I thoroughly enjoyed your post. Right now I'm tingling in anticipation of the frothing-mouthed Android apologists who can't wait to tear you apart. I love to watch them twitch and flop when someone slaps them with a dose of reality.
You sure are bitter against Apple, aren't you? You're such a genius, but you can't even conceive of the idea that Apple users gush about Apple products because they actually like them?
You mean like how Apple makes decisions based on protecting the user experience? Funny how that worked out, isn't it. Actually predictable though, Google has had the photocopiers on for quite a while now, might as well copy one more thing.
The big problem BB has is that competing on merit will leave it bankrupt in short order. I've had several for work and they are the worst POS phones (from a usability standpoint). I'll grant they are tough, but a tough POS is still a POS.
So in your universe you don't realize that the police are upset about this because these checkpoints are about generating money for the city via citations, right? Tell me your universe is not that stupid, please. Please don't tell me you're dumb enough to think this has anything to do with public safety, or to "serve and protect"? Please don't tell me you're so dumb as to not realize that the police have now become a major revenue generation arm of the government and that they are more tax collectors now than public servants?
Actually NO, the post is not offensive. You simply want to be offended so you choose to be offended and act indignant. Grow up already and quit being so hypersensitive.
As the leader of the Bigot Anti-Defamation League I take offense at something in your post. I'm not sure what exactly, but I'm sure there is something there that offends me and i want to pre-emptively register my outrage.
Actually the post isn't offensive at all. You simpleminded over-sensitivity is offensive!
The app should have stayed up because it did not denigrate or attack anyone, it just spoke to a point of view. Those too sensitive to allow an opposing viewpoint need to grow up.
Why do i need to come up with anything i can do on a tablet and not on a laptop? Isn't that sort of a fake argument?
As to my desktop vs laptop example, I think my point has as much relevance to the discussion as yours did. Namely, NONE. Tablet, laptop, dekstop, they are ALL different and used for different purposes, so some of the comparisons being made are a bit ridiculous.
I'll grant they may be a bit expensive, I would consider them cutting edge devices at this point and I'd expect a price premium. That being said, if the argument is only about cost then you only buy the cheapest, but like most things, there can be both quantifiable and unquantifiable value in a higher priced product. Quantifiable: Battery life, weight, portability, instant on, content ecosystem, product integration, etc. Unquantifiable: Look/feel of the UI, joy of using the product, overall satisfaction with your purchase, etc.
I think the iPad is pretty darned good, and I'll be getting one fairly soon, but I'll grant it could use a few tweaks that would leap it over the top and cement it for life. Independence from iTunes/master computer for content/updates, one mini-usb port, ability to synch to an external drive, a file manager for the user files, retina display. Fix those few things (and it's not an easy evolution from where they are now) and I'd say it would suffice as an adequate PC for 95% of people. As it stands now it's a good mobile PC for most people, but doesn't fill all the needs.
You may not fully understand the audience or target market for this device. It seems to be a common problem. Tech geeks don't understand that they are the 1-2% that want functionality that the rest of the market doesn't want. I agree that a few minor tweaks would definitely make this more appealing (one USB port, connect to an external HD, iTunes not needed for activation/updates) but it is still a very good product and it appeals to the 98% of "normal" users out there who just want to be able to simply pick up the computer and use it.
Actually a tablet can be used for creating and consuming. 5 minutes on the Apple site shows that very clearly. As to whether "there's nothing that you do with an iPad that you couldn't do on a laptop", while that is (mostly) true, how is that relevant? I could easily say "there's nothing that you do with a laptop that you couldn't do on a desktop" and it would have just as much relevance (none!) to the discussion.
"Many of those we have fought over there WERE going to attack americans either way"
- Bullshit. We invaded Iraq and they posed NO threat to us. Some of them fought back just like you'd fight back if someone invaded the US.
"Again, these people choose to attack us, all we did was choose who they had the best opportunity to attack."
- AFTER we invaded a Muslim country that posed no threat to us. Of COURSE they attacked us. You would do the same.
"Would you rather these people have been left alone to plan more attacks like 9/11 or the Madrid bombing and kill innocent civilians, or would you rather they keep their focus on attacking an army of soldiers who have chosen to fight"
- Interesting, but very narrow choices you've provided there. How about I'd rather we did not invade countries that pose no security threat to us. How about that we don't waste billions of dollars and piss away our nation's future in the pursuit of pure greed on the part of the ruling elite and the military industrial giants? Your choices that you provided are bullshit, like all of your arguments. You've really swallowed everything they gave you, didn't you. I hope you at least got a reach-around for your troubles.
