What went on between Jobs and Woz is between Jobs and Woz. While I'd never say that Jobs is any kind of technical genius, he has an eye for good design, and the will to execute it. Apple's performance over his tenure speaks for itself.
What has Microsoft done, other than rest on their laurels and destroy promising competitors?
But if the picture is not related to the story, it is of no value. I know what driving looks like. If the image is just knuckles on a generic steering wheel, use those column inches for something useful.
Why do you assume that I must support the Republicans if I oppose the Democrats?
The 2nd Amendment is the GUARANTOR of all the other rights. You might also note that the Democrats seem to be just fine selling us out to big businesses, and taxing us to death.
As far as 2), I know of zero candidates who have even MENTIONED advocacy of modern, equitable, accurate voting mechanisms. That's because the Republicans and Democrats aren't interested in reflecting their constituency, they're interested in maintaining their duopoly.
"Do you really want to live in a state where lying is illegal?"
Don't be ridiculous. It's legal for the MPAA and HP. If one of those, whaddyoucallem, "citizens" tries to do it, well, that's a horse of a different color, isn't it?
Um, what did you think I was talking about? "The Left isn't authoritarian, but they do want the government and the police to be the only people with guns. But don't worry, they're here to protect you. Promise."
That's more than authoritarian enough for my taste.
Seriously. Since kinda writing Basic a million years ago, what has he done that makes you think he's anything other than a rich kid who was in the right place at the right time?
What, you mean like the old Intel ads that implied that you couldn't watch video on your computer unless you had an Intel chip? Yeah, until Apple came along, no TV ads were ever misleading.
I hate the ads too, but come on...it's not like Apple is unique in this regard.
"The best thing about the Newton was Steve Jobs' press conference"
Er, no. Jobs killed the Newton when he returned to the company. Some people say it was pique, becuase Newton was Sculley's brainchild, and Sculley had ousted Jobs.
I've never been to Norway. Never set foot there. Whatever the Norwegian church may do, has nothing to do with me, or any organization I'm affiliated with. You assume homogeneity where there is none. That's called bigotry.
Collective accountability is a pretty immoral philosophy. Do you agree?
I think the case could be made, if somebody with the courage of their convictions could make it.
Everybody complains that the US is acting like the world's police force. If we're going to get the rap, we might as well do some good.
Fix Darfur. Fix Bosnia. Fix NoKa. Make it clear to China that their saber rattling about Taiwan can only go so far. Make being a warlord a very, very dangerous occupation.
Call me idealistic, but I think all of those are noble aims, and proper ones for a superpower to undertake.
What the hell was I thinking? We only need 2000 miles of fence. EVEN MORE GENIUS. Oh, wait, there are those pesky boat people on the Gulf coast. Yup, better just build a 30' concrete wall around the perimeter of the nation.
"Al Qaeda members, associates, and their affilates."
OK, there's three degrees of separation. You want to do the math and figure out what percentage of the American populace that includes? You still OK with this?
Oh, never mind. You probably think that you have nothing to hide, therefore you have nothing to fear. What a nice little illusion that must be.
The problem is, in America's binary political landscape, the "other side" is exactly as authoritarian, only they wish to control different aspects of your life.
Unfortunately, you can't vote for anybody without throwing away about half of your civil liberties. The only difference is, which half?
Exactly my point. Waiting for the UN is the same thing as approving genocide.
"and there's no stomach for "American Boys" to die freeing impoverished North Koreans."
Stomach was generated for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The problem is, the leader who chose the war (especially in Iraq) did so with dishonest means and an ulterior motive. Moral cowardice. (See also FDR's drawing a foul in the Pacific to back himself into the European theater. Same technique, better justification, still cowardly.)
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What went on between Jobs and Woz is between Jobs and Woz. While I'd never say that Jobs is any kind of technical genius, he has an eye for good design, and the will to execute it. Apple's performance over his tenure speaks for itself.
What has Microsoft done, other than rest on their laurels and destroy promising competitors?
We're talking about ADVERTISING. The higher standard would be not doing it.
But if the picture is not related to the story, it is of no value. I know what driving looks like. If the image is just knuckles on a generic steering wheel, use those column inches for something useful.
Why do you assume that I must support the Republicans if I oppose the Democrats?
The 2nd Amendment is the GUARANTOR of all the other rights. You might also note that the Democrats seem to be just fine selling us out to big businesses, and taxing us to death.
