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Originally Posted by ARJWright View Post
Maemo is a bit dangerous in that its almost a hearken back to the days of owning a car and doing your own tuning. There a certain amount of freedom and rough-edgyness that comes with Maemo that's a good thing - that, if the right people crow loudly enough about, will change how computing is perceived.

Of course, I might have to wait until I'm some uber CEO-type to see this in light of Jaaksi's comment about Maemo being more like an Alfa rather than a boring car. But in light of what many (here) have experience, I think that we can say that there's a bit more about Maemo's potential and current energies that's the kind of disruptive that the computer industry needs.

Whether that equals fun for all or not is another question. Who all likes to get oily under a car that can be both tempermental and grin-inducing all at onc
And that^ is how I took the "dangerous" comment.

I've a few motorcycles in my garage and one of my favorites is a 1977 BWM R100 RT that I enjoy riding and have taken to calling "Brunhilda". She is coming up on 250,000 miles on her clock and she keeps on tickin'. Every spring all it seems I have to do is wipe off the dust and flush out the carburetor float bowls and she fires right up. Down the road we go on a comfortable ride where everything works the way it always has. It is kind of like I've been "married to "Brunhilda" for years.

Another favorite is a 1972 H-D Superglide, FLH. The FLH only has 17,000 miles on it and still it is in need of a top end rebuild. Every year it takes longer and longer to get her ready and my first ride usually is not until June. However, this bike gets all my attention and I am always buying it little trinkets to dress it up... I think I may have bought "Brunhilda" new foot peg rubbers two or three years ago.

In my case the Harley is the "dangerous" one. I don't even know her name because each year my experience with her is like a dangerous liaison.

...but don't tell Brunhilda about her.

Last edited by YoDude; 2009-11-09 at 17:10. Reason: spellling :)