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Five years after Steve Jobs: an Apple with the courage to say 'No'
Ha ha... Yeah & I actually do totally agree with you. I enjoy using Apple mobile devices more than my Macs anyway. (But you no I just had to say no)...holyone said:
Cute, the new hardware will come when it's ready, it's frustrating as hell ? Yes, but remember that unlike iPhones the Macs tend to be kept a little longer so it's probably not that economical to refresh them every year unless you've got something really special, would you really buy a new MBP for a wide color display ? not sure, but most probably wouldn't, so may be a little patience is in odder it has been a while yes but I think this is a good thing Apple can't make people wait this long for total shit, the new staff's gonna be amazing I predict, your old Macs can't be that horrible can they?ericlmercer said:But we already no Apple nos how to say no...
No new Mac Pros. No new MacBook Pros. No new iMacs. No new Mac Minis...What we really wanna no, is :
when is Apple finally gonna say No to no new Macs?
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Five years after Steve Jobs: an Apple with the courage to say 'No'
But we already no Apple nos how to say no...
No new MacBook Pros. No new Mac Pros. No new iMacs. No new Mac Minis...What we really wanna no in all confidence is...
When is Apple finally gonna say No to no new Macs?
(nice article...)
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Apple holds top spot with $178B value in annual Interbrand global rankings
Samsung: +14%... and just couple of hours ago yet another one of their Galaxy Note 7s explodes onboard a Southwest 737 airliner in Chicago.
With such explosive growth + a new line of exploding smartphones, Samsung could very well corner the airline terrorism industry by year's end...
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California approves limited testing of self-driving cars without wheels or backup drivers
paxman said:
So sensitive! I think your response was incoherent and fueled by anger, and saying so hardly constitutes 'personal attack'.ericlmercer said:
There's nothing more incoherent than deflecting a losing argument through personal attacks Paxman. When your position leaves you with nothing of substance to contribute, you do realize you can simply sit back & follow the discussion, right?paxman said:ericlmercer said:
Your anger is making you incoherent. Your rage is turning you into a negative force. Fight it or soon you'll be that guy sitting alone in the pub shaking his fist at the world.
My own twisted vision... so about this Looney Tunes Utopian Car-Tune you star in, right?... it has you riding around NY or London in some nasty public vehicle engaged 100% by the same unwashed narcissists who mindlessly carpet-bomb skank all over public toilets. Why not try sharing your bathroom with 9 other NYers so it's not idle 90% of the time... or partage your iPhone with 9 London hooligans to compare your present TCO against all the viruses you & this eco-friendly jail-broken self-driving iPhone will accumulate.paxman said:
Sure, if you put it like that. But I think that is just your own twisted vision and not a reflection of a likely future. Cars spend on average 90% of their time standing still in a driveway. Tco of car ownership is unreasonably high if you live in a city like NY or London. I like driving. Both cars and motorcycles. But I despise sitting in traffic. I'd rather read a book or the news.ericlmercer said:
Well, let's see if this makes sense then. Let's shift gears. Imagine this scenario: you're in a rush... man, you're in a hurry & you've gotta go... right now... time is of the essence, it's here so you gotta commit regardless... you open the door, step inside, have a seat & live with the consequences, captive for the duration...paxman said:Absolutely the future of autonomous vehicles. PodCars. For city folks this will 'change everything'. I just can't imagine anyone would actually own their own vehicle. It wouldn't make sense.
Would you rather be sitting in :
a) your own personal, hygienic home bathroom or;
b) on some convenient albeit septic, herpes-infested public toilet seat?
I bet people will prefer their own self-driving cars.You just can't get over your creepy fixation on my person & keep imagining that I must be angry with you. I'm not, so calm down. You're just annoying & seem to enjoy being so. But I can help guide you past this blockage & steer you back on topic.
So here's why you deflect: Your personal, myopic vision has little relevance to this industry, so your position shifts from side to side & fails... And rather than broadening your views or even defending them, you employ personal attacks & repetitive childish provocations to cover up your incongruity...
