I'm curious - isn't that razor wire fence topping installed in the direction so as to keep people IN, rather than out? What's up with that?
That's easy: Workers should be deterred from leaving their workplace before their 16-hour-shift is over.
And they should be deterred from stealing and selling some of the products they build there, as their income of 0.5 $ per hour might inspire them to do so.
Actually, you don't realize how close you are on this one. Most people spinning the iPad mini rumour mill should realize that there needs to be an iRemote to go with that iVision set. An app driven remote that just happens to be an like iPad mini like device with a simplified iOS app front end for accessing channel apps !!
A remote that can be handled by an app on the current iPad, iPod touch and iPhone for a real tv that is still a total fiction being spread by moron analysts like Shaw Wu. Promoted by sites like AI for the page hits so their ad revenue goes up.
As for certain topics that have emerged in this thread (and others). I wish this site came with the ability to down rank posts or at least ignore certain posts and all replies that quote a blocked post as well as blocking replies to posters you are ignoring. Then when something goes off the rails we users can trash it for ourselves even before the moderators might do it.
Actually… the combined Northern, Central and Southern Americas are referred to collectively as "The Americas"… separately they are known as "North America" (comprising the U.S. and Canada), "Central America" (comprising Mexico and numerous countries south to Panama), and "South America" (comprising numerous countries, including Brazil).
No textbooks that I'm aware of refer to the three areas of the Americas collectively in the singular, "America".
The only country commonly referred to generically in the singular as "America" is the United States of America.
Brazil is part of South America, or The Americas…
Are we done splitting hairs now?
Check your books again, Mexico is part of North America.
In insinuating that someone posting here has Asperger's syndrome, you are.... what? Trying to deride him?
Tread (or thread) carefully...
I'm not insinuating that someONE has Aspergers, but rather , that many posters here fit the profile.
I do so to answer the question asked as to why the posters are fascinated with going on and on and on about the technical meanings of words, and failed to see the humor in the OP's post.
For one to think that I offered the explanation so as to "deride" any posters, one would need to start with the premise that Aspergers is necesarily a very bad thing. I subscribe to no such premise. I've known many people throughout my life who were high-functioning, and who met the definition. Many of them are wonderful people, with very interesting viewpoints, and deep knowledge of many fascinating subjects. They often Think Different. They often have unique points of view. And there is no corelelation that I see between Aspergers and being a mean, nasty person.
Thinking that an obvious explanation = deriding someone says more about one's attitudes than it does about the facts of the matter.
Now if they meant the 4th gen iPod Nano, that might make a little more sense, since that model had an elliptical cross-section and might add to the rumors of apple doing a curved screen. And I don't think they mean the literal form factor of the Nano, just in theory.
I kind of miss the 4th gen Nano. And the click wheel: there's still no easier way to scrub over small sections of a very long (say, 2-hour long) audio program.
I kind of miss the 4th gen Nano. And the click wheel: there's still no easier way to scrub over small sections of a very long (say, 2-hour long) audio program.
Hey!... quit hijacking the thread! This thread is about the Americas... oh, wait...
the source said the new device will be more akin to a third-generation iPod nano than a shrunken iPad
I wonder if that means they will come in a range of colours like the iPod Nano rather than just black or white like the iPad and iPod Touch. That would be interesting.
Since the thread is already so derailed, I might as well weigh in. I'm a Canadian. I'm also a European, but we can leave that out for now. Am I "American"? Here's how I typically determine this. If someone, or some group, is referring to "Americans" in a positive manner, I'll assume that I am included in the discussion. If they are deriding "Americans", I'll just assume they mean "yankees" since surely they don't mean Canadians. Yankee for American? There's another category mistake for us to debate I suppose. If they are talking about "North Americans" either positively or negatively, I'll take myself to be included.
