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Tim Cook Takes Swipe at Windows During MIT Commencement (cnet.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered the commencement address at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday, and he couldn't help taking a swipe at a rival. In a section of his speech describing his search for answers and tough decisions in college and beyond, he admitted turning to a Microsoft computer. "I went to grad school at Duke, looking for the answer," Cook said. "I tried meditation. I sought guidance and religion. I read great philosophers and authors. In a moment of youthful indiscretion, I might even have experimented with a Windows PC. And obviously that didn't work." The line got a hearty laugh from the crowd.
Apple truly has nothing more to show the world. Starting to belittle your opponents is the only recourse of the weak who have nothing left in their sleeve.
The day of Steve Job's legacy are over.
That much is obvious, but is he suggesting that Apple's computers weren't even an option to him at that point?
No dissing on Google, who is Apple's actual competitor in the 21st century?
AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
One of the most disturbing things about Islam is that it does not categorically condemn pedophilia. Indeed, it cannot, for to do so would draw attention to the pedophilia of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Muslims cannot categorically condemn pedophilia without denouncing him as a false prophet. In addition to Aisha, he had planned to marry a baby, but died as a result of a poisoning before he could do so.
Pedophilia is the sexual exploitation of children. The Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders says that pedophilia is "an abnormal interest in children; a disorder that is characterized by recurrent intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies generally involvingchildren, or other non-consenting persons. Pedophilia is also a psycho-sexual disorder in which the fantasy or actual act of engaging in sexual activity with prepubertal children is the preferred or exclusive means of achieving sexual excitement and gratification. Pedophilia is defined by mental health professionals as a mental disorder, but the American legal system defines acting on a pedophilic urge as a criminal act."
Please note the words: "the preferred means of achieving sexual excitement and gratification." From the age of 54 until 64, Muhammad preferred the very young Aisha to the rest of his large harem and sex slaves. He had fantasies about Aisha before asking for her hand. He passed these fantasies off as "revelations" from the Supreme Being.
The Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders reveals that some researchers attribute pedophilia to arrested emotional development; that is, the pedophile is attracted to children because he or she has never matured psychologically. Some regard pedophilia as the result of a distorted need to dominate a sexual partner. Since children are smaller and usually weaker than adults, they may be regarded as non-threatening potential partners. This drive for domination is sometimes thought to explain why most pedophiles are males.
Muhammad's emphasis on controlling or dominating others and his use of savage, irresistible force to make them "submit" to his will is consistent with the narcissistic urges of a pedophile who enjoys the domination and submission of a small, vulnerable person.
James Hord, a psychologist in Panama City, Florida, who specializes in treating sexually abused children, agrees that pedophiles "need to feel they have power and control in a relationship, which is easy with children."
Pedophilia is an abuse of power
The Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders: "Some pedophiles offer rationalizations or excuses that enable them to avoid assuming responsibility for their actions."
Muhammad rationalized and excused every urge to dominate and control others, even to commit the act of pedophilia, by using Allah as his alter ego, offering him a perfect justification for his other brutalities as well. The compliant source of his revelations gave Muhammad whatever justification he needed for unethical behavior.
The American Psychiatric Association says: "An adult who engages in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act that never can be considered normal or socially acceptable behavior."
Dutch psychologist Gerard van den Aardweg points out that "non-coerced" sex is a misnomer because there is always an element of coercion -- involving a misuse of adult authority, [my italics] and a misuse of the child's need for affection. If a researcher sees no harm, "it may be because he is using the wrong glasses...not because there is nothing to see."
Dr. David Finkelhor, a leading U.S. researcher in the field of child sexual abuse, describes some of the consequences of childhood seduction: confusion about sexual identity and sexual norms; inability to differentiate sex from love; confusion between care-getting and care-giving, with lowered respect for adult authority; guilt, shame, anxiety, lowered self-esteem, depression, vulnerability to drug and alcohol abuse, and impaired ability to judge the trustworthiness of others.
"Ultimately,"
Fire is hot. This is now news.
Probably because you didn't know what you were doing. Its true, people don't really change.
The real question is did he inhale? Apparently not though he seems to have drunk the Apple Coolaid.
**Life is too short to be serious**
Maybe Tim Cook needs to do a Google search to find what he is looking for.
As if a hobby clown like you could ever need 18-cores of Xeon with 64gig of ram available in the iMac Pro. Face it, a gamer doofus like you can have your needs satisfied with an Xbox. Fuck off.
company says he was unable to figure out how to use a Windows based PC? I'd imagine having to use two mouse buttons and a start menu can be pretty daunting...
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
Was it really worth it?
OK, for him, probably.
But wait, mods! That's a compliment!
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People in glass storefronts should not throw stones.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
Who cant figure out how to use Windows?
