I find the second response to be more on message but in offices where a more direct response is required: "stick my tongue up middle management's ass and give it a few twirls" also works.
Another friendly tip from your happy labor force - productivity equals happiness. Putting the pro in profits, and the suck in success!
Ditto me on that one. I've finally gotten my own parents to get one just to cut down on Wintel support calls by pushing it's virtues on cutting down deskclutter (laptops have a huge footprint and can't be hidden away) and the fact they've gotten into the ipod / digital pocketcam markets. They're re-using their keyboards and lcd displays so it's a nice market slot to continue to support. I know lots of techies who have gotten it as a second desktop because of it's size, and it makes a reasonable media-center PC. Apple would be nuts to discontinue it without replacing it with another micro-form factor replacement.
The only way I'd give this rumor credence is if they turn the Apple TV into a full-fledged desktop unit with teeth.
When I was switching to AT&T from Verizon I was getting nothing but "omg - AT&T"!
Now you know the dark side of the force. I'll take my chances with the NSA thank you very much. Oh and Verizon? My iphone links to my computer out of the box. I didn't have to hack it to enable OBEX assclowns!
Perhaps if Microsoft didn't skimp on parts or quality control they'd have a more expensive - but more stable offering. Would you pay 100 more to get a system that didn't Red-Disk after a few months of use?
That's interesting. That falls on the heels of reports that AT&T was doing reconfigs to up speeds in various areas and even Trio customers with EDGE getting better bandwidth. Of course upgrades like these couldn't possibly be connected to any crunchy breaky noises that came shortly afterwards as the network collapsed.
And how many "light" tactical nuclear exchanges should we be expecting? Call me silly, but I think I'd expect those types of weapons used in concert with - oh I dunno - a full-on no-holds-barred massive attack with full-scale escalation. But hey - those spiffy ultra-tech window fragments will go well with the smoldering pieces of your house / business / town / city / state / country / continent / hemisphere / planet.
Sure your hands will be nothing more than a faint shadow on the computer keyboard - but the important thing is that your data will be safe for generations of sentient cockroaches to gleam facinating tidbits from your blog about your aunt's mayonnaise jar collection. And if that's not progress, I don't know what is.
You have to care - because, you know - if you don't buy an iPhone, the Terrorists win.
PS: Pop-Culture check: I have to wonder why this is amusing in the same way people DIDN'T joke about Pearl Harbor during WWII (to the best of my knowledge). It's funny because the current administration is by far - not even slightly comparable to FDR's. And - that's - just fucking sad.
re:"minimizing radio interference and even the fabled electronics-destroying electromagnetic pulse generated by a nuclear blast"
Because in the event of a nuclear blast - the EMP is the least of your concerns when standing next to a window. Still, thank gosh they got that EMP problem licked. Bra-VO!
Hell - at my store in Emeryville, I got a bear hug. Of course it was from a neighbor in my loft-complex but she was getting a kick out of the scene. Hell if 50% of the customers think it's fun, and the employees are also getting a kick out of it, what the hell.
Or you can save 10 bucks with AppleCare. Neat thing there - you can do that anytime during the warrenty period, so you've got a year to procrastinate that option, or you can get it if you suspect the battery is getting wonky during the first year. Plus for 10 bucks less, you get more protection.
Eddie Izzard: "We stole countries! That's how you build an empire. We stole countries with the cunning use of flags! Just sail halfway around the world, stick a flag in. "I claim India for Britain." And they're going, "You can't claim us. We live here! There's five hundred million of us." "Do you have a flag?" "We don't need a bloody flag, this is our country you bastard!" "No flag, no country! You can't have one. That's the rules... that... I've just made up! And I'm backing it up with this gun..."
I didn't know MUDs were extensible. I also thought they were more quasi-graphic in play, where I'd rather let budding writers stretch their keyboards. But yes, I guess I'm envisioning a web-based MUD with more collaboration.