Anyway, for my part I think Planet Blue expressed the most sensible view/attitude. People like to pretend using American to mean, exclusively, US citizens is innocuous, but it isn't. There is a criticism often level against "Americans", err, Yankees, umm, USers, outside the of the US, namely, that they think they are the center of the universe and that everything resolves around them. Using American as it's been used and justified in this thread seems to re-enforce that image, even if it's not a fair criticism.
Disclaimer. Not everything in this post was earnest and serious. I'll let you sort out what is what.
Since the thread is already so derailed, I might as well weigh in. I'm a Canadian. I'm also a European, but we can leave that out for now. Am I "American"? Here's how I typically determine this. If someone, or some group, is referring to "Americans" in a positive manner, I'll assume that I am included in the discussion. If they are deriding "Americans", I'll just assume they mean "yankees" since surely they don't mean Canadians. Yankee for American? There's another category mistake for us to debate I suppose. If they are talking about "North Americans" either positively or negatively, I'll take myself to be included.
Anyway, for my part I think Planet Blue expressed the most sensible view/attitude. People like to pretend using American to mean, exclusively, US citizens is innocuous, but it isn't. There is a criticism often level against "Americans", err, Yankees, umm, USers, outside the of the US, namely, that they think they are the center of the universe and that everything resolves around them. Using American as it's been used and justified in this thread seems to re-enforce that image, even if it's not a fair criticism.
Disclaimer. Not everything in this thread was earnest and serious. I'll let you sort out what is what.
1) That's just stupid! When referring to a country I doubt you or Planet Blue would pretend to be confused by a comment where someone says American.
2) If you and Planet Blue honestly think that the continents of the Americas are a single continent that it's most common to refer to all the peoples of these two continents as one culture than you are just biased biased because of the dozens of countries I've been to I've never met a single sane person that refers to this grouping in that way. Find me an Italian or Swede that refers to themselves as an Eurasian and we'll talk.
3) The United States of America is the only country in the world that has the name America in it so to say that it's
4) The fact you choose to acknowledge a comment about a defined country as either being about 2 vast continents which include 35 counties or only to one who lives in the New England section of the USA depending on whether the attitude of the speaker is positive or negative is absurd, to say the least. A comment about a country should be comprehended about being about that country, regardless of it's favorable or not. Same goes when people are talking about a subcontinent, continent, or multiple continents of a region.
5) USers? I can't say I've ever heard that used... ever. And why use it since it's just as ambiguous since there are plenty of countries that have stated that are united. There are even multiple countries with the name United in them. Yet you and Planet Blue aren't up in arms by any apparent confusion about what is meant by united or states.
Solip, I know jest/sarcasm is tough to discern in posts, but I tried to disclaim it. I guess my sense of humor is really out there, incomprehensible and not humorous.
But you know? I'd much rather talk about the potential future of iPad form factors (and since we're discussing rumors here I probably wouldn't be any more "correct" about that either, but it'd presumably be more fun!)...
When traveling in other countries, I've always felt uncomfortable with the term "American" as it seems rather ignorant of other people living in the western hemisphere. Actually when asked - both here and abroad - where I'm from, I always just answer Texas. I have a strong sense of identity with this, as I would suspect people from other states do for their home state as well. To me this conveys even more information.
Oh yeah, I'd prefer the 6" iPod touch, after seeing the picture I can't understand why anyone would prefer the 7.85" iPad because the form factor is not reduced enough to give it any added portability, which is the only reason I could see for making a smaller iPad.
I kind of miss the 4th gen Nano. And the click wheel: there's still no easier way to scrub over small sections of a very long (say, 2-hour long) audio program.
If you miss it, take a good look at the Nokia Lumia. More than passing resemblance there if you ignore the absence of the clickwheel and the different sizes.
That's a particularly bad example. Here's the description attached to that image:
Description
Division of the Americas into North, Middle and South America.
So
So Mexico through Panama (and maybe Venezuela--it's a really vague diagram) are part of "Middle America?" And here I thought middle America referred to salt-of-the-Earth old-fashioned USAers.
