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| 2010-06-09 |
Been a while since I posted anything, no? Well I am back now. Wait, no... I am back FOR NOW. That's more like it. Who
knows when the next time will be (the Shadow kn...blah, blah blah). Two things recently dragged me back into the seedy pit
that is the internet.
First, people often think I do not like Apple products. I would like to set the record straight. Apple makes fantastic
products. They really do. They are for the most part powerful, effective and beautiful. However, I do not like Apple the
company. And more importantly, by and large I do not like the Apple fans. Here is an excerpt from an IM conversation a friend
of mine recently had with a full-blooded, Kool-Aid drinking Apple lunatic:
"The iPhone is not comparable to either your sprint phones... the blackberry... droid or anything else. It is in a class by
it's own and it will continue to dominate the market because of Apple's undying pursuit of making better USER products.
EVERYTHING they develop is focused on creating a simpler and easy to use while consistently adding features and computing
power. They always, ALWAYS develop for the user experience. They make their software truly interactive and intuitive and on
the hardware side they equipment is military grade
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Talking about trust yesterday... I still don't get... why after all these years... that you still don't take my word on
technology as golden. Doctors don't put in the amount of academic time in medicine as I do in technology.
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Whatever *****... First of all, you never use new technology until your arm is twisted into it and then you love it and
two... it's not just about you doing it.. it's also about you recieving it.
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and you will continue to... as they keep pushing towards smartphones and replacing cellular phones, data plans will be made
increasingly mandatory.
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At least in part... your sudo-relationship where you can get just enough companionship without having to risk yourself... so
I'm going to have to go through years of you bitching ceaselessly about how the world has come apart... technology has made
it this or that... that you don't understand all this new bullshit.. blah blah... and at the same time you REFUSE to adapt
as you're meant to
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We're built to adapt... to create... to develop... to make things better so we can do more... the iPhone 4 would allow you
to video-chat with your family in italy from a coffee shop down the street for no additional cost per month. Do you
understand how far that is from say when I first met you? The best you could have mustered then was a long distance call at
a ridiculous cost and horrible connection.
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the focus has been on widening the communication... once they have it global, they WILL find ways of bringing humanity back
into it... because we NEED it! Human interaction is something we will never lack the need of... and as the world becomes
more disconnected
you adapted to the phone... and even partially text... and if you'd just drop your hard-headed, pain in the ass resistance
to anything you don't like, you just might find what it was that you were looking for.
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Honestly... I cry for you *****... cause I think you deserve more then what you're going to get out of life... and I cry
because I know it's you and you alone that stops yourself from having all that you deserve...."
Apparently, this guy's word is the be-all end-all of technology advice and if you don't like what he likes and do what he
does, you are doomed to a life of misery. In addition, the iPhone 4 is a major force of nature and we must adapt to it or, as
a species, die off. Lungs, feet and hands, the ability to use tools, agriculture, and video-chat (I suppose now is not a good
time to point out that video-chat and forward-facing cameras have been available for many years and could have been included
on the FIRST iPhone but in Apple's infinite wisdom they decided for all of humanity that we did not want the ability to
video-chat and left it out; this as opposed to the cellular carriers having them removed from phones they rebrand because
they don't want to support the feature but have cameras when purchased outside of the US; Carriers: don't want to support,
Apple: we say you don't want it so you don't get it now matter how much you cry differently but now that we tell you that
you want it, here it is). Now it all makes sense to me. And finally, this poor woman has been searching fruitlessly (see what
I did there?) all of her life and now that the ultimate target of her quest is within her grasp she is refusing to reach out
and embrace it. For the iPhone 4 truly is all that she deserves. She will never get true satisfaction from life without
buying a new iPhone 4.
Call me crazy but I have known this woman for a very long time indeed. We have had our ups and downs to be sure, but I can
say with absolute certainty that she deserves a hell of a lot more than a new iPhone. Although, on the flip side, I have
heard that the new iPhone will put food on your table, buy you a new home on your own private island, find love for you, and
cure cancer. Unfortunately, it appears that it will also turn you into a raving asshole.
The second thing I want to report concerns my 14 year old niece. Now don't get me wrong; the kid is brilliant and I am
not saying this in a "she's my family so she must be better than anyone else's kid" way. But recently on the way home from
a family dinner she drops this bomb:
Do they still make solitaire in card form?
Absolutely priceless. Especially when my sister then starts going at her telling her that this will stick with her forever
and she will never live it down. The response? "So I guess this will be my banana tree story?" I love that kid!
Oh! A third thing...I am dating again. My sister introduced me to a coworker of hers and we hit it off wonderfully. It has
been about a month and half so things are still very new but she seems to be a fantastic woman and we are having a great
time. Healed? No. Well on the road to recovery? It appears yes. Wish me luck. I know she is no iPhone 4 but I think she has
potential.
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| "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." |
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