<strong>It's all been done before... or at least THOUGHT of before. Nothing new can be or will be invented; just new versions of the same things.</strong><hr></blockquote>
In 1844, the US Patent Office petitioned Congress to abolish the US Patent Office. EXACTLY as you have, they argued that it had all officially "been done": every useful and/or worthwhile thing had already been imagined, designed, & put into production. To keep a substantial government bureau in operation to manage non-existent future growth would, under the circumstances, be foolish & inappropriate, as well as wasteful.
I'm sure you're enraged that Congress did NOT close the pat.off. 166 years ago.
Wait - 166 years ago??? 166!! the new bus is coming!
I've gotta grab my books & get up to the corner! See ya!!!
[quote]<strong>Maybe, just maybe, Apple will surprise us. But I doubt it. So don't get your hopes up.</strong><hr></blockquote>
So, you're on the low end of a sugar jag, so WE ought to get negative too?
I'm sure this is a personal question, but: what could you POSSIBLY be getting out of this foolish petulance?
I'm not, generally, this pessimistic. I just felt like stirring things up a bit this morning. Got so gung-ho, I originally posted this in the "Future Hardware" forum. I guess if I had postulated on an actual, specific, future hardware device, it would have been appropriate. But it got bumped over here to "General Discussion", which is a fine place, just fine. There's a lot of action here.
Well, I can certainly see why you'd toss this particular gem in FH; usually, it's the Dawg flinging this sort of thing about - and it usually works pretty well for him (dammit!).
...so is there a specific need that you need Apple to address that you could share? Saying "no new ideas" isn't constructive, and doesn't address anything. (Resisting urge for smarta$$ reply here... )
Besides, Apple is a business not a techinal research think-tank, and they can't afford to just release a bunch of "new" and "cool" things that don't have markets for them. There are a lot of examples of products that were too far "ahead of their time" and failed miserably because no one new what to make of them. Being a couple of years ahead of the market is great; being a decade ahead isn't.
I am just commenting (in a tangental way) on the rumor mongering that goes on for the next best nifty spiffy whatsit gadget. My thoughts run closer to yours than you realize.
<strong>Umm, do the math. 2002 - 1844 = 158. So now we'll have a 158 MHz bus?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ummm, yeah, ummm, it'll be a 158mHz bus - 'cuz, uh, cuz it'll work better that way. In fact, this'll be so cool that it's all Stevie will talk about the whole time he's on the stage, y'think?
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What does this at all pertain to?
Perhaps Apple will announce a sell out to Intel/Microsoft (err... That's just sick)
Perhaps Apple will astound us with a G6 1 terra-hertz (or not)
Maybe Apple will get up on stage and say, welcome to the expo, I hope you enjoy the show, then hand around a single polaroid photo of a new iDevice.
Maybe having the entire wireless network around campus go down this weekend had thus overdoseing on coffee has caused my brain to fuse...
<strong>It's all been done before... or at least THOUGHT of before. Nothing new can be or will be invented; just new versions of the same things.</strong><hr></blockquote>
In 1844, the US Patent Office petitioned Congress to abolish the US Patent Office. EXACTLY as you have, they argued that it had all officially "been done": every useful and/or worthwhile thing had already been imagined, designed, & put into production. To keep a substantial government bureau in operation to manage non-existent future growth would, under the circumstances, be foolish & inappropriate, as well as wasteful.
I'm sure you're enraged that Congress did NOT close the pat.off. 166 years ago.
Wait - 166 years ago??? 166!! the new bus is coming!
I've gotta grab my books & get up to the corner! See ya!!!
[quote]<strong>Maybe, just maybe, Apple will surprise us. But I doubt it. So don't get your hopes up.</strong><hr></blockquote>
So, you're on the low end of a sugar jag, so WE ought to get negative too?
I'm sure this is a personal question, but: what could you POSSIBLY be getting out of this foolish petulance?
[quote]<strong>Happy Monday! </strong><hr></blockquote>
Off to a great start, thank you.
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Besides, Apple is a business not a techinal research think-tank, and they can't afford to just release a bunch of "new" and "cool" things that don't have markets for them. There are a lot of examples of products that were too far "ahead of their time" and failed miserably because no one new what to make of them. Being a couple of years ahead of the market is great; being a decade ahead isn't.
<strong>It's all been done before... or at least THOUGHT of before. Nothing new can be or will be invented; just new versions of the same things.
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Blatant South Park quote: "The Simpsons did it!!! The Simpsons did it!!!"
"And there is nothing new under the sun."
Wait - 166 years ago??? 166!! the new bus is coming!<hr></blockquote>
Umm, do the math. 2002 - 1844 = 158. So now we'll have a 158 MHz bus?
<strong>or for the more pretentious, Plato:
"And there is nothing new under the sun."</strong><hr></blockquote>
"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose"
(me, trembling as the grade-school French lurches from its coffin & staggers to its feet....)
<strong>Umm, do the math. 2002 - 1844 = 158. So now we'll have a 158 MHz bus?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ummm, yeah, ummm, it'll be a 158mHz bus - 'cuz, uh, cuz it'll work better that way. In fact, this'll be so cool that it's all Stevie will talk about the whole time he's on the stage, y'think?
Definately, at least a 158mHz bus, yeah.
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"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose"</strong><hr></blockquote>
I was hoping someone could give it to us in the original Greek.