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Originally Posted by JerrySwitched26
I'm curious - isn't that razor wire fence topping installed in the direction so as to keep people IN, rather than out? What's up with that?
That's easy: Workers should be deterred from leaving their workplace before their 16-hour-shift is over.
And they should be deterred from stealing and selling some of the products they build there, as their income of 0.5 $ per hour might inspire them to do so.
A remote that can be handled by an app on the current iPad, iPod touch and iPhone for a real tv that is still a total fiction being spread by moron analysts like Shaw Wu. Promoted by sites like AI for the page hits so their ad revenue goes up.
As for certain topics that have emerged in this thread (and others). I wish this site came with the ability to down rank posts or at least ignore certain posts and all replies that quote a blocked post as well as blocking replies to posters you are ignoring. Then when something goes off the rails we users can trash it for ourselves even before the moderators might do it.
Check your books again, Mexico is part of North America.
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Originally Posted by NotScott
In insinuating that someone posting here has Asperger's syndrome, you are.... what? Trying to deride him?
Tread (or thread) carefully...
I'm not insinuating that someONE has Aspergers, but rather , that many posters here fit the profile.
I do so to answer the question asked as to why the posters are fascinated with going on and on and on about the technical meanings of words, and failed to see the humor in the OP's post.
For one to think that I offered the explanation so as to "deride" any posters, one would need to start with the premise that Aspergers is necesarily a very bad thing. I subscribe to no such premise. I've known many people throughout my life who were high-functioning, and who met the definition. Many of them are wonderful people, with very interesting viewpoints, and deep knowledge of many fascinating subjects. They often Think Different. They often have unique points of view. And there is no corelelation that I see between Aspergers and being a mean, nasty person.
Thinking that an obvious explanation = deriding someone says more about one's attitudes than it does about the facts of the matter.
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Originally Posted by NotScott
In insinuating that someone posting here has Asperger's syndrome, you are.... what? Trying to deride him?
Tread (or thread) carefully...
Or they realized they were wrong or silly to bring it up and keep justifying their position as a defense mechanism.
That isn't Aspergers. It's what people sometimes do when they're more concerned with their pride rather than leaving well enough alone.
In any case, I don't really care. We can't know what neuroses or other issues folks around here have.
You post in public, YOU ROLL THE DICE.
I don't know about Aspergers but there are plenty here who suffer from chronic Assholers Syndrome
(just making a joke, not at all a reference to you, myself or anyone in or outside this thread)
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Originally Posted by JerrySwitched26
I'm not insinuating that someONE has Aspergers, but rather , that many posters here fit the profile.
Wow, either your sentence contradicts itself
or your implying that posters who fit the profile do not have Aspergers.
Your motive in making such a statement remains unclear.
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Originally Posted by ChiA
Wow, either your sentence contradicts itself
or your implying that posters who fit the profile do not have Aspergers.
Your motive in making such a statement remains unclear.
I believe that many posters in this forum have Aspergers. Is that clear enough now?
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Originally Posted by antkm1
Now if they meant the 4th gen iPod Nano, that might make a little more sense, since that model had an elliptical cross-section and might add to the rumors of apple doing a curved screen. And I don't think they mean the literal form factor of the Nano, just in theory.
I kind of miss the 4th gen Nano. And the click wheel: there's still no easier way to scrub over small sections of a very long (say, 2-hour long) audio program.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I don't know about Aspergers but there are plenty here who suffer from chronic Assholers Syndrome
(just making a joke, not at all a reference to you, myself or anyone in or outside this thread)
They gave me pills for that but I decided not to take them...
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
I kind of miss the 4th gen Nano. And the click wheel: there's still no easier way to scrub over small sections of a very long (say, 2-hour long) audio program.
Hey!... quit hijacking the thread! This thread is about the Americas... oh, wait...
