WHY.....Because those of us who have anything remotely resembling an open mind know that the diversifcation of immigrants who make up this country is what makes it great ........... Discouraging immigration by pounding on illegal Mexicans for political posturing by Republicans isn't something that does anything but cause more hatred towards Americans. Causing hatred towards Americans seems to be becoming a favorite specialty by some today ...
Apple is strong on art, photo and video editing ......something a right-wing person who only watches his stocks, accounts and Hannity wouldn't have use for ...........
•"I compare PC and Apple to Democrats and Republicans. I am a PC because a PC is sort of like America itself, a melting pot, all ideas or ideals are welcome. Republicans are like Apple users. They like to pay more for less product. Apple seems to have become a symbol of the chosen few. Symbols are for simple minded people. People who are afraid to think for themselves rely on symbols for esteem. To a republican/Apple user, (Their kind need only apply) Yes I just used Apple to help explain Republican policy on immigration and totalitarianism. I tried to make it simple for the simple minded."
Yes I have many times......and every time I wondererd why people wanted to pay twice the price for the same technology. Apple has purposely always made things different enough where you'de have to make a committment to own , and committment to pay more than accessories are worth - just to be different. The ONLY reson I would own an apple comouter is if I was doinf profesional video editing ..... But people paying three times what a PC costs and using it for all the same things - it's just plain dunb......
Jobs's death has touched Apple customers, and many others, in a heartfelt way that's unusual for a business leader--especially today. Encomiums have flowed from practically everybody with a blog or Twitter account. "He was our Thomas Edison and our Henry Ford, all in one brief life," wrote political commentator David Frum in his Twitter feed, summarizing the thoughts of many.
But was he? Edison and Ford devised innovations so profound they transformed whole societies and materially improved the lives of people who never even purchased a Ford or Edison product. Edison lit public places, while also providing electricity that helped heat them and power other machines. The automobiles that rolled off Ford's assembly lines swept putrid piles of horse manure off of urban streets and made cities more liveable. Edison and Ford, like other historical giants, created progress that could be measured every day in the humblest of homes, while also laying the foundation for entirely new industries.
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If you're an Apple customer, chances are you feel that Steve Jobs has done something similar for you. Apple products are famous for their user-friendliness and their ability to enhance productivity, whether through third-party apps or ingenious features like the iMovie software that lets amateurs create videos with a professional look and feel. Perhaps more than anything, Apple customers simply enjoy using their products, which takes the drudgery out of scanning spreadsheets or speed-reading emails. Nobody really says that about a Blackberry or a Hewlett-Packard PC.
But many Apple products remain high-end indulgences for people with the money to spend on an enhanced digital experience. Yes, Steve Jobs has done the masses a service by showing his utilitarian competitors how to devise an artful user interface, which usually trickles down to cheaper generic devices once Apple has moved on to version 4 or 5. But Macs and iPhones and iPads remain too pricey for many mainstream consumers, who might read about the wonders of Apple gizmos the way they read about luxury cars or fancy dinners: Sounds nice, and I hope I can afford one some day. Meanwhile, you'd have to stretch to define a way in which Steve Jobs has materially improved society, enhanced public life or broadly shared his gifts with people who can't afford to be his customers. (Cue the outrage of Apple Nation.)
Jobs was truly a brilliant designer, marketer and technologist--all in one. But it's worth keeping in mind that the digital revolution would have carried on without him. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, the founders of Intel, invented much of the circuitry that powered Jobs's devices over the years, along with many other computing machines. Bill Gates developed software that has powered far more computers than Apple ever built. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google, have provided an Internet search service that's arguably more useful to more people--for free--than anything Apple has rolled out. Jobs helped make the first 30 years of the mass-computing era colorful and even fun. But it didn't take him to make it possible.
He somehow was able to aquire a liver with the snap of his fingers when he needed it ............. I know many who have died waiting on a list that "non-Genious" people are subject to. Livers ( especially in Calif ) are hard to come by - but somehow this guy was "special"
That's a crock of Hoowie.....the computer age was well in it's way regardless of Steve Jobs..... Besides, some of us believe having comouters in front of students constantly has hindered their skills of learning to think and socializing. Many kids can't do their homework now without a laptop in front of them. Steve Jobs was a great mind in his industry - and no more .....
A cheap parking lot camera shooting at 29 frames/second or less isn't gonna catch anything much of a plane traveling 600mph .... It's really simple math ....
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