Bzzt! Negative points for trying to assume logic has anything to do with an emotional discussion. Speculation on motivations has very little to do with logic. Logic is great for the 5% of situations where it actually applies, but for the vast majority of human interaction it's all about emotion, negotiation and diplomacy.
Unlike most, I love grammar Nazis. Language is important enough to justify correct use. I'm "friending" you for this post and the "fewer than ten" post. Now, please don't correct my grammar.:-)
What ARE you talking about? Your mousing comments are just plain weird and Apple keyboard short cuts are fantastic. I rarely even touch the mouse. Your second paragraph is even zanier. Long path names? So, don't put spaces in your file names. Don't like MacPorts? (That's what it's called these days). Download the source and compile it yourself. Crude mix-match of BSD utilities? What?
"Mac heads don't get to get away with calling Windows sugar coated DOS for decades then not even count it's CLI"
Windows has a cli? With pipes and everything? Did I miss that coming out?
It's funny how in the early Mac days the Windows users pooh-pooh'd them saying that they wanted to be able to know what was going on under the hood. Now that the roles are completely reversed the Windows crowd has had to find other reason to look down their noses as OS X.
And the case? Frankly I would pay a premium for the Apple laptops just for the construction. Unless you happen to like the sound of creaky plastic MacBooks are the way to go.
You can still organize photos by date stamped folders if you put them into events. But really, the point of using iPhoto is that it makes organization more than just looking through directories, especially with the new-ish Faces feature. Besides, you're never more than a right-click away from having iPhoto show you exactly where in the file system your image is located.
You should remember that just because some trait does not lend itself well to reproduction does not meant that trait is unnatural. If it was truly "unnatural" then it wouldn't occur in nature at all. However, it does occur in nature, and not only among humans.
Additionally, the human race is slowly evolving into something more than the primitive beings you seem to think we should be. Sooner or later it will become easy for gay couples to reproduce. Whether or not you consider it "natural" is of no consequence. After all, modern people enjoy so many things that are not natural and we would be loathe to suddenly have to do without them. In fact, most everything you come into contact with on a daily basis is not "natural."
The same thing that is basically wrong with most people. If it doesn't affect adversely in the pocketbook they tend not to get so worked up about it. The whole freedom-of-speech/human-rights spectrum is way less important to most people than the am-I-comfortable factor.
Perhaps you have a different definition of "substantially" than I do. The iPad2 will weigh in at 1.3 pounds. That seems quite a bit lighter than most laptops.
"Too shiny in fact. Is it really just me who can't see anything but reflected lights on iPod screens?"
It seems like only yesterday people were complaining about the "low contrast matte" screens that Macs used to sport. For some people it does not matter what Apple does, they will always have an emotional reaction against it.
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Yep. I hate my Apple products so much I regularly buy new ones just so I can have something to complain about.
I KNOW! I get spam from them all the time.
Bzzt! Negative points for trying to assume logic has anything to do with an emotional discussion. Speculation on motivations has very little to do with logic. Logic is great for the 5% of situations where it actually applies, but for the vast majority of human interaction it's all about emotion, negotiation and diplomacy.
Well, I really like my Mac and I think this is cool. So, stuff that data point in your decision forest. :-)
Unlike most, I love grammar Nazis. Language is important enough to justify correct use. I'm "friending" you for this post and the "fewer than ten" post. Now, please don't correct my grammar. :-)
"...or the real reality?"
I guess now we're talking about your reality.
A shovel. And a helmet.
Oh, yes. Reality. I assume you mean "your" reality in this instance?
What ARE you talking about? Your mousing comments are just plain weird and Apple keyboard short cuts are fantastic. I rarely even touch the mouse. Your second paragraph is even zanier. Long path names? So, don't put spaces in your file names. Don't like MacPorts? (That's what it's called these days). Download the source and compile it yourself. Crude mix-match of BSD utilities? What?
"Mac heads don't get to get away with calling Windows sugar coated DOS for decades then not even count it's CLI"
Windows has a cli? With pipes and everything? Did I miss that coming out?
It's funny how in the early Mac days the Windows users pooh-pooh'd them saying that they wanted to be able to know what was going on under the hood. Now that the roles are completely reversed the Windows crowd has had to find other reason to look down their noses as OS X.
And the case? Frankly I would pay a premium for the Apple laptops just for the construction. Unless you happen to like the sound of creaky plastic MacBooks are the way to go.
Nope. The Mac is for geeks who like being able to rock the command line and have great consumer GUI apps all on the same machine.
You can still organize photos by date stamped folders if you put them into events. But really, the point of using iPhoto is that it makes organization more than just looking through directories, especially with the new-ish Faces feature. Besides, you're never more than a right-click away from having iPhoto show you exactly where in the file system your image is located.
As the old saying goes, "sin against god is one thing, sin against man is worse." I even like that one despite being an atheist.
You should remember that just because some trait does not lend itself well to reproduction does not meant that trait is unnatural. If it was truly "unnatural" then it wouldn't occur in nature at all. However, it does occur in nature, and not only among humans.
Additionally, the human race is slowly evolving into something more than the primitive beings you seem to think we should be. Sooner or later it will become easy for gay couples to reproduce. Whether or not you consider it "natural" is of no consequence. After all, modern people enjoy so many things that are not natural and we would be loathe to suddenly have to do without them. In fact, most everything you come into contact with on a daily basis is not "natural."
The same thing that is basically wrong with most people. If it doesn't affect adversely in the pocketbook they tend not to get so worked up about it. The whole freedom-of-speech/human-rights spectrum is way less important to most people than the am-I-comfortable factor.
" Republicans have had the House and Senate before, and Armageddon didn't result"
Perhaps you failed to notice Iraq.
"How is not being able to see the fucking screen properly an "emotional reaction"?"
I rest my case.
"Apple isn't being singled out here, precious little macboi"
Wow. You complain about the GPs tone of voice and then you post that? Fail.
"but not substantially lighter than a laptop."
Perhaps you have a different definition of "substantially" than I do. The iPad2 will weigh in at 1.3 pounds. That seems quite a bit lighter than most laptops.
"Too shiny in fact. Is it really just me who can't see anything but reflected lights on iPod screens?"
It seems like only yesterday people were complaining about the "low contrast matte" screens that Macs used to sport. For some people it does not matter what Apple does, they will always have an emotional reaction against it.
The bigger question is, who gets mod points anymore? I haven't seen a mod point come my way since the redesign.
" we know pretty much where every single man made object is down to about the size of a hammer"
That's awesome. I lost mine so perhaps I could ask them about it?
" and the fanboyism so prevalent among its customers"
Oh, please. Knee jek regurgitations of false memes are getting old. File that one in the same drawer as BSOD.
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