Palm Pre (WebOS/Linux) - comp.os.linux.advocacy

Was at the pub for our clubs championship win, and saw this Brit using a phone that looked oddly familiar. What is it? A Palm Pre Plus, he says, and then he gets excited describing it to me, saying it's the best phone he's ever used, and he's a cell phone salesman. Compared it enthusiastically to the iPhone. So I pull out my Palm Pixi+ and show it to him, telling him I like it, too, and that you can get a Linux command line. Nice to see it in the wild. I hope HP can keep it alive. -- A small town that cannot support one lawyer can always support two.

On 03/09/10 19:35, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > Was at the pub for our clubs championship win, and saw this Brit using a > phone that looked oddly familiar. What is it? A Palm Pre Plus, he says, and > then he gets excited describing it to me, saying it's the best phone he's > ever used, and he's a cell phone salesman. Compared it enthusiastically to > the iPhone. > So I pull out my Palm Pixi+ and show it to him, telling him I like it, too, > and that you can get a Linux command line. > Nice to see it in the wild. I hope HP can keep it alive. It looks nice but, for me, the Nokia N900 is still the best.

White Spirit posted this message in ROT13 encoding: > On 03/09/10 19:35, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> Was at the pub for our clubs championship win, and saw this Brit using a >> phone that looked oddly familiar. What is it? A Palm Pre Plus, he says, and >> then he gets excited describing it to me, saying it's the best phone he's >> ever used, and he's a cell phone salesman. Compared it enthusiastically to >> the iPhone. > >> So I pull out my Palm Pixi+ and show it to him, telling him I like it, too, >> and that you can get a Linux command line. > >> Nice to see it in the wild. I hope HP can keep it alive. > > It looks nice but, for me, the Nokia N900 is still the best. My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, bash, ssh, and a couple games. Saw Bill Murray dressed up like a hot dog, too. -- The real reason psychology is hard is that psychologists are trying to do the impossible.

On 04/09/10 12:23, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. > Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I > spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, > bash, ssh, and a couple games. > Saw Bill Murray dressed up like a hot dog, too. Out of interest, why were you at a baseball game if you don't like it? I'm addicted to Angry Birds on my N900.

On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:23:32 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstrom@xzoozy.com> wrote: >My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. > >Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >bash, ssh, and a couple games. You must have looked like a freaking idiot playing with a phone during a baseball game. What a goober! -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Linux...Disappointing users for 19 years. Linux::It's free when your time has no value. See Liarmutt in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM

White Spirit posted this message in ROT13 encoding: > On 04/09/10 12:23, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. > >> Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >> spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >> bash, ssh, and a couple games. > >> Saw Bill Murray dressed up like a hot dog, too. > > Out of interest, why were you at a baseball game if you don't like it? 1. They were supposed to be honoring our local pro soccer club, the Charleston Battery, who won the USL-2 division (after self-relegation due to a partial league breakup and to save on onerous travel expenses.) 2. Spousal request to meet up with friends. 3. At least I got to eat a couple great hot dogs and have a couple Ranger IPAs. 4. It's only once or twice a year. > I'm addicted to Angry Birds on my N900. Oh, I never mentioned what happened when the Battery played the Bolton Wanderers (July 14). Bolton was obviously much bigger and stronger, and had more technique than our players. But the Battery played pretty tough. They ended up losing 2-nil, which was about what I expected to happen. It was very nice to see an EPL team up close. -- <Joy> wow... simple maths show that Debian developers have closed more than *31* *thousand* bug reports since our BTS exists! <Joy> that is about 30999 more than Microsoft ;)

On 9/4/2010 11:29 AM, Moshe Goldfarb wrote: > On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:23:32 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom > <ahlstrom@xzoozy.com> wrote: > > >> My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. >> >> Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >> spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >> bash, ssh, and a couple games. > > You must have looked like a freaking idiot playing with a phone during > a baseball game. > > What a goober! LMAO! Local hero ball player is smashing a 3-run homer, and while the crowd stands and cheers Linosuck stays in his seat looking down at his phone playing World of Goo.

