12 Step Program for the n900
 

I am not sure why I feel withdrawal symptoms for a device I never have owned. For those of us who have not yet received a new device, this is a place to come and get support. ;)

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.


* Step 1 -
We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable
* Step 2 -
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
* Step 3 -
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of the community
* Step 4 -
Made a searching and fearless inventory of all our devices and gadgets
* Step 5 -
Admitted to our ourselves and to the community the exact nature of our wrongs
* Step 6 -
Were entirely ready to have the community remove all these defects of character
* Step 7 -
Humbly asked the community to remove our shortcomings
* Step 8 -
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, inside and outside of the community and became willing to make amends to them all
* Step 9 -
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
* Step 10 -
Continued to take gadget inventory and when you discover cool things you must start a new thread
* Step 11 -
Sought through meditation or forum polls to improve our conscious contact with our community as we understood, praying only for knowledge of pre-release devices and the cash to act on such offers.
* Step 12 -
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs

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Hi my name is penguinbait, and I have a technology problem

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it has gone out of proportion. it is gone way and way and way too far.
this is going beyond funny. this is.. i feel so powerless.

there is another world out there without fscking technology.

THE RIMBOE WE HAVE TO GET TO A RAINFOREST WHO LOOKS FOR TICKETS WE BOOK NOW FLY TOMORROW WHOS WITH ME?

I have no problem
 

I don't have to start yet another shipping thread. I could stop whenever I want.

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I never so much attached to these tablets to anything else.... My marriage is on october 31st but sometimes i forget that and look forward to the n900 release...


Have you guys felt anything similar in the past for something like this?

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now. but its creeping me out. linux is. it's fscking linux i hate OS's i dont understand. i just hate the damn i can't why is linux so extremely linux.

i wanna talk about linux guys im starting to cry. for real..
gotta let it out.. need to let it out..

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While Nokia gears up for release, so will Maemo.org!! A lot to do even without device!! :D

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My name is Dantonic... and I too have a problem.

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welcome fellow addicts

http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs201/...ict_varvel.gif

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I too I'm a victim of the N900, I really should go off and get some sleep instead of posting here. Yet I can't help but wander how I will ever find this Michigan camping site without any of my beloved gadgets...

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I waited over 2 years for a Pandora, and now 4 months for an n900. Both of these devices are killing me.

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You just have to look at my post count to realize I'm beyond help. :(

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I don't have a problem thank you very much. I can leave the N900 alone any time I want too. I just don't want to right now. LOL!

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I wonder if the prelude to N900's successor will generate an equivalent intensity of emotion/anticipation.

truly these are trying times; probably the most difficult 4 weeks any gadget lover has been put through. I hope you guys come out of this fine. perhaps the following tips may help in temporarily distracting yourself from the pain..
- abandon talk.maemo.org
- don't speak the letter 'N'
- do away with the daily pre-order status-checks.

any more tips people want to share?

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Look at your N8X0: it's there, faithful as ever, feature-laden as no other portable device, waiting for your fingers and your touch... ;)

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Step13: Buy an iPhone!

Ho ho ho ho

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(original http://xkcd.com/500/ CC-BY-NC)

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Its pretty dangerous coming in here with that n900. That's like going to an AA meeting with a bottle of Absinthe.

Soon the fiends will be all over you, You should know better!!

Just treat them like zombies, shoot first ask questions later, that may be the only to get out with your n900 intact.

Good Luck :D

Get Him! :eek:

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*Raises Hand*

My name is RevdKathy and I'm a maemoaholic. Even to the point of sneaking in here in the lunch hour in the hope there may be more news.

I already know about the higher power; I sold my soul to nokia for an n95 a long time ago. Now I'm just an old addict needing her (delayed) fix. Please don't offer me an HTC HD2 - that would be like methadone: no pleasure in it at all.

Anyone got any illicit software to smoke?

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I am freaking out, where's my sponsor, I am having a lot of trouble with step #2

* Step 2 -
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity

Who is this power? how will I become sane again. Is it Nokia, Santa Claus, perhaps T-mobile, or lottery? :confused:

OK, I fire up my 810 and start KDE, ok ok, I can get through this. Breath breath, stop reading reviews and play with what you have. ITT does what you need, stay calm, breath.

