um... the thought that crosses my mind is.... I manage to avoid porn very successfully without an iPad. This is not, in the least, why the thing interests me.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > So is that like Freedom from Freedom? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:00 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: is this why you want an iPad? > > > A fiesty Steve Jobs offers the world 'freedom from porn' > STEPHEN HUTCHEON > May 17, 2010 - 1:10PM > Comments 15 > > > Apple CEO Steve Jobs tells it like it is in an email exchange. > The normally taciturn Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs has let > fly at a blogger who dared to question the iPad's revolutionary > credentials in a lively volley of late night email. > > Jobs appears to be enjoying a new lease of life since a liver > transplant last year and in the past few months has been unusually > active on the email front, replying to a number of inquiries from > Apple users. > > These replies have been brief and civil if slightly abrupt. > > This time, however, it was keyboards at 40 paces. > > "If [Bob] Dylan was 20 today, how would he feel about your company? > Would he think the iPad had the faintest thing to do with > 'revolution'? Revolutions are about freedom," Ryan Tate emailed at > 9.43pm on Friday night after watching an iPad commercial and objecting > to the use of the R word. > > Tate is the editor of Valleywag, a technology industry gossip blog > that is part of Gawker Media. Gawker also owns Gizmodo, a technology > news website that is embroiled in a dispute with Apple over the > purchase of a prototype iPhone. > > Jobs clearly took umbrage at Tate's email, which invoked the name of > Dylan, one of Jobs's heroes. > > "Yep, freedom from programs that steal your private data. Freedom from > programs that trash your battery. Freedom from porn. Yep, freedom," > the Apple co-founder wrote. "The times they are a changin', and some > traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is." > > When Jobs unveiled the iPad in January - to the sound of Dylan's Like > a Rolling Stone playing in the auditorium during the pre-launch - he > described it as "magical and revolutionary". It's a line that Apple > has since been using with its iPad promotions. > > But critics have panned the new tablet computer for locking users into > a "walled garden", in which much of the content is delivered only > after being vetted by Apple. > > Apple recently removed many sex-themed apps for the iPhone from its > App Store. This month, the magazine Dazed & Confused, which > specialises in racy photo shoots, reportedly toned down its iPad > version for fear of being rejected by the Apple censors. > > Magazine insiders reportedly christened the iPad version the Iran > edition, and the incident has spawned much talk about Apple's > so-called "no nipple" policy. > > The conversation continued back-and-forth with three more emails from > Tate and two replies from Jobs. > > The last Jobs email, sent at 2.20am on Saturday, concluded with a > defence of Apple's policies and then a big put down. > > "As for us, we're just doing what we can to try and make (and > preserve) the user experience we envision. You can disagree with us, > but our motives are pure," Jobs wrote. > > "By the way, what have you done that's so great? Do you create > anything, or just criticise others' work and belittle their > motivations?" > > Comments > 15 comments so far > > > http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/a-fiesty-steve-jobs-offers-the-wo > rld-freedom-from-porn-20100517-v7wl.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
