There's one product I won't be buying anymore. Oh, and before you start, I worked for a company that tried to pull that indoctrination stuff on employees, until several people threatened them with the 'L' word and a few more quit nearly putting the company OOB. They stopped it fast.
I would like to thank those that modded this 'Funny' and 'Insightful', as this is where I was going with this. Thank you for being so astute.
Please, understand that I work Apple and I buy Apple, but I don't live Apple -I take every opportunity to enjoy some 'schadenfreude' by bringing some reality to colleagues and friends that piss themselves in anticipation every time Apple makes a press release. I have been through all of the "ZOMG Apple is going OOB, like, TODAY!", rumors that I don't pay any attention to that tripe anymore and I also don't agree with many of the decisions that Apple has made when it comes to products, software, marketing, or company direction over the years. Every chance that I get to voice my opinion to my Apple sales and engineering contacts, I take full advantage of.
However, Apple has recently fallen into a GOLDMINE because of the 'incompetent boobery' of Ballmer and his crew, and while Apple has made gains, they have failed to truly capitalize on this opportunity because of the failing of one person, ST_VE, to see Apple as more than a 'retail consumer' technology company. Many of the people who hold those top positions at Apple are just as 'detail oriented' as ST_VE is and anyone of them could, with a little help from 'The Master', generate their own personal 'RDF' and reign in all those egos to drive Apple to further success.
That being said, I wouldn't miss Jobs if he were to retire sooner than later, I understand his motivation. To be distracted by one's own mortality would most certainly compromise any person's commitment to anything. So, there are no guarantees that even Jobs, with his acquired skills (RDF), will be able to guide Apple through the tough economic times ahead given his health issue. But, from a strictly technical financial standpoint, the company is strong -huge cash loaf, no debt, ridiculous profit margins, and no burn rate- that they will weather the near term and make gains that, in the future, will make most 'fanboise' happy because Apple has capable, hand-picked, people who are being groomed to 'step in' to assume the mantle of power at Apple.
How could any company survive without an egotistic megalomaniac perfectionist anal retentive button hater at the helm? Well Jobs doesn't design the computers Jonathan Ive does, so designs are covered. He doesn't manage the hardware engineering, Bob Mansfield has that responsibility. Operating system is Bertrand Serlet and applications is Sina Tamaddon, with Scott Forstall managing iPhone software, so we're covered on those. Phil Schiller is the marketing brain behind Apple's recent successes, so that's okay. Retailing is covered by Ron Johnson and let's not forget that Tim Cook handles DTD operations. There's also a few 'heavy-set' bean counters around to rearrange the cash loaf they've acquired after Steve plays naked in the pile, so the money is okay, too.
So, why does Apple need ST_VE? Do they need him to run around all day screaming, "Your designs suck, Jon! Make them MORE minimal!", "Bob, your code is SHIT! Fix it!", "Ron! Sell more STUFF!", "The rest of you, if you can't make everything INSANELY GREAT, no more free Jolt Cola in the cafeteria!"? So Apple needs him, how, to survive? If they need a 'visionary', they can always find another crazy 'Steve', here. In the long run, the company is well manned to maintain it's position and 'grow the brand' even if Jobs is relegated to prowling the dark halls at 1IL in his bathrobe and Birkenstocks.
"I think I'm allowed to say it does have a bad paint job, and I could care less about the mechanical guts of it. That's not why it's beautiful."
Even you miss the point of the 'beauty' of a machine like this. The nicks, dents, and worn paint are the testament to the bravery of the people, both men and women, who have flown in these machines -and the vision and hard work of those who created the 'mechanical guts' which allowed them to do what they have done- in the quest to extend the boundaries of human knowledge. The scars are history come alive, preserved for all to see. To be able to touch, or perhaps, to sit in the seat of one of these vehicles, brings one that much closer to the reality of that achievement. If you wish to ignore the 'mechanical guts', you ignore the thousands of technicians and engineers who made the 'realization' possible. You ignore the thousands who lifted the few on their shoulders to be able to make such an achievement.
From a marketing perspective. Apple has always introduced new products at MacWorld and WWDC. Since these events happen twice yearly it has limited Apple's product introduction cycles to predictable times. Because of this schedule, saavy buyers -as well as the people they recommend to- have held off on purchases to see what 'Steve will intro at MacWorld/WWDC'. This causes Apple's sales to take a hit prior to the shows and probably leaves them with an awful lot of unsold inventory at the end of the quarter preceding the show. Now they can adopt a more fluid product intro cycle that won't hit the bottom line so hard.
