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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I'm aware Apple is trying really hard to tell the iPhone. I haven't
> heard anybody with anything nice to say about it, so I had presumed that
> it's not doing too well...
Yeah. The Time Magazine naming it invention of the year, and 5 million
units sold in a half year, taking over 15% of the smart phone market in
the US certainly means "it's not doing too well".
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479073b2$1@news.povray.org...
> Random fact: I know who the 11th president of the USA was, but I have no
> idea what the name of the PM of the UK is...
Hmm, well. From what you say, you're not willing to understand the world
(and particularly people), except for the bits of trivia that do interest
you, and the occasional pair of mammaries that floats, sadly out of reach,
in your field of vision. Of course, you're fully entitled to do that.
However, keep in mind that by willingly shutting out the rest of the world,
you're actually shutting yourself in. If you're making the world - which is
made from something else than fancy algorithms - invisible to you, you can't
complain that you are invisible to it. That's a two-way relationship.
Abstruse programming languages make poor friends.
Let's quote John Donne, fellow brothers: "No man is an island, entire of
itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main".
G.
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> but I have no
> idea what the name of the PM of the UK is...
Now there really is no excuse for that one...
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:56:26 +0100, "Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
>Let's quote John Donne
I somehow don't think that quoting a Jacobean poet however relevant will
illustrate what you mean.
Andrew, or do you prefer Andy? Do you understand what people are trying to say
to you? Could you summarise it?
Odds of a mars bar to anything this is ignored.
Regards
Stephen
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Gilles Tran <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Let's quote John Donne, fellow brothers: "No man is an island, entire of
> itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main".
"We are the Borg. Resistance is futile." ;)
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And lo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:32:04 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did
spake, saying:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I'm aware Apple is trying really hard to tell the iPhone. I haven't
>> heard anybody with anything nice to say about it, so I had presumed that
>> it's not doing too well...
>
> Yeah. The Time Magazine naming it invention of the year,
Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
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Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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47909d01@news.povray.org...
> Gilles Tran <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> Let's quote John Donne, fellow brothers: "No man is an island, entire of
>> itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main".
>
> "We are the Borg. Resistance is futile." ;)
True. Perhaps someone should just collect Andrew's darnest quotes and put
them on a webpage somewhere to preserve them for the posterity.
In fact, perhaps Andrew himself could put them on his blog, that would sure
get him some readers and drive traffic to his site, up to the point he'd be
able to make a living from out of selling ad space ;) (I'm only half-joking,
because he's actually good at writing and one could put a positive spin at
stuff like "I never heard of this Steve Jobs fellow and really don't care").
G.
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Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
Their "man of the year" doesn't mean "the person who has made most good
in the world", but "the person who has been most significant in the world,
who has had most impact", in good or bad.
In the year 1938 they chose Adolph Hitler as the person of the year,
and in the year 1939 Joseph Stalin. Not because they did something good
for the world, but because they were considered some of the most influential
persons (in good or bad).
You are clearly trying to diminish the importance of Time Magazine's
titles by implying that the choice of Putin as person of the year shows
some kind of incompetence, but it only shows that you don't understand
what they mean by "person of the year".
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- Warp
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:56:26 +0100, "Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>you, and the occasional pair of mammaries that floats, sadly out of reach,
>in your field of vision.
Damn! I just shot coffee out of my nose. That was funny.
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And lo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:57:24 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did
spake, saying:
> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
>
> Their "man of the year" doesn't mean "the person who has made most good
> in the world", but "the person who has been most significant in the
> world,
> who has had most impact", in good or bad.
>
> In the year 1938 they chose Adolph Hitler as the person of the year,
> and in the year 1939 Joseph Stalin. Not because they did something good
> for the world, but because they were considered some of the most
> influential
> persons (in good or bad).
>
> You are clearly trying to diminish the importance of Time Magazine's
> titles by implying that the choice of Putin as person of the year shows
> some kind of incompetence, but it only shows that you don't understand
> what they mean by "person of the year".
Actually I do, and by that measure making the iPhone the invention of the
year doesn't necessarily make it any good, or popular, or used.
--
Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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