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Namaste (or Vannacum) Sri Rama,
An interesting thread. I have yet to Twitter, and I don't think I ever will.
The idea of it, to me, is equivalent to letting a horde of strangers be all able to talk in terse sentences directly into my ears any time they want. Yes, I'm an old crank now, I guess.
This quote from the link to Kawasaki's article you posted :
"This is year three of Twitter. In a sense, it’s like the Internet was fifteen years ago. Remember when people said, “Why would I go to a web site when newspapers and magazines come to my house, I can see people in person or talk to them on the phone, get driving instructions by looking at my AAA map, and buy books by going to the mall?” That’s where we are right now."
I find truly hilarious. One thing the ebullient former jewelery salesman from Hawaii never lacked was astounding grandiosity 
If Twitter is the future, I am antiquity !
best, Bill
"Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844
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BillWoodruff wrote: The idea of it, to me, is equivalent to letting a horde of strangers be all able to talk in terse sentences directly into my ears any time they want
The key difference is your ability pic the strangers and pick what you want to listen. It is no different than all the numerous websites out there. People are making noise everywhere on Internet but you chose to visit this site because it happens to give you some value. In the same way you pick and chose what you want to follow on twitter.
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote: posts about Entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, fundin
Certainly no shortage of those type tweets out there. 
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote: I am sure there is a lot of junk on it but the trick is to properly shield yourself from the junk.
You can follow me: i guarantee you, i post no junk... 
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If I can find you? What is your id?
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Thats how we like it!
Cheers
You have the thought that modern physics just relay on assumptions, that somehow depends on a smile of a cat, which isn’t there.( Albert Einstein)
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You can get a Dell-branded version of ObjectDock for free:
Dell Dock[^]
If you're not using a Dell, don't bother downloading it, because it won't install on anything but a Dell.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I know it generally doesn't bother you, but why on earth would anyone down vote that. That is genuinely useful.
There are a load of muppets around.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I stand before you, baffled...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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asked:
Henry Minute wrote: but why on earth would anyone down vote that.
and answered:
Henry Minute wrote: There are a load of muppets around.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
-- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: won't install on anything but a Dell
How does it know it's a Dell?
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How the hell should I know?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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You are attracting the one-voters like a cheap prostitute truck drivers…
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word.
Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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Most of the truck drivers I know can afford the expensive prostitutes!
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Are the ones you know salaried drivers? Between the rise in fuel prices over the last half dozen years and creative accounting by the broker companies*, and the recession, most owner/operators are struggling to break even at best.
* Customers hiring a truck pay two 'separate' fees. One is intended to cover truck maintenance/depreciation/pay/operating expenses (excluding fuel). The second is a fuel surcharge that [hand waving goes here] is intended to cover the amount of diesel needed to make the trip. The problem is that the broker companies skim off a percentage of both fees, which means that real income goes down as fuel prices go up. Ex $1000 + $1000 fuel surcharge, operating costs $600, fee 10%. The driver gets $(1000 + 1000)*.9 - $600 - $1000 = $200 pay for the trip. Fuel prices double, for the same trip: The driver gets $(1000 + 2000)*.9 - $600 - $2000 = $100 for the same trip, a 50% pay cut.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.
-- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: How the hell should I know?
How the Dell should I know.
FFY.
(trying to attract more 1s)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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if it works well it must be a Dell.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]
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Luc Pattyn wrote: if it works well it must be a Dell.
if it runs like hell then must be...Roger?
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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Roger Bolt?
Usain is called Roger now?
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Luc Pattyn wrote: Roger Bolt?
Usain is called Roger now?
Nah...Roger!
Try again:
"You better run all day and run all night.
And keep you dirty feelings deep insight"
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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IMHO you deserve to get mentioned here[^].
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You should know I'm proudly the founder member (together with Rajesh).
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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LoL
[Kayes]
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