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Hi my name is Snoshrk....

I don't have a gadget problem I have a lack of cash problem...


oops wrong meeting :D



<running from zombies> Avoid the meeting down the hall... I hear they're serving Juice....Apple Juice.... </running>

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Hello, I'm Suurorca.

Unlike you miserable bunch, I don't have a problem.

Yeah, sure I check my pre-order status hourly and browse this forum for hours and hours on end... and desperately google for ANY news ...! No wait... :confused:

Ok. Let's start all over again... I'm Suurorca and I'm a gadgetaholic. I first understood I wanted an n900 just a few months ago. Now I feel my life doesn't have any meaning until I get one.

But Nokia shall provide, in Nokia I trust, Ame...

*broken sobbing*

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Does having a bottle of Absinthe cure alcohol addiction... or make it worse?

I rest my case.

<pours another glass>

(I didn't actually find any good absinthe in Amsterdam, but I did visit the Van Gogh Museum and guess who had a thing for the Green Fairy?)

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ToEtWz7RSF8/SS...h-absinthe.jpg

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Nokia we dont want perfection. We will accept all flaws and crashes as beautiful signs of chraracter. We dont care about mainstream, or Joe public, Average Joe, GI Joe, iJoe or Angelina JOEllie. OK maybe the last one...... We dont want Capacitive, multi touch, or a gazilliion Extras in the store. Just ship the friggin gadget.

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You think us Joe Public folk don't have an addiction too? We're as deprived as you are. And we DO want perfection, too. In fact, I expect it to ship complete with a customer experience expert from nokia who will explain every nuance to me, teach me tips and tricks, and talk me through my n900 experience, holding my hand personally from unboxing until I am trult Maemo.

And qole, Abstinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

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Im relieved to find that I am not the only one who is doing this..

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:D
I hope your wife-to-be doesn't read your posts on talk.maemo,

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RevdKathy
is that an N95 I see in your handbag? Admitting a gadget problem exits is the first step to self help.....
NOW GET BACK IN THE QUEUE :D

Mike C

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An n95, a c905, a netbook with 3g dongle, mouse and flash drive, a pager (for work)... my handbag looks like an alcoholic's dustbin on a Sunday morning!

But no.. I don't have a problem. It all depends on your definition of 'problem', doesn't it (as in "Drink problem? I drink, I fall over - no problem!")

I look forward to getting my n900 personally delivered from Finland by a handsome Finn who will stay over till I'm fluent with the thing. Delusions are not a problem, are they?

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Hehe I also know someone who does not have a drink problem

http://drinkingproblem.ytmnd.com/

Mike C

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I don't believe in any higher power, I guess I'll be addicted to Maemo goodness forever...


What a shame.

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Hello my name is Alex and I too seem to be developing a Maemo problem.

I find myself setting up my contacts in the SDK ready for my N900 to arrive.

I have even considered ditching Mandriva on my desktop, instead switching to Debian so I can have the SDK installed on my main PC.

I have Ubuntu on my laptop for the SDK, and I HATE Ubuntu!

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you and me both kathy:p... and I wont send him back until a month or so after they expect him back;)




I have come to terms with my problem ( checking gmail for a sign only to find a thousand dam amazon emails about everything but my preorder, as well as trolling youtube for new videos on the N900) ( I've seen them all :o) and unlike a lot of others I know when to quit and how to control it *looks around*... *elagant hair flip*, *then reasserts perfect posture*... really I'm not like you guys, I'm strong.. * leg starts to shake*... well I gotta go, I just promissed my family I would at least show up to this meeting...:cool:

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What's an n900?

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"Green" Goggles?

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I caught myself trying to read a new review this morning. In Dutch. I don't speak, read or understand Dutch. But did that stop me?

*sigh*

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It's dark sided you've got to be a warrior to be able to fight it off with all its evil's... remember the lords prayer:o


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While this prayer is in the first post, its known as the serenity prayer, used in most AA meetings.

The "Lords Prayer" is "Our father who art in heaven" you get the idea.

Either way, neither of them has brought me a n900. Still working on step #2.....

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The N900 is slimmer than any Droid 0mmx0mmx0mm:D