Steve Jobs, the iPad, and cultural sugar water
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From: Jolly Roger on 12 Jul 2010 09:10 In article <tom_stiller-FC59EF.07302012072010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <Xns9DB3B887F02noonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>, > Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote: > > > Just bought a new Smart car - Silver n Black.... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obn9TJ6Xtc8 > > Before > <http://a.yfrog.com/img341/9007/image1zy.jpg> > > After > <http://a.yfrog.com/img64/6347/imagedht.jpg> No kidding. Safety is important when it comes to cars. I've always thought it's quite ironic that they actually use "smart" in the name of such cars... -- 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 12 Jul 2010 10:13 In article <michelle-A1F151.06354412072010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.e xample.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-5795CF.08105712072010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > <http://a.yfrog.com/img341/9007/image1zy.jpg> > > > > > > After > > > <http://a.yfrog.com/img64/6347/imagedht.jpg> > > > > No kidding. Safety is important when it comes to cars. I've always > > thought it's quite ironic that they actually use "smart" in the name of > > such cars... > > <http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/models/new/smart/fortwo/road-test.h > tm> I got rid of my Consumer Reports subscription some time ago. -- 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: BreadWithSpam on 12 Jul 2010 10:26 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> writes: > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > <http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/models/new/smart/fortwo/road-test.htm> > I got rid of my Consumer Reports subscription some time ago. The brief version is that CR gave it a crappy rating. And Larry really hates that you have to use iTunes to put gas in it. -- Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed.
From: Tom Stiller on 12 Jul 2010 10:35 In article <jollyroger-1C9EDF.09134812072010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article > <michelle-A1F151.06354412072010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.e > xample.com>, > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-5795CF.08105712072010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > <http://a.yfrog.com/img341/9007/image1zy.jpg> > > > > > > > > After > > > > <http://a.yfrog.com/img64/6347/imagedht.jpg> > > > > > > No kidding. Safety is important when it comes to cars. I've always > > > thought it's quite ironic that they actually use "smart" in the name of > > > such cars... > > > > <http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/models/new/smart/fortwo/road-test.h > > tm> > > I got rid of my Consumer Reports subscription some time ago. Me too. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: George Kerby on 12 Jul 2010 11:35
On 7/11/10 11:58 PM, in article Xns9DB39B3E5D55noonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13, "Larry" <noone(a)home.com> wrote: > AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote in news:siegman-E5875E.10583211072010 > @bmedcfsc-srv02.tufts.ad.tufts.edu: > >> So the question is, simply: WHY is the iPod this limited? WHY is > this >> trivially simple, ***yet useful*** (to some of us), capability blocked >> off? >> > > I don't get it. Agreed. You don't. Fool! |