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From: Jolly Roger on 15 Mar 2010 22:36 In article <95ltp59d30rh59hds578eefpa4m1emcg1s(a)isp5.newshosting.com>, -= Hawk =- <Hawk(a)SPAMcfl.SUCKSrr.com> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:06:58 -0500, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> > scribbled: > > >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: > >> > >> >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. > > Truths not insults. I've known geeky tech people for 20+ years. I've known geeky tech people for longer than that, most of which now own iPhones, some of which haven't ever used Macs, and they certainly aren't "programmed by Apple". What a silly, delusional thought. > You see insults everwhere. Only from idiots who think everyone who buys a certain device must be either brainwashed or just plain dumb. The rest of us are objective enough to make sense of things. I feel bad for you if you truly believe what you post. Something tells me you're just flaming 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 22:42 In article <ecqtp59pie12hkv9kuo3i2h1gbnb5g1ova(a)4ax.com>, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:11 +0000, in the land of alt.config, Larry > <noone(a)home.com> got double secret probation for writing: > > >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. > > When you talk to an iphone owner the super advantage of the iphone > over the droid is that the iphone "has more apps". > > So if number of "apps" makes something superior to a competitor's > product, that makes the PC superior to the Mac. right? You think you're pretty clever, don't 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: Aratzio on 15 Mar 2010 23:24 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:42:42 -0500, in the land of alt.config, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> got double secret probation for writing: >In article <ecqtp59pie12hkv9kuo3i2h1gbnb5g1ova(a)4ax.com>, > Aratzio <a6ahlyv02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:11 +0000, in the land of alt.config, Larry >> <noone(a)home.com> got double secret probation for writing: >> >> >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. >> >> When you talk to an iphone owner the super advantage of the iphone >> over the droid is that the iphone "has more apps". >> >> So if number of "apps" makes something superior to a competitor's >> product, that makes the PC superior to the Mac. right? > >You think you're pretty clever, don't you? Clever enough to stop you flat in your tracks and leave you spluttering with nothing.
From: Larry on 15 Mar 2010 23:24 Aratzio <a6ahlyv02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote in news:ecqtp59pie12hkv9kuo3i2h1gbnb5g1ova(a)4ax.com: > So if number of "apps" makes something superior to a competitor's > product, that makes the PC superior to the Mac. right? > > > By a wide, wide margin! Everybody knows that. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry
From: Larry on 15 Mar 2010 23:26
Aratzio <a6ahlyv02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote in news:gnqtp5lfoh9jp9tiv3pf9p9cp4udgppkbp(a)4ax.com: > Mine's bigger than both of yours. > Wow! Yours must be HUGE! -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |