That the state of consumer technology has caught up to Steve's ambition. Could it be that we are on now finally able to realize the 'magical' devices that Steve has had knocking around in his head these past few decades? Perhaps. Or maybe Steve is just a really lucky guy. ---or he is just a genius.
No, no, this is not the end times you have been reading about. This is the DAWN of a new age of travel! A GLORIOUS adventure on the high seas! See the world ANEW! Why measure your transatlantic travel in hours when it can be measured in DAYs or even WEEKS? Relive a bygone era when it was the JOURNEY that mattered most, not the destination. After a lazy brunch, take a mid-morning stroll on the upper deck in your best pinstripes, while your lady swings her parasol without a care in the world. Dine on the finest cuts of meat, drink the finest wines! Try your luck at the baccarat tables! End your evening with a stout cigar, staring blissfully toward the star filled night sky. It's the future!
Peter Hartman, CEO of KLM ended the interview with the thoughtful remark that, "As a further comfort to our esteemed customers, all seats are now equipped with their own personal parachute. Preliminary research has suggested that those lucky passengers seated direly by the emergency exit increase their odds of successful 'emergency sky-dive' by a factor of 1000 over those in normal economy class, provided that they time their exit and decent to the appropriate altitude, or are just able to hold their breath for over five minutes. I'm also proud to say that all emergency exit seats are also premium economy seats, which will net our esteemed flying blue members 20% extra flying miles. We take our customers loyalty very seriously."
I don't care if coal outputs an order of magnitude of radiation than all of the nuclear reactors combined. I don't care if the number of terrorists in the world will be stopped by reducing access to this deadly radioactive material. I don't even care if we are entrusting the French (yea the FRENCH!) with coming up with a solution to the world's power generation problems and global warming at the same time. No sir! I'm thinking of the Children. The C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N! And they are not too happy about this development. Even the children have a right to die of lung cancer in 50 years from the filthy air like the rest of us. Remember 3 mile island! The end is near! The march of socialism is upon us! They're coming for you!... Ah gosh darn it, who am I foolooin? Ok I give up, Obama just passed health care I guess this isn't the end times after all. There's always 2012!
No kidding... Amazon is the one with the most to lose. Apple doesn't really care about being middleman. Apple barely breaks even hosting Apps/music/movies/ebooks; as long as you buy their hardware they could probably care less what you do with it. You can buy and ipad/ipod/iwhatever and never spend a dime on content and still get loads of use out of it through free apps and your own content you upload to it. Why should Apple take the responsibility for pricing third party content, why not let authors/publishing companies/movie companies ect... determine their own price and let the consumer choose?
I think Apple's way creates a more sustainable market place for the consumer while maintaining quality...unlike Amazon model, which is more akin to walmart.
In this being the post-millennial / post-9/11 age, the world has become too cynical, and frankly...depressing.
Futurama's humor was meant for the waning years of the 90's when the world was scared of Y2K and still revered Star Trek and Twilight zone as pinnacle of science fiction. When one eyed purple aliens and rich asian chicks were still 'hot' - and not in a weird way. It was a time when a young man could still dream of being a delivery boy in space, and maybe, just maybe it was possible (the US was rich and had all those mars landers planting flags). A time when no man would envy another, and there would be sexbots for all. It was a simpler time. Futurama is dead to me now.
I feel your pain. The only way to rid yourself of the precious and free your soul is to throw your iphone into a volcano. Do you happen live near an active volcano? Until then, whatever you do, don't slide to unlock! It will steal your soul!
Just maybe not everyone in the world wants to be Google's bitch and allow them to mine their precious information for profit. Information may want to be free, but information is also power. Secrets are valuable to those who hold them, and in a near future world where information becomes increasingly more valuable, those who hold the secrets will be the most powerful.
Now just ask yourself, are you willing to submit to the likes of Google and give up the right and freedom to decide what to do with your information? Your secrets?
Do we continue to sell our individuality, our identity so cheaply?
If you read the following I'll have to kill you (kindly leave your gps coordinates in my inbox).
Look, its a simple process of elimination. First we coordinate the offender using black-ops satellites circling above the Himalaya. Once the hacker is pin-pointed in his bunker we upload a 'spike' directly to his IP address, which is gained by triangulating his cell phone signature via wi-fi antennas of surrounding Starbucks coffee shops. The 'spike' will immediately disrupt use of his cerebral cortex, thus rendering said malicious and poorly misguided comrade into a defenseless and innocuous teddy bear.
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That the state of consumer technology has caught up to Steve's ambition. Could it be that we are on now finally able to realize the 'magical' devices that Steve has had knocking around in his head these past few decades? Perhaps. Or maybe Steve is just a really lucky guy. ---or he is just a genius.
