[geeks] my head just went explodey

[Phil Stracchino]

Kurt Huhn wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> It shouldn't take much imagination to see where this is leading:
>>
>>     - video meetings
>>     - elmination of telephones, and *ALL* communication made via
>>       video conference software
>>     - closed desktops configured to enforce mandatory use
>>
>> Those of you who wish you didn't have to answer phone calls... be
>> careful what you wish for.
>>
> 
> Double fuck that.
> 
> I barely answer my phone, I sure as shit am *not* going to be getting on
> webcam so that some suit can ask me to come troubleshoot his network
> connection (you know, the one he forgot to plug in when he sat his new
> vanity desktop on his desk).


Anyone for starting a suit-free, all-geek company?  I'm sure we could
find something useful and profitable to do.  (Say, rescuing companies
who've just realized their suits have Microshafted them.)


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 Phil Stracchino
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