Re: Are geeks becoming more respected?

From	Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Are geeks becoming more respected?
Date	2017-03-23 19:03 +0000
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Huge wrote:

> Do you want Android or Apple? You look
> at Apple & think "*How* fucking much?" and decide on Android. So,
> which Android? You don't buy a Samsung, because it will explode and
> burn your house down. After that you just need to decide how close
> to the source you want to be. If you decide "Very close", you buy a
> Google Pixel.

Having owned 4 nexus phones and one nexus tablet, the Pixel phones have 
entered "how fucking much?" territory for me

> If you want good VfM you buy a One+.

They will probably be on my short list next time around, Samsung won't 
unless they ditch the hardware menu button.

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Are geeks becoming more respected? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-03-22 10:35 +1100
  Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-03-22 08:25 +0200
  Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2017-03-22 10:40 +0000
  Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2017-03-22 13:01 -0400
    Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-03-22 16:58 -0300
      Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2017-03-22 20:10 +0000
        Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2017-03-22 17:30 -0400
          Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-03-23 01:54 -0300
      Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2017-03-22 19:17 -0400
      Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-03-23 09:55 +0000
        Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-03-23 12:20 +0200
          Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2017-03-23 10:23 +0000
            Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-03-23 14:57 +0200
          Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2017-03-23 10:23 +0000
            Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-03-23 14:49 +0200
        Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2017-03-23 19:03 +0000
        Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-03-24 01:01 -0300
          Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2017-03-24 06:55 +0000
            Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-03-24 09:46 +0200
              Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2017-03-24 15:53 -0300
                Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2017-03-24 18:59 +0000
                Re: Are geeks becoming more respected? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2017-03-24 16:00 -0400
                MIFI [was Re: Are geeks becoming more respected?] arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2017-03-25 18:37 +0000
              mobiles Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2017-04-05 06:24 +0000

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