A few of your arguments:paxman said:..."I just can't imagine anyone would actually own their own vehicle. It wouldn't make sense."... "I like driving. Both cars and motorcycles. But I despise sitting in traffic".... "it takes me 1/2 the time to get home from work on my mc. I have a hard time figuring out why some people get all irate"...."I don't worry too much about traveling in taxis, either. I don't like it when they are not clean"...
Your discourse is all over the road since you won't just choose a lane... So in your own words:
➊ you can't imagine why people own vehicles...
➋ yet you weave in & out of traffic on your own vehicle...
➌ bewildered why your behavior makes drivers irate
➍ you defend the filth you don't like in public transportation when others call it filthy
➎ don't realize that driverless cars will add to traffic & get stuck in traffic, just like other cars
➏ you presume these cars with their v1.0 guidance systems won't mindlessly run you over as you whip in front of them to make it home in ½ the time...
Your arguents are like your driving habits paxman. You weave mindlessly from one position to its polar opposite, erratically changing lanes of argument as it suits you, then don't understand why the drivers you irritate honk.
My own point, impeded by your acute fixation on me, is that driverless cars are ultimately being developed for individuals & that public transport is certainly not the payoff market for this technology. The Google prototype pictured above is a car, not a bus. Tesla is ramping up to produce millions of personal vehicles. Apple builds products people love & it's no accident they think building cars people will love will produce the margins they command... but Apple will never build payphones nor busses. The bulk of profit will come from individuals buying their own vehicles, just like now. Driverless mass transit won't be any more appealing than today, it'll wind up just as filthy & remain purely utilitarian, our only expectations being that they function & at minimal cost.
Look. I certainly don't expect a substantive reply from you, only more feigned incomprehension & this paranoid misconception that somehow people who debate your points must be angry with you. You're not difficult to figure out. You simply prefer to annoy & to goad when arguement fails you. You have no interest in furthing interesting discussion, just fomenting hate.
I'm also posting this as a warning sign for others: When you see paxman all over the road on a topic, no need to honk, he's not here for the discussion. Best just let him pass. The annoying scooter he barges thru discussions with will eventually meet up with some pilotless semi, heavily laden with a cargo of logic & an imperfect avoidance system that will dispassionately plow thru all his disingenuous nonsense. -
California approves limited testing of self-driving cars without wheels or backup drivers
There's nothing more incoherent than deflecting a losing argument through personal attacks Paxman. When your position leaves you with nothing of substance to contribute, you do realize you can simply sit back & follow the discussion, right?paxman said:ericlmercer said:
Your anger is making you incoherent. Your rage is turning you into a negative force. Fight it or soon you'll be that guy sitting alone in the pub shaking his fist at the world.
My own twisted vision... so about this Looney Tunes Utopian Car-Tune you star in, right?... it has you riding around NY or London in some nasty public vehicle engaged 100% by the same unwashed narcissists who mindlessly carpet-bomb skank all over public toilets. Why not try sharing your bathroom with 9 other NYers so it's not idle 90% of the time... or partage your iPhone with 9 London hooligans to compare your present TCO against all the viruses you & this eco-friendly jail-broken self-driving iPhone will accumulate.paxman said:
Sure, if you put it like that. But I think that is just your own twisted vision and not a reflection of a likely future. Cars spend on average 90% of their time standing still in a driveway. Tco of car ownership is unreasonably high if you live in a city like NY or London. I like driving. Both cars and motorcycles. But I despise sitting in traffic. I'd rather read a book or the news.ericlmercer said:
Well, let's see if this makes sense then. Let's shift gears. Imagine this scenario: you're in a rush... man, you're in a hurry & you've gotta go... right now... time is of the essence, it's here so you gotta commit regardless... you open the door, step inside, have a seat & live with the consequences, captive for the duration...paxman said:Absolutely the future of autonomous vehicles. PodCars. For city folks this will 'change everything'. I just can't imagine anyone would actually own their own vehicle. It wouldn't make sense.
Would you rather be sitting in :
a) your own personal, hygienic home bathroom or;
b) on some convenient albeit septic, herpes-infested public toilet seat?
I bet people will prefer their own self-driving cars.
