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I mean, this is the same company that, during the keynote today, repeated the lie that they're the mob that brought us the computer mouse. People just accept Apple's misstatements and half-truths and outright lies as fact now.
During the keynote stream they retweeted someone saying the iPhone 6 Plus would render games at a higher resolution than next-gen consoles!
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That's not true; it's explicitly OK on HN to downvote disagreement. Downvotes are superior to empty disagreement. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=658683#up_658691
i still consider it bad form. i don't do it. i think it's an especially petty way of expressing yourself.
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Ties suck. High heels suck. Ironing clothes sucks. Cuff links may not suck, but are at best, pointless. Sucking has never stopped people from wearing things that look good.
People do not wear ties because they look good. They wear them because of antiquated social convention.
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No, the "infinitely adjustable" comment refers to the Milanese Loop: http://www.apple.com/watch/apple-watch/ It is, by definition, infinitely adjustable, since the band is sized continuously and attached magnetically (so that any part of the band works as a sizing point). It does not have discrete holes, like most watch bands.
I believe your parent was referring to the Plank Length when he said the physical world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length Of course, that's being super pedantic, because 10^31 is practically infinite, or at least more than you'll have time to try in your lifetime.
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i still consider it bad form. i don't do it. i think it's an especially petty way of expressing yourself.
Maybe people are also downvoting you for being too cool to capitalize?
clearly i'm not that cool, with two entire downvotes
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Maybe I'm blind to evidence but why should they be different?
Phones are single-user, tablets can support multiple. Tablets are more often out when unused, phones are typically in your pocket. Phones are always with you, tablets are more likely to be left at home.
Furthermore if the phone is as large as the tablet maybe your tablet is your phone or viceversa. There are tablets that can make phone calls with regular phone SIM cards. Example: the Galaxy Tab 3 which starts at 7". I've seen people doing that without a earpiece. An odd sight.
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The wording in the video for the watch (narrated by Jony Ive) is full of strange phrases (I paraphrase): "the controls are vital"; "the watch is essentially..... (pause)...... a mini computer" (just like SIM cards then!) "The strap is infinitely adjustable" - that one made me chuckle, as it was referring to a strap that folds back on itself with a magnetic clasp. Of course, it isn't infinitely adjustable, as the stra…
There was another: "The simple leather classic buckle references traditional watch vocabulary".