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Until the day comes when balloons stop working for some reason. That's when the fun begins.

anigbrowl 12y ago
As someone with experience of working in remote environments like deserts for weeks at a time, and is thus aware of both the benefits and limitations of technology, can I suggest that you give your smug muscle a rest? I find that people who are at pains to point out how much smarter they are than everyone else get in the way when there's actual work to be done.
- dreamweapon 12y ago
  Empirical evidence gleaned from day-to-day observation (not to mention numerous news reports) suggest that a significant portion of the population is basically clueless about the limitations of this technology. They're also basically addicted to it (as in: a fair number of otherwise intelligent, well-educated people I know apparently can't, to save their own lives, navigate their own neighborhoods with a mapping service -- whereas 5 years ago they may have just been mildly impaired at the task). But if you feel the need to attack someone you'll most likely never see or meet as being "smug" for tangentially pointing out this fact (ironically backed by exultations of your own vastly superior experience in both technology remote environments) -- instead of minding whatever work someone is presumably paying you to be doing at this time, as we speak -- well, do what you need to do, I guess.
  - anigbrowl 12y ago
    There's a difference between pointing out that some new technology is likely to have some negative externalities, and framing that observation within repeated sarcastic comments about 'when the fun begins'.
    - dreamweapon 12y ago
      You're reading too much into it. The person I responded to (at the second iteration) seemed not to be aware of precisely these externalities -- so I was providing clarification, nothing more.
mejari 12y ago
You could say this for literally any technology. I don't understand your point.

As someone with experience of working in remote environments like deserts for weeks at a time, and is thus aware of both the benefits and limitations of technology, can I suggest that you give your smug muscle a rest? I find that people who are at pains to point out how much smarter they are than everyone else get in the way when there's actual work to be done.

dreamweapon 12y ago
Empirical evidence gleaned from day-to-day observation (not to mention numerous news reports) suggest that a significant portion of the population is basically clueless about the limitations of this technology. They're also basically addicted to it (as in: a fair number of otherwise intelligent, well-educated people I know apparently can't, to save their own lives, navigate their own neighborhoods with a mapping service -- whereas 5 years ago they may have just been mildly impaired at the task). But if you feel the need to attack someone you'll most likely never see or meet as being "smug" for tangentially pointing out this fact (ironically backed by exultations of your own vastly superior experience in both technology remote environments) -- instead of minding whatever work someone is presumably paying you to be doing at this time, as we speak -- well, do what you need to do, I guess.
- anigbrowl 12y ago
  There's a difference between pointing out that some new technology is likely to have some negative externalities, and framing that observation within repeated sarcastic comments about 'when the fun begins'.
  - dreamweapon 12y ago
    You're reading too much into it. The person I responded to (at the second iteration) seemed not to be aware of precisely these externalities -- so I was providing clarification, nothing more.

mejari 12y ago

You could say this for literally any technology. I don't understand your point.