On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:40:45 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote: >On 9/4/2010 11:29 AM, Moshe Goldfarb wrote: >> On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:23:32 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom >> <ahlstrom@xzoozy.com> wrote: >> >> >>> My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. >>> >>> Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >>> spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >>> bash, ssh, and a couple games. >> >> You must have looked like a freaking idiot playing with a phone during >> a baseball game. >> >> What a goober! > >LMAO! > >Local hero ball player is smashing a 3-run homer, and while the crowd >stands and cheers Linosuck stays in his seat looking down at his phone >playing World of Goo. Haha! I wonder if Liarmutt's wife has to have him on a leash so he doesn't run out on the field and start fetching the ball. -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Linux...Disappointing users for 19 years. Linux::It's free when your time has no value. See Liarmutt in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM

Moshe Goldfarb <moshe_golfarb@yahoo.com> writes: > On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:23:32 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom > <ahlstrom@xzoozy.com> wrote: > >>My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. >> >>Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >>spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >>bash, ssh, and a couple games. > > You must have looked like a freaking idiot playing with a phone during > a baseball game. > > What a goober! Especially such a girly one. The "pixi" indeed ... Why doesn't he have an Android and give back to the Linux community? That's what I want to know.

Moshe Goldfarb <moshe_golfarb@yahoo.com> writes: > On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:40:45 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote: > >>On 9/4/2010 11:29 AM, Moshe Goldfarb wrote: >>> On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:23:32 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom >>> <ahlstrom@xzoozy.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. >>>> >>>> Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >>>> spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >>>> bash, ssh, and a couple games. >>> >>> You must have looked like a freaking idiot playing with a phone during >>> a baseball game. >>> >>> What a goober! >> >>LMAO! >> >>Local hero ball player is smashing a 3-run homer, and while the crowd >>stands and cheers Linosuck stays in his seat looking down at his phone >>playing World of Goo. > > Haha! > > I wonder if Liarmutt's wife has to have him on a leash so he doesn't > run out on the field and start fetching the ball. Bwahahahahahahahahahahah! Now that image of Liarsuck playing fetch is just too funny!

On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:01:17 +0200, Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote: >Moshe Goldfarb <moshe_golfarb@yahoo.com> writes: > >> On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:23:32 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom >> <ahlstrom@xzoozy.com> wrote: >> >>>My Pixi saved my ass at the RiverDogs (baseball) game last night. >>> >>>Baseball, though I loved it as a kid, now bores me to tears. So I >>>spent some time downloading free apps from Preware. Installed a terminal, >>>bash, ssh, and a couple games. >> >> You must have looked like a freaking idiot playing with a phone during >> a baseball game. >> >> What a goober! > >Especially such a girly one. The "pixi" indeed ... Liarmutt seems to like girly things. He drives a Yaris which is a very fem car. >Why doesn't he have an Android and give back to the Linux community? >That's what I want to know. Because he is a hypocrite like the rest of the Linux loons in COLA. -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Linux...Disappointing users for 19 years. Linux::It's free when your time has no value. See Liarmutt in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM

On 09/03/2010 02:35 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > Was at the pub for our clubs championship win, and saw this Brit using a > phone that looked oddly familiar. What is it? A Palm Pre Plus, he says, and > then he gets excited describing it to me, saying it's the best phone he's > ever used, and he's a cell phone salesman. Compared it enthusiastically to > the iPhone. > > So I pull out my Palm Pixi+ and show it to him, telling him I like it, too, > and that you can get a Linux command line. > > Nice to see it in the wild. I hope HP can keep it alive. Here iPhones are getting less popular than before. In the bus or train I see a lot of people using Sony Xperia and phones like that. Not too much iPhones.

