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On 07/13/2010 11:43 AM, Larry Johnson wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Jim
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that was hysterical!!! <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:21 PM,
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<div>On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Aaron Ruscetta
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> iPhone vs HTC Evo Android<br>
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No, that was so true it was hilarious. I laughed till
I cried.<br>
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It's absolutely true (and hilarious). But phones aren't the worst
arena where the marketing stupidity kicks in. As a cyclist I
watch people become convinced that their weekend and evening
cycling (requires that they be equipped for the Tour De France.
About three years ago I did the MAAC's One Love Century (hundred
mile bike ride) and wound up partnering with a guy who spent the
last 20 miles of the ride trying to convince me that the reason I
was struggling was that my $1000 road bike was inadequate, and
that I should have a $5000 bike with a $400 wheelset like his. I
tried to explain as gently as I could, that no, it was because I
was (at that time) 57 years old, had already ridden 80 miles, and
the temperature had reached 103 degrees. I expected to struggle,
and having the latest in carbon fiber technology would only have
helped me marginally.<br>
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Larry<br>
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Years back, I had a strong interest in photography and even worked
in a camera store for a few months. We were constantly seeing
customers who wouldn't be satisfied unless they had the most
expensive camera. The same people wouldn't spend $40 on a
photography course that would teach them the basics of composing a
shot. In those years, the most creative pictures I saw were taken by
a hobbyist who was using a pinhole camera that scrolled strips of 10
in. film. He built the whole rig himself.<br>
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