Ping: Episode 9

Best Ping episode yet!

The crab part was hilarious! You don't really watch that show do you, laura?

Laura that phone was a prop right? Cuz you need to get a new one...should we niners start a charity fund?

Max you're not really excited about the advertising are you, seriously?

Keep up the great show - makes me laugh and helps me get through my mondays!

I watch Deadliest Catch! You couldn't pay me enough to get on one of those boats - totally insane they are.

This might be the wrong time to bring up how miraculous a replacement good crabstick is to actual crab.  They probably don't have a Japanese version of the show is all I'm saying.  But they might have a fish version.  I'd watch it if it was hamachi.

I agree max, making the niner's kiss... that's just weird, especially since it's a clone. I think that's illegal in some states.

Although that doesn't top your porn comment. Priceless.

woo, im on ping i stll think t-shirts with that quote could sell like hotcakes, inappropriate or not

@skydrive stuff
thats cool but what really needs to happen imo is a consolidation of mesh, skydrive and foldershare.. i mean they basically do the same thing : ) i'd merge skydrive and foldershare into mesh (mainly because i use mesh and not the others ) one thing thats sucks about mesh though is the file conflict resolution :/

@deadliest catch
hey that show is cool : ) not as good as dirty jobs or mythbusters, but cool : )

@nine guys kissing
reminds me of the the simpsons episode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_Something_About_Marrying (i think thats the one, its a great ep anyways)
where two homers kiss check out this (crappy) screenshot: http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/30938604/630489

good episode by the way c9 has been kinda quiet lately :/

--edit--
maybe i should have written c9 guys kissing instead.. "nine guys kissing" sounds a bit.. misleading..

9guys1kiss

A few comments:

1. no more caffeine for Laura, sometimes it's hard to follow you.
2. what do you guys do at Microsoft?  You really haven't covered that, you probably have on C10, but not here.  Are you developers, managers, evangelists, what does your business card say?
3. porn.. porn.. porn.. haha.. yes, well some of us use our internet connection for other things, most of us use it to download explicit pictures.
4. on the Windows Mobile thing, the thing that does make the iPhone awesome is that Apple does controls the entire experience.  Why doesn't Microsoft?  With it's billions of dollars, make their own phone, without the gluttony of telecom.

what do you guys think?

@4
i bet if microsoft did that they'd be called monopolist bast ards only apple is allowed to be that (oh no he di'nt) however the argument that win mobile cant be upgraded because it runs on so many phones is a little strange imo.. what about windows? surely there are a heck of a lot more variants of pcs that windows run on? and windows can be updated just fine
i think thats an issue with win mobile and its achitecture

imo win mobil should be little more than a thin os layer with .net (compact or otherwise) running on top.. that way the ui or almost anything could be updated across a wide range of phones much easier

OK, this is my second time attempting a reply.. The last time, the site crashed.

1. Thought so
2. Sure, cover that in a separate episode.  Most C9 interviewees are asked who they are and what they do within the first 30 seconds of most interviews.
3. Ha!  That is one feature I have not tried.  IE8 is still a bit slow for me.  If I leave tabs open and come back to them after a little while (10+ minutes), the browser is a bit sluggish
4. Yes, I'm sure it is.  Microsoft is a platform company, however, most cellular providers don't care about allowing you to upgrade, they want you to buy a new phone and sign a new contract.  Most people don't realize that hardware is cheap.  Also, most phones you hear about with new amazing features are crippled by the carrier.  For example, I live in Canada, and my provider is Bell, and I cannot download ringtones from free sites because BELL blocks it.  Makes me so angry.  As for what would stop manufacturers from moving to a different OS, nothing.  What stops anyone from moving to a different anything, really nothing.  Or maybe, the ability to adapt and relearn what they currently know on the new device/OS.  But also, one could be said the BlackBerry is great for what it does.  It runs JAVA (sorry, I'll drop and give you 20), but it serves specific niche of users.  I've never really used a Windows Mobile phone for an extended peroid of time, but I Do have an iPAQ and it's the best darn MP3 player I've ever used!

Cheers!

OK,

This is annoying.  The page refreshes, makes Firefox have a seizure, and I lose my post.  Totally frustrating.

Let's see if I can scrape together what I was typing before the world went away.

I absolutely agree with you, anytime Microsoft tries to anything remotely nice, it's perceived as having ulterior motives and is usually thrown against the wall for nothing.

I don't see Google or Apple having a site like C9 where they interview Senior Engineers about what they doing internally.  Actually when was the last time you heard anything from those guys.  Sure Google has a channel on YouTube but I can't remember a time when they interview someone for more than five minutes.  Most of the videos posted are advertising or instructional videos.  The only thing I've seen which remotely resembles a C9 interview was when the Engineers who created Chrome where interviewed.

I don't think Google or Apple is as transparent as Microsoft.  Many people just can't get over old pain.  And if you say, well Microsoft doesn't open source their code, when the last time Google or Apple released anything they've done as open source?  Please tell me if you know.

Some part of me can't help but wonder if the show involves attacking their weak spots for massive damage.

Good episode. Kaz would love it.. giant enemy crabs!

Laura, ditch the Q. It's time. Seriously.

P.S. Check your volume. That clip on mobile hiring was so quiet.