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Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering
theodp writes "Having cut his programming teeth on an Apple ][e as a ten-year-old, Mark Pilgrim laments that Apple now seems to be doing everything in their power to stop his kids from finding the sense of wonder he did: 'Apple has declared war on the tinkerers of the world. With every software update, the previous generation of "jailbreaks" stop working, and people have to find new ways to break into their own computers. There won't ever be a MacsBug for the iPad. There won't be a ResEdit, or a Copy ][+ sector editor, or an iPad Peeks & Pokes Chart. And that's a real loss. Maybe not to you, but to somebody who doesn't even know it yet.'"
Everybody knows that Apple computers are for creative people and that creative. You just have to think creatively. Think OUTSIDE the box. For example, I bought a PC.
But then it won't be nearly as user friendly!
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So you are telling me that Apples target consumer is the "valley girl", omg like, crew cut with striped sideburns, neon in their cars and bedazzled phones?
wait a second.... did it start with those "Neony" type MacBooks and iMacs?
Curse you Apple, you made people dumber!!!
The Ipad with it's overgrow screen is not targeted for the young, is an iTouch targeted for the elderly. When do those people start to tinker?
If they are already tinkerers they don't need that outlet, they have a computer.
*is their flexibility. Ughh, just woke up and my spelling subsystem hadn't booted yet. C'est la vie.
Just prioritize the spelling subsystem above the French subsystem in your init.
Ezekiel 23:20
Frickin' Macs with Frickin' laser beams on em... that would solve the problem.
Just prioritize the spelling subsystem above the French subsystem in your init.
Unless you're on the French edition of the operating system, where you need the French subsystem just to display the init messages, and the hack-upon-hack-upon-hack-upon-Avon that is English spelling can wait.
Mac OS X is free with the purchase of Mac hardware. :P
> I can say with absolutely certainty that I would not be as capable of a problem solver as I am today if I hadn't been fortunate enough to be introduced to BASIC at the age of 6.
So you lived your childhood twice - once with BASIC and once without?
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It's not so absurd. It might have helped you, for example, learn the difference between "wrote" and "rote."
Because the world should conform to my vision for how things should be.
Duh.
Except for ending slavery, the Nazis, communism, & securing American independence, war has never solved anything.
But let me tell you, it's no myth: usually Apple gets interfaces near perfect.
Let me tell you, it is a myth: Apple has numerous usability problems.
I fixed the problem on my Mac-mini: I installed Linux on it.
The cat is next.
I know that Linux has made quite a few strides in terms of usability, but I don't think your cat will be able to install it alone. You'll probably have to supervise. :)
Regards.