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Category: rants
HERE Maps – FAIL
Just like the lousy new Apple maps, this highly touted app (HERE, by Nokia) has failed my litmus test – including the street that I work on.
Now granted it is street in a smallish place, but it has been “here” for at least 4-5 years.
Google maps has had it since it became a street.
Why can’t you?
Now I don’t trust you in other places.
Tim Thomas Removes All Doubt
“It’s better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open’s one mouth and remove all doubt.”
– Quote attributed to both Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln.
Thomas statement on White House absence
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=613279
Tim Thomas put himself above team
Bruins goalie picked inappropriate time, venue to make personal statement
http://espn.go.com/boston/nhl/story/_/id/7495441/tim-thomas-picked-wrong-time-make-statement
Tim Thomas told: ‘Stick to hockey’
Slammed for Obama snub
http://bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view/20220124thomas_told_stick_to_hockey_slammed_for_obama_snub/
Tim Thomas wrong to skip White House trip
Goaltender should have put team above individual concerns
http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/01/24/thomas-absence-left-bruins-shorthanded/0IZldFXHIvciMSfbNnkBfL/story.html
On Twitter:
Yahoo’s Ryan Lambert: btw congrats to tim thomas for making a pouty political decision and distracting from what should’ve been a memorable day for his teammates
Former NHL general manager Craig Button: Certain that Tim Thomas has team mates that don’t share his political or ideological beliefs. Will he not show up for games because of that?
Damien Cox: Gotta say, really quite disappointing to learn Tim Thomas is, well, apparently a crackpot. This sure adds an element to all-star weekend.
Airlines are not very good at math, are they?
Dopey United. I arrived early and they wanted to charge me $75 to get on an earlier flight that had space. So I read the paper for 45 minutes instead. Now they are offering me $400 not get onto my overbooked flight. Not very good at math, are they?
Dumbest Quote EVER About a Business (Apple, in this case)
This in a New York Times article today called Apple Races to Keep Ahead of Rivals:
“If they start making products people don’t want, and start losing users, then Apple’s strategy will run into problems,” said Benjamin Reitzes, an analyst at Barclays Capital. “If they continue to have an aura where their products are seen as defining the marketplace, they are going to be fine.
Has there ever been a business whose strategy was to “start making products people don’t want, and start losing users” ?
Why in the world did they quote that clown?