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An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by martinpannier »

fakelvis wrote: post #18
martinpannier wrote: post #13

I don't like it when they write "April Fools!" at the end. It ruins the fun. Imagine if you punctuated all your jokes with a laugh and a loud "Joking!" ...

I think this is quite appropriate in many situations. Why? - Unless it is during the first few weeks of April, I (and I imagine many others, too) pay no special attention to the exact date a news item or blog post was written (the year: yes, month: maybe, day: no). - Almost everything we write on the Internet is going to be archived for future generations to read. If topics such as this become irrelevant/non-topical…

Aren't April Fools always written in the first few weeks of April?

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by lwhi »

rimantas wrote: post #20
lwhi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come on - lighten up. It's an article which lampoons the behaviour of Apple. Apple are engaging in protectionist behaviour - the development of iHTML would be the extreme conclusion of this trend. It's relevant today, because their recent (anti-Adobe) behaviour is a nod towards the extreme behaviour described in the piece.

It is still not funny. First, because HTML is very wrong choice there: Apple is the juggernaut behind it (with Google's help). Second, this is really really old, I don'e even remember when I first heard the joke about Apple cars.

I don't think I've ever heard a joke about Apple cars.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by martinpannier »

lwhi wrote: post #19
martinpannier wrote: post #13

I don't like it when they write "April Fools!" at the end. It ruins the fun. Imagine if you punctuated all your jokes with a laugh and a loud "Joking!" ...

If you try to genuinely fool someone after noon on 1st of April, you are the fool. The 'April Fool' label prevents that heinous possibility from occurring.

'Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.'

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by metachor »

wallflower wrote: post #10

If Apple wins, Adobe will be forced to target HTML5. And Flash will wither away. No other company is positioned as well as Adobe and has the intellectual capital to build a world-class HTML5 integrated development environment. However, Adobe really makes a lot of revenue from selling the servers (Flash Media Server). It is doubtful they will eat their main product line, as they are technology vegans.

This is off-topic, but I am not clear on what is meant by the phrase "technology vegans". Does this mean Adobe does not consume 'meat' (for some value of the symbol 'meat')?

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by nihilocrat »

lwhi wrote: post #22
rimantas wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is still not funny. First, because HTML is very wrong choice there: Apple is the juggernaut behind it (with Google's help). Second, this is really really old, I don'e even remember when I first heard the joke about Apple cars.

I don't think I've ever heard a joke about Apple cars.

It's not really a joke, but it might be a reference to an analogy in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line" (http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html) where he compares Windows, Mac, and Linux to car dealerships.

I haven't read it in a long while but I think the Windows dealership sells crappy and lame station wagons that everyone buys anyways, Linux sells battle tanks that you have to assemble yourself with the help of other battle tank enthusiasts, and Mac sells sleek European sports cars that are hermetically sealed end-to-end; you actually can't physically pop the hood, and you must return to the dealership if you have even minor problems.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by calcnerd256 »

martinpannier wrote: post #21
fakelvis wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is quite appropriate in many situations. Why? - Unless it is during the first few weeks of April, I (and I imagine many others, too) pay no special attention to the exact date a news item or blog post was written (the year: yes, month: maybe, day: no). - Almost everything we write on the Internet is going to be archived for future generations to read. If topics such as this become irrelevant/non-topical…

Aren't April Fools always written in the first few weeks of April?

Yes, but they are read throughout the year.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by martinpannier »

calcnerd256 wrote: post #26
martinpannier wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't April Fools always written in the first few weeks of April?

Yes, but they are read throughout the year.

Sorry about that, I misread. Anyway, given the recent technological breakthroughs in terms of sense of humour, I absolutely trust the brainy researchers who will read this article in 15 years to understand that it's an April Fools.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by wallflower »

metachor wrote: post #24
wallflower wrote: post #10

If Apple wins, Adobe will be forced to target HTML5. And Flash will wither away. No other company is positioned as well as Adobe and has the intellectual capital to build a world-class HTML5 integrated development environment. However, Adobe really makes a lot of revenue from selling the servers (Flash Media Server). It is doubtful they will eat their main product line, as they are technology vegans.

This is off-topic, but I am not clear on what is meant by the phrase "technology vegans". Does this mean Adobe does not consume 'meat' (for some value of the symbol 'meat')?

Just a cutesy way I tried of saying Adobe might not cannabalize Flash for HTML5.
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