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From: Larry on 15 Mar 2010 14:30 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote in news:jollyroger-6F0D17.09203415032010(a)news.individual.net: >> 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? > > And this is the more interesting part. Apple has the psychophants worrying and bragging over the sales figures as if THAT were so important to the user experience. They hold grasp of how many units sold how fast like a dying man hanging onto a lifeboat. Name one car buyer you know who brags about his Toyota Corolla sales figures and can quote from memory how well Toyota sold cars last December like iPhone psychophants can. It's scary. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry
From: Jolly Roger on 15 Mar 2010 16:06 In article <fk1tp59bje8485rpgl5t46u6juphehi2im(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, -= Hawk =- <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:20:34 -0500, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> > scribbled: > > >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? > > They're gullible, easily coerced, can be flattered into just about > anything, desperate for attention and acceptance and something OTHER > than computers to talk about? > > Oh, and they've been programmed by Apple for decades into beliving they > gotta have it, GOTTA! Like I said, insults. That's really your only explanation. Pity. That actually says a lot about you. -- 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 16:09 In article <Xns9D3C93895616Bnoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>, Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote in > news:jollyroger-6F0D17.09203415032010(a)news.individual.net: > > >> 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? > > And this is the more interesting part. Apple has the psychophants > worrying and bragging over the sales figures as if THAT were so > important to the user experience. They hold grasp of how many units > sold how fast like a dying man hanging onto a lifeboat. Name one car > buyer you know who brags about his Toyota Corolla sales figures and can > quote from memory how well Toyota sold cars last December like iPhone > psychophants can. It's scary. How silly of you. By and large, the people I know that use iPhones care mostly about being to get things done without much effort. Sales figures don't play into it. -- 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 16:10 In article <8074rmFq06U1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dvus" <doug(a)dvenator.com.invalid> wrote: > "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. Not according to every person I've talk with who owns one. At least you admit you're guessing though. -- 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 16:11
In article <82qsp5h7087g7p2t4mjjk8g2ipfccmmk0u(a)4ax.com>, david hillstrom <dave(a)meow.org> wrote: > 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 Lame. That all you got? -- 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 |