Who would seriously dispute Jobs did things of great significance?
On several occasions in this article people have likened iTunes to a record store, followed by making a fart noise.
I don't understand it, either. Back in my day, before iTunes, if I heard a song on the radio I liked, I had to buy a delicate $20 compact disc with 10 other songs I didn't want so I could listen to it skip in the car. Apparently making it fun to enjoy music again and selling ten billion songs in the process isn't quite Grammy worthy.
I was reasonably happy with having a data plan for my iPad, but since it hurts AT&T so much to use data I'll learn to live without it and save a few bucks in the process.
That's bad news for AT&T, it's not an unlimited plan I'm dropping.
iTunes may be a household name, but the award states "career in music" and "significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording."
iTunes isn't a significant contribution to music? Do you understand what it takes to actually become a household name?
So is this just plain 'ol Steve hate or has iTunes been around for so long that 5 people with mod points are now taking it for granted?
I can't imagine how annoyingly worthless his "power" is if it is improved beyond that.
Really? Well let me tell you a little story: I was sitting in an office with two other dudes and the life supp... central air went out. The office had gone to Staples and purchased us a couple of fans. The fans came with a remote control, which I knew about but nobody else did. Every once in a while I'd randomly turn on the fan, which would generate some curiosity amongst my office-mates. "Why did that thing come on?" I really was hoping they'd suspect ghosts!
Well, no, they were smarter than that. While away from my desk they found the remote. They thought it'd be cute to sabotage it.
I came back to my desk and the remote was sitting there. I knew I had been found out. Half an hour later, one of the guys goes "Hey, can you turn the fan on?" I smiled and aimed the remote, and... nothing. I cracked open the case, the batteries were there. A quick glance at the fan showed that the IR receiver wasn't blocked. What could be causing this? When I flipped over the remote again the two office-mates started chuckling.
Knowing they did something to it, I whipped out my cell phone and started diddling with the remote. "What are you doin, charging it up? Heh heh heh." A moment later I opened up the case, pulled out the batteries, flipped them around, plugged them back in, and had the fan running. Their smiling stopped. "What'd you do?"
I then gave them a quick lesson on digital cameras. I could tell from the phone's camera that the remote's IR bulb wasn't blinking. That told me the batteries weren't inserted properly (or maybe had tape blocking the contacts) and quickly diagnosed the problem.
Now... just imagine if I had done that WITHOUT the cell phone! Superpower, indeed!
The logo is on the back, not the front. The proportions seem different when side by side when seen from a JPEG found on the net, in real life when sitting on a desk the proportional differences are not easy to spot. The iPad's Home Button is the same color as the bezel and has a teeny little icon on it, rendering it virtually invisible.
Meanwhile, the shape is virtually the same. The back casing is a similar metallic color that reaches all the way to the edge. The rounded corners are pretty much the same size. The buttons are in a similar arrangement, etc.
Like it or not Tablets running Android were out before the iPad.... Apple didn't Invent anything they just have really good Advertising and a huge following of iSheep.
And nobody gave a shit until the iPad came along. Now you know why he said "defined the tablet market" instead of "invented the tablet".
I have both an iPad and a Galaxy Tab. I also have an HP Touchpad. I have on a couple of occasions grabbed the Tab thinking I was going for the iPad, and vice-versa. They actually are strikingly similar. I have never mistaken the Touchpad for either of the other two.
You can look at jpegs of the devices in question until you're blue in the face, but when you actually have your hands on them it's embarrassingly clear that Samsung copied the iPad down to tiny little details. That's why the 'rounded corners' bit of the case is only one of twenty five details Apple took issue with.
Those are actually the ones you add on Facebook. When you don't, you're not using it correctly, then you become the bitter sort who writes long tirades about how shallow people are on Facebook.
Because the people who complain about it talk of shallow relationships, which usually happens when they sign on and try to increase the friend count. They then post comments and nobody replies. After a bit, they get grumpy and complain that people on Facebook arent friends, but 'friends'. Suddenly, instead of just getting bored with it and moving on, noisy opinions of these sites are born and are, not-surprisingly, leveled solely at sites that are really only useful if you have a friends list.
