the term boredom to be sarcastic, so we are indeed on the same page there. And at 45 I've already resigned myself to becoming a curmudgeon as the inevitability has become rather clear. I'm Okay with it. :)
superboyac:
I hate to be one of those "good ol days" curmudgeons, but seriously, I think people are comically afraid of peacefulness...what you're calling boredom I'm calling peaceful times. People just have a hard time not doing anything and just thinking or relaxing.-superboyac (September 01, 2010, 09:25 AM)
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Actually I used the term boredom to be sarcastic, so we are indeed on the same page there. And at 45 I've already resigned myself to becoming a curmudgeon as the inevitability has become rather clear. I'm Okay with it. :)
-Stoic Joker (September 01, 2010, 10:18 AM)
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I know exactly what you mean. My nickname at my previous job was "funkiller".
superboyac:
OK, i'm going to start using dropbox. I've heard nothing but good things about it.
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although...I'd love to figure out how to set up my home computer to work like dropbox without actually using dropbox. In other words, I don't want to use their servers. Can I do a setup on XP using mapped drives or something like that? I'd need it to work over the internet somehow, but it needs to act like a regular folder, not an ftp site or anything like that.
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