Marious Barrier <marious.barrier@gmail.com> writes: > On 09/03/2010 02:35 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> Was at the pub for our clubs championship win, and saw this Brit using a >> phone that looked oddly familiar. What is it? A Palm Pre Plus, he says, and >> then he gets excited describing it to me, saying it's the best phone he's >> ever used, and he's a cell phone salesman. Compared it enthusiastically to >> the iPhone. >> >> So I pull out my Palm Pixi+ and show it to him, telling him I like it, too, >> and that you can get a Linux command line. >> >> Nice to see it in the wild. I hope HP can keep it alive. > > Here iPhones are getting less popular than before. In the bus or train I > see a lot of people using Sony Xperia and phones like that. Not too much > iPhones. I would query that. Here iPhones out number others by factors. The Android based phones might be gaining but iPhones are still selling and they had a hell of a head start.

On 2010-09-04, Marious Barrier <marious.barrier@gmail.com> claimed: > Here iPhones are getting less popular than before. In the bus or train I > see a lot of people using Sony Xperia and phones like that. Not too much > iPhones. In spite of all the hype, I have yet to see a single iPhone in the wild around here. I know there are some because I see people dumping them on Craig's List. But I haven't seen one in anyone's hand outside of a retailer's. I could probably remedy that if I ended up in some artsy place where guys with tiny clefts of chin hair hang out and look at each other, nodding approval all around, as they all sit with their iPhones, iPads, iPods, iBooks and iBrains, tapping and swiping in synchronous cadence, moving their fingers across screens and drinking what spewage passes for coffee in the chains where such people congregate. -- In /dev/null no one can hear you scream... Aspire One, Linux Mint 9 (LXDE) Friends don't let friends use Windows

Sinister Midget III <fardblossom@gmail.com> writes: > On 2010-09-04, Marious Barrier <marious.barrier@gmail.com> claimed: > >> Here iPhones are getting less popular than before. In the bus or train I >> see a lot of people using Sony Xperia and phones like that. Not too much >> iPhones. > > In spite of all the hype, I have yet to see a single iPhone in the wild > around here. I know there are some because I see people dumping them on > Craig's List. But I haven't seen one in anyone's hand outside of a > retailer's. LOL: And this Ladies And gentlemen is Gidget's "advocacy". NO ONE belies you Gidget. You're a liar and a fool if you think anyone believes you for a second. > > I could probably remedy that if I ended up in some artsy place where > guys with tiny clefts of chin hair hang out and look at each other, > nodding approval all around, as they all sit with their iPhones, iPads, > iPods, iBooks and iBrains, tapping and swiping in synchronous cadence, > moving their fingers across screens and drinking what spewage passes > for coffee in the chains where such people congregate. Or you stepped outside of your Mom's basement. But I suspect the light would burn your Gollum like skin.

On Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:02:22 -0500, Sinister Midget III <fardblossom@gmail.com> wrote: >In spite of all the hype, I have yet to see a single iPhone in the wild >around here. I know there are some because I see people dumping them on >Craig's List. But I haven't seen one in anyone's hand outside of a >retailer's. What a liar..... -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Linux...Disappointing users for 19 years. Linux::It's free when your time has no value. See Liarmutt in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM

On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:11:29 +0200, Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote: >Sinister Midget III <fardblossom@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 2010-09-04, Marious Barrier <marious.barrier@gmail.com> claimed: >> >>> Here iPhones are getting less popular than before. In the bus or train I >>> see a lot of people using Sony Xperia and phones like that. Not too much >>> iPhones. >> >> In spite of all the hype, I have yet to see a single iPhone in the wild >> around here. I know there are some because I see people dumping them on >> Craig's List. But I haven't seen one in anyone's hand outside of a >> retailer's. > >LOL: And this Ladies And gentlemen is Gidget's "advocacy". NO ONE belies >you Gidget. You're a liar and a fool if you think anyone believes you >for a second. > They LIE for LIEnux and in fact are compulsive liars in general. -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Linux...Disappointing users for 19 years. Linux::It's free when your time has no value. See Liarmutt in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazBzvQ0ZAM