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They’re not going to just walk in

Ed Colligan, Palm CEO, 2007:

We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.

Chris Moseley, Samsung AV Product  Manager, 2012:

We’ve not seen what they’ve done but what we can say is that they don’t have 10,000 people in R&D in the vision category. [...] So, from that perspective, it’s not a great concern but it remains to be seen what they’re going to come out with, if anything.

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The Patients Are Running the Asylum

Roger Martin, RIM Director:

I laugh at the vast majority of critics when they say ‘Oh, you should have made this CEO transition, like, four years ago.’ Yeah, right – like, to who?

So we’re supposed to hand it over to children, or morons from the outside who will destroy the company?

He’s right. The customers can’t get it in their heads that Blackberry devices are perfect. And the investors … well, they’re all morons.

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Half-assed genius reporting

Jonathan Geller, explaining “Why the iPhone is worse than a BlackBerry”:

I might want my phone to vibrate for almost all alerts, and sometimes I want my phone ring as well. Sometimes I want everything to be on silent and have my phone ring only if it’s a certain person calling or messaging me. I just want more control over how my phone acts in this respect — it’s something that is half-assed in its current state.

That explains why all stores are running out of Blackberry devices.

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Năstase seven houses

The Economist:

Mr Năstase was raised in the communist school of politics, and it showed. During his time in office state-run television and radio stations were obliged to follow a pro-governmental line. Newspapers that printed incriminating stories found their entire circulation had been bought up before they hit the news-stands. Mr Năstase took part in huge hunting sprees that rivalled any of Ceauşescu’s, and his two wives were both from the communist nomenklatura.

Mr Năstase’s truculence in the face of opposition was legendary. When asked about the significant wealth that he accumulated during his time in office, he invited his detractors to count his balls instead.

Asta ca sa isi aduca aminte si astia care fac acum #revolutie si striga in gura mare ca traiesc in dictatura.

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The bizarro-Motorola

MG Siegler:

In order to acquire such a company at the market price Google sets, it would take something like $14 trillion.

Via parislemon

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The Forgotten Man

Abraham Lincoln (in a Reddit WTF comment)

 I never posed for this portrait – and I’m a lot taller than that dick head Andrew Jackson


Artist’s site / Reddit WTF

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The ‘best-treated minority’? Think again

Minority language spending by province

Don MacPherson:

The results put Quebec in a tie for second-last place in the cost per provincial resident – and dead last in the benefit per minority member. Even “redneck” Alberta spends more per resident and more per minority member than does our “generous” province. Ontario spends seven times as much as Quebec per resident, and 14 times as much per minority member.

Montreal Gazette, via No Dogs or Anglophones

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EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration

The Telegraph:

EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact. [...]

Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month.

Another example of all the wrong things about EU. And taxpayers’ money well spent.

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It feels like work

Marco Arment:

I expected the Kindle Fire to be a compelling iPad alternative, but I can’t call it delightful, fun, or pleasant to use. Quite the opposite, actually: using the Fire is frustrating and unpleasant, and it feels like work.

How many of the best selling Kindle Fire are going to be sent back after 1 week? So far I couldn’t find a review that would make me think again before clicking the “Buy” button on Apple’s site.

Full review here

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Let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone

Clint Eastwood:

Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone. These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don’t give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making a deal out of.

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