Attendance for the event is expected to be extremely limited, as it takes place at the Town Hall Auditorium on Apple's Campus -- a venue which is suited to accommodate only a few hundred people...
What does that suppose to mean?
A few hundred people (read journalists) seem to be more than enough
to scope all apple news and spread it afterwards. A few hundred people is HUGE.
The long version: Apple is inviting to a showing of "fun" products. The rumour business hints that an AIDS iPod will be one of those products. Ergo an AIDS iPod is fun. Since I didn´t see Apple use "fun" as a sales argument before fo the iPod, the "fun" part must be the AIDS thing which would be quite morbide statement from Apple UNLESS OF COURSE THE RUMOURS ARE WRONG! which I think it is for exactly that reasons.
So I could say "AIDS is FUN " and hope people would be able to backtrack the arguments leading up to the implicit argument (that it would be morbide for Apple to connect AIDS to fun) and see its implications (that it is very unlikely Apple will do it). Or I could post "Since Apple is hinting the release of "fun" products tomorrow the idea of an AIDS iPod seems a bit misplaced. It gives the wrong connotations and would be a bit morbide. So I doubt the truth in the rumours of an AIDS iPod at this point", but thats a lot more words and sometimes the point gets across more directly with a comment that put the issue on the edge.
Since so many have been offended and misunderstood the meaning of my original post I will say this: I didn´t anticipate so many hurt feelings and I apologies for those reactions.
Enough about current events and back to Apple and iPods...
So yeah, lots have and to me this does prove that the tablet IS a viable and useful form/device. But that is some time away if it will be working like advertized and man it looked like it was designed by PlaySkool. I do like the cover with the integrated keyboard, though!!!! Just think of it in a nice brushed aluminum and without the goofy side bezels for all of those buttons. Gaming and other controls need to be add-ons or modules, not integrated into the main device...IMHO.
I also agree with way at the top, that the speculation is more than for a Keynote and we are just talking about "fun" stuff for tomorrow. A red iPod does nothing for me, AIDS or not.
Sounds like a good Aryan thing to say! Ya, Herr Schmid?
Yeah, it was kind of a silly thing of that person to say. I thought that the worst of Africa's political and military strife was more or less because of Europe's colonialism.
The long version: Apple is inviting to a showing of "fun" products. The rumour business hints that an AIDS iPod will be one of those products. Ergo an AIDS iPod is fun. Since I didn´t see Apple use "fun" as a sales argument before fo the iPod, the "fun" part must be the AIDS thing which would be quite morbide statement from Apple UNLESS OF COURSE THE RUMOURS ARE WRONG! which I think it is for exactly that reasons.
So I could say "AIDS is FUN " and hope people would be able to backtrack the arguments leading up to the implicit argument (that it would be morbide for Apple to connect AIDS to fun) and see its implications (that it is very unlikely Apple will do it). Or I could post "Since Apple is hinting the release of "fun" products tomorrow the idea of an AIDS iPod seems a bit misplaced. It gives the wrong connotations and would be a bit morbide. So I doubt the truth in the rumours of an AIDS iPod at this point", but thats a lot more words and sometimes the point gets across more directly with a comment that put the issue on the edge.
"The reports provide an objective counterbalance to the hyperbole coming from both the Flash and H.264 camps. One of the key findings from the Proprietary report, for example, was that the quality of the best Flash and H.264 codecs still trailed RealVideo, often by a significant margin"
How much did Real pay streamingmedia.com for these "reports"??
Comments
Originally posted by aplnub
That was really hardcore for you 5th post in 4 years.
for the juice.
Originally posted by AppleInsider
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Attendance for the event is expected to be extremely limited, as it takes place at the Town Hall Auditorium on Apple's Campus -- a venue which is suited to accommodate only a few hundred people...
What does that suppose to mean?
A few hundred people (read journalists) seem to be more than enough
to scope all apple news and spread it afterwards. A few hundred people is HUGE.
Originally posted by nagromme
[B]A Red iPod sounds really cool... whether it has touchscreen, teleportation and time travel features or not
I bought one of those time travelling iPods a week next Tuesday. Man, don't bother. It broke down twelve years ago.
