[ale] twits, tweets and grouchiness

[Asif E.]

I follow #CERN; so I will know first when the world ends.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> "Seven billion drooling twitter-junkies is not a goal any species should
>> strive for"
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>> Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon but that statement really hit home for me. :-)
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>> Flagrantly copied from the first reply post to:
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>> http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/93304/the-top-ten-general-operating-systems-rants?page=0%2C0&source=peer2peerpromo
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>> where the author has spelling errors interspersed with his gripes.
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> Moderation in all things. If you're picky about who you follow on Twitter,
> you learn some interesting things...and a lot faster than you would
> otherwise. For instance: I'm a big fan of Cyanogen, who writes the custom
> ROM for Android phones. When he has a new update, I usually learn about it
> first on Twitter.  I follow New Scientist too, just because it's a great
> magazine.
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