I'll concede that Im generalizing, but I'd wager I've struck close to home.
I remember. I had a friend in high school whose favorite phrase was "really? It just works on a Mac!" We all wanted to flick him on the back of the head. That might have happened, too, if he hadn't gone and gotten a hot girlfriend while we were busy trying to figure out how not to be Bud Bundy.
I don't give a shit about the bashing. I'm just sick of the posing. "Oh, well, Apple should be the ones to fix this because some guy with a fashionable haircut scoffed at my phone."
Meanwhile there was a story about how Foxconn workers that assemble XBOX 360's threatened a mass suicide if conditions didn't improve. This story did not make it to Slashdot. If it had, then not only would the problem there get more air-time, but hey we could give Microsoft a black eye too, right? Nah, smartphone OS's are fashionable right now.
Apple fans are obnoxious people, that doesn't excuse Foxconn or even China for things working that way.
I'm happy with your answer, but before I address that I have to nitpick this one comment:
After all, you're edging close to the "I have nothing to hide" department..
No, I am not. If you are personally approving what all goes out then that is not 'nothing to hide'. What I said would not qualify for that unless Google had ALREADY done it and I was apologizing for them.
Remember, it also becomes a 1 stop shop for the government to buy the profiles in bulk.
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Who would seriously dispute Jobs did things of great significance?
On several occasions in this article people have likened iTunes to a record store, followed by making a fart noise.
I don't understand it, either. Back in my day, before iTunes, if I heard a song on the radio I liked, I had to buy a delicate $20 compact disc with 10 other songs I didn't want so I could listen to it skip in the car. Apparently making it fun to enjoy music again and selling ten billion songs in the process isn't quite Grammy worthy.
Question: Has anybody been able to successfully get out of their contract because they were throttled?
I was reasonably happy with having a data plan for my iPad, but since it hurts AT&T so much to use data I'll learn to live without it and save a few bucks in the process.
That's bad news for AT&T, it's not an unlimited plan I'm dropping.
iTunes may be a household name, but the award states "career in music" and "significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording."
iTunes isn't a significant contribution to music? Do you understand what it takes to actually become a household name?
So is this just plain 'ol Steve hate or has iTunes been around for so long that 5 people with mod points are now taking it for granted?
Oh, so his Grammy-worthy contribution to music was creating a fucking store?
Yes, dumbshit.
Another thread where we can bitch about how Steve Jobs really didn't do anything significant even though iTunes is a household name.
I just wanted to tell that story.
I can't imagine how annoyingly worthless his "power" is if it is improved beyond that.
Really? Well let me tell you a little story: I was sitting in an office with two other dudes and the life supp... central air went out. The office had gone to Staples and purchased us a couple of fans. The fans came with a remote control, which I knew about but nobody else did. Every once in a while I'd randomly turn on the fan, which would generate some curiosity amongst my office-mates. "Why did that thing come on?" I really was hoping they'd suspect ghosts!
Well, no, they were smarter than that. While away from my desk they found the remote. They thought it'd be cute to sabotage it.
I came back to my desk and the remote was sitting there. I knew I had been found out. Half an hour later, one of the guys goes "Hey, can you turn the fan on?" I smiled and aimed the remote, and ... nothing. I cracked open the case, the batteries were there. A quick glance at the fan showed that the IR receiver wasn't blocked. What could be causing this? When I flipped over the remote again the two office-mates started chuckling.
Knowing they did something to it, I whipped out my cell phone and started diddling with the remote. "What are you doin, charging it up? Heh heh heh." A moment later I opened up the case, pulled out the batteries, flipped them around, plugged them back in, and had the fan running. Their smiling stopped. "What'd you do?"
I then gave them a quick lesson on digital cameras. I could tell from the phone's camera that the remote's IR bulb wasn't blinking. That told me the batteries weren't inserted properly (or maybe had tape blocking the contacts) and quickly diagnosed the problem.
Now... just imagine if I had done that WITHOUT the cell phone! Superpower, indeed!
