Proposal for an iPad newsgroup
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From: Jolly Roger on 15 Mar 2010 10:20 In article <806p2jFhekU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dvus" <doug(a)dvenator.com.invalid> wrote: > "-= Hawk =-" <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote in message > news:6atpp5hlakfph9m5d06jg41aopje8qbhas(a)isp5.newshosting.com... > > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:34:27 +0100, Johanna <Johanna(a)geen.mail> > > scribbled: > >>On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:05:03 +0100, ah wrote > >>(in article <4b9cd0f1$0$65862$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com>): > >>> On 3/11/2010 1:54 PM, nospam wrote: > >>>> In article <fmoore-79132C.13483511032010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > >>>> Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> [...] > >>>> > >>>>> The iPad is a Mac. > >>>> > >>>> it is not a mac at all. not even remotely close to one. > >>> > >>> ROLF! > >>> > >>>>> [...] > >> > >>ofly to people that are not smart enough to look beyond the device. The > >>iPad > >>(and iPhone) basically runs on OSX. > > > > Apple Corporation, sucking money out of the 'gotta have it!' imbeciles > > since 1981... > > Heh, I almost feel for the saps who paid $600 when the iPhone first debuted. > Especially since they dropped the price $200 right afterward. One of the tech > authors guesstimated that the first year outlay for an iPhone affictionado > came > in just under $2000! > > Of course, it *does* have that patented and novel "pinch" gesture that no one > else can use. Anyone playing that silly *I pinched your head" game will now > have to pay royalties to Apple or risk facing His Royal Majesty King Jobs in > court! I guess Stevie needs the money? To people with such silly attitudes, it must be very hard to grasp why the iPhone is taking the market place by storm. You probably resort to insulting remarks to justify it, right? Things like "there must be a LOT of stupid people in this world", and so on, right? Only how, then, do you explain that a whole lot of very smart, geeky, skilled people are buying iPhones as well? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jolly Roger on 15 Mar 2010 10:21 In article <gmcsp5t6sm7a0kipgr3veo5om1bgqo04kd(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, -= Hawk =- <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote: > My phone makes and receives calls. Isn't that what a phone is for? If all you want is just a phone, sure! -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: dvus on 15 Mar 2010 12:16 "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote in message news:jollyroger-6F0D17.09203415032010(a)news.individual.net... > In article <806p2jFhekU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dvus" <doug(a)dvenator.com.invalid> wrote: > >> "-= Hawk =-" <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote in message >> news:6atpp5hlakfph9m5d06jg41aopje8qbhas(a)isp5.newshosting.com... >> > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:34:27 +0100, Johanna <Johanna(a)geen.mail> >> > scribbled: >> >>On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:05:03 +0100, ah wrote >> >>(in article <4b9cd0f1$0$65862$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com>): >> >>> On 3/11/2010 1:54 PM, nospam wrote: >> >>>> In article <fmoore-79132C.13483511032010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> >>>> Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> [...] >> >>>> >> >>>>> The iPad is a Mac. >> >>>> >> >>>> it is not a mac at all. not even remotely close to one. >> >>> >> >>> ROLF! >> >>> >> >>>>> [...] >> >> >> >>ofly to people that are not smart enough to look beyond the device. The >> >>iPad >> >>(and iPhone) basically runs on OSX. >> > >> > Apple Corporation, sucking money out of the 'gotta have it!' imbeciles >> > since 1981... >> >> Heh, I almost feel for the saps who paid $600 when the iPhone first debuted. >> Especially since they dropped the price $200 right afterward. One of the >> tech >> authors guesstimated that the first year outlay for an iPhone affictionado >> came >> in just under $2000! >> >> Of course, it *does* have that patented and novel "pinch" gesture that no >> one >> else can use. Anyone playing that silly *I pinched your head" game will now >> have to pay royalties to Apple or risk facing His Royal Majesty King Jobs in >> court! I guess Stevie needs the money? > > To people with such silly attitudes, it must be very hard to grasp why > the iPhone is taking the market place by storm. You probably resort to > insulting remarks to justify it, right? Things like "there must be a LOT > of stupid people in this world", and so on, right? Only how, then, do > you explain that a whole lot of very smart, geeky, skilled people are > buying iPhones as well? As a status symbol, mostly, I'd guess. It's hard to imagine anyone placing themselves into as restrictive an atmosphere as Job's tight-fisted control over all things Apple for any other reason. Actually, I don't see many people complaining about the iPhones features or operation, just the high-handed way Apple conducts itself on the world stage. Of course, there's always a certain group who'll buy anything with an "i" in front of the name, the recent furvor in some corners over the iPad demonstrates that. With the already existing overlap between smart phones and computers it's hard to devine why anyone would fork over five to eight hundred bucks for a modern electronic gizmo without a camera or even a headphone jack unless it's to garner bragging rights. Of course, knowing Apple, they'll add those in next years iteration, lower the price and sell 'em to the same people who rushed out to get the first one. First time someone waves one of those in my face I'm gonna tell 'em "Wow, that must be one of the biggest iPods I ever seen!" -- dvus
From: david hillstrom on 15 Mar 2010 13:05 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:01:17 -0700, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >In article <8074rmFq06U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dvus" <doug(a)dvenator.com.invalid> wrote: > >> With the already existing overlap between smart phones and computers it's >> hard to devine why anyone would fork over five to eight hundred bucks for a >> modern electronic gizmo without a camera or even a headphone jack unless it's >> to garner bragging rights. > >OK, so you don't know what you're talking about, but bigots like you rarely >do. > >The iPad does have a headphone jack. gods and demons, you are ~so~ clueless! with each new post you dig yourself further down. what grand theater! BWAAAAAAHAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAHAAHAAAAHAAAA -- dave hillstrom zrbj mhm15x3
From: nospam on 15 Mar 2010 13:12
In article <michelle-29EC02.10011715032010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <8074rmFq06U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dvus" <doug(a)dvenator.com.invalid> wrote: > > With the already existing overlap between smart phones and computers it's > > hard to devine why anyone would fork over five to eight hundred bucks for a > > modern electronic gizmo without a camera or even a headphone jack unless > > it's > > to garner bragging rights. > > OK, so you don't know what you're talking about, but bigots like you rarely > do. > > The iPad does have a headphone jack. what's ironic is the first android phone, the t-mobile g1, *didn't* have a headphone jack. instead, it had some goofy proprietary connector, although they did include an adapter so you could use normal headphones. of course, nobody mentions that because it's just not fashionable to slam companies other than apple. |