[OT] Blackberry (Was: 'Tone of the list' discussion)

[marc]

Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu) said:

> christopher.lemire at gmail.com schreef:
> 
>> P.s. Excuse my top post. I tried to bottom post, but the blackberry
>> curve smartphone's email client would not allow me to bottom post.
>> 
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> 
> You don't *have* to send email from your BlackBerry. There is really no
> emergency on this mailing list that forces you to reply without delay.
> You could just wait a few hours until you are back at the office or back
> home, and send your email from your regular computer, in all comfort.
> 
> Really, you should use your BlackBerry for what it's designed: for
> managers that *really* need to stay in touch with their office. Every
> other usage is just a "pimp my belt" toy. Sure it's cool to work with a
> BlackBerry in public, people who see you with "the shiney" think that
> you must be someone important. I'm not saying that you aren't, but this
> mailing list surely isn't. Really. Come on, be honest. It's just a
> mailing list for Linux support. Get over it, nobody will die if you wait
> a few hours.

Hey! Someone say shiny! Where? Ooh!

I watched the Ricky Gervais film, Ghost Town last might, 7/10-ish. The 
main dead guy, never let go of his Blackberry and was always fiddling 
with it - as they do, y'know. When (the living) Ricky asked him whether 
he ever got a signal, he replied, "Not yet, but I keep trying".

You would have enjoyed that touch Amedee.

-- 
Best,
Marc (who prefers his Nokia E61, which is very shiny)

"Big change requires small steps."