I just took it to the Genius Bar. The man told me they won't make them like they used to have done, and to wait until the rev B model last November.
Originally posted by Anders
AIDS is FUN
jerk
Originally posted by aidanp
jerk
Someone didn't get it.
Originally posted by minderbinder
Someone didn't get it.
Apparently.
The long version: Apple is inviting to a showing of "fun" products. The rumour business hints that an AIDS iPod will be one of those products. Ergo an AIDS iPod is fun. Since I didn´t see Apple use "fun" as a sales argument before fo the iPod, the "fun" part must be the AIDS thing which would be quite morbide statement from Apple UNLESS OF COURSE THE RUMOURS ARE WRONG! which I think it is for exactly that reasons.
So I could say "AIDS is FUN
Originally posted by artistry
I bought one of those time travelling iPods a week next Tuesday. Man, don't bother. It broke down twelve years ago.
I just took it to the Genius Bar. The man told me they won't make them like they used to have done, and to wait until the rev B model last November.
Gold
Originally posted by artistry
I bought one of those time travelling iPods a week next Tuesday. Man, don't bother. It broke down twelve years ago.
I just took it to the Genius Bar. The man told me they won't make them like they used to have done, and to wait until the rev B model last November.
lol good one
Enough about current events and back to Apple and iPods...
Originally posted by Vox Barbara
for the juice.
I am surprised anyone noticed with the geek fight going on all around...
Originally posted by SpamSandwich
Incidentally, how many people have seen this Microsoft product film... "Origami"?
http://creativecoremedia.com/mso.swf
So yeah, lots have and to me this does prove that the tablet IS a viable and useful form/device. But that is some time away if it will be working like advertized and man it looked like it was designed by PlaySkool. I do like the cover with the integrated keyboard, though!!!! Just think of it in a nice brushed aluminum and without the goofy side bezels for all of those buttons. Gaming and other controls need to be add-ons or modules, not integrated into the main device...IMHO.
I also agree with way at the top, that the speculation is more than for a Keynote and we are just talking about "fun" stuff for tomorrow. A red iPod does nothing for me, AIDS or not.
Originally posted by schmidm77
More fun than dying from ebola, genocide or stavartion. Besides, AIDS doesn't kill you, it's the secondary infection.
Someone chopping off your arm doesn't kill you, it's the secondary blood loss.
Quote:
I spent 9 months in east Africa, what a shithole. I'm glad my ancestors were smart enough to pick up and move to Europe 10,000 years ago or so.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060227/20060227005789.html?.v=1
Originally posted by schmidm77
I spent 9 months in east Africa, what a shithole. I'm glad my ancestors were smart enough to pick up and move to Europe 10,000 years ago or so.
Sounds like a good Aryan thing to say! Ya, Herr Schmid?
Originally posted by MacGregor
Sounds like a good Aryan thing to say! Ya, Herr Schmid?
Yeah, it was kind of a silly thing of that person to say. I thought that the worst of Africa's political and military strife was more or less because of Europe's colonialism.
Apparently.
The long version: Apple is inviting to a showing of "fun" products. The rumour business hints that an AIDS iPod will be one of those products. Ergo an AIDS iPod is fun. Since I didn´t see Apple use "fun" as a sales argument before fo the iPod, the "fun" part must be the AIDS thing which would be quite morbide statement from Apple UNLESS OF COURSE THE RUMOURS ARE WRONG! which I think it is for exactly that reasons.
So I could say "AIDS is FUN
Ah, the evolving mystery that is Anders
"The reports provide an objective counterbalance to the hyperbole coming from both the Flash and H.264 camps. One of the key findings from the Proprietary report, for example, was that the quality of the best Flash and H.264 codecs still trailed RealVideo, often by a significant margin"
How much did Real pay streamingmedia.com for these "reports"??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4754462.stm
Yet, somehow, we get by just fine with 1 version of OSX!... Oh, alright, 2 of 'em if you count the Macintel version.
Originally posted by SpamSandwich
You'll recall that they sold the U2 special edition preloaded with the entire U2 catalog... unless I'm mistaken (I didn't buy one).
You ARE mistaken. The U2 iPod had a coupon for a discount off of the U2 collection, but it never came preloaded with the music.