Comments on: Thank You for Smoking http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/ The official AllPeers blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Bobby http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13782 Bobby Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:38:20 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13782 That's a great oppurtunity for chain smokers. They must ve found their place to enjoy and smoke n number of times without and indulgence and restrictions. That’s a great oppurtunity for chain smokers. They must ve found their place to enjoy and smoke n number of times without and indulgence and restrictions.

]]> By: vincentdamon http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13780 vincentdamon Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:18:06 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13780 Thanx for your podcast. I find its service pretty easy to read and listen to. It would be a fun knowing a lot about Europe without actually going there. Thanx for your podcast. I find its service pretty easy to read and listen to. It would be a fun knowing a lot about Europe without actually going there.

]]> By: Brian http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13738 Brian Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:31:04 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13738 Hey, nothing personal. I just hate to see you guys put so much effort and generate so much hype but in the end it may not get to promise land...I just downloaded FF2.0 beta and it said extension of 1.x may not work. I don't know how quickly this 2.0 goes but it seems people start shifting gear already... Hey, nothing personal. I just hate to see you guys put so much effort and generate so much hype but in the end it may not get to promise land…I just downloaded FF2.0 beta and it said extension of 1.x may not work. I don’t know how quickly this 2.0 goes but it seems people start shifting gear already…

]]> By: Matt http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13706 Matt Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:37:52 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13706 I can't blog about what I want on my blog? When we have stuff to say about the product, which is quite often, we say it here. I don't think it's useful to give daily updates. I can’t blog about what I want on my blog? When we have stuff to say about the product, which is quite often, we say it here. I don’t think it’s useful to give daily updates.

]]> By: Brian http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13704 Brian Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:16:16 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13704 This blog has become totally irrelevant to your product now? Please let us know your progress or anything related to your product. This blog has become totally irrelevant to your product now? Please let us know your progress or anything related to your product.

]]> By: vincentdamon http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13640 vincentdamon Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:10:07 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13640 Thanx for the post. Got to know a loads about European culture. And that was some funny stuff offcourse. Thanx for the post. Got to know a loads about European culture. And that was some funny stuff offcourse.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13403 Jamie Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:59:38 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13403 First of all, I just want to say that I'm really looking forward to AllPeers. It sounds like it's going to be an awesome product. Second, I think you're being a bit hard on Scoble. He wasn't launching an attack on European culture. He was just saying that, outside Silicon Valley, there just isn't much of a tech culture, and that this holds for 99% of the US as well as the EU. Having, as you say, "cultural, linguistic and culinary diversity; gorgeous architecture; open-minded, well-informed, liberal attitudes; rich history spanning millenia" may be great, but it doesn't necessarily make for a great tech culture. As a side note, I think I know why you think that Europe is a bastion of "open-minded, well-informed, liberal attitudes," but I disagree. It's true that on average Europeans avoid the sort of crudeness we see from Bush and Co. (e.g. constitutional ammendments to ban gay marriage and the like). That ain't saying much. Get a Frenchman and a Spaniard together, ask them to debate the relative merits of the Louvre and the Prado, and see how open-minded the conversation is. :) -Jamie First of all, I just want to say that I’m really looking forward to AllPeers. It sounds like it’s going to be an awesome product.

Second, I think you’re being a bit hard on Scoble. He wasn’t launching an attack on European culture. He was just saying that, outside Silicon Valley, there just isn’t much of a tech culture, and that this holds for 99% of the US as well as the EU.

Having, as you say, “cultural, linguistic and culinary diversity; gorgeous architecture; open-minded, well-informed, liberal attitudes; rich history spanning millenia” may be great, but it doesn’t necessarily make for a great tech culture.

As a side note, I think I know why you think that Europe is a bastion of “open-minded, well-informed, liberal attitudes,” but I disagree. It’s true that on average Europeans avoid the sort of crudeness we see from Bush and Co. (e.g. constitutional ammendments to ban gay marriage and the like). That ain’t saying much. Get a Frenchman and a Spaniard together, ask them to debate the relative merits of the Louvre and the Prado, and see how open-minded the conversation is. :)

-Jamie

]]> By: ernestevans http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13360 ernestevans Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:45:37 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13360 Oh man, haven’t laughed like this in a while.. Hmmm, now that I’m thinking about it, this was almost as funny: wat a brilliant idea to bring about an equality. Oh man, haven’t laughed like this in a while..

Hmmm, now that I’m thinking about it, this was almost as funny: wat a brilliant idea to bring about an equality.

]]> By: Matt http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13359 Matt Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:10:27 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13359 Well the literal translation is not always the best one. In this case I felt the English word "antismoker" (which doesn't have a direct equivalent in German anyway) better captured the mood of the comic. Well the literal translation is not always the best one. In this case I felt the English word “antismoker” (which doesn’t have a direct equivalent in German anyway) better captured the mood of the comic.

]]> By: marcel http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13349 marcel Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:27:43 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2006/07/06/thank-you-for-smoking/#comment-13349 surely Nichtraucher is more an nonsmoker than an antismoker? surely Nichtraucher is more an nonsmoker than an antismoker?

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