I'm sure Steve -or one of his handpicked henchmen- will keynote at WWDC to make the fanbois happy. As to his retirement, if I was in his place I'd be thinking of the Gates strategy to ease myself out of the business. After all, he's as human as the rest of you.
There is nothing in the Apple EULA that prevents anyone from creating a driver for their hardware to work with OS X. The fact that RealTek does not make -or may never make- hardware for Macs is immaterial.
Pseudo-intellectual masturbation from an overly self-important has-been. Esther, take a break. Walk on the beach. Have a drink with some old friends. Smoke a cigarette, or two. Get over yourself. We have.
Let's review:
- Nobel Laureate who thinks about things no-one understands -except other Nobel Laureates
- no fashion sense -same clothes for a week, different colored socks/no socks, different shoes on each foot, short pants
- weird personality and/or behavioral traits/tendencies -no socks
- bad personal hygiene -never met a physicist who bathed regularly, "Can't wash. Thinking."
- always 'lost in thought' -about some 'problem'
- supremely messy office -policies written on cocktail napkins
Why can't this be a defender of all FOSS? To be just a defender of just FOSS OS limits its ability to represent anyone who wishes to create free software.
Might not be the only culprit here. Chicken pox (V. zoster) and Shingles (H. zoster) are related to HSV1 and HSV2. Many people may have had either -or both- of these infections as children or adults and carry the virus in a dormant state in their body. The research does not address these other -possible very prevalent- vectors in AD.
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"We need superheroes.
I've got your superhero -right here.
The summary is the article.
"Justice is coming to all of us no matter what we do."
Serves them all right.
My Xmas wish is more mod points...+1 Funny.
Wish I had some mod points...+1 Funny. No, it's the other 'L' word with a capital 'L'.
There's one product I won't be buying anymore. Oh, and before you start, I worked for a company that tried to pull that indoctrination stuff on employees, until several people threatened them with the 'L' word and a few more quit nearly putting the company OOB. They stopped it fast.
I would like to thank those that modded this 'Funny' and 'Insightful', as this is where I was going with this. Thank you for being so astute.
Please, understand that I work Apple and I buy Apple, but I don't live Apple -I take every opportunity to enjoy some 'schadenfreude' by bringing some reality to colleagues and friends that piss themselves in anticipation every time Apple makes a press release. I have been through all of the "ZOMG Apple is going OOB, like, TODAY!", rumors that I don't pay any attention to that tripe anymore and I also don't agree with many of the decisions that Apple has made when it comes to products, software, marketing, or company direction over the years. Every chance that I get to voice my opinion to my Apple sales and engineering contacts, I take full advantage of.
However, Apple has recently fallen into a GOLDMINE because of the 'incompetent boobery' of Ballmer and his crew, and while Apple has made gains, they have failed to truly capitalize on this opportunity because of the failing of one person, ST_VE, to see Apple as more than a 'retail consumer' technology company. Many of the people who hold those top positions at Apple are just as 'detail oriented' as ST_VE is and anyone of them could, with a little help from 'The Master', generate their own personal 'RDF' and reign in all those egos to drive Apple to further success.
That being said, I wouldn't miss Jobs if he were to retire sooner than later, I understand his motivation. To be distracted by one's own mortality would most certainly compromise any person's commitment to anything. So, there are no guarantees that even Jobs, with his acquired skills (RDF), will be able to guide Apple through the tough economic times ahead given his health issue. But, from a strictly technical financial standpoint, the company is strong -huge cash loaf, no debt, ridiculous profit margins, and no burn rate- that they will weather the near term and make gains that, in the future, will make most 'fanboise' happy because Apple has capable, hand-picked, people who are being groomed to 'step in' to assume the mantle of power at Apple.
How could any company survive without an egotistic megalomaniac perfectionist anal retentive button hater at the helm? Well Jobs doesn't design the computers Jonathan Ive does, so designs are covered. He doesn't manage the hardware engineering, Bob Mansfield has that responsibility. Operating system is Bertrand Serlet and applications is Sina Tamaddon, with Scott Forstall managing iPhone software, so we're covered on those. Phil Schiller is the marketing brain behind Apple's recent successes, so that's okay. Retailing is covered by Ron Johnson and let's not forget that Tim Cook handles DTD operations. There's also a few 'heavy-set' bean counters around to rearrange the cash loaf they've acquired after Steve plays naked in the pile, so the money is okay, too.
