I've used this tech in my military days and there was one problem I had with it. You have to plug your ears and close off the external pressure for it to work, otherwise you can't hear the jawbone mic (think of it like when you plug your ears and talk how loudly you can hear yourself). Not sure deaf people would have this problem though, if their ears don't work in the first place.
No, you made his point by giving a clear example of the dangers of brainwashing children. If little Johnny wants to know why there are so many different religions in the world, you don't tell him, "FALSE! There's obviously only one right religion and Jesus died for your sins." I mean you can do that, and you have the right to do that, but when you do that, you validate the parent post's "brainwashing" claim.
In Texas the laws for home-schooling are quite permissive, since Texas has so many religious whack-jobs.
How did I guess you were in the DFW area from this sentence alone!;-)
Thankfully we don't have as many whack-jobs here in Austin, but the old guard does rear its ugly head every once in a while (cough, mother-in-law, cough, just happens to be from Irving, cough).
If by "brainwash" you mean parents cannot teach their children that Jesus Christ is their Savior who died for their sins, then you're wrong. This is a right guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Yes. The US has compulsory education for all too, but somehow we let families on the fringe keep their kids home to teach them whatever they want, as opposed to teaching them what they need to know to be functioning members of society./rantagainsthomeschooling
No, there are laws stopping me from drinking beer at Subway, when they don't have a license. There's nothing stopping me from going to a restaurant that does sell beer and muenster cheese, though, just like there's nothing stopping me from buying something other than an iPad.
The point is that Apple can configure their product however they want, but I don't have to buy it if I don't like their offerings (no muenster, no Subway for me).
My phone needed to play my songs from my iTunes list and make phone calls. I bought an iPhone, met my requirements, and got a pretty nice mobile web device as a bonus.
That's all the "control" I need (and would surmise MOST people need...step away from the slashdot, people.)
You can run iLife Pages and Numbers on it (which also import and export MS Office equivalents), so why wouldn't you be able to read your own documents on an iPad?
I'll take your analogy to its ridiculous conclusion...
I go to Subway and demand they add muenster cheese to my sandwich, and I order a pint of beer. Of course Subway doesn't offer this because of the horrible closed nature of franchises and lack of customer choice. This is somehow "bad for the consumer" as opposed to just shopping somewhere else that does offer muenster cheese and beer?
Open your own sub shop, start your own computer company, or simply buy something else instead of demanding that Apple (a very large corporation that supports thousands of families) do things the way YOU want them to.
Maybe it's an enhanced notepad? I'm thinking about getting one for travel and meetings. I can take my notes on it, show my presentations on it, and read/listen to music/watch movies while traveling with it. I thought this thing had no market until I thought about my monthly work routines. Now if I can just get IT to allow me to bring it into the building with the wireless turned on.
I'm not a sheep. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty important at my company and generate a lot of revenue for my employer. I also don't have time or interest in using "computers responsibly" (whatever that means) because doing so would make me less important at work and leave less time for me to make money for the company.
Otherwise, pretty good response. Just because some of us have no interest in how computers work doesn't make us a sheep. I don't care how my car works, only that it gets me to work.
So you grew up basically. I was the same way in the late 80s and 90s, building my own PCs, buying the latest greatest 3d card, always upgrading the next fastest baud rate modem, futzing around with my computer settings etc. because it was fun. It also kept me very poor. I finally grew tired of my fledgling hobby and just bought a mid 90s era Mac and have been fully in the camp of "just works" ever since. Instead of ripping the iPhone for having an integrated battery, I learned to value the fact it just works better than the need to find an outlet once a day to charge my non-swappable batter.
I thought at first you were just ripping Apple, until this part, which I found extremely insightful:
Apple keeps it simple: Here's what this does. It's elegant and does what it does very well. We don't want you screwing that up by messing around with it without our approval. If you want open and free, go somewhere else and take your chances.
This is quite possibly the most succinct explanation of why Apple is loved by so many and hated by so many others.
I think I fall into the category of "don't want to make a sport out of finding the very best bargain". Sure I could have gotten a Dell Laptop for a couple hundred bucks less, but it wouldn't have OSX (like the rest of my computers at home) and it wouldn't sync easily with my iPhone and iPod (or maybe it would, but why even worry about it when I know a Macbook will do it fine)?
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I've used this tech in my military days and there was one problem I had with it. You have to plug your ears and close off the external pressure for it to work, otherwise you can't hear the jawbone mic (think of it like when you plug your ears and talk how loudly you can hear yourself). Not sure deaf people would have this problem though, if their ears don't work in the first place.
She spend three days...
Enough said?
FTA:
"If a student has problems with articles, prepositions, verb tenses, that's a problem."
Uh, that was every rap/hiphop/R&B guy on the Grammy Awards last night.
Also, instead of giving the papers back to the students to rewrite, how about simply not admitting them to the college?