I would say it's not a democracy because business special interests are running this country. They supply the cash that finances the candidates who will dance to their tune. At anything above the local level there is rarely a citizen government, but only professional politicians bought by the rich. In short it's not a democracy because the choices are already decided for us by those with the money.
I think he must mean the Plays for Sure customers got shafted by DRM. Still a MS circle-jerk, but it was their previous attempt to dethrone Apple's lead in this market.
Ha!! I wish I could remember where I heard that exact quote before, was it Ballmer or a faux "journalist"? Either way, good for a laugh. Another example of MS thinking they could buy/bully their way in and they obviously don't have a clue.
Quicktime on the Mac is fine. Quicktime on Windows is less appealing. Personally I'm inclined to blame Windows because it seems everything sucks a bit more on Windows. I'm just going with the preponderance of the evidence.
- Why even MORE for Apple? Because you just blindly hate Apple?
" recent 30% forced charge on subscriptions"
- WRONG! There is NO 30% forced charge on subscriptions. That is what greedy content providers are saying, but it is absolutely false. Content providers can sell a subscription outside of their app and not pay one dime to Apple. All Apple asks (and fairly I think) is that if a content provider sells subscriptions outside of the app then they also must give the option to sell it inside the app for the same (or better) price. In other words if Apple brings the content provider money through their ecosystem then Apple gets a cut (as is fair) and if the content provider gets a subscription outside of Apple's ecosystem then Apple does NOT get a cut (which is fair).
Please understand a topic before you comment on it. As with most blind Apple haters you don't know wtf you are talking about and end up making ridiculously misinformed statements.
I disagree. The jurors are retards, that's what the lawyers want, gullible jurors. Many jurors just want to go home and will do anything to expedite a verdict, and many will take a "better safe than sorry" approach and convict just so they can sleep at night. No, if your life is in a jury's hands then you should be very afraid!
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I thoroughly enjoyed your post. Right now I'm tingling in anticipation of the frothing-mouthed Android apologists who can't wait to tear you apart. I love to watch them twitch and flop when someone slaps them with a dose of reality.
You sure are bitter against Apple, aren't you? You're such a genius, but you can't even conceive of the idea that Apple users gush about Apple products because they actually like them?
You mean like how Apple makes decisions based on protecting the user experience? Funny how that worked out, isn't it. Actually predictable though, Google has had the photocopiers on for quite a while now, might as well copy one more thing.
The big problem BB has is that competing on merit will leave it bankrupt in short order. I've had several for work and they are the worst POS phones (from a usability standpoint). I'll grant they are tough, but a tough POS is still a POS.
Wow, I think you and I might be best friends. I think we have equal disdain for the State and the badged thugs it employs to raise money.
So in your universe you don't realize that the police are upset about this because these checkpoints are about generating money for the city via citations, right? Tell me your universe is not that stupid, please. Please don't tell me you're dumb enough to think this has anything to do with public safety, or to "serve and protect"? Please don't tell me you're so dumb as to not realize that the police have now become a major revenue generation arm of the government and that they are more tax collectors now than public servants?
Except for the I blindly hate Apple and Mac users religion of course? . . . .
Actually Apple fans are never conspicuously silent. They may not agree with you, but they are never silent.
Well, to be brutally honest, Android is leading the smartphone market and it is almost non-existent in the tablet market.
Actually NO, the post is not offensive. You simply want to be offended so you choose to be offended and act indignant. Grow up already and quit being so hypersensitive.
As the leader of the Bigot Anti-Defamation League I take offense at something in your post. I'm not sure what exactly, but I'm sure there is something there that offends me and i want to pre-emptively register my outrage.
Pot meet kettle. . .
Could YOU be any more intolerant?
Actually the post isn't offensive at all. You simpleminded over-sensitivity is offensive!
The app should have stayed up because it did not denigrate or attack anyone, it just spoke to a point of view. Those too sensitive to allow an opposing viewpoint need to grow up.
I don't thInk you're getting the point of my rhetorical question.
Why do i need to come up with anything i can do on a tablet and not on a laptop? Isn't that sort of a fake argument?
As to my desktop vs laptop example, I think my point has as much relevance to the discussion as yours did. Namely, NONE. Tablet, laptop, dekstop, they are ALL different and used for different purposes, so some of the comparisons being made are a bit ridiculous.
