I seem to have a vague memory that this is not the first time GoDaddy did something that upset the general public into taking their business elsewhere.
It looks like GoDaddy qualified with only a few days to spare to be on the list of "Corporate Miscalculations Of 2011" along with Netflix and Bank Of America.
As far stupidity goes......or even violence, I suggest you read your own history. I will gladly put up the little over 200 years of U.S. history against the best 200 years Germany or any country in Europe has. Our TEA party looks like a collection of Oxford scholars compared to what you people believed and did in the Middle Ages.
Before you call Americans stupid you should read a book........like a history book. A little over 70 years ago the German people were stupid enough to **VOTE** in Adolf Hitler, and follow him down his ruinous path.
I've seen many status symbols come and go. I don't think smart phones are status symbols, though they are expensive and do not make financial sense. I think they are the latest must have toys for many people.
The original author made some good points about how smart phones don't make any sense from a purely financial and rational perspective. For most people they are toys.
Other people have made some interesting points for reasons to have one.
You can say "just don't pick up" or "just don't set up the corporate email" but when you have the capability there is a natural tendency to use it. More important, there is a natural tendency for other people (business or personal) to develop expectations based upon your capability. The boss sees you with a smartphone, he assumes you're always on duty. Because he can. Because YOU can.
I don't tell people I have a cell phone or a Facebook page just to avoid those kinds of situations. I could do the same with smart phone. I will not parade it around at work and if asked I will tell work related people that I don't have one.
I agree with you.
I have a friends, who I have told repeatedly that while I have a cell phone it is turned off 24/7, waiting for me in the glove compartment of my car in rare cases when I need it, try to contact me through that phone, repeatedly and get pissed at me that they couldn't.
It's your phone. Don't want calls? Don't pick up. Don't want corporate email? Don't even set it up. Don't like to ever be bothered? Only turn it on when you want to use it. I can see situations where a person has no need for the features of a smartphone, or doesn't want the expense... but I don't understand this particular philosophy-- especially if you could use and appreciate the smartphone features for yourself, but don't because you would feel compelled to answer every call from your office.
Its called being compulsive.
Many people don't have candy dishes on their desks for the same reason.
I agree with you otherwise. I have a cell phone and a Facebook page. I don't feel the need to tell everyone that I have these things. It cuts down on the problematic aspects of having both.
I wonder if the anti-smart phone as an unneeded expensive expense people are people with IT careers that have peaked or not.
Are these people cutting edge IT folk still gaining standing in their tech careers or are they older people whose careers have plateaued, at least as far as their technology learning goes?
I mean absolutely no disrespect.
I am an older IT professional ( > 20 years old ) myself. I also think, from a purely rational and financial perspective smart phones are a bad idea.
That is, from a rational & financial perspective.....purely.
A few years ago I noticed my attitudes gravitating toward the conservative/anti-innovation side of things. I was becoming old in my thinking.
I've been working on my attitude since then.
I've been thinking about getting an android. Not to feel a need, but to avoid becoming the old crank who lives slightly out of the loop with everyone else, going on about how he doesn't need email, phones or cars. After all the pony express still delivers letters.
I remember those people from my youth and my vanity will not let me become one of them.
I grew up watching Star Trek and being a sci-fi fan, so I was kind of shocked when I noticed myself not running with technological change.
I didn't get a cellphone until I could get prepaid, pay as you go plans. I'm on a computer all day at work and often in during the weeknight when I home. I don't need a smart phone. I would LIKE to have one, but not at the draconian costs the current plans have.
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Kudos to the Sea Shephard Society!
I didn't see any masks on the workers.
It is hard to believe that process didn't produce any airborne toxins.
It is also hard to believe that the water added to the crushed lights to make a sludge for processing isn't polluting something somewhere.
I seem to have a vague memory that this is not the first time GoDaddy did something that upset the general public into taking their business elsewhere.
Anyone remember what happened last time?
Old news. This article states that Go Daddy has lost 37,000 domains in protest
http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/24/godaddy-domain-loss/
It looks like GoDaddy qualified with only a few days to spare to be on the list of "Corporate Miscalculations Of 2011" along with Netflix and Bank Of America.
I think this is the second time GoDaddy has lost customers over something obnoxious they did. Anyone remember what the first time was?
Only 33%?
Our TEA party probably isn't even a fraction of a single percent of our population
As far stupidity goes......or even violence, I suggest you read your own history. I will gladly put up the little over 200 years of U.S. history against the best 200 years Germany or any country in Europe has. Our TEA party looks like a collection of Oxford scholars compared to what you people believed and did in the Middle Ages.
