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Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by warrenm »

cryoshon wrote: post #29

Well, that's the end of my usage of Dropbox, effective immediately. I'll make sure to mention Condi's association with them in every conversation involving Dropbox, in hope of spreading knowledge about their profane selection of board members. It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. These people should be in prison for malevolently misleading the public in order to start a for-profit war which killed hundred…

Do you name-drop that Al Gore is on the board of Apple in every conversation involving them?

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by macinjosh »

cruise02 wrote: post #146
sigzero wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All continued by the current administration and more. What was your point again?

Please get your facts straight. * The Iraq war ended in 2011, and the Afghanistan war is winding down. * The Obama administration has attempted to close Guantanamo, only to be blocked by Congress. * We are no longer in the financial crisis left by the previous administration. * Obama ordered an end to torture on his first day in office. * Global attitudes about the United States have improved dramatically since 2008,…

Oh ok. So replacing war with unmanned drones and a kill list that includes Americans, continuing horribly intrusive surveillance programs, and cracking down on more whistle blowers than any administration in history is SO much better. Everyone's shit stinks

Golly gee, I wonder why I didn't vote for him again in 2012? When will people realize the two party system is a farce? Both parties are largely the same and neither will ever bring real change.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by donatj »

jonstewart wrote: post #109
donatj wrote: post #72

Do any Dropbox alternatives support Mac resource forks? That's the biggest reason I stick with them, as even Google Drive doesn't.

Is there any Mac software that actually uses resource forks these days???

Finder. Tags / Colors / File comments are stored in resource forks. I tag a lot of my work with things like "done" and "in progress" etc. It's really important to my workflow.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by efa »

mercurial wrote: post #190
efa wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, like those liars the Russians, the Chinese, the British, the French, ... Damn how was Bush able to brainwash the whole UN!

The Russians, the Chinese and the French, really?

Yes, all believe they Iraq had an ongoing chemical and nuclear weapons program (remember the attempt to send in inspectors). Not all agreed to going to war, but consensus they had some pretty nasty weapons.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by droopyEyelids »

cryoshon wrote: post #111
LanceH wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I were going with a cynical thought, I would think this is a move to get dropbox into government contracts somehow.

Agreed. With Condi comes access to all sorts of government entities, and the contacts to make those entities work in favor of whatever Dropbox needs them for. This appointment smacks of the corporate-political complex. It's practically inevitable that USG resources will be used in favor of Dropbox's business at some point.

The worst part of this, for me, is how damn inefficient Dropbox becomes when it's used in a large environment. I pray the government isn't saddled with the same problems I'm facing.

(user management, share management, every user having permission to duplicate or destroy all files they can read, inability of admins to fix those changes, no API access for any administrative or reporting feature, inability to control own encryption)

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Post by JabavuAdams »

marknutter wrote: post #207
JabavuAdams wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stow the butt-hurt. I've looked at the facts. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be remembered as the end of the American era, unless Silicon Valley can build US 2.0. and disassociate themselves from Washington.

Comments with the term "butt-hurt" should be immediately flagged and removed from all HN posts.

Fair enough. I just love that expression.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by ewoodrich »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #200
cryoshon wrote: post #29

Well, that's the end of my usage of Dropbox, effective immediately. I'll make sure to mention Condi's association with them in every conversation involving Dropbox, in hope of spreading knowledge about their profane selection of board members. It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. These people should be in prison for malevolently misleading the public in order to start a for-profit war which killed hundred…

>>> It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. Another great example of how partisanship and shitty double standards have ruined our country. The fact is, the vote to invade Iraq was a bi-partisan vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Resolution_to_Authorize_t... "Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[2][7] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representati…

This is a strawman. When Dropbox appoints Harry Reid to the board, we can talk.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by snarfy »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #200
cryoshon wrote: post #29

Well, that's the end of my usage of Dropbox, effective immediately. I'll make sure to mention Condi's association with them in every conversation involving Dropbox, in hope of spreading knowledge about their profane selection of board members. It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. These people should be in prison for malevolently misleading the public in order to start a for-profit war which killed hundred…

>>> It's a shame that they had to pick a Bush crony. Another great example of how partisanship and shitty double standards have ruined our country. The fact is, the vote to invade Iraq was a bi-partisan vote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Resolution_to_Authorize_t... "Introduced in Congress on October 2, 2002, in conjunction with the Administration's proposals,[2][7] H.J.Res. 114 passed the House of Representati…

They only did what Greenspan told them to. It doesn't matter who 'owns' the oil. As long as it's sold in dollars, it props up the value of the US dollar.

Re: Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CFO, COO

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Post by wacknack »

ChrisGaudreau wrote: post #181
hg54yghf wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? The poster above posted these facts. http://archive.is/vAWQa Will you look at those too or just conveniently ignore them like the other posters who downvoted the FactCheck link above?

Will you use your normal account or just conveniently hide behind fake accounts to say things you know are stupid?

Considering that my normal account was permanently slowed and is apparently unable to post more than once an hour due to this thread, I'd say "hiding" is useful if one wants to express an unpopular opinion on HN, merely to retain the functionality of his normal account.
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