I'll grant they may be a bit expensive, I would consider them cutting edge devices at this point and I'd expect a price premium. That being said, if the argument is only about cost then you only buy the cheapest, but like most things, there can be both quantifiable and unquantifiable value in a higher priced product. Quantifiable: Battery life, weight, portability, instant on, content ecosystem, product integration, etc. Unquantifiable: Look/feel of the UI, joy of using the product, overall satisfaction with your purchase, etc.
I think the iPad is pretty darned good, and I'll be getting one fairly soon, but I'll grant it could use a few tweaks that would leap it over the top and cement it for life. Independence from iTunes/master computer for content/updates, one mini-usb port, ability to synch to an external drive, a file manager for the user files, retina display. Fix those few things (and it's not an easy evolution from where they are now) and I'd say it would suffice as an adequate PC for 95% of people. As it stands now it's a good mobile PC for most people, but doesn't fill all the needs.
You may not fully understand the audience or target market for this device. It seems to be a common problem. Tech geeks don't understand that they are the 1-2% that want functionality that the rest of the market doesn't want. I agree that a few minor tweaks would definitely make this more appealing (one USB port, connect to an external HD, iTunes not needed for activation/updates) but it is still a very good product and it appeals to the 98% of "normal" users out there who just want to be able to simply pick up the computer and use it.
Actually a tablet can be used for creating and consuming. 5 minutes on the Apple site shows that very clearly. As to whether "there's nothing that you do with an iPad that you couldn't do on a laptop", while that is (mostly) true, how is that relevant? I could easily say "there's nothing that you do with a laptop that you couldn't do on a desktop" and it would have just as much relevance (none!) to the discussion.
Daniel Ocean?
"Many of those we have fought over there WERE going to attack americans either way"
- Bullshit. We invaded Iraq and they posed NO threat to us. Some of them fought back just like you'd fight back if someone invaded the US.
"Again, these people choose to attack us, all we did was choose who they had the best opportunity to attack."
- AFTER we invaded a Muslim country that posed no threat to us. Of COURSE they attacked us. You would do the same.
"Would you rather these people have been left alone to plan more attacks like 9/11 or the Madrid bombing and kill innocent civilians, or would you rather they keep their focus on attacking an army of soldiers who have chosen to fight"
- Interesting, but very narrow choices you've provided there. How about I'd rather we did not invade countries that pose no security threat to us. How about that we don't waste billions of dollars and piss away our nation's future in the pursuit of pure greed on the part of the ruling elite and the military industrial giants? Your choices that you provided are bullshit, like all of your arguments. You've really swallowed everything they gave you, didn't you. I hope you at least got a reach-around for your troubles.
I would say it's not a democracy because business special interests are running this country. They supply the cash that finances the candidates who will dance to their tune. At anything above the local level there is rarely a citizen government, but only professional politicians bought by the rich. In short it's not a democracy because the choices are already decided for us by those with the money.
I think he must mean the Plays for Sure customers got shafted by DRM. Still a MS circle-jerk, but it was their previous attempt to dethrone Apple's lead in this market.
Ha!! I wish I could remember where I heard that exact quote before, was it Ballmer or a faux "journalist"? Either way, good for a laugh. Another example of MS thinking they could buy/bully their way in and they obviously don't have a clue.
Quicktime on the Mac is fine. Quicktime on Windows is less appealing. Personally I'm inclined to blame Windows because it seems everything sucks a bit more on Windows. I'm just going with the preponderance of the evidence.
"even more so for Apple"
- Why even MORE for Apple? Because you just blindly hate Apple?
" recent 30% forced charge on subscriptions"
- WRONG! There is NO 30% forced charge on subscriptions. That is what greedy content providers are saying, but it is absolutely false. Content providers can sell a subscription outside of their app and not pay one dime to Apple. All Apple asks (and fairly I think) is that if a content provider sells subscriptions outside of the app then they also must give the option to sell it inside the app for the same (or better) price. In other words if Apple brings the content provider money through their ecosystem then Apple gets a cut (as is fair) and if the content provider gets a subscription outside of Apple's ecosystem then Apple does NOT get a cut (which is fair).
Please understand a topic before you comment on it. As with most blind Apple haters you don't know wtf you are talking about and end up making ridiculously misinformed statements.
I disagree. The jurors are retards, that's what the lawyers want, gullible jurors. Many jurors just want to go home and will do anything to expedite a verdict, and many will take a "better safe than sorry" approach and convict just so they can sleep at night. No, if your life is in a jury's hands then you should be very afraid!