For your information, ignorance is not an excuse. The bag with the wheels is his personal suitcase. The 'flight bag' that the iPad is replacing is the one on top of it with the CREW tag. That's a lot of dead weight to have to lug around.
Remember, there are 3 to 5 cockpit crew members on every commercial flight.
I'll bet there was a time that your mother wished she could replace you with an iPad. And for the most part you were becoming dead weight.
That's because they had to. Rules for using real life products demanded it. Those rules have gotten more relaxed in recent years. They used to be crazy strict which is why you didn't see real software, even real web browsers. And of course the stupid fake and impossible IP addresses.
Rules? Are you sure? Or is it a case of not doing product placement without money or without at least a quid pro quo?
Well said. Ad hominem attack have been seen as grounds for banning accounts here. I trust the admins employ such discretion equally. The "Report" button for each post can help them identify offending posts.
For your information, ignorance is not an excuse. The bag with the wheels is his personal suitcase. The 'flight bag' that the iPad is replacing is the one on top of it with the CREW tag.
Thanks, but I'm familiar with them. I used to fly quite often. I had both a physical flight bag, and also used electronic flight bags and navigation starting back around 2000.
As for the illustration, it doesn't matter whether the flight bag itself has wheels, or it's strapped to something with wheels.
Thanks, but I'm familiar with them. I used to fly quite often. I had both a physical flight bag, and also used electronic flight bags and navigation starting back around 2000.
As for the illustration, it doesn't matter whether the flight bag itself has wheels, or it's strapped to something with wheels.
So you are well aware that every time you checked into the Comm centre, you opened your Flight Bag. Every time, particularly now and coming out of foreign air ports, you checked all your carry-ons through security and lifted them separately for x-ray. And usually before you boarded, and for sure every time before you entered the flight deck you separated your bags, and to do so (every time), it required an 40 lb lift. And in limited spaces, it felt a lot heavier.
I know one thing. Flight bags get heavier as the day goes by. Dragging them along is awkward, frustrating and tiring. And now, unnecessary. Wheels or not.
"Wall Street has given Apple a less than 50% chance of surviving as a successful business by 2015"
Can you please link me to where you got this statement from
It was probably said right before Jobs went back to Apple or around the same time Michael Dell had opened his mouth about what Jobs should do when he came back to Apple.
Can someone give me even a hint of an explanation as to why my post in this thread was deleted? Because I mocked the "Apple is doomed by 2015" as a ludicrous statement by using facts? Absurd.
Can someone give me even a hint of an explanation as to why my post in this thread was deleted? Because I mocked the "Apple is doomed by 2015" as a ludicrous statement by using facts? Absurd.
Hard to say, and I've never seen explanations provided by admins, but I've seen posts deleted for ad hominems, reminding other users of the "Report" button, and asking questions of the author of an article.
Hard to say, and I've never seen explanations provided by admins, but I've seen posts deleted for ad hominems, reminding other users of the "Report" button, and asking questions of the author of an article.
A called an obvious troll a troll, and delusional if they thought there was a chance "Apple would not remain a successful company by 2015". I guess that's considered an ad-hominen attack now, even though I was stating the obvious and backed up my statement, while trolls whose sole purpose is to stir up shit by posting lies and half-truths continue to post unfettered, because they're simply "stating their opinion". This forum seems to constantly punish rational posters, while rewarding trolls. Awesome.
A called an obvious troll a troll, and delusional if they thought there was a chance "Apple would not remain a successful company by 2015". I guess that's considered an ad-hominen attack now, even though I was stating the obvious and backed up my statement, while trolls whose sole purpose is to stir up shit by posting lies and half-truths continue to post unfettered, because they're simply "stating their opinion". This forum seems to constantly punish rational posters, while rewarding trolls. Awesome.
FWIW I've also seen posts get flagged for insulting the forum as a whole.
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Originally Posted by IQatEdo
It was sheer brilliance to employ an illuminated logo on the lid of Apple's notebook computers, with the orientation seen today.
This at the Higgs boson announcement:
"Brilliant" ... "illuminated logo"
Very clever!
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Originally Posted by Westcoast8
It gets me too that you just don't get it.
