Um, too much choice is bad? Really? You're going to go with that?
I did not say it was bad. I said it was overwhelming. In Australia there is no signifiicant opportunity to road-test these devices before investing in them, often on a multi-year contract with significant cost penalty for early departure.
With a small group of options, you can get a wide level of feedback from friends, colleagues and your own research. If you're more of a geek, or a power-user, it's often a case of pot-luck when you go after relatively obscure (albeit great) devices. Everything HTC have ever made comes to mind.
The phone vendors don't want to know either, stocking only the mainstream devices and giving you blank stares when you ask about another device.
I'm a very long time Palm user, and I have been hanging for the Pre to replace my aging Treo 680.
However, with the speculation that Australia is going to miss out in the near future, I'm tired waiting.
Giving serious consideration to the iPhone and hoping I can learn to live without a keyboard.
Would also be interested in Android, however the hardware choices are overwhelming (Motorola, HTC et al). At least with the Palm or Apple, you are only required to choose from one or two models.
Well, personally, I press the button on the end of the indicator stalk without taking my hands off the wheel. The radio mutes and the computer beeps. I say "demist on" and Moira Stewart says "demist off". I then rant about how the fuck can "on" sound like "off" and repeat twice, usually that works, sometimes I have to take my hand off the wheel and stab the button.
Oh no. The UN are trying to organise something? Terrific.
Europe will try and shaft American companies, the Arabs will refuse to play ball and the other minor dictatorships, religious theocracies and tinpot corrupt little villages which comprise the UN will sell their vote to the highest bidder.
You spell very nicely for an idiot. I congratulate you.
However, shouting "science" doesn't mean you know anything about science, as is demonstrated by clueless comments such as: "it was necessary on a purely scientific level to look for explosives"
Huh?
And this is modded "insightful"? I weep for the future.
Thus far, this thread is full of little more than repressed anti-Apple feelings being vented with zero analysis of either the logos or the issue at hand. You know, "facts".
As an Australian, I can say that Woolworths has been (allegedly, cough) involved in anti-competitive practices for years in the grocery, and now petrol markets. As one of the two (and effectively only) major supermarket chains in this country their activities and pricing has stifled competition and cost consumers' back pockets plenty. This is not your typical David vs Goliath situation.
So before everybody rushes to their defence, and makes Apple out to be a big corporate bully, it would be worth looking at the behaviour on both sides.
Apple is also taking action against a music festival promoter, Poison Apple, which has applied to trademark an apple with a bite out of it atop crossed bones, and Foxtel, whose branding for a new pornography channel, Adults Only, is an apple together with an arrow and a devil's tail..
Slashdot Mirror
Fake.
Um, too much choice is bad? Really? You're going to go with that?
I did not say it was bad. I said it was overwhelming. In Australia there is no signifiicant opportunity to road-test these devices before investing in them, often on a multi-year contract with significant cost penalty for early departure.
With a small group of options, you can get a wide level of feedback from friends, colleagues and your own research. If you're more of a geek, or a power-user, it's often a case of pot-luck when you go after relatively obscure (albeit great) devices. Everything HTC have ever made comes to mind.
The phone vendors don't want to know either, stocking only the mainstream devices and giving you blank stares when you ask about another device.
I'm a very long time Palm user, and I have been hanging for the Pre to replace my aging Treo 680.
However, with the speculation that Australia is going to miss out in the near future, I'm tired waiting.
Giving serious consideration to the iPhone and hoping I can learn to live without a keyboard.
Would also be interested in Android, however the hardware choices are overwhelming (Motorola, HTC et al). At least with the Palm or Apple, you are only required to choose from one or two models.
How does one demistify the windows?
Well, personally, I press the button on the end of the indicator stalk without taking my hands off the wheel. The radio mutes and the computer beeps. I say "demist on" and Moira Stewart says "demist off". I then rant about how the fuck can "on" sound like "off" and repeat twice, usually that works, sometimes I have to take my hand off the wheel and stab the button.
Really? I just uninstall it.
Why were they wearing headphones during the chess?
Oh no. The UN are trying to organise something? Terrific.
Europe will try and shaft American companies, the Arabs will refuse to play ball and the other minor dictatorships, religious theocracies and tinpot corrupt little villages which comprise the UN will sell their vote to the highest bidder.
You spell very nicely for an idiot. I congratulate you.
However, shouting "science" doesn't mean you know anything about science, as is demonstrated by clueless comments such as:
"it was necessary on a purely scientific level to look for explosives"
Huh?
And this is modded "insightful"? I weep for the future.
See?
You don't need to be anonymous to be an idiot online.
Oh please.
Doctors do things for the common good as well. That doesn't mean they don't have bills to pay.
Or maybe they'll change the startup screen to say "58008" upside down
Gentleman agreements are never documented
Neither is bullshit.
Meg?
Are you nuts?
Anyway, you forgot to mention Jessica Rabbit.
Fap fap fap (bam bam bam)
1) Cartoons are seldom sexy
Someone never played Leisure Suit Larry or watched Roger Rabbit...
Fairy chicks ROCK!
Fixed that for you.
Actually, twenty years ago, nobody in their 20s bought it either.
They stole it.
Usually from an older brother or careless Father.
I'd do Betty, but I'd be thinking about Wilma...
What's the acronym for Not Safe for Keeping your Lunch Down?
What the hell Wikipedia article needed that as an image anyway?
See, this is why people get scared of clowns.
I replied to a job description which specified "minimum, six years Java experience".
Java had only been around for four years.
I asked them whether they were negotiable on the experience, or if they'd mind me calling them back in a couple of years.
Thus far, this thread is full of little more than repressed anti-Apple feelings being vented with zero analysis of either the logos or the issue at hand. You know, "facts".
As an Australian, I can say that Woolworths has been (allegedly, cough) involved in anti-competitive practices for years in the grocery, and now petrol markets. As one of the two (and effectively only) major supermarket chains in this country their activities and pricing has stifled competition and cost consumers' back pockets plenty. This is not your typical David vs Goliath situation.
So before everybody rushes to their defence, and makes Apple out to be a big corporate bully, it would be worth looking at the behaviour on both sides.
Only a Windows user would say something like that...
It's bright fucking green.
Funny you should mention that. From the article:
Apple is also taking action against a music festival promoter, Poison Apple, which has applied to trademark an apple with a bite out of it atop crossed bones, and Foxtel, whose branding for a new pornography channel, Adults Only, is an apple together with an arrow and a devil's tail..
Crunchy!
It's not hypocracy.
Okay. Well how about hypocrisy?
Yeah, but they did manage to defrost Walt Disney to create Steve Jobs.
And blame the Jews...