As far as 2), I know of zero candidates who have even MENTIONED advocacy of modern, equitable, accurate voting mechanisms. That's because the Republicans and Democrats aren't interested in reflecting their constituency, they're interested in maintaining their duopoly.
"Do you really want to live in a state where lying is illegal?"
Don't be ridiculous. It's legal for the MPAA and HP. If one of those, whaddyoucallem, "citizens" tries to do it, well, that's a horse of a different color, isn't it?
Um, what did you think I was talking about? "The Left isn't authoritarian, but they do want the government and the police to be the only people with guns. But don't worry, they're here to protect you. Promise."
That's more than authoritarian enough for my taste.
OK, so Bill Gates is smarter than George W. Bush. So are the contents of my sock drawer.
It doesn't take smarts to build a business, if you're willing to break the law.
"but he is a smart man."
How do you figure?
Seriously. Since kinda writing Basic a million years ago, what has he done that makes you think he's anything other than a rich kid who was in the right place at the right time?
"Windows's security model is now superior to Linux's"
It's only a model.
Linux's security model has been in the field for a nice long time, with a reasonably solid track record. What's MS's track record like?
"I like to really dig into the inner workings of the OS that I use. OS X doesn't entirely appeal to my demographic for that reason"
Why not? You weren't smart enough to find terminal.app?
What, you mean like the old Intel ads that implied that you couldn't watch video on your computer unless you had an Intel chip? Yeah, until Apple came along, no TV ads were ever misleading.
I hate the ads too, but come on...it's not like Apple is unique in this regard.
That's what I assumed, but I was curious if there was anything other than snobbery.
It's funny to watch electric guitar players look down on synth players, as if a synthesizer isn't a "real" instrument. Guess this is the same thing.
"The best thing about the Newton was Steve Jobs' press conference"
Er, no. Jobs killed the Newton when he returned to the company. Some people say it was pique, becuase Newton was Sculley's brainchild, and Sculley had ousted Jobs.
What is the functional difference between DJ'ing from CD or from a laptop? If it's the same bitstream, who cares?
Um,
I've never been to Norway. Never set foot there. Whatever the Norwegian church may do, has nothing to do with me, or any organization I'm affiliated with. You assume homogeneity where there is none. That's called bigotry.
Collective accountability is a pretty immoral philosophy. Do you agree?
So you think that that's the end of it? They pinkie-swear that they're just listening to terrorists, and never never EVER to anybody else?
Not alleged drug runners?
Not alleged pedophiles?
Not alleged jaywalkers?
How do we know that they're doing what they say they're doing? Upon what do you base your trust?
I think the case could be made, if somebody with the courage of their convictions could make it.
Everybody complains that the US is acting like the world's police force. If we're going to get the rap, we might as well do some good.
Fix Darfur. Fix Bosnia. Fix NoKa. Make it clear to China that their saber rattling about Taiwan can only go so far. Make being a warlord a very, very dangerous occupation.
Call me idealistic, but I think all of those are noble aims, and proper ones for a superpower to undertake.
"The majority of that (if not all of it) will depend largely on game developers."
What a stunning revelation. It's almost like the most important thing is...the software! Good games mean happy customers...wow! Who knew?
That means that most fields of human endeavor are more complicated than a football game with one (1) winner and one (1) loser.
*head asplode*
How ever shall we cope with the bewildering complexity?
What the hell was I thinking? We only need 2000 miles of fence. EVEN MORE GENIUS. Oh, wait, there are those pesky boat people on the Gulf coast. Yup, better just build a 30' concrete wall around the perimeter of the nation.
That'll work.
Really.
"Al Qaeda members, associates, and their affilates."
OK, there's three degrees of separation. You want to do the math and figure out what percentage of the American populace that includes? You still OK with this?
Oh, never mind. You probably think that you have nothing to hide, therefore you have nothing to fear. What a nice little illusion that must be.
Ooh, yeah, that'll work. Let's build two fences 3000 miles long! GENIUS!
The problem is, in America's binary political landscape, the "other side" is exactly as authoritarian, only they wish to control different aspects of your life.
Unfortunately, you can't vote for anybody without throwing away about half of your civil liberties. The only difference is, which half?
Exactly my point. Waiting for the UN is the same thing as approving genocide.
"and there's no stomach for "American Boys" to die freeing impoverished North Koreans."
Stomach was generated for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The problem is, the leader who chose the war (especially in Iraq) did so with dishonest means and an ulterior motive. Moral cowardice. (See also FDR's drawing a foul in the Pacific to back himself into the European theater. Same technique, better justification, still cowardly.)