Comments on: Random Conversations

By: lolol.

lolol. — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:00:53 +0000

Well, I received this phone call once:

me: hello?
recorded computerized feminine voice: DO NOT HANG UP. WE ARE WITH THE ASSOCIATION to RESTORE MORALS AND VALUES-
me: WHAT?! i dont need my morals and sh** restored!
-dialtone-
me: hello?

i thought it was a prank call but it was a very computerized sounding voice. and the phone number was an 800 number i think. it offended and disturbed me.

By: KevinM

KevinM — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:44:34 +0000

I’ve been critical of Apple’s closed-source ways, but I’m a huge fan of the iPod touch. (Naturally, the iPhone is very very similar.) Right now there isn’t a GOOD open competitor. They either lack a quality interface (interface is key) or there is just not a wide enough selection of software! There’s a ton of good stuff on the App Store, and of course there was (and probably will be again) the Jailbreak option… And that was very open.

So Hemant, go ahead and get the iPhone. Or don’t be locked into it for two years and get an iPod Touch and a cheap phone.

By: llewelly

llewelly — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:03:51 +0000

Ngeli has it right. The iphone may be a neat piece of technology, but it is also a dirty rotten attempt to take a way rights we all deserve.

By: David D.G.

David D.G. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:28:30 +0000

Dude: [quietly] Come back to us…? [*click*]

Breakups are so filled with emotional drama, especially when the one getting dumped just can't stand to let go. ;^D ~David D.G.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:53:04 +0000

recently at a party talking to a woman and her boyfriend about astrology:

Woman: (to me) what are you?
Me: I’m a human.
Boyfriend: Great answer!
Woman: NO!! What you’re sign?
Me: Sorry, I’m into reality based thinking.
Boyfriend: Thank you!
Woman: NOOO!!! Ok, what’s your birthday.
Me: October 29.
Woman: You’re a scorpio.
Me: I believe you.

By: TXatheist

TXatheist — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:29:34 +0000

Mine wasn’t a date but an airplane ride. A well-educated guy sitting next to me said his wife could tell me my past so I offered to call her when we landed .I was polite but told him that is bunk and until she could tell me my history I didn’t think she was anything more than cold-reader like John Edwards. When I got off the plane he just looked at me and kept walking so I let it go.

By: TXatheist

TXatheist — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:24 +0000

I like the iphone but hate the $30 extra a month idea so I’m holding off. Wife has the original one and it’s $20 a month extra. Apple does what it does restriction wise to keep their grasp of what happens to their technology. Toyota will let Nissan use the hybrid technology at a price similarly.

By: Ngeli

Ngeli — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:57 +0000

I am not a hater, I am against iPhones because I like free software and free standards! When MS and apple do something in that respect, I like it.

By: Transplanted Lawyer

Transplanted Lawyer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:45:04 +0000

Hemant, that was poorly played.

Date (F): I’m a psychic.
Atheist (M): [Double-takes] You’re kidding.
Date: No, I’m not. Let me touch your hand to see what you’re thinking. [Touches atheist's hand]
Atheist: [Smiles bemusedly]
Date: You’re having a wonderful time!
Atheist: I am. Did you feel the connection too? It was kind of like electricity!
Date: Yes, yes! That’s what it feels like!
Atheist: [Closes the deal later that night, subsequently fails to return date's calls]

Alternatively, it could go like this:

Date (M): I”m a psychic.
Atheist (F): Get out. Now. Never call me again.

By: Darwin's Dagger

Darwin's Dagger — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:41:48 +0000

I like my iPhone too. Some people just hate Apple the way others hate Microsoft, only with not as many good reasons. Still, it doens’t hurt to comparison shop and see what the competition has to offer.