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
the source said the new device will be more akin to a third-generation iPod nano than a shrunken iPad
I wonder if that means they will come in a range of colours like the iPod Nano rather than just black or white like the iPad and iPod Touch. That would be interesting.
Since the thread is already so derailed, I might as well weigh in. I'm a Canadian. I'm also a European, but we can leave that out for now. Am I "American"? Here's how I typically determine this. If someone, or some group, is referring to "Americans" in a positive manner, I'll assume that I am included in the discussion. If they are deriding "Americans", I'll just assume they mean "yankees" since surely they don't mean Canadians. Yankee for American? There's another category mistake for us to debate I suppose. If they are talking about "North Americans" either positively or negatively, I'll take myself to be included.
Anyway, for my part I think Planet Blue expressed the most sensible view/attitude. People like to pretend using American to mean, exclusively, US citizens is innocuous, but it isn't. There is a criticism often level against "Americans", err, Yankees, umm, USers, outside the of the US, namely, that they think they are the center of the universe and that everything resolves around them. Using American as it's been used and justified in this thread seems to re-enforce that image, even if it's not a fair criticism.
Disclaimer. Not everything in this post was earnest and serious. I'll let you sort out what is what.
1) That's just stupid! When referring to a country I doubt you or Planet Blue would pretend to be confused by a comment where someone says American.
2) If you and Planet Blue honestly think that the continents of the Americas are a single continent that it's most common to refer to all the peoples of these two continents as one culture than you are just biased biased because of the dozens of countries I've been to I've never met a single sane person that refers to this grouping in that way. Find me an Italian or Swede that refers to themselves as an Eurasian and we'll talk.
3) The United States of America is the only country in the world that has the name America in it so to say that it's
4) The fact you choose to acknowledge a comment about a defined country as either being about 2 vast continents which include 35 counties or only to one who lives in the New England section of the USA depending on whether the attitude of the speaker is positive or negative is absurd, to say the least. A comment about a country should be comprehended about being about that country, regardless of it's favorable or not. Same goes when people are talking about a subcontinent, continent, or multiple continents of a region.
5) USers? I can't say I've ever heard that used... ever. And why use it since it's just as ambiguous since there are plenty of countries that have stated that are united. There are even multiple countries with the name United in them. Yet you and Planet Blue aren't up in arms by any apparent confusion about what is meant by united or states.
Solip, I know jest/sarcasm is tough to discern in posts, but I tried to disclaim it. I guess my sense of humor is really out there, incomprehensible and not humorous.
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Originally Posted by dasanman69
Check your books again, Mexico is part of North America.
Depends on which "sub-division" you're using… there are, apparently, different, equally legitimate schools of thought on the matter...
such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LocationNSAm3.png
Here's the original source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas
But you know? I'd much rather talk about the potential future of iPad form factors (and since we're discussing rumors here I probably wouldn't be any more "correct" about that either, but it'd presumably be more fun!)...
Oh yeah, I'd prefer the 6" iPod touch, after seeing the picture I can't understand why anyone would prefer the 7.85" iPad because the form factor is not reduced enough to give it any added portability, which is the only reason I could see for making a smaller iPad.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
I kind of miss the 4th gen Nano. And the click wheel: there's still no easier way to scrub over small sections of a very long (say, 2-hour long) audio program.
If you miss it, take a good look at the Nokia Lumia. More than passing resemblance there if you ignore the absence of the clickwheel and the different sizes.
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Originally Posted by tribalogical
Depends on which "sub-division" you're using… there are, apparently, different, equally legitimate schools of thought on the matter...
such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LocationNSAm3.png
That's a particularly bad example. Here's the description attached to that image:
Description
Division of the Americas into North, Middle and South America.
So
So Mexico through Panama (and maybe Venezuela--it's a really vague diagram) are part of "Middle America?" And here I thought middle America referred to salt-of-the-Earth old-fashioned USAers.
None of which considers a definition of North America different from the one I mentioned earlier, however.