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jinushaun
10:33 AM

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VFF's are awesome and great for people where traditional shoes cause back pain.
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lostarchitect
09:42 AM

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Probably a dumb question, but can I somehow convert this VMware file to work with parallels, or should I just compile the damn thing?
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Vroomtrap
10:49 AM

@lostarchitect: Paralles converts VMware and Virtual box files natively.
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lostarchitect
11:36 AM

@Vroomtrap: Great, thanks!
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PN - gooapplesoft
05:50 AM

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I get the feeling that as soon as this os gets polished up it will have a very good market in the netbook/smartbook department.
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Coolmodo
05:26 AM

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What is there not to get about cloud computing? Whether you like it or need it is of course, another topic.

Personally I don't see a need for cloud computing since I use a remote desktop connection and have access to all my apps and data from outside the home.

I also prefer to have all my data on my own hard disks.

(I don't use online email for anything serious, I don't use online photo or data sharing services, I don't social networks.)

I also prefer to minimize the ability of big business to monitor my habits (yes I know I can't eliminate data mining about me completely).

By moving fully to cloud computing you are laying your entire method of working, socializing, buying and communicating bare.

You are basically increasing the ability of corporations to analyse you even more than with "traditional" computing, because you are basically uploading just about everything to their servers.

So while cloud computing may have it's benefits, I think it should not be made to kill traditional computing.
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ccoady
08:37 AM

@Coolmodo: I approve this message. I also prefer having my stuff sans-cloud. (except for gmail)
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blash
01:33 AM

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Runs abominably slow in VMWare for me. Probably just my host machine though.

What they have right now is very rough and basic - essentially just a Chrome browser for Linux - but I can see what they want to do and it's very promising.
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Platypus Man
01:17 AM

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Those shoes are ugly as crap. I've never heard of them before just now, and what I've found says that they're awesome, but they're still really ugly...
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suland
01:49 AM

@Platypus Man: These shoes have point - travelling and hiking. Best shoes for rock-climbing.
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tande04
02:09 AM

@suland: Hmmm they would be good for rock climbing. I was scoffing at the price tag originally but I've definitely spent more on climbing shoes before... Interesting.
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psychiccheese: You're awesome (
09:10 AM

@tande04: I've been told they're mostly great, but horrible for climbing. The reasoning was that with climbing shoes, when you use your toes, the weight will spread out over all your toes and your feet, whereas if you use VFFs, one toe will have to support your entire weight.
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tande04
09:12 AM

@psychiccheese: You're awesome (: Makes sense too.

#tips
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The Lab
01:05 AM

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The Vibram Five Finger shoe is pretty popular with "barefoot" runners. I've thought about picking up a pair but the shoe is just so inherently shameful I couldn't even imagine wearing them while running past strangers. East coast gets guidos with Ed Hardy gear, the West gets webtwats with chimptoes. Seems fair, I guess.
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tande04
01:07 AM

@The Lab: The linking article has a great quote in it:
"They definitely make you look like a freak. However, I suspect the sting of scorn and ridicule is dampened a bit by the fact that the man has billions and billions of dollars. In my case, people just laugh at me when I run and I cry. The sweat hides the tears."
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The Lab
01:18 AM

@tande04: That's great, I just went and RTFA because of that quote.
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
01:04 AM

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For all those suspicious of the torrent, Lifehacker explained better how this VMWare image was possible:
[lifehacker.com]
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phunnyballs
12:55 AM

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Its the god shoe!
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Kaiser-Machead
01:35 AM

@phunnyballs: LOL! Memories!
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blash
12:54 AM

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Yes, because a high-up in a company using his company's own product is so out of the ordinary these days.
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tande04
01:01 AM

@blash: Its not really but at the same time the fact that its just a consumer phone is kinda interesting.

On the one hand you get into a whole argument about it being "their" product which I won't get into. On the other hand when you look at the high ups in the phone companies they're sporting unreleased tech. Like when HTC's CEO got his touch pro2 swiped or how Jobs was running around with an iPhone before anyone else or when VZW first announced that android was coming and people noticed he was actually carrying the unreleased (and still unannounced at the time) droid.

With all of the upcoming android phones and the persistent and recurring rumors of a true google phone its interesting just because its so not interesting.
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blash
01:32 AM

@tande04: So in other words, Google is becoming Apple-type secretive? You don't say...
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tande04
01:34 AM

@blash: No actually I said the opposite since I mentioned Steve always playing with his pre-release iPhone. ;)

Really its not a google top secret thing. Its a "its good to be the king" thing. If one of the perks of being President of Google is that you get to play with hot new handsets it is odd to have a consumer piece of tech. I'm sure he'd be smart enough not to be checking his e-mail on it but even if he did what would really happen?

The blogs would say "Google President Seen Playing With Unidentified Device" then we'd all argue if it was the "real google phone", one of HTC's upcoming handsets like the dragon or what not, or if it was something we haven't seen at all yet. Google's "secrecy" would be intact and there would be a few more Google hits over a product that we've already heard about anyways.
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Kaiser-Machead
12:32 AM

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blash
12:56 AM

@Kaiser-Machead: Fortunately, I can run it in a sandbox. Your trap just got smashed *tee hee*.

(I <3 the poster though)
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SWC Oxcart
01:11 AM

@Kaiser-Machead: it has to be fake; your taste buds could never repel an actual OS of this magnitude.
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qbrad
02:01 AM

@SWC Oxcart: Big mistakey?
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blash
12:30 AM

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Rapidshare links pretty please?
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Louis.
12:33 AM

@blash: It's available for download on gdgt. Not sure if you need an account, but what the hell:

[gdgt.com]
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blash
12:51 AM

@Louis.: Thanks, that's good enough. University doesn't like torrents unfortunately :(
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Platypus Man
12:12 AM

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I don't use a netbook, but if I did, I feel like I would rather just use a small and netbook-designed Linux distro that still worked like a traditional OS than this thing. OK, so this boots lightning-fast, but how often are those few seconds going to make a difference, especially considering that, in Chrome's case, you'll still have to wait on your internet connection to actually do anything.
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Yuri Dambyotch
12:56 AM

@Platypus Man: Dell mini 9....Windows 7....yadadamean. 7of9, going to go get a Jeri Ryan wallpaper now. I have 1% boot times as my 9 sleeps 99% of the time when I'm not using it.
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Platypus Man
01:13 AM

@Yuri Dambyotch: Can't argue with Jeri Ryan!

But yeah, with what I've heard with netbooks running Windows 7 well (which I think is what you're saying?), you have another good, normal-OS option that seems to make this Chrome OS make even less sense.
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fleebailey33
11/19/09

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so this is why microsoft never used web standerds, its been a long plot to thrawt google os!
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
11/19/09

In reply to Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS
So, what benefit does this bring over running Chrome on top of a full-featured OS?
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