But futurewise I've always wondered what would happen with a Wiki approach. A game that was user extensible. I was not the Dungeon master type myself, but I enjoyed a few in college and looking at that industry's energy was curious what if a platform for expanding a structured universe online would lead to play? Granted heavy plot points would require log-in protection but it might be pretty fun to play the world's first wiki-crazy-quilt game in text format. Could bring back the genre nicely or even provide a template for the emergence of a graphics engine that could translate a more english like parsed script.
Regarding music ringtones, the industry has evolved to the point that the download needs to be adressed as a "unique revenue stream". This was noted back in Jan when S.Jobs was interviewed by Steven Levey for Newsweek and got the response to the query "wouldn't it be great to put downloaded music as your ringtone"? and then only got a bunch of fingers rubbed together as a response from Jobs.
I agree though that this is a good thing though sanitywise, but I don't think it was the intent.
I heard there was two speeds to EDGE. One is being lamented as slow - and other more tolerable. Is the 2x 56k the slow or the faster rate?
I'm more about range of the network. The 3G maps I've seen to date are - um - really limiting. No access is worse than slow access to me - call me crazy. Plus when I'm not traveling I'm surrounded by WiFi.
re:". But once Reagan called em 'Evil" those people had few choices. Argue that they weren't evil (a very hard argument to make) or admit it and say "yay evil!"...
Yay EVIL!
Give me my silver jumpsuit and one miiilion doolllars, and sharks with FRICKIN LASER BEAMS ON THEIR HEADS!
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I find the second response to be more on message but in offices where a more direct response is required: "stick my tongue up middle management's ass and give it a few twirls" also works.
Another friendly tip from your happy labor force - productivity equals happiness. Putting the pro in profits, and the suck in success!
Ditto me on that one. I've finally gotten my own parents to get one just to cut down on Wintel support calls by pushing it's virtues on cutting down deskclutter (laptops have a huge footprint and can't be hidden away) and the fact they've gotten into the ipod / digital pocketcam markets. They're re-using their keyboards and lcd displays so it's a nice market slot to continue to support. I know lots of techies who have gotten it as a second desktop because of it's size, and it makes a reasonable media-center PC. Apple would be nuts to discontinue it without replacing it with another micro-form factor replacement.
The only way I'd give this rumor credence is if they turn the Apple TV into a full-fledged desktop unit with teeth.
re:"so they can disconnect whatever they want."
That'll make a fine appendum to the sell-sheet when you're looking to sell the house.
Oh - and the plumbing's disconnected too. And electrical grids? We don't need no stinking electrical grid!
When I was switching to AT&T from Verizon I was getting nothing but "omg - AT&T"!
Now you know the dark side of the force. I'll take my chances with the NSA thank you very much. Oh and Verizon? My iphone links to my computer out of the box. I didn't have to hack it to enable OBEX assclowns!
re:IBM
Does IBM still make home computers?
Some win.
re:"That the PS3 costs double that of the Xbox?"
Perhaps if Microsoft didn't skimp on parts or quality control they'd have a more expensive - but more stable offering. Would you pay 100 more to get a system that didn't Red-Disk after a few months of use?
I bet he was good providing cookies to his clients too.
That's interesting. That falls on the heels of reports that AT&T was doing reconfigs to up speeds in various areas and even Trio customers with EDGE getting better bandwidth. Of course upgrades like these couldn't possibly be connected to any crunchy breaky noises that came shortly afterwards as the network collapsed.
re:"yea cant wait for DotComBurst 2.0"
You must be a barrel of kicks at parties:
"Happy Birthday. You're closer to death now you know. Can't wait."
And how many "light" tactical nuclear exchanges should we be expecting? Call me silly, but I think I'd expect those types of weapons used in concert with - oh I dunno - a full-on no-holds-barred massive attack with full-scale escalation. But hey - those spiffy ultra-tech window fragments will go well with the smoldering pieces of your house / business / town / city / state / country / continent / hemisphere / planet.
Sure your hands will be nothing more than a faint shadow on the computer keyboard - but the important thing is that your data will be safe for generations of sentient cockroaches to gleam facinating tidbits from your blog about your aunt's mayonnaise jar collection. And if that's not progress, I don't know what is.
You have to care - because, you know - if you don't buy an iPhone, the Terrorists win.
