Dear judge spen cer: now that the sup ct has refsed crt on the RIM patetn suit it will be up to youto stop thjs scourge on manknd. I know that you r a good judge as i have been to your courtroom many tmes (As lawyer not adefendment). I know you temper when lawyerssay stupid thngs in your courtrrom too. But now i must beg you to somehw findthat blackberrys should getturned off 4ever. Please do thiss for me and my poor fingrs. Thx you. spd rdrThis message sent from a wireless handheld device.
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Guilty as I charged. It didn't take long after getting my BB to be among the millions of ubiquitous mainliners. I get such a kick taking the shuttle shuttle to DC and watching my fellow business travellers as we wait for that magical moment when the flight attendant announces "you may now use your electronic devices." It's as if 200 restless schoolkids have just been told it's "time for recess" when in fact we're reaching for our electronic leashes! Yes indeed, 42 minutes in the air can be a very long time off leash:)
If Blackberrys go black (online wagers are giving 2-1 odds that BB will be shut down in the next three months...gulp, I suspect there will be a huge hush in the air, nervous thumbs will fidget, but then birds will sing...and there'll be a mad run on the Palm Treo, et seq.
RIM's recent comment that: “RIM’s legal arguments for the District Court remain strong and our software workaround designs [say what?] remain a solid contingency” may offer some hope...if not an annuity for several dozen IP attorneys.
But what's with the exemption for federal employees, and how do we get on that list?
I don't want to be on that list! I want this albatross removed from my neck! It was only a few years ago that I could actually take time away from my work. Not anymore. Enough!
OK. No exemption for you, although I suspect giving up smoking may be easier.
From today's WSJ: Larry Engel, a partner at White & Case in San Francisco, says his BlackBerry actually alleviates marital tension by allowing him to secretly check his email and get work done during vacations with his wife. "BlackBerrys are very easy to conceal in your palm," he says. A shutdown would blow his cover, since he'd have to break out a laptop at the beach.
See BBs are not without merit... just ask Mrs. Engel.
The man needs to get a life.
I agree with spd.
Until a few months ago, the spousal unit was a complete Luddite. He (and I) didn't turn on our cell phones and refused to give out the numbers to any but a trusted few. Our POV was that if you are driving or out, the last thing on earth you need to do is receive phone calls - or make them.
Now our kids call us (one of the few who have our #, and that's OK). And that (*&^ blackberry goes everywhere we go. Hockey games, to the store... To be fair, that's not his fault - it's a job requirement that he be available 24/7. But the day that contraption comes into bed with us will be a day old Semper Spry bitterly regrets :)
And vacations are vacations. No phones, no computers, no email. Just sand, sun, and endless rivers of frozen concoctions that help you hang on.
Vacation, free time, blah blah blah. Yeah, sure. Today, a big income means always being just a tingly, strange but alarmingly satisfying little vibration away.
KJ, you're depressing me.
BlackBerrys, blogs its another take on IAD A buddy sent me this test stolen from kind used for signs of alcoholic. nearly all of them applied to me,
Is blogging a necessary part of your daily routine? Check.
Do you become grumpy and irritable if your blog is taken away from you? Check.
If you begin blogging just a little bit, do you find it hard to stop? Check.
Do you find yourself growing distant from friends who disapprove of your blogging habit Big check.
Do you find yourself needing to blog more to get the same "fix"? Check.
When you meet a new person or enter a new room, do you think of blogging? No. (but I do wonder what her blog looks like--just don't tell the missus. )
Does your blog habit sometimes get in the way of leading a "normal" life? Check.
(Do you blog to make yourself feel better when sad or lonely? Check.
My wife says i need a 12step program, a week here. http://bloganonrehab.blogspot.com/2004/06/blogaholics-anonymous-blog.html. I told her ok if but only if i can bring my blackberery.
Doesn't sound good anon:)
Heh. "My name is Bruce, and I am a blogger."
Is that link to the blog rehab center in Vermont a goof or for real? It's look pretty nice:) I wonder if you have to have a blog to go?
Today, a big income means always being just a tingly, strange but alarmingly satisfying little vibration away
My husband threatens to spank me when I call 'it' his vibrator... heh.
My husband threatens to spank me when I call "it" his vibrator...
And the bad news?
:)
I remember a time when.....
No...I don't...
Sorry.
Huh? You can remember pastrami sanwiches on 2nd Ave. and Marbury v. Madison but you can't remember....
Um, maybe you should try carrying two blackberrys.
*running away faster than the speed of light, or at least as fast as I can at this hour...and without a car*
Translation: he remembers everything up to the point where his crackberry went off somewhere in the vicinity of ground Zero, at which point everything became rather fuzzy....
*I'll meet you at the pre-arranged undisclosed location Portia - hopefully he can't run too fast*
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