...because pressing harder with a pen or a pencil doesn't produce thicker lines.
No, you made his point by giving a clear example of the dangers of brainwashing children. If little Johnny wants to know why there are so many different religions in the world, you don't tell him, "FALSE! There's obviously only one right religion and Jesus died for your sins." I mean you can do that, and you have the right to do that, but when you do that, you validate the parent post's "brainwashing" claim.
You couldn't be more wrong. I believe in people's right to say stupid things and believe in magical fairies...doesn't mean I endorse it, however.
Do you really think parents can't brainwash their kids if they go to public school?
-molo
That's the problem with homeschooling--redundant brainwashing.
In Texas the laws for home-schooling are quite permissive, since Texas has so many religious whack-jobs.
How did I guess you were in the DFW area from this sentence alone! ;-)
Thankfully we don't have as many whack-jobs here in Austin, but the old guard does rear its ugly head every once in a while (cough, mother-in-law, cough, just happens to be from Irving, cough).
If by "brainwash" you mean parents cannot teach their children that Jesus Christ is their Savior who died for their sins, then you're wrong. This is a right guaranteed by the First Amendment.
I think you made his point quite nicely.
You sir, are a statistical outlier. Good for you though...you're doing it right.
Yes. The US has compulsory education for all too, but somehow we let families on the fringe keep their kids home to teach them whatever they want, as opposed to teaching them what they need to know to be functioning members of society. /rantagainsthomeschooling
No, there are laws stopping me from drinking beer at Subway, when they don't have a license. There's nothing stopping me from going to a restaurant that does sell beer and muenster cheese, though, just like there's nothing stopping me from buying something other than an iPad.
The point is that Apple can configure their product however they want, but I don't have to buy it if I don't like their offerings (no muenster, no Subway for me).
My phone needed to play my songs from my iTunes list and make phone calls. I bought an iPhone, met my requirements, and got a pretty nice mobile web device as a bonus.
That's all the "control" I need (and would surmise MOST people need...step away from the slashdot, people.)
Did you really just (sic) somebody's British English spelling of the word organisation?
You can run iLife Pages and Numbers on it (which also import and export MS Office equivalents), so why wouldn't you be able to read your own documents on an iPad?
I'll take your analogy to its ridiculous conclusion...
I go to Subway and demand they add muenster cheese to my sandwich, and I order a pint of beer. Of course Subway doesn't offer this because of the horrible closed nature of franchises and lack of customer choice. This is somehow "bad for the consumer" as opposed to just shopping somewhere else that does offer muenster cheese and beer?
Open your own sub shop, start your own computer company, or simply buy something else instead of demanding that Apple (a very large corporation that supports thousands of families) do things the way YOU want them to.
...and it's Steve Jobs' job to sell consumer products. Consume, consume, consume, indeed.
Maybe it's an enhanced notepad? I'm thinking about getting one for travel and meetings. I can take my notes on it, show my presentations on it, and read/listen to music/watch movies while traveling with it. I thought this thing had no market until I thought about my monthly work routines. Now if I can just get IT to allow me to bring it into the building with the wireless turned on.
I'm not a sheep. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty important at my company and generate a lot of revenue for my employer. I also don't have time or interest in using "computers responsibly" (whatever that means) because doing so would make me less important at work and leave less time for me to make money for the company.
Otherwise, pretty good response. Just because some of us have no interest in how computers work doesn't make us a sheep. I don't care how my car works, only that it gets me to work.
But before you don't buy it, make some snarky remark that will look really stupid two years from now--No wireless...storage....blah blah...lame.
So you grew up basically. I was the same way in the late 80s and 90s, building my own PCs, buying the latest greatest 3d card, always upgrading the next fastest baud rate modem, futzing around with my computer settings etc. because it was fun. It also kept me very poor. I finally grew tired of my fledgling hobby and just bought a mid 90s era Mac and have been fully in the camp of "just works" ever since. Instead of ripping the iPhone for having an integrated battery, I learned to value the fact it just works better than the need to find an outlet once a day to charge my non-swappable batter.
I thought at first you were just ripping Apple, until this part, which I found extremely insightful:
Apple keeps it simple: Here's what this does. It's elegant and does what it does very well. We don't want you screwing that up by messing around with it without our approval. If you want open and free, go somewhere else and take your chances.
This is quite possibly the most succinct explanation of why Apple is loved by so many and hated by so many others.
My thoughts exactly. I don't want a larger iPhone. I want a smaller Macbook.
Does it have a phone? If not, how can it be way better than an iPhone? And by no counts will I consider this thing better than a laptop.
I think I fall into the category of "don't want to make a sport out of finding the very best bargain". Sure I could have gotten a Dell Laptop for a couple hundred bucks less, but it wouldn't have OSX (like the rest of my computers at home) and it wouldn't sync easily with my iPhone and iPod (or maybe it would, but why even worry about it when I know a Macbook will do it fine)?