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    Amazon's New Phone Will Destroy Brick & Mortar Retail?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      High end audio, for example, is never available online.

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        Carnival Boy
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        The two main problems with internet ordering are:

        • an inability to touch and feel the product before buying
        • delivery - both the cost and the logistics

        Some new feature on some new phone isn't going to solve those two problems and I don't see them ever being solved. I think Eli the Computer Guy lives on a different planet.

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        • alexntgA
          alexntg
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          A 2-hour video? That's on the TL;DW side.

          Won't people need to buy the phone in quantities large enough to impact marketshare first?

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            technobabble @alexntg
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            @alexntg Yeah, I had patience for 5 minutes I think, then I saw something shiny. And can't I do this a bit slower and clunkier with an Android?

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              Carnival Boy
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              The problem with advertising led content, like Eli's site, is that you can't say "New Amazon phone may have slightly interesting marginal impact on certain markets, possibly", as that won't attract the hits. So you have to say "New Amazon phone is a game changer that will destroy bricks and mortar retailing and cause world peace". Which is just silly. But I still end up watching!

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                Carnival Boy @Carnival Boy
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                @Carnival-Boy said:

                But I still end up watching!

                Not of all of it though! I managed about seven minutes.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @alexntg
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                  @alexntg said:

                  A 2-hour video? That's on the TL;DW side.

                  That's what I was thinking.

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                    Carnival Boy
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                    You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.

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                      alexntg @Carnival Boy
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                      @Carnival-Boy said:

                      You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.

                      Totally need a SAN for a single-host lab... not!

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                      • Bill KindleB
                        Bill Kindle @alexntg
                        last edited by

                        @alexntg said:

                        A 2-hour video? That's on the TL;DW side.

                        Won't people need to buy the phone in quantities large enough to impact marketshare first?

                        It wasn't 2 hours dedicated only to the phone, that was covered in the first 20 minutes IIRC.

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                        • Bill KindleB
                          Bill Kindle @Carnival Boy
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                          @Carnival-Boy said:

                          You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.

                          Yeah some of his videos make no sense of all. He does have some good content from time to time but sometimes it can be a little puffy.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @alexntg
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                            @alexntg said:

                            @Carnival-Boy said:

                            You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.

                            Totally need a SAN for a single-host lab... not!

                            Fail

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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                              @Bill-Kindle said:

                              @Carnival-Boy said:

                              You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.

                              Yeah some of his videos make no sense of all. He does have some good content from time to time but sometimes it can be a little puffy.

                              SW advertises with him.

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                              • Bill KindleB
                                Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @Bill-Kindle said:

                                @Carnival-Boy said:

                                You should watch his video on how to build a lab for testing. Basically, you should avoid virtualisation because you'd need $10k for a SAN and instead should buy half a dozen laptops from flea markets and use those. Erm...interesting idea.

                                Yeah some of his videos make no sense of all. He does have some good content from time to time but sometimes it can be a little puffy.

                                SW advertises with him.

                                I had been watching his commentary before it was cool 🙂

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