Are you kidding me? He has a point, some people find they are more productive in a lab or on a public computer. I know when I was in highschool I got more work done in the computer lab simply because it was a structured environment. It can be setting that promotes a better work ethic. Some people find they can work anywhere and not get distracted, and I had many friends like that. I just found it easier in a computer lab.
All he was doing was giving some advice! Accusing him of being stoned? WOW....
You did something similar on the thread about the David Blaine varierty box. Ezstreet asked if anybody knew the difference between the UV red lions and the regular red lions. Just because nobody has it yet doesn't mean that nobody knows the answer!
You need to layoff. Some people are trying to push their post count but not everybody is out to do that.
OK, I've been on his case a bit, I'll grant you that.
We (not just me) knocked down his argument on using a public terminal for many reasons, not the least of which being he wants to play games and most people prefer working on their own machine under their own control with their own locally-stored files.
He's in the program he's in because he's not a slouch - it's an advanced program. If he hasn't developed adequate work ethic by now he wouldn't be in the position he's in.
Then KPop started backing up his opinion with a strange statement about how, and I quote:
Meh, I was just giving his a warning, I'm telling your the internet is a very sly, deceptive, well-oiled machine.
This makes NO SENSE. It's no less "deceptive" or "well-oiled" regardless of the method used to access it, and if anything, public terminals would have a greater chance of being vulnerable simply because the public has access to it and you have no idea who touched it last or where on the Internet they went with it, or what viruses or keyloggers they uploaded from a thumb drive just 'cause they thought it's be a hoot.
Many people use public terminals because they have to, not because they want to. Even if the network is hellishly faster, they'd prefer using their own machine on that network unless it's a total hunk of junk. He's planning to be a new laptop that in the majority of cases will be better equipped, faster, etc. than any public terminal unless that terminal was purchased around the same time as his machine or large sums of cash were spent on it. Neither scenario is likely.
If someone is offered the chance to own a rare or semi-rare deck of playing cards, would you advise them to go borrow the one over at the coffee shop because it's free to use and you can't play with it when the shop is closed?
OK. I think I'm just going to work on disengaging more from what he ays, even if I happen to think it's utterly illogical and senseless. I've wasted enough time on him and this topic.
Regarding those White Lions decks and EZStreet (now Magic Addictz), there was no offense meant. I don't know of anyone here that works for either USPC or David Blaine at present and he was talking about a rare, never-before-released deck that no one's actually seen. It's like asking me about how pretty the storage facilities are in the US Federal Reserve Bank building in downtown Manhattan, despite that I've never been less than several hundred feet from them and they're a few floors underground under heavy guard. The comment was silly and light-hearted - look below:
Since none of us are actually holding ours and Blaine wasn't offering Teleporter Express as a delivery option, I'd have to say, no, none of us knows yet...
A wink, a joke about "Teleporter Express"... it was a bit of comedy, nothing more, no harm done. Do you see it differently?