What a whiner.
Yang is building a planetbuster, we much achieve transcendence with planet before its too late! Move a foil ship to that microbe hex stat!
No, no, this is not the end times you have been reading about. This is the DAWN of a new age of travel! A GLORIOUS adventure on the high seas! See the world ANEW! Why measure your transatlantic travel in hours when it can be measured in DAYs or even WEEKS? Relive a bygone era when it was the JOURNEY that mattered most, not the destination. After a lazy brunch, take a mid-morning stroll on the upper deck in your best pinstripes, while your lady swings her parasol without a care in the world. Dine on the finest cuts of meat, drink the finest wines! Try your luck at the baccarat tables! End your evening with a stout cigar, staring blissfully toward the star filled night sky. It's the future!
Peter Hartman, CEO of KLM ended the interview with the thoughtful remark that, "As a further comfort to our esteemed customers, all seats are now equipped with their own personal parachute. Preliminary research has suggested that those lucky passengers seated direly by the emergency exit increase their odds of successful 'emergency sky-dive' by a factor of 1000 over those in normal economy class, provided that they time their exit and decent to the appropriate altitude, or are just able to hold their breath for over five minutes. I'm also proud to say that all emergency exit seats are also premium economy seats, which will net our esteemed flying blue members 20% extra flying miles. We take our customers loyalty very seriously."
"Bring it on!"
I hope she skips the goatse 3D pictorial.... even for the Blind, once something has been 'touched' it can't be 'untouched'.
End apartheid now.
I don't care if coal outputs an order of magnitude of radiation than all of the nuclear reactors combined. I don't care if the number of terrorists in the world will be stopped by reducing access to this deadly radioactive material. I don't even care if we are entrusting the French (yea the FRENCH!) with coming up with a solution to the world's power generation problems and global warming at the same time. No sir! I'm thinking of the Children. The C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N! And they are not too happy about this development. Even the children have a right to die of lung cancer in 50 years from the filthy air like the rest of us. Remember 3 mile island! The end is near! The march of socialism is upon us! They're coming for you! ... Ah gosh darn it, who am I foolooin? Ok I give up, Obama just passed health care I guess this isn't the end times after all. There's always 2012!
I think Apple's way creates a more sustainable market place for the consumer while maintaining quality...unlike Amazon model, which is more akin to walmart.
You're really concerned what's going to happen to your ebooks when you're dead? Taking corporate paranoia to the afterlife is a little extreme, no?
Futurama's humor was meant for the waning years of the 90's when the world was scared of Y2K and still revered Star Trek and Twilight zone as pinnacle of science fiction. When one eyed purple aliens and rich asian chicks were still 'hot' - and not in a weird way. It was a time when a young man could still dream of being a delivery boy in space, and maybe, just maybe it was possible (the US was rich and had all those mars landers planting flags). A time when no man would envy another, and there would be sexbots for all. It was a simpler time. Futurama is dead to me now.
Fox can bite my shiny metal ass.
Just hit the 'delete' button and your data is safe? Too late, they got you.
do you really play after 5 years?
I put on my robe and wizard hat...
You do realize that Steve Jobs middle name is Obsession? Tis the path to madness! ... and great riches.
I feel your pain. The only way to rid yourself of the precious and free your soul is to throw your iphone into a volcano. Do you happen live near an active volcano? Until then, whatever you do, don't slide to unlock! It will steal your soul!
Just maybe not everyone in the world wants to be Google's bitch and allow them to mine their precious information for profit. Information may want to be free, but information is also power. Secrets are valuable to those who hold them, and in a near future world where information becomes increasingly more valuable, those who hold the secrets will be the most powerful.
Now just ask yourself, are you willing to submit to the likes of Google and give up the right and freedom to decide what to do with your information? Your secrets?
Do we continue to sell our individuality, our identity so cheaply?
You Satan worshiping scientists!
Is it really a necessity for my future sexbot to have social skills? I'm sure there'll be a 'conversationalist bot' when the need calls for one.
You have never had any serious dental work done. There are plenty of hi-tech advancements that didn't even exist 20 years ago.
I wouldn't take bets.
Look, its a simple process of elimination. First we coordinate the offender using black-ops satellites circling above the Himalaya. Once the hacker is pin-pointed in his bunker we upload a 'spike' directly to his IP address, which is gained by triangulating his cell phone signature via wi-fi antennas of surrounding Starbucks coffee shops. The 'spike' will immediately disrupt use of his cerebral cortex, thus rendering said malicious and poorly misguided comrade into a defenseless and innocuous teddy bear.
When the US attacks Iran....a major exporter of oil to China.
The US will corner the market once fusion gets perfected in 10 or so years... (seriously! Quite laughing! I'm prognosticating accurately!)