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Samsung's cylindrical ArtPC Pulse computer apes design of Apple's Mac Pro
Trash can design is trendy now.
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Customer rampages through French Apple Store, smashes iPhones, iMacs, MacBook Air
And you were perfectly correct: It's the same word/origin. работа (work) can be used to mean "slave".digitalclips said:
Well I live and learn, I always thought 'robot' was the invention of the Czech novelist Karel Čapek.lightknight said:
La Pomme Ordinateurs, really. Besides, the world uses the russian word for "work" for robots, so why not use the much better French word? (Much better, not because it's French, but because it reflects the intent of the machine better than "computer". An Ordinateur helps order your life. A computer... computes. I guess Macs really are Ordinateurs, while other machines are Computers, with spec sheets and analyst happiness?OK, enough along this line of thought.)digitalclips said:Perhaps the French Ministry of making up French words that are English is really behind this! The words Apple Computer are everywhere! This is France after all, it should be Pomme Ordinateur.Also, what a weird reaction. He could have sued. Of course, then AppleInsider commenters would likely have blamed him for suing, but there are worse things in life
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Customer rampages through French Apple Store, smashes iPhones, iMacs, MacBook Air
La Pomme Ordinateurs, really. Besides, the world uses the russian word for "work" for robots, so why not use the much better French word? (Much better, not because it's French, but because it reflects the intent of the machine better than "computer". An Ordinateur helps order your life. A computer... computes. I guess Macs really are Ordinateurs, while other machines are Computers, with spec sheets and analyst happiness?OK, enough along this line of thought.)digitalclips said:Perhaps the French Ministry of making up French words that are English is really behind this! The words Apple Computer are everywhere! This is France after all, it should be Pomme Ordinateur.Also, what a weird reaction. He could have sued. Of course, then AppleInsider commenters would likely have blamed him for suing, but there are worse things in life
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Government agency issues warning over 'exploding' Samsung washing machines
Samsung washing machine? That's a cheap buy that costs more in the long run. I trust Miele (excellent, though expensive in the short run). I actually put my foot down when my girl wanted to get a boomsung one. It had several things going for it: shiny, cheap, with a rebate, comes with a salesman till you sign...
no thanks.
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NYC restauranteur Danny Meyer looks to upend hospitality industry with Apple Watch
"Restaurateur"... right?
