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    Image of jinushaun jinushaun
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)
    VFF's are awesome and great for people where traditional shoes cause back pain.
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    Image of yule-and-bellow yule-and-bellow
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)
    I'm neutral about the shoes but I think the thing about the phone is a good point. However one could argue that if anyone would know the consequences of flashing a secret device it would be Google. I'm sure "VERIZON CEO SECRET PHONE?!?!?!?!?!?" was entered a few billion times on....Google, after that press shot with the Droid and Eris.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

    @yule-and-bellow: Which would be a bad thing for VZW why?
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    Image of yule-and-bellow yule-and-bellow
    11/20/09

    @tande04: I think I just got pwnd

    ...ok I just Googled it, I definitely did
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)

    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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    Image of suland suland
    11/20/09

    @Platypus Man: These shoes have point - travelling and hiking. Best shoes for rock-climbing.
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    tande04 promoted this comment suland was starred suland was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

    @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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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/20/09

    @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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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

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

    #tips
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)
    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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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

    @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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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/20/09

    @tande04: That's great, I just went and RTFA because of that quote.
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    Edited by The Lab at 11/20/09 1:19 AM The Lab was starred The Lab was unstarred
    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)

    Its the god shoe!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    @phunnyballs: LOL! Memories!
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    Image of blash blash
    11/20/09

    In reply to The Real Most Important News From the Google Chrome OS Event (Not)
    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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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

    @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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    Edited by tande04 at 11/20/09 1:05 AM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    11/20/09

    @tande04: So in other words, Google is becoming Apple-type secretive? You don't say...
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/20/09

    @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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    Edited by tande04 at 11/20/09 1:46 AM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Maximoisgood Maximoisgood
    10/22/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    speaking of eyebrows, my eyebrows are quite thick, is it now socially acceptable to trim them. I have been wondering of doing this but I am afraid I might be seen as a metrosexual kinda person. The reason I ask here, is because the theme came up, and you guys are like me, mostly geeky. #google
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    EBone promoted this comment Maximoisgood was starred Maximoisgood was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    10/22/09

    @Maximoisgood: Yes it is. #google
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    10/21/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    I have sort of the same issue. I can't sit still. I simply can't. My hands need to be doing something. I always end up fiddling with a rubber band or a wad of paper or something. If I don't, I just zone out and I end up not remembering what has transpired in the last hour or so.

    One time, during my job orientation, the instructor left these little rubber koosh-ball knock offs on each of the tables for people to fiddle with. I loved the thing. #google
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    10/22/09

    @Xagest: Mild fiddling is one thing. annoying, but marginally tolerable. To not even look at the guy during a meeting? That's clearly unacceptable.

    Once I was in a production meeting, and the VP was playing with her ring, spinning it on the table out of boredom, which made a lot of distracting noise. Of course, no one was going to call her on it. #google
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    Image of diesel828 diesel828
    10/21/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    "I said to Larry, ‘Is this boring?' "

    "No. This was just going to take a second, but you wouldn't believe how much lag this myTouch 3G has," Page said. #google
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/21/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    Fixed:

    "I said to Larry, ‘Is this boring?' "

    "What? I'm sorry I'm too busy being a douche. I always do this," Page said.

    "Well, you can't do this," Diller said. "Choose."

    "I own Google, so that automagically gives me the authority to do what I please." Page said matter-of-factly, not lifting his eyes from his handheld device, as he googled an efficient way to fix his eyebrows. #google
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    Image of ace731 ace731
    10/21/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: if you had more money than God would you care how your gums and eyebrows looked?

    didnt think so #google
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    @ace731: If you had more money than God, you'd think you'd get that shit fixed. #google
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/21/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    Jaws called. He wants his gums back. #google
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    10/21/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    What a fucking assclown.
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    Edited by Jesus Diaz at 10/21/09 10:25 PM Jesus Diaz was starred Jesus Diaz was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/21/09

    @Jesus Diaz: And his teeth freak me the hell out. #google
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    10/22/09

    @Jesus Diaz: And that was during the *early days* of Google. One can only estimate the sheer magnitude of his ego now, which would no doubt require n-dimensional log modeling, a PS3 distributed computing client, and a roomful of Ph.Ds. #google
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    Image of tnash tnash
    10/22/09

    @Jesus Diaz: Google: Don't be evil, but being a douchebag is fine. #google
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    10/22/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: They match his Ernie's eyebrows. #google
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    @Jesus Diaz: A little more to bridge the gap, and he'd be more of a Burt. #google
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    10/21/09

    In reply to Google Co-Founder's Lessons In Cellphone Etiquette
    Old man got PWNED! #google
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/22/09

    @appletoad: I know that's a ban-able phrase around these parts, but I concur with you statement in its entirety. #google
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    Image of MaNiFeX MaNiFeX
    10/22/09

    @EBone: You can get banhammered for saying old man... Uh oh! #google
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    Image of danallen82 danallen82
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    I use the Mighty Mouse everyday at work, and let me tell you...
    Pros: the scroll ball is great for just about everything.
    Cons: the 1 click, touch sensing is absolutely garbage.
    The squeeze feature is annoying and non-directional.
    The tracking is inaccurate, compared to any optical mouse.
    The mouse feet are sub par.
    The ball can get stuck.

    Overall, I'd go and strip the 360-ball and retrofit it to a nice Logitech G3 laser mouse for the ultimate mouse!
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    Image of pastrychef pastrychef
    10/09/09

    In reply to Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
    I love my Mighty Mouse. The only problem is when dirt gets in to the ball area. When that happens, I rip it apart and clean it.
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    Image of iamnotafish iamnotafish
    10/09/09

    @pastrychef: I shuddered when I read that comment, but that was because I missed the first sentence.
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