PS: Pop-Culture check:
I have to wonder why this is amusing in the same way people DIDN'T joke about Pearl
Harbor during WWII (to the best of my knowledge). It's funny because the current
administration is by far - not even slightly comparable to FDR's. And - that's - just fucking sad.
Really sad.
re:"minimizing radio interference and even the fabled electronics-destroying electromagnetic pulse generated by a nuclear blast"
Because in the event of a nuclear blast - the EMP is the least of your concerns when standing next to a window. Still, thank gosh they got that EMP problem licked. Bra-VO!
re:""There are no markings indicating exactly who built it." BusinessWeek reports.
Soooo, from the future - or alien tech?
I'd be careful out there I smell a Dr. Who episode in the making.
Hell - at my store in Emeryville, I got a bear hug. Of course it was from a neighbor in my loft-complex but she was getting a kick out of the scene. Hell if 50% of the customers think it's fun, and the employees are also getting a kick out of it, what the hell.
Verizon? Bwa haa haa haa haaaaa. Excuse me. AAAAhhh haa haa haaaa haaaaaa!
Google Verizon and "lawsuits". Great customer satisfaction there.
Because our coverage sucks in America. Check the maps. No idea what coverage is like in Europe.
Or you can save 10 bucks with AppleCare. Neat thing there - you can do that anytime during the warrenty period, so you've got a year to procrastinate that option, or you can get it if you suspect the battery is getting wonky during the first year. Plus for 10 bucks less, you get more protection.
I guess the arctic circle didn't have a flag.
Eddie Izzard: "We stole countries! That's how you build an empire. We stole countries with the cunning use of flags! Just sail halfway around the world, stick a flag in. "I claim India for Britain." And they're going, "You can't claim us. We live here! There's five hundred million of us." "Do you have a flag?" "We don't need a bloody flag, this is our country you bastard!" "No flag, no country! You can't have one. That's the rules... that... I've just made up! And I'm backing it up with this gun..."
I didn't know MUDs were extensible. I also thought they were more quasi-graphic in play, where I'd rather let budding writers stretch their keyboards. But yes, I guess I'm envisioning a web-based MUD with more collaboration.
But futurewise I've always wondered what would happen with a Wiki approach. A game that was user extensible. I was not the Dungeon master type myself, but I enjoyed a few in college and looking at that industry's energy was curious what if a platform for expanding a structured universe online would lead to play? Granted heavy plot points would require log-in protection but it might be pretty fun to play the world's first wiki-crazy-quilt game in text format. Could bring back the genre nicely or even provide a template for the emergence of a graphics engine that could translate a more english like parsed script.
VC's anyone?
I'm haven't seen it so I might as well make the mention that this is probably the most genius approach to inflating your TRST numbers EVER.
Regarding music ringtones, the industry has evolved to the point that the download needs to be adressed as a "unique revenue stream". This was noted back in Jan when S.Jobs was interviewed by Steven Levey for Newsweek and got the response to the query "wouldn't it be great to put downloaded music as your ringtone"? and then only got a bunch of fingers rubbed together as a response from Jobs.
I agree though that this is a good thing though sanitywise, but I don't think it was the intent.
I heard there was two speeds to EDGE. One is being lamented as slow - and other more tolerable. Is the 2x 56k the slow or the faster rate?
I'm more about range of the network. The 3G maps I've seen to date are - um - really limiting.
No access is worse than slow access to me - call me crazy. Plus when I'm not traveling I'm surrounded by WiFi.
re:". But once Reagan called em 'Evil" those people had few choices. Argue that they weren't evil (a very hard argument to make) or admit it and say "yay evil!"...
Yay EVIL!
Give me my silver jumpsuit and one miiilion doolllars, and sharks with FRICKIN LASER BEAMS ON THEIR HEADS!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pozlp_wnkRk
cube well designed?
Sure if you ignore the fact that all those cool photos removed the rats-nest of wires coming out of the bottom like calamari legs.
Why hide the wires under my desk - when they can sit right under the unit for all the world to see and admire. Spiiiify!