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Yes Apple will make these things sell, using empty buzzwords that makes geeks cringe. But the author didn't have to be a dick about it.
The Howard Zinn story was more important than this.
>"... because that sentence will sell several billion of these things." Several billion? what are you smoking?
hyperbole /haɪp'ɜːʳbəli/
Synonyms: exaggeration, hyperbola, overstatement
If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things
that make something sound much more impressive than
it really is.>"... because that sentence will sell several billion of these things." Several billion? what are you smoking?
hyperbole /haɪp'ɜːʳbəli/ Synonyms: exaggeration, hyperbola, overstatement If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is.
Seriously, that's not even a hyperbole. That's a really stupid statement, even for a hyperbole.
Reading this article raised the bullshit alarm BIG TIME. Yes Apple will make these things sell, using empty buzzwords that makes geeks cringe. But the author didn't have to be a dick about it. The Howard Zinn story was more important than this.
But you missed my point. They're not empty buzzwords. Looking at the tablet in terms of dimensions and RAM and DPI is like looking at a film in terms of how many reels it takes to project it in a theater. Yeah, there's something going on there that's worth a discussion, but to assume that the point of the movie is to make a long film strip is a little silly.
"Magic" is not an empty buzzword. "DPI" is. I don't care about DPI. I care about I can push a button here and it'll give me a blank screen and I can DRAW on it. Just like magic. Or I can watch baseball and TOUCH it and make things happen on the screen.
There's a lot of technology going on there, but the technology isn't the point. The magic is the point.
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hyperbole /haɪp'ɜːʳbəli/ Synonyms: exaggeration, hyperbola, overstatement If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is.
Are you implying your audience are a bunch of idiots? Seriously, that's not even a hyperbole. That's a really stupid statement, even for a hyperbole.
My audience is not a bunch of idiots. They got it. You're the only one out of thousands of readers who's complained.
I gotta say, the tone of this almost turned me off. I got an impression of mouth-foamy vehemence in some of those paragraphs, and it was a little off-putting. However, you're entirely right. It's going to be really interesting to see how this pans out.
Right now my entire blog's in a very stream-of-consciousness mode. I'm writing lots of long unedited things every day just to get it out in time for an upcoming major revision. I submitted this because I was a bit irked at how commentary here is steadfastly ignoring what the iPad is and how it's going to be sold. I enjoy critics as long as they understand what they're criticizing. Aaronsw's post was enough to provoke…
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It is okay to speak with force. At times force is needed to cut through layers of of mental resistance. New ideas that we don't understand scare us. We fear what we don't understand. The points you are trying to make are over the head of most people. 99.9999999% don't get "it". If they did we would have more companies that could compete with apple not just copy apple.
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What do I mean by copy Apple? One example is the iPhone. If Apple never made the iPhone. What would phones look like right now? We would have the the Razor3 and it would allow us to download ring tones, not apps.
Heres some food for thought from Einstein:
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." - Albert Einstein
And the most important to this discussion:
"The significant problems we face can not be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein
The iPad is not a solution to the question of: whats a better computer or whats a better phone. Just as the iPhone wasn't a better Razor.
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Right now my entire blog's in a very stream-of-consciousness mode. I'm writing lots of long unedited things every day just to get it out in time for an upcoming major revision. I submitted this because I was a bit irked at how commentary here is steadfastly ignoring what the iPad is and how it's going to be sold. I enjoy critics as long as they understand what they're criticizing. Aaronsw's post was enough to provoke…
Your essay is great. It makes me feel less alone in this world. I didn't find it full of vehemence. ` It is okay to speak with force. At times force is needed to cut through layers of of mental resistance. New ideas that we don't understand scare us. We fear what we don't understand. The points you are trying to make are over the head of most people. 99.9999999% don't get "it". If they did we would have more companie…
I think you're going a bit over the top by saying they've killed every photo frame company on the planet. People aren't going to buy five iPads and put them up around their house.
Upvoted, among other things, for making me imagine a waterfall of iPads displaying upon them photographs of waterfalls. Unrelated imagery. Thanks!
I think you're going a bit over the top by saying they've killed every photo frame company on the planet. People aren't going to buy five iPads and put them up around their house.
I was referring to the digital frames. Maybe I'm missing something (entirely possible!) but I don't know what any other "display photos in a digital box" hardware has to offer that this doesn't. Upvoted, among other things, for making me imagine a waterfall of iPads displaying upon them photographs of waterfalls. Unrelated imagery. Thanks!