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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010The new Satan
A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new solution for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up with a less embarrassing name, but my TV station hasn't yet received that news.) There was not a single mention of the fact that other suppliers had released their book readers long ago. I recall a time when IBM was using unfair business practices to dominate the market. At a later stage, IBM was the victim of Microsoft's unfair business practices. Google then tried to kill off Microsoft, but failed. It now appears that Apple's iStuff will let it become the new evil monster.  SignaturePeter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org For an e-mail address, see my web page. Peter Moylan filted: >A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new solution >for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up with a less >embarrassing name, but my TV station hasn't yet received that news.) >There was not a single mention of the fact that other suppliers had >released their book readers long ago. Well, of course the reports you get are biased...there's nothing between you and Cupertino but open sea....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new solution > for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up with a less > embarrassing name, but my TV station hasn't yet received that news.) > There was not a single mention of the fact that other suppliers had > released their book readers long ago. The iPad is a book reader in the same sense in which a desktop computer is a typewriter. > I recall a time when IBM was using unfair business practices to dominate > the market. At a later stage, IBM was the victim of Microsoft's unfair > business practices. Google then tried to kill off Microsoft, but failed. > It now appears that Apple's iStuff will let it become the new evil > monster. ObUsage: future tense? If you like closed and proprietary systems and software with your Kool-aid, Apple has a app for that today. (At least they give more than lip service to open file formats and protocols, unlike You-Know-Who.) SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) >> A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new solution >> for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up with a less [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >The iPad is a book reader in the same sense in which a desktop computer >is a typewriter. Pedantry: The user of an iPad is the reader. An iPad is a book storage and display device. >> I recall a time when IBM was using unfair business practices to dominate >> the market. At a later stage, IBM was the victim of Microsoft's unfair [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >they give more than lip service to open file formats and protocols, >unlike You-Know-Who.) SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) BrE filted: >>The iPad is a book reader in the same sense in which a desktop computer >>is a typewriter. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >The user of an iPad is the reader. An iPad is a book storage and display >device. If I get one and download McGuffey to it, and the text turns out to be too small, this reader would have to wear my readers to read the Reader on the reader....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > BrE filted: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > small, this reader would have to wear my readers to read the Reader on the > reader....r Well, then, just wait for the upgrade to the super wide-screen MAXiPad. Jim Deutch (JimboCat) -- "Any sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from a genuine kook." --Alan Morgan (talk.origins) >> A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new solution >> for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up with a less [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > they give more than lip service to open file formats and protocols, > unlike You-Know-Who.) ....an app ...... >>> A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new >>> solution for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > ....an app ...... I think I need a nap. SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) >ObUsage: future tense? If you like closed and proprietary systems and >software with your Kool-aid, Apple has a app for that today. (At least >they give more than lip service to open file formats and protocols, >unlike You-Know-Who.) I sit here this evening in Millbrae, California, just a few miles up highway 101 from the Realiity Distortion Zone in Cupertino. None of the people I've talked to in the past two days have been remotely impressed. Steve may have his first loser in a while on his hands. This could be the Newton for the 21st Century. -GAWollman (composed, somewhat painfully, in Emacs, over SSH, on my Motorola Droid) SignatureGarrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft wollman@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993 >>ObUsage: future tense? If you like closed and proprietary systems and >>software with your Kool-aid, Apple has a app for that today. (At least [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Steve may have his first loser in a while on his hands. This could be > the Newton for the 21st Century. I have noticed that the word "Newton" has been conspicuously absent, not only in Apple's publicity (as might be expected), but also in the press coverage of the iPad. But it's truly a descendant of the Newton, as ought to be obvious to anyone: Newton begat the PDA as a product category. The PDA begat (in the fullness of time) the smartphone. The smartphone begat the iPhone. The iPad runs the iPhone OS. > -GAWollman > (composed, somewhat painfully, in Emacs, over SSH, on my Motorola Droid) I feel your pain. SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) Roland Hutchinson filted: >Newton begat the PDA as a product category. >The PDA begat (in the fullness of time) the smartphone. >The smartphone begat the iPhone. >The iPad runs the iPhone OS. That second step managed to exceed even Roddenberry's vision...The Great Bird Of The Galaxy foresaw tricorders and communicators, but he never thought to combine them into a single device....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? Roland Hutchinson: >> Newton begat the PDA as a product category. >> The PDA begat (in the fullness of time) the smartphone. >> The smartphone begat the iPhone. >> The iPad runs the iPhone OS. R.H. Draney: > That second step managed to exceed even Roddenberry's vision...The > Great Bird Of The Galaxy foresaw tricorders and communicators, but > he never thought to combine them into a single device. On the other hand, if Spock or Scotty had a bit of time to open up one of them and tinker with the wiring, either one could be turned into almost anything... SignatureMark Brader, Toronto | "I don't have a life; I have a program." --the Doctor msb@vex.net | (Michael Piller, Star Trek: Voyager, "Tattoo") Mark Brader filted: >Roland Hutchinson: >>> Newton begat the PDA as a product category. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >of them and tinker with the wiring, either one could be turned into >almost anything... Wiring?...I thought the innards of trektek ran on nanobots....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > I have noticed that the word "Newton" has been conspicuously absent, > not only in Apple's publicity (as might be expected), but also in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > The smartphone begat the iPhone. > The iPad runs the iPhone OS. As one who actually played with a GO tablet around 1990 and who still has the PenPoint OS[1] documentation in his office, I think you may be giving Apple a bit too much credit. [1] Slogan: "You already know how to use it." SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Theories are not matters of fact, 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |they are derived from observing Palo Alto, CA 94304 |fact. If you don't have data, you |don't get good theories. You get kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com |theology instead. (650)857-7572 | --John Lawler http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ > A news item this evening told me that Apple's iPad was the new solution > for menstrual flow. ( I gather that Apple has since come up with a less > embarrassing name, but my TV station hasn't yet received that news.) > There was not a single mention of the fact that other suppliers had > released their book readers long ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs I heard of this skit on an NPR Technology podcast in the past day or two. SignatureLeila: "I don't think he knows." Agent Rogersz: "Increase the voltage." Leila: "What if he's innocent?" Agent Rogersz: "No one is innocent. Proceed" (Cox 1984) |
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