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# YOU WILL LEARN TO CARE
WE WILL MAKE YOU CARE.

Sent from my iPad.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:00, archived)
# A quote from the Guardian comment section:
"He is the sole reason for my love for gadgets. He'll live in my heart forever. I dedicate a special space to him"

It's amazing what a messianic cult the guy built up by selling consumerist tat.
(I helped save b3ta! Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:03, archived)
# I like my iPod Classic and I use Macs all the time
but the veneration thrown at him is astonishing. He was a salesman, and an extremely effective one, and he had some nice ideas about design and cutting the shit to reduce something to what it's designed to do. He also had some ideas about business practice that would have seen Apple broken up and fined to oblivion if they'd had a slightly higher market share, a desire to lock people into their ecosystem to an insane degree (I don't want to use iTunes with my iPod, thank you, I'd rather use something that isn't so fucking SHIT) and the direction that OSX is moving in is looking distinctly unappetising.

People just seem to think that Apple are the nice guys and are looking out for them. No, no they're not, they're a massive international corporation who don't give a fuck about you. Yes, Stephen Fry, I'm talking to *you*.

Pah.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:12, archived)
# to be fair, they're probably sucking Stephen Fry's cock morning noon and night
as he is their leading British "brand ambassador"

and he's always on TV
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:20, archived)
# I hope for his sake they pay him a fortune for it all
because the alternative is that he really believes that Apple invented everything and do it better than anyone else. I like a lot of Apple's kit but... seriously, come on Stephen. Either cash your massive pay cheque or ease up a bit.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:26, archived)
# a dick to work with, apparently.
fucking people off since the days of the Homebrew Computer Club.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:20, archived)
# That as well
I don't think many genuinely lovely people become CEO of major multinational companies. He did seem to have his good sides, too, and I don't think anyone could argue how successful it all was. Still, it's interesting to compare the amount of money that Bill Gates (devil incarnate, worst man in computing ever blah blah blah blah blah) and Microsoft (devil incarnate, worst company in computing ever blah blah blah blah blah) have thrown at charities compared with Jobs and Apple.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:23, archived)
# as evil as bill is, I'm sure he'd be more fun to talk to
:)

edit: especially as he's still breathing and wouldn't need some kind of lightning powered frankenstein app for that.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:26, archived)
# I don't think Jobs would make a good conversationalist any more
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:27, archived)
# it'd take more than stuffing his corpse with LIDL meat and a bit of necromancy to make that feasible, indeed.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:30, archived)
# Thinking about it
someone's probably built an App and stuffed it full of Jobs quotes. You could just put an iPhone in his jacket and talk to that. It might not seem like he's listening to you but by repute that wouldn't be a surprise.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:32, archived)
# haha
there's always this
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:09, archived)
# someone will do this
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:22, archived)
# In terms of altruism, Bill Gates has given more back.
Apple are notoriously uncharitable, despite their wealth. Jobs also.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 12:56, archived)
# I might even phrase it "Apple are defiantly uncharitable"
or "Apple are unapologetically uncharitable".
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 13:04, archived)
# I'LL NEVER CARE!
Sent from my tiny screen K700i with "nub" that doesn't work and Vodafone raped operating system that removes some features because I'd probably be "confused" by them because Vodafone thinks it's customers are morons which is ultimately true because they are customers of Vodafone.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:03, archived)
# pfffft





Sent from my
Dell Dimension DE051
Intel(R)
Celeron(R) CPU 2.53 GHz
256 MB of RAM
Windows XP OS
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:11, archived)
# OMG UR USING XP STILL USING XP OMG YOUR USING XP OMG XP IS OMG XP
Sent from computer with XP.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:15, archived)
# YOU SO WILL
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:13, archived)
# *cries*
Sent from eyeTearducts.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:15, archived)
# Apple harvest your tears to wash new iPhones before packaging
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:21, archived)
# well jokes on them!
I used fake tears made from processed chinese orphan dreams!

HAH!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:23, archived)
# So *you're* to blame for the delay getting a white iPhone 4 out
I knew there had to be some reason more than "It's hard to make a white plastic phone".
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:24, archived)
# Most sorry!
iPhone case used to make iFon best quality! Play mp3 mp4 mp5 mp6 mp7 mp8!!!!

complete with 32GB memory using only 2gb memory chip! Best quality!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:28, archived)
# Wow
mp8? I thought they'd run out of steam after mp7!
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 10:33, archived)
# there's always a new mp*
with higher number than foreign mp*! therefore many times better!
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:14, archived)
# i was waiting for aaac
and then xxxc, the codec optimised for overdone grunts and moans
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:19, archived)
# I got my mam an iPad for her 60th birthday in May.
The conversation went like this..

Tim1701 - "Right Mam, I've set it all up, here's your e-mail... And I've taken off that stupid "sent from my ipad" signature because it's really twattie"

Mam - "Why? Put that back!"

Tim1701 - "Wha..? Why?"

Mam - "I want every one I e-mail to know i've got an iPad!"

Thing is, she only e-mails me, my brother and sister and my dad (the ones to my dad are generally about cups of tea and shopping)

So basicly, I turned my own mother into a tw.... I CANT SAY IT!
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:00, archived)
# Haha
Let that be a lesson to you.

I must confess I've never used an iPad. I was playing around with a Samsung Galaxy Tab the other day though. It was actually quite nice, just like an oversized phone.... oh.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:18, archived)
# Thats all the ipad is, an oversized iphone
But my mam is a bit technophobic, anything windows or linux based would fox her, this is a really good interface for anyone unfamiliar with GUIs and the way they work, you tap, your there! it makes sense, its a baby interface.
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:38, archived)
# OMG U LIKE TOTALLY DISSED ON ANDROID THERE
NO WAYZ

i quite liked what i saw of the samsung tablet and i know the ipad's going to be a bit more... refined. i'd be tempted myself if i had pots of money free. but i'll say it very quietly.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 11 Oct 2011, 11:58, archived)