Coopernundrums

Well, this is going to be a silly post.  I was conversing with a good buddy of mine, Jamie, at the office today and we have come up with the greatest idea EVER!.  I just had to write about it because it will revolutionize the entire world ad we want all the credit.  Now, its based on some pretty wild theoretical quantum fundamentals that aren’t all working just yet, but hey you can patent an idea, right? 

    Imagine if you will, online shopping.  We all do it. Even when you pay the exhorbitant price to have an item delivered “next day” that is STILL too slow.  Am I right?  What if, when you ordered an item it simply materialized right next to your computer.  that is, assuming it was a small item.  What a world we would live in.

    So the idea is that every computer comes with one of these small teleporter pads that sits right next to your monitor.  You order something and once its approved >>ZZAP<< there it is! Sitting right next to you~!  We already have all the logistics worked out for larger items also.  Anything bigger than the home teleporter pad gets sent to a community teleporter kiosk.  Every community, small city, whatever, will have one.  You still order your item, but instead of having to drive to the UPS or fed ex hub to get it, instead of having to drive hours to the nearest store you just hop out the door and run down to the community Tele-Shop and input a code that was emailed to you after your online purchase and >>ZZIZZZLE<< there is your item in all its glory!!

    I know this is all wishful thinking.  Hell this may not even be an original idea but it made jamie and I laugh thinking about it and I thought I would share.  Cheers!

    Isn’t it just amazing how people that are meek as sheep when you look then dead in the eye can, oh so easily, turn into vicious hyenas when they are hidden behind the veil of anonymity that an instant messenger, social website, or even a simple telephone provides?  Working constantly in, what could be termed, a customer service industry almost my entire working career has given me some pretty unique insight into this ever evolving behavior.

    I talk to an average of 25 people a day on teh telephone, as thats what I do.  I design websites, do graphical design and do technical support for computers and networks. I have had the same job for nearly 10 years now and have had the pleasure of dealing with people on both sides of the proverbial coin.

    Chatting with folks on the phone they can be callous, cold, curt, blunt, and downright mean.  When you see them in person at lest say, a user conference which I have to teach at several times a year you meet these same people and they are polite, kind and eerily nice.  Strange don’t you think?

    This is not just limited behavior to my industry.  Peopl in general behave this way.  Its my opinion that folks tend to put on a face for public exhibition when they go out, and then behave almost diametrically opposit when they are alone or with a select group of friends.  Its a real shame.  I often feel like I dont really know anyone.

    Take a look around you and see if you dont see what I am talking about.  If you don’t then maybe your one of the folks I am referiing to.  Lets hope you’re the former and not the latter. 

BE YOURSELF ALWAYS! (even if no one likes you for it)

Windows XP transitions out of Mainstream Support phase
by Donald Melanson, posted Apr 14th 2009 at 1:47PM (engadget)

It may only be a footnote in the long history of Windows XP, but Microsoft has confirmed today that, as planned, the venerable OS has finally and officially transitioned from the Mainstream Support phase to the Extended Support phase. This, of course, follows a number of extensions to the Mainstream Support phase which normally only lasts five years, although most users likely wont notice much of a difference as XP moves into this new, more wistful period of life, as theyll still be getting regular security updates and occasional hotfixes depending on their support plan all the way until April 8th, 2014 — or who knows how much longer if the demand is there.

via ENGADGET