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Apple Announces iCloud and iWork For iOS
iONiUM writes "Through a press release ahead of WWDC, Apple has revealed that it will be releasing its own cloud service to rival Google and Amazon's. In addition, they will unveil the new iOS, and the latest desktop OS."
Apple also announced the release of the iWork suite for iOS devices.
I believe that if everyone had the resources Steve has, then that mortality rate would be very different.
Note I dont begrudge him, and hope he feels better. I hope apple dies a fiery death though. I believe I have probably pissed off 95% of the world now, so I'll call it a day.
There is a very specific reason for doing this.
It gives advance warning to the fanbois to get their sleeping bags cleaned in good time because at some point in the near future there will be a mass migration of them to the pavements of some Apple-owned premises somewhere in the world.
Apple releases new products on a yearly basis to the mass orgasms of enraptured fanbois - those sleeping bags get mighty crackly very quickly!
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
With all respect, my imagination is not stunted enough to the point where I cannot at least partially understand why a materialistic person queues overnight for a concert ticket or pretty gadget. I recognise there are people in this world who lack confidence and are therefore constantly attention seeking by striving to get an advantage over their peers by being "the first on the block".
And if it helps your damaged ego a little, then rest assured I consider people queuing at midnight for the latest Call Of Duty game or Harry Potter book as lacking equal confidence to those who queue for iPads or iPhones.
But I do find that a person who puts themselves at the inconvenience of sleeping on a pavement just because a new shop is opening as highly disturbing, even if he/she gets rewarded with a T-Shirt for such discomfort.
Incidentally, nobody would deny that the Westboro Baptist Church isn't a cult and whilst they have extreme views on homosexuality and military personnel (views to which I in no way subscribe incidentally, before you try to get me on that one), I am not aware that they have committed any acts of violence or endured any group suicides.
If anything, having witnessed some of their members interviewed on British TV where they were ranting on incoherently with spittle forming at the sides of their mouths, I'm very much reminded of the rampant Apple fanboi-ism on here as a reasonable comparison.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Incidentally, I do thoroughly recommend you watching the documentary, part one is on YouTube here.
The part I found of particular interest was when the fanboi was placed in the MRI scanner and changes in his brain activity were monitored when he was shown pictures of Apple products. It was proven that the parts of the brain that were stimulated by the pictures are the same parts that are stimulated during sex.
I view that as conclusive proof that since fanbois get their "jollies" from their Apple gadgets, this explains why so many of them are therefore virgins.
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.