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From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 06:05 On 2010-01-28 11:03:01 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> >>>> >>>> Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? >>>> >>> >>> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I >>> actually am interested in his views. >> >> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he >> likes it. He's not that respected. > > Oh agreed, but in his case his views tend to be similar to mine where this > sort of thing is concerned, so he makes a fairly good personal barmometer. > > Jim Fair enough then. I thought you may have been suggesting that celeb status and all that brings with it had any creedence.
From: Pd on 28 Jan 2010 06:05 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-28 10:38:37 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > > > On 2010-01-28, Rowland McDonnell > > <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> > >>> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> > >> > >> Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? > > > > So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I > > actually am interested in his views. > > I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he > likes it. He's not that respected. What's the weather like on your planet? Perhaps his ubiquity is due to his having chums in high places who can get him all these gigs, and nothing at all to do with is almost universal appeal. -- Pd
From: Jim on 28 Jan 2010 06:08 On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I >>>> actually am interested in his views. >>> >>> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he >>> likes it. He's not that respected. >> >> Oh agreed, but in his case his views tend to be similar to mine where this >> sort of thing is concerned, so he makes a fairly good personal barmometer. >> >> Jim > > Fair enough then. I thought you may have been suggesting that celeb > status and all that brings with it had any creedence. > Good Lord, no. Quite the opposite if anything. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Jim on 28 Jan 2010 06:11 On 2010-01-28, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> > >> > So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case though I >> > actually am interested in his views. >> >> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he >> likes it. He's not that respected. > > What's the weather like on your planet? > > Perhaps his ubiquity is due to his having chums in high places who can > get him all these gigs, and nothing at all to do with is almost > universal appeal. > I think James is right in that people won't _buy_ one simply because Stephen likes them, but I do think a fair number of people will decide to check one out as a result of his saying he likes them. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: James Dore on 28 Jan 2010 06:10
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:58:44 -0000, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-28 10:38:37 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > >> On 2010-01-28, Rowland McDonnell >> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>> >>>> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> >>> Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? >>> >> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case >> though I >> actually am interested in his views. >> Jim > > I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he > likes it. He's not that respected. > <cough> Blackberry might disagree. A significant slump in the sales of their touchscreen device was attributed to his execrating of it on twitter. -- James Dore New College IT Officer james.dore(a)new / it-support(a)new |