Not to be too far off-topic, but did "high-bread" really seem like the correct spelling for the word that means the blending of two ideas? I'm not typically startled by spelling mistakes, but that one's pretty dramatic.
Do you have this speech on tape? I think I heard it in 1998 (six million iMacs ago.) And about every product unveiling since 1984.
Come back when your company can consistently get millions of people excited over a computer. Look -- even you're excited. Just because you don't like it/Apple, doesn't mean that your fuss isn't what Steve wants. You've been had.
Ive is a neat guy -- his work is pretty darned innovative -- more, I think, than people give Apple credit for. There are a lot of breakthrough aspects of most of their recent products.
Even if you don't like the stuff, it isn't the same derivative crap that has flooded the rest of the market.
Completely ineffective? I'd rather it ate my system than deleted my home directory. (not that you're wrong, but a virus is still pretty bad news on a multiuser OS.)
It just strikes me that it's odd when people claim to have something worthwhile to say and they don't know how to properly present what they're trying to be authoritative about.
Nah, Jobs was right to kill the clones. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Steve fan. I love my Macs. I love my NeXTs. I think he was a little hasty killing off the Newton, though. The MP2000 was a very slick piece of hardware (I never owned one, but I saw a few in action.) Quite competent little devices.
I'd much rather use LINUX on my PC. No more of that silly WINDOWS for me. Though an IPAQ might be kinda cool. Does SUN offer anything like that? I don't THINK so.
(Is it really that hard to remember the capitalization of things like iBook. iMac, Mac, etc.? It's not like they're NeXT, NEXTSTEP, or OpenStep, whose capitalization really is weird.)
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Don't worry -- you still can't afford it. (It goes for $200+ on eBay.) That's how you know it's quality software. Five years dead and still a hot commodity. Even illegal copies are costly nowadays.
If it cleans the floor with WinCE, I would. Look at what they did with the iPod -- Apple took something that was a commodity, fairly dull, and made a really exciting product that most people thought was exceptionally cool. I can see them doing that with the PDA market. After all, the Newton was pretty darned cool.
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The thing that gets me is that these 'leaked' pictures look a _whole_ lot like the iPod. The old iWalk was more of a throwback to the older design of the Newton and the PowerBooks. The iPod and these new pictures are very much in sync with Apple's new design sensibilities.
Also, I couldn't believe the name 'iPod' when I first heard the rumors. Now that it has actually been used, I'm slightly less skeptical about 'iWalk.'
Damn. Forgot the link. For the interested, check out Apple-History. Also, Steve Levy (I think)'s book "Insanely Great" is a pretty darned neat read on the origin of the Macintosh.
Apple (read: Steve) cancelled the Newton because it was John Sculley's pet project. Steve hates John because John pushed Steve out of the company fifteen years ago. Consequently, when Steve returned, he killed all of John's projects.
(Next episode: Steve's evil twin impregnates Kitty and runs off to Monaco with a cache of G5 chips. Steve burns down John's love-nest in the tropics.)
Troll? Wow. My previous post (people are selfishness and criticism machines) isn't looking as cynical as I thought it did. It's depressing to be right, sometimes.
I agree wholeheartedly. Sometimes I think I'm old-fashioned (particularly when reading here.) It seems that people are turning into some pretty crummy self-oriented acquisition, criticism machines. Or maybe I'm getting old.
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Not to be too far off-topic, but did "high-bread" really seem like the correct spelling for the word that means the blending of two ideas? I'm not typically startled by spelling mistakes, but that one's pretty dramatic.
Do you have this speech on tape? I think I heard it in 1998 (six million iMacs ago.) And about every product unveiling since 1984.
Come back when your company can consistently get millions of people excited over a computer. Look -- even you're excited. Just because you don't like it/Apple, doesn't mean that your fuss isn't what Steve wants. You've been had.
Ive is a neat guy -- his work is pretty darned innovative -- more, I think, than people give Apple credit for. There are a lot of breakthrough aspects of most of their recent products.
