SF
I read the articles in hofo
I really wish it's in NYC

muchdrama said:

mingkee said:
EDGE will be here this year (some cities in CA is up and running)
no first generation UMTS, probably HSDPA or TD-WCDMA (Time Division-Wideband CDMA) in 2008-2009

Okay. Please verify which cities in California have EDGE up and running, 'cause I think you're full of ****.

Give it up, guy, it's acquired the status of urban legend and no amount of reality or truth is going to make people give it up--"everybody knows" trumps empirical evidence every time... Welcome to America, leave your brain at the door... 🙄

Aleq said:

muchdrama said:

mingkee said:
EDGE will be here this year (some cities in CA is up and running)
no first generation UMTS, probably HSDPA or TD-WCDMA (Time Division-Wideband CDMA) in 2008-2009

Okay. Please verify which cities in California have EDGE up and running, 'cause I think you're full of ****.

Give it up, guy, it's acquired the status of urban legend and no amount of reality or truth is going to make people give it up--"everybody knows" trumps empirical evidence every time... Welcome to America, leave your brain at the door... 🙄

Mingkee (or as I call him, Monkey) keeps bringing this total crap up time after time. If thi...
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Harlan Ellison wrote an essay on the subject of gullibility and "everyone knows," used an example of an acquaintance who insisted that California was going to solve a drought problem by towing icebergs from the Arctic--his description of himself waxing apoplectic over the ridiculousness of the entire concept is absolutely priceless. This is why I love the Straight Dope message boards--as soon as someone posts some morsel of tripe about fifty people leap out of the woodwork demanding a cite for the information. The chowderheads tend to migrate to more credulous climes and the intellectual atmosphere remains fairly unsullied over there... The flame wars tend to be pretty entertaining, too...

Aleq said:
Harlan Ellison wrote an essay on the subject of gullibility and "everyone knows," used an example of an acquaintance who insisted that California was going to solve a drought problem by towing icebergs from the Arctic--his description of himself waxing apoplectic over the ridiculousness of the entire concept is absolutely priceless. This is why I love the Straight Dope message boards--as soon as someone posts some morsel of tripe about fifty people leap out of the woodwork demanding a cite for the information. The chowderheads tend to migrate to more credulous climes and the intellectual atmosphere remains fairly unsullied over there... The flame wars tend to be pretty entertaining, too...

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Yep, I'd say he's the undisputed king of sardonic humor by a long country mile... I have some fairly esoteric stuff of his, mostly because I used to live in Cali and would vist A Change of Hobbit in LA regularly--he and the proprietor are friends and he wrote several stories while sitting in the front window of the store.

Who else do you read? I'm partial to Heinlein, Varley, Spider Robinson and Sheri Tepper myself... Skiffy fan? Moi? Ach, guilty as charged... 😎

Aleq said:
Yep, I'd say he's the undisputed king of sardonic humor by a long country mile... I have some fairly esoteric stuff of his, mostly because I used to live in Cali and would vist A Change of Hobbit in LA regularly--he and the proprietor are friends and he wrote several stories while sitting in the front window of the store.

Who else do you read? I'm partial to Heinlein, Varley, Spider Robinson and Sheri Tepper myself... Skiffy fan? Moi? Ach, guilty as charged... 😎

I'm a huge Ray Bradbury fan. I love Dan Brown. Warren Ellis floats my boat as well (comics). I also love Clancy (don't laugh! I know he's a hack!), J.K. Rowling (you're laughing again), and Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange and Mr....
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pls watch out your word
I ain't hestitate for ANYBODY says against me

mingkee said:
pls watch out your word
I ain't hestitate for ANYBODY says against me

We're on the internet, homeboy...threats of violence really don't work here. If you'd stop spewing crap I'd leave you alone. Here...let me put it in big letters for you: TMOBILE IS NOT RUNNING EDGE IN CALIFORNIA. Got that? Yay!

I'm not in CA
and I just read some hofo users reported
where's in CA is available? only they know
if I found EDGE is available in NYC, I'll surely report

mingkee said:
I'm not in CA
and I just read some hofo users reported
where's in CA is available? only they know
if I found EDGE is available in NYC, I'll surely report

So let me get this straight, you reported as fact a rumor that somebody else on another forum stated as a truth, then took exception when you were called on spreading misinformation? Please, if you can't post a direct link to a reputable site (NOT a message forum!) which substantiates your information, please do NOT post it! There's a surfeit of BS in the cyber-world, let's not let it get any deeper here, okay? 🙄

mingkee said:
I'm not in CA
and I just read some hofo users reported
where's in CA is available? only they know
if I found EDGE is available in NYC, I'll surely report

Do us a favor...save your reporting till Rich breaks the news, THEN we'll believe it.

muchdrama said:

Aleq said:
Yep, I'd say he's the undisputed king of sardonic humor by a long country mile... I have some fairly esoteric stuff of his, mostly because I used to live in Cali and would vist A Change of Hobbit in LA regularly--he and the proprietor are friends and he wrote several stories while sitting in the front window of the store.

Who else do you read? I'm partial to Heinlein, Varley, Spider Robinson and Sheri Tepper myself... Skiffy fan? Moi? Ach, guilty as charged... 😎

I'm a huge Ray Bradbury fan. I love Dan Brown. Warren Ellis floats my boat as well (comics). I also love Clancy (don't laugh! I know he's a hack!), J.K. Rowling (you're laughing again), and Susa

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