For your information, ignorance is not an excuse. The bag with the wheels is his personal suitcase. The 'flight bag' that the iPad is replacing is the one on top of it with the CREW tag. That's a lot of dead weight to have to lug around.
Remember, there are 3 to 5 cockpit crew members on every commercial flight.
I'll bet there was a time that your mother wished she could replace you with an iPad. And for the most part you were becoming dead weight.
That's just mean and unnecessary.
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Originally Posted by charlituna
That's because they had to. Rules for using real life products demanded it. Those rules have gotten more relaxed in recent years. They used to be crazy strict which is why you didn't see real software, even real web browsers. And of course the stupid fake and impossible IP addresses.
Rules? Are you sure? Or is it a case of not doing product placement without money or without at least a quid pro quo?
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Originally Posted by StruckPaper
That's just mean and unnecessary.
Well said. Ad hominem attack have been seen as grounds for banning accounts here. I trust the admins employ such discretion equally. The "Report" button for each post can help them identify offending posts.
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Originally Posted by Westcoast8
For your information, ignorance is not an excuse. The bag with the wheels is his personal suitcase. The 'flight bag' that the iPad is replacing is the one on top of it with the CREW tag.
Thanks, but I'm familiar with them. I used to fly quite often. I had both a physical flight bag, and also used electronic flight bags and navigation starting back around 2000.
As for the illustration, it doesn't matter whether the flight bag itself has wheels, or it's strapped to something with wheels.
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Originally Posted by KDarling
Thanks, but I'm familiar with them. I used to fly quite often. I had both a physical flight bag, and also used electronic flight bags and navigation starting back around 2000.
As for the illustration, it doesn't matter whether the flight bag itself has wheels, or it's strapped to something with wheels.
So you are well aware that every time you checked into the Comm centre, you opened your Flight Bag. Every time, particularly now and coming out of foreign air ports, you checked all your carry-ons through security and lifted them separately for x-ray. And usually before you boarded, and for sure every time before you entered the flight deck you separated your bags, and to do so (every time), it required an 40 lb lift. And in limited spaces, it felt a lot heavier.
I know one thing. Flight bags get heavier as the day goes by. Dragging them along is awkward, frustrating and tiring. And now, unnecessary. Wheels or not.
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Originally Posted by Paul94544
"Wall Street has given Apple a less than 50% chance of surviving as a successful business by 2015"
Can you please link me to where you got this statement from
It was probably said right before Jobs went back to Apple or around the same time Michael Dell had opened his mouth about what Jobs should do when he came back to Apple.
Can someone give me even a hint of an explanation as to why my post in this thread was deleted? Because I mocked the "Apple is doomed by 2015" as a ludicrous statement by using facts? Absurd.
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Originally Posted by Slurpy
Can someone give me even a hint of an explanation as to why my post in this thread was deleted? Because I mocked the "Apple is doomed by 2015" as a ludicrous statement by using facts? Absurd.
Hard to say, and I've never seen explanations provided by admins, but I've seen posts deleted for ad hominems, reminding other users of the "Report" button, and asking questions of the author of an article.
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Originally Posted by MacRulez
Hard to say, and I've never seen explanations provided by admins, but I've seen posts deleted for ad hominems, reminding other users of the "Report" button, and asking questions of the author of an article.
A called an obvious troll a troll, and delusional if they thought there was a chance "Apple would not remain a successful company by 2015". I guess that's considered an ad-hominen attack now, even though I was stating the obvious and backed up my statement, while trolls whose sole purpose is to stir up shit by posting lies and half-truths continue to post unfettered, because they're simply "stating their opinion". This forum seems to constantly punish rational posters, while rewarding trolls. Awesome.
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Originally Posted by Slurpy
A called an obvious troll a troll, and delusional if they thought there was a chance "Apple would not remain a successful company by 2015". I guess that's considered an ad-hominen attack now, even though I was stating the obvious and backed up my statement, while trolls whose sole purpose is to stir up shit by posting lies and half-truths continue to post unfettered, because they're simply "stating their opinion". This forum seems to constantly punish rational posters, while rewarding trolls. Awesome.
FWIW I've also seen posts get flagged for insulting the forum as a whole.