There's a difference between personal morality and responsibility. If I were head of a company that caters to kids as well as adults, and especially makes itself out to be family-friendly, I would want to keep that promise of wholesome content as much as possible. Steve's being responsible. While I might not agree with him religiously or politically, and I think the consequences of not eating meat are finally catching up to him, I totally stand by Apple's moral and environmental stance.
Proudly sent from my Apple iPad. On Apr 10, 2:23 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 12:00 PM -0700 4/10/2010, Ashgrove wrote: > > > > >On 10 Apr 2010, at 15:56, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes. Calling it a netbook would be the clue there. But it should > >still identify the processor as an x86, NOT as a powerpc. > > >Snow Leopard IDs the processor as "unidentified" in About This Mac, > >but of course it had to identify it as x86 --which it certainly is-- > >in order to have installed at all. Now, the Silverlight installer says > >it's a G4 and stops cold. (Well, it did until I removed the hardware > >identifier portion of it, thanks to Matt's tip.) My guess is that it > >identifies the hardware as somehow "wrong," and says "G4" because > >that's the only way it has to say "wrong." Installers have a somewhat > >limited vocabulary. > > Ah, ok. So this is a Microsloth bug. :) > > > > It's got all those. So how is it not a full-fledged computer? > > >Well, technically an abacus is a computer, too. And some people say > >Stonehenge is one. Only the software got lost, and we're stuck with > >gigantic, useless hardware. It does look pretty in calendars and > >stuff, though. Stonehenge is the TAM of the Neolithic Period. > > You mean there were computers that didn't BONG when they booted? > > > >> "Niche" is a synonym for crippled by politics and a bad OS? > > >Politics? Please elaborate. > > L'Steve has a thing for closed eco systems, that he can control with > an iron fist. He tried this many times over the years (compact Macs > etc) relenting only reluctantly. He's now pulled it off with iPhone > OS and the app store. > > To make matters, um, sweeter, he's even going so far as to justify > the p0rn app ban with his own personal morality. > > Personally, I find the former to be annoying and the latter to be > extremely offensive. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