Thanks for taking the time to look up from your caramel latte, you limp-wristed hipster faggot. How much is your iMac again? Oh yeah...I can get twice the power at half the price with wintel.
it was a funny line, thats it - It is not "taking a swipe" its a throw away laugh line. he didnt disparage anything or any one, he, as the apple ceo, said he may have tried apples rival...Big deal - why is this news?
Well if you can't afford a decent latte then yeah, you're probably on the lower end of the skill distribution and don't need a unix workstation. You can do help desk in flyover country just fine with a Dell.
Increasingly, it's got ancient tools, proprietary tools, and a "package management" system that is more about making Apple money rather than easing a user's administration of his computer. They went from UNIX to eunuchs pretty quick.
You can buy a lot of lattes with all the money you save by going wintel over apple.
... because it sure isn't "Stuff that matters".
Don't overreact, it's just joking around. This is good humor and we need more of it. I'm a die hard Microsoft fan of 30 years and very Microsoft biased too, btw.
He could have said "I got a BSO" or something related to Windows, but he didn't. You could replace Windows for any product, (Billy Gates about Mac, Zuckeberg about google... ) and it would have raise laughs as well.
That kind of jokes are not fair play, because the pun has nothing to do with the target, it could be used for any one. I don't think it is funny an edited photo of Donald Trump wearing a diapper, not because I love Donald Trump, but because it is not imaginative. If you are anti-Clinton you could show her wearing a diapper and your supporters will laugh. If you are anti-Pope you can show him wearing a diapper and your supporters will laugh....and go on forever.. those are easy jokes.
In a gas station stops a car and from the car gets out [basket star]. He tells to the gas employee.
- I am [basket star], I forgot my wallet at home, please, let me fill the tank and I will pay you in a few hours the double.
- Well, you look like [basket star], but understand me, I am not sure, I have never met you personally before. Could you do something to probe you are [basket star]?
[basket star] gets a ball from the car and does wonders with it
- Obviously it is you. I'll fill the tank
Another day [music star] stops at the gas station. He tells the gas employee.
- I am [music star], I forgot my wallet at home, please, let me fill the tank and I will pay you in a few hours the double.
- Well, you look like [music star], but understand me, I am not sure, I have never met you personally before. Could you do something to probe you are?
[music star] sings one of his most famous songs.
- Obviously it is you. I'll fill the tank.
Another day Donald Trump stops at the gas station. He tells the gas employee.
- I am Donald Trump, I forgot my wallet at home, please, let me fill the tank and I will pay you in a few hours the double.
- Well, you look like Donald Trump, but understand me, I am not sure, I have never met you personally before. Could you do something to probe you are Donald Trump?
Donald Trump says
- Well, I can't do anything
- Obviously it is you. I'll fill the tank.
Along the years I've heard this joke with different politicians. The joke disappears and reappears after a few years or months with a different politician. It's not a great joke, it is a joker joke.
is he suggesting that Apple's computers weren't even an option to him at that point?
I expect so on a student budget. Apple's computers are not an option to many students given their currently insane pricing. This has always been an issue but a few years ago they seemed to get the pricing right and I saw a lot of students in my lectures with Mac laptops, now it is down to just one or two with most have Dell, HP or low-end MS Surface devices.
Oh, come on. It's a quip, nothing more than that.
If you spend more than ten seconds thinking about it, you're overthinking it.
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This sounds like a strategy taken from the Microsoft playbook of things to do right before your next major product flops.
Quit your whining you two, all you're doing is making me crave an apple-flavoured latte.
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Windows 1.0 was released in 1985. Tim Cook graduated college in 1982. Maybe that's why it didn't work for him?
It's just not funny.
It's a gay joke. He's gay. It's supposed to be funny. "Experimented" in college. Just have a laugh and move on.
they'd drop there prices a little enough to compete more and get into gaming and support say steam in a partnership, and say one fo the gf card makers and i might consider a mac
never used one although i have used free bsd and open bsd and net bsd in past , as well as some linux like mandrake/mandriva( my favorite for windows uder conversions) slackware debian and others.
i'd also say something like ya "I went to grad school at Duke, and there was this guy peeping in our windows and every time he did it we had a electronic opener and as soon as it wisked open , we threw an apple pie at him..damn creep"
I guess the time has come that every bad Windows joke is now 'news for nerds, stuff that matters. Sad.
Long before Tim started working at Apple he was a employee of both IBM and Compaq Computers. I find it hard to believe that he was not a PC user during school. I understand that he is now the CEO of Apple but there is no point trying to bullshit everyone by stating that he only experimented with a PC and obviously that did not work. If that did not work, there is no way he would have even made it through the interview process at either of these companies. Tim is not Steve and he destroys any credibility by making statments like this.
If you want to use a modern machine with macOS you have to build a Hackingtosh. He should hang his head in shame not strut around like a rooster.