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blastdoor said:

Actually, there are a lot of answers like those. 

Which is why context is important. At least to critical thinking.

macplusplus said:

“What’s a computer?”

The last sentence is not a dramatization or humour. It represents a whole young Touch generation. Many of that generation cannot use a mouse or trackpad and are not even interested in those.

Because they don't have to and know how to get along without either for their use case. Again, context makes a difference.

2774 said:

Steve whiffed on this analogy - in 2017 the top 3 selling vehicles are pick-up trucks.

Some people buy a truck because they need a truck and a car just won't do. A lot of people buy a truck because of the way it makes them feel and how they perceive others seeing them. There's a lot of the latter in the computer domain. If 'looks' didn't matter I expect fewer trucks would be sold.

For those people, a 'computer' is their geek/nerd/power user badge equivalent of a jacked-up 4WD truck or at least a F-350, though an F-150 is clearly superior to a Miata. At least if we ignore context.

Steve was way way ahead of the curve with his analogy, and that for 90% of us, the iPad or some other tablet/non-Surface type device could and will be the future.

Nothing wrong with buying a truck when a car or bike will do. That's a user's choice. Trying to pass it off as superior in that situation is disingenuous, though and only fools a few people.

siretman said:

My iPhone does not have the text forwarding described for Messages in Settings. I have iOS 11.0.3. Why is that?

It could be the particular model of iPhone you have. Mine is a 5s and it doesn't have that Text Message Forwarding option, nor the Show Contact Photos option show directly above it.

jd_in_sb said:

I wish they had password protected shut down. My iPhone 5 was stolen years ago by a guy who just immediately powered it off so I couldn’t track him. If the iPhone had password protected shut down I would have nailed him before he left the area because I could track him with my wife’s phone. 

I like that idea. I've made CC inaccessible from the lock screen so that someone couldn't use AirPlane mode to hide my phone, if stolen.

But they could just simply power it off, though it would take a little longer. Password protected Shutdown would be a good thing.

No, it's not mentioned in the WWDC presentation that the HomePod does actual L/R Stereo. In another AI article about the HomePod there's a mention that The Verge has confirmed that two HPs together will do real stereo.

But I haven't seen anything from Apple yet that states this. That would be a deal breaker for me. If I can't get a conventional sound stage from two of them, they may as well put the music on one HP and the vocals in the other.

So I'm not assuming anything one way or the other. But would it have killed Phil to say instead of 'incredible spacious sound that really has the power to rock your house' he said 'incredible spacious stereo sound that really has the power to rock your house'.

Maybe since current audio is in some cases 7.1 and even 9.1, they didn't want do say 'stereo' because it might sound dated. I want stereo sound and iTunes-Sire compatibility. I'm not interested in Apple Music at this time. 

Siri has been giving me trouble over the last several months. Why sentence structure is far less critical than when using Alexa and my Dot, Siri often doesn't hear me correctly and gives me odd answers. My Dot hears me very well and at distances my plugged-in iPhone can't match. But the Dot just failed to function sooo often. So while the both have something to offer, they both have some big flaws that need to be addressed.

macseeker said:
irresponsible driver got away with killing someone. 

The county DA should loose ones job.  That person isn't doing their job.  Seems like they are more interested in getting the driver-killer off scotfree.  Also seems like the California state government is very soft on text driving murderers.  I have no sympathy for the murderer.

a person caught texting while driving should be arrested for attempted murder.

You obviously have no critical understanding of law, and certainly not the definition of murder or the concept of meeting the elements of a crime. You're lack of ability for form a coherent sentence only complicates your random thought processes.

You really need to know more about the facts of the case instead of lining up with idiots on parade and spouting unsupported nonsense.

Further, I'm certain that were that driver your son, you'd reverse your position in a heartbeat, your ire and outrage notwithstanding. Given your lack of rational thinking, you would not say 'Yes, my son is guilty of murder and should be punished accordingly.' You'd probably blame the scooter rider for failing to drive defensively and use the 'My son will have to live with this the rest of his life and has suffered enough' or some such drivel. And you would most certainly hire the best lawyer you could afford. Lawyers— everybody hates them until they need one.

(No, I'm not a lawyer. They make my job difficult on occasion. Sometimes extremely difficult. I just have to work that much harder. And they also prevent innocent people from suffering under the law. There is much to be said about that.)

I don't know the sentence of the convicted driver. Charged with a misdemeanor, and lack of intent (look it up) the driver probably got probation and no jail. This is just a guess as like you I know nothing of the case but what's been presented here.

Educate yourself with the facts of the case first, then try, really try to form an intelligent thought. While I think the driver should have been sentenced to time in jail (one year is the maximum for a misdemeanor conviction) charing him with a felony may not be lawful. Start with Sec 192(c) PC. Please tell me what states would allow a charge of murder (Sec. 187 PC) under these circumstances with their current laws, let alone attempted murder for texting while driving.

Bear in mind, texting while driving in CA, as in most every state, is only an infraction. At the time of the collision, it probably wasn't even a moving violation, so a ticket (without a collision) would have meant no points on his driving record and no effect on insurance. It took 8 years, far too long, for that to change.

Got away with something 'scot-free'? No, not really. Should have paid a heavier price? Yes, to the fullest extent of current law, in my opinion. Did he? I don't know.

Your raging out of glaring ignorance does no one any good and makes you look beyond foolish.