Even if you don't like the stuff, it isn't the same derivative crap that has flooded the rest of the market.
I wish! My crappily-recorded Sci-Fi VHS tapes really suck. I'd love DVDs.
I suggested Progres. It seemed cute =)
(My first suggestion was Prequel, just because I like the sound of that.)
"Can some functionality be added to SourceForge to help this?"
That's laugh-out-loud funny. A community isn't made by adding the "make community" feature to a software system (no matter how Linux-like that is.)
Do you want to do it for free?
Completely ineffective? I'd rather it ate my system than deleted my home directory. (not that you're wrong, but a virus is still pretty bad news on a multiuser OS.)
Now now, don't step on the toes of all of the self-important prigs who think they're changing the world because they spell it "Micro$oft."
It just strikes me that it's odd when people claim to have something worthwhile to say and they don't know how to properly present what they're trying to be authoritative about.
Nah, Jobs was right to kill the clones. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Steve fan. I love my Macs. I love my NeXTs. I think he was a little hasty killing off the Newton, though. The MP2000 was a very slick piece of hardware (I never owned one, but I saw a few in action.) Quite competent little devices.
I'd much rather use LINUX on my PC. No more of that silly WINDOWS for me. Though an IPAQ might be kinda cool. Does SUN offer anything like that? I don't THINK so.
(Is it really that hard to remember the capitalization of things like iBook. iMac, Mac, etc.? It's not like they're NeXT, NEXTSTEP, or OpenStep, whose capitalization really is weird.)
Don't worry -- you still can't afford it. (It goes for $200+ on eBay.) That's how you know it's quality software. Five years dead and still a hot commodity. Even illegal copies are costly nowadays.
If it cleans the floor with WinCE, I would. Look at what they did with the iPod -- Apple took something that was a commodity, fairly dull, and made a really exciting product that most people thought was exceptionally cool. I can see them doing that with the PDA market. After all, the Newton was pretty darned cool.
Walk slowly backwards and avoid eye contact ... there's still time to get out of this situation without any ugliness ... remain calm, everyone ...
The thing that gets me is that these 'leaked' pictures look a _whole_ lot like the iPod. The old iWalk was more of a throwback to the older design of the Newton and the PowerBooks. The iPod and these new pictures are very much in sync with Apple's new design sensibilities.
Also, I couldn't believe the name 'iPod' when I first heard the rumors. Now that it has actually been used, I'm slightly less skeptical about 'iWalk.'
Damn. Forgot the link. For the interested, check out Apple-History. Also, Steve Levy (I think)'s book "Insanely Great" is a pretty darned neat read on the origin of the Macintosh.
Apple (read: Steve) cancelled the Newton because it was John Sculley's pet project. Steve hates John because John pushed Steve out of the company fifteen years ago. Consequently, when Steve returned, he killed all of John's projects.
(Next episode: Steve's evil twin impregnates Kitty and runs off to Monaco with a cache of G5 chips. Steve burns down John's love-nest in the tropics.)
Zing!
That's what I was thinking. To me, the first couple of paragraphs smell really bad.
Christmas makes really good eBay fodder... =)
Troll? Wow. My previous post (people are selfishness and criticism machines) isn't looking as cynical as I thought it did. It's depressing to be right, sometimes.
I agree wholeheartedly. Sometimes I think I'm old-fashioned (particularly when reading here.) It seems that people are turning into some pretty crummy self-oriented acquisition, criticism machines. Or maybe I'm getting old.
Nope. And it's two PPC 603s running at 60MHz. Not a very convincing Mac, if it could.
And you can get as many as you want for two bucks each at Radio Shack.
Mac OS = Crisp
Mac OS X = Wet
Windows = Sludgy
X = Schoziphrenic (on a good day)
(moving on)
NEXTSTEP = firm
Newton = elusive
Win 3.1 = square
At least those are my suggestions =)