Before you call Americans stupid you should read a book........like a history book. A little over 70 years ago the German people were stupid enough to **VOTE** in Adolf Hitler, and follow him down his ruinous path.
Sorry about the cheating wife. Maybe it could have worked if you paid more attention to her and less time shopping around for hosting :)
They would have to catch me first.
I've heard too many stories where saving email saved someone's ass from a boss/corporation.
If a company I worked implemented that I would find a discrete way to save my email off of my computer.
Are you accepting American immigrants?
because Carrier IQ software is embedded in phones that use the Android OS?
I don't think deciding not to pay for something expensive that doesn't fulfill a need or a strong desire is a dumb argument.
It sounds like you didn't like his opinion, didn't have a rejoinder for it and decided to insult him instead.
Magazines are so 20th century dude.
I've seen many status symbols come and go. I don't think smart phones are status symbols, though they are expensive and do not make financial sense. I think they are the latest must have toys for many people.
That is such a good point that I am glad you posted.
I don't see things as dividing up like that though. The Mr. Brady's with fros were being something they are not.
I see it as having an attitude open to change & innovation......and as deciding to be pointed to the future instead of being pointed to the past.
Read ecogeek.com there are already charging stations similar to gas stations that charge electric cars in about 15 min.
It isn't pointless.
The original author made some good points about how smart phones don't make any sense from a purely financial and rational perspective. For most people they are toys.
Other people have made some interesting points for reasons to have one.
You can say "just don't pick up" or "just don't set up the corporate email" but when you have the capability there is a natural tendency to use it. More important, there is a natural tendency for other people (business or personal) to develop expectations based upon your capability. The boss sees you with a smartphone, he assumes you're always on duty. Because he can. Because YOU can.
I don't tell people I have a cell phone or a Facebook page just to avoid those kinds of situations. I could do the same with smart phone. I will not parade it around at work and if asked I will tell work related people that I don't have one.
I agree with you.
I have a friends, who I have told repeatedly that while I have a cell phone it is turned off 24/7, waiting for me in the glove compartment of my car in rare cases when I need it, try to contact me through that phone, repeatedly and get pissed at me that they couldn't.
It's your phone. Don't want calls? Don't pick up. Don't want corporate email? Don't even set it up. Don't like to ever be bothered? Only turn it on when you want to use it. I can see situations where a person has no need for the features of a smartphone, or doesn't want the expense... but I don't understand this particular philosophy-- especially if you could use and appreciate the smartphone features for yourself, but don't because you would feel compelled to answer every call from your office.
Its called being compulsive.
Many people don't have candy dishes on their desks for the same reason.
I agree with you otherwise. I have a cell phone and a Facebook page. I don't feel the need to tell everyone that I have these things. It cuts down on the problematic aspects of having both.
Wake me up when Tesla motors makes something all electric, under 30K and is practical for apartment dwellers.
I wonder if the anti-smart phone as an unneeded expensive expense people are people with IT careers that have peaked or not.
Are these people cutting edge IT folk still gaining standing in their tech careers or are they older people whose careers have plateaued, at least as far as their technology learning goes?
I mean absolutely no disrespect.
I am an older IT professional ( > 20 years old ) myself. I also think, from a purely rational and financial perspective smart phones are a bad idea.
That is, from a rational & financial perspective.....purely.
A few years ago I noticed my attitudes gravitating toward the conservative/anti-innovation side of things. I was becoming old in my thinking.
I've been working on my attitude since then.
I've been thinking about getting an android. Not to feel a need, but to avoid becoming the old crank who lives slightly out of the loop with everyone else, going on about how he doesn't need email, phones or cars. After all the pony express still delivers letters.
I remember those people from my youth and my vanity will not let me become one of them.
I grew up watching Star Trek and being a sci-fi fan, so I was kind of shocked when I noticed myself not running with technological change.
I thought and lived like that for many years.
Then I got a cheap dumb phone to leave in the glove compartment of my car.
It enabled me to call for roadside assistance when my car broke down ( try finding a pay phone these days ).
It is great to carry around when I am meeting someone somewhere. They can contact me if they are going to be late.
It is great if I get lost, I can easily call for help.
I've been on your page.
I didn't get a cellphone until I could get prepaid, pay as you go plans. I'm on a computer all day at work and often in during the weeknight when I home. I don't need a smart phone. I would LIKE to have one, but not at the draconian costs the current plans have.