The logo is on the back, not the front. The proportions seem different when side by side when seen from a JPEG found on the net, in real life when sitting on a desk the proportional differences are not easy to spot. The iPad's Home Button is the same color as the bezel and has a teeny little icon on it, rendering it virtually invisible.
Meanwhile, the shape is virtually the same. The back casing is a similar metallic color that reaches all the way to the edge. The rounded corners are pretty much the same size. The buttons are in a similar arrangement, etc.
Eh fuggit, look at the pictures.
iPad
Galaxy Tab.
We can argue about how similar it is until the sun comes up, the fact is even Samsung's own lawyers couldn't tell them apart in front of the judge.
Like it or not Tablets running Android were out before the iPad.... Apple didn't Invent anything they just have really good Advertising and a huge following of iSheep.
And nobody gave a shit until the iPad came along. Now you know why he said "defined the tablet market" instead of "invented the tablet".
... literally 1 min on google and considering it was almost 20 years ago do you really expect it to look identical?
Considering that the context of the case is about Samsung creating a tablet that looks almost identical to an iPad... yes.
I am not going to waste my time arguing with fanboi's who think apple invented the symmetrical boarder...
You're not. You're arguing with people who read the f'n articles.
I have both an iPad and a Galaxy Tab. I also have an HP Touchpad. I have on a couple of occasions grabbed the Tab thinking I was going for the iPad, and vice-versa. They actually are strikingly similar. I have never mistaken the Touchpad for either of the other two.
You can look at jpegs of the devices in question until you're blue in the face, but when you actually have your hands on them it's embarrassingly clear that Samsung copied the iPad down to tiny little details. That's why the 'rounded corners' bit of the case is only one of twenty five details Apple took issue with.
Shilling is bad but blind hating for free is preferred.
Yes, it does actually.
A double-resolution screen doesn't meet that requirement?
Doesn't look like an iPad.
Thank you!
Those are actually the ones you add on Facebook. When you don't, you're not using it correctly, then you become the bitter sort who writes long tirades about how shallow people are on Facebook.
Because the people who complain about it talk of shallow relationships, which usually happens when they sign on and try to increase the friend count. They then post comments and nobody replies. After a bit, they get grumpy and complain that people on Facebook arent friends, but 'friends'. Suddenly, instead of just getting bored with it and moving on, noisy opinions of these sites are born and are, not-surprisingly, leveled solely at sites that are really only useful if you have a friends list.
I'll concede that Im generalizing, but I'd wager I've struck close to home.
It's not very often friendless people get to act smug.
Awww c'mon, that was a subtle reference to Spaceballs!
Came for this, leaving satisfied!! This thread will go to plaid soon.
That feeling is irreversible, just like my raincoat.
I remember. I had a friend in high school whose favorite phrase was "really? It just works on a Mac!" We all wanted to flick him on the back of the head. That might have happened, too, if he hadn't gone and gotten a hot girlfriend while we were busy trying to figure out how not to be Bud Bundy.
I don't give a shit about the bashing. I'm just sick of the posing. "Oh, well, Apple should be the ones to fix this because some guy with a fashionable haircut scoffed at my phone."
Meanwhile there was a story about how Foxconn workers that assemble XBOX 360's threatened a mass suicide if conditions didn't improve. This story did not make it to Slashdot. If it had, then not only would the problem there get more air-time, but hey we could give Microsoft a black eye too, right? Nah, smartphone OS's are fashionable right now.
Apple fans are obnoxious people, that doesn't excuse Foxconn or even China for things working that way.
Apple gets singled out a lot now, not because there's some new Apple bashing trend...
Bull.
I'm happy with your answer, but before I address that I have to nitpick this one comment:
After all, you're edging close to the "I have nothing to hide" department..
No, I am not. If you are personally approving what all goes out then that is not 'nothing to hide'. What I said would not qualify for that unless Google had ALREADY done it and I was apologizing for them.
Remember, it also becomes a 1 stop shop for the government to buy the profiles in bulk.
Okay, this is a good reason. Thank you.