So, why does Apple need ST_VE? Do they need him to run around all day screaming, "Your designs suck, Jon! Make them MORE minimal!", "Bob, your code is SHIT! Fix it!", "Ron! Sell more STUFF!", "The rest of you, if you can't make everything INSANELY GREAT, no more free Jolt Cola in the cafeteria!"? So Apple needs him, how, to survive? If they need a 'visionary', they can always find another crazy 'Steve', here. In the long run, the company is well manned to maintain it's position and 'grow the brand' even if Jobs is relegated to prowling the dark halls at 1IL in his bathrobe and Birkenstocks.
"I think I'm allowed to say it does have a bad paint job, and I could care less about the mechanical guts of it. That's not why it's beautiful."
Even you miss the point of the 'beauty' of a machine like this. The nicks, dents, and worn paint are the testament to the bravery of the people, both men and women, who have flown in these machines -and the vision and hard work of those who created the 'mechanical guts' which allowed them to do what they have done- in the quest to extend the boundaries of human knowledge. The scars are history come alive, preserved for all to see. To be able to touch, or perhaps, to sit in the seat of one of these vehicles, brings one that much closer to the reality of that achievement. If you wish to ignore the 'mechanical guts', you ignore the thousands of technicians and engineers who made the 'realization' possible. You ignore the thousands who lifted the few on their shoulders to be able to make such an achievement.
"...maybe you should be less of a douchebag."
From a marketing perspective. Apple has always introduced new products at MacWorld and WWDC. Since these events happen twice yearly it has limited Apple's product introduction cycles to predictable times. Because of this schedule, saavy buyers -as well as the people they recommend to- have held off on purchases to see what 'Steve will intro at MacWorld/WWDC'. This causes Apple's sales to take a hit prior to the shows and probably leaves them with an awful lot of unsold inventory at the end of the quarter preceding the show. Now they can adopt a more fluid product intro cycle that won't hit the bottom line so hard.
I'm sure Steve -or one of his handpicked henchmen- will keynote at WWDC to make the fanbois happy. As to his retirement, if I was in his place I'd be thinking of the Gates strategy to ease myself out of the business. After all, he's as human as the rest of you.
There is nothing in the Apple EULA that prevents anyone from creating a driver for their hardware to work with OS X. The fact that RealTek does not make -or may never make- hardware for Macs is immaterial.
A sure fire way to keep the 'friendly' aliens away.
Pseudo-intellectual masturbation from an overly self-important has-been. Esther, take a break. Walk on the beach. Have a drink with some old friends. Smoke a cigarette, or two. Get over yourself. We have.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of one of those, controlling a Beowulf cluster of these!
Let's review: - Nobel Laureate who thinks about things no-one understands -except other Nobel Laureates - no fashion sense -same clothes for a week, different colored socks/no socks, different shoes on each foot, short pants - weird personality and/or behavioral traits/tendencies -no socks - bad personal hygiene -never met a physicist who bathed regularly, "Can't wash. Thinking." - always 'lost in thought' -about some 'problem' - supremely messy office -policies written on cocktail napkins
Code something that is 'insanely great' and you will survive to charge $4.99 for your app. Otherwise, perish in flame.
Yes, you may.
The only computer language you will ever need.
Why can't this be a defender of all FOSS? To be just a defender of just FOSS OS limits its ability to represent anyone who wishes to create free software.
That's 20 (twenty) million and nine hundred ninety nine thousand and ninety nine accounts, douchebag.
Might not be the only culprit here. Chicken pox (V. zoster) and Shingles (H. zoster) are related to HSV1 and HSV2. Many people may have had either -or both- of these infections as children or adults and carry the virus in a dormant state in their body. The research does not address these other -possible very prevalent- vectors in AD.
"...lack of access to a Windows environment..."
Hello? Virtualization?
Fun?
"...largely stagnant in recent history."
Whereinthefuck have you been for the last five years?
Where is the on-line version of the 'Quantum Linear Equation Solver' built with hookers and blackjack?