You might be a (WSU) Cougar redneck if instead of lawn chairs, you utilize the bench seats from your van while tailgating before (and after) the game.
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A-ha, the number cruncher has hit a nerve in the neurological workings of none other than Sean Higgins!
True, Apple did sell a large quantity of iPhones in a relatively short period of time ( t = 74 days, where t is said “short period of time,” since we beg statistics for a standardized interpretation of adjectives). But I find it anything but surprising that you failed to bring to light the complaints about the hackability and mediocre sound quality of the iPhone. So while the revenue was sky high, the satisfaction, I imagine, was far less so.
The features you mentioned that are unique to the iPhone are not anything that would significantly discredit other palmtop devices. I don’t need high resolution to read e-mail. And ease of use greatly depends on how patient and competent the user is, not to mention how blinded they are by a name brand. Besides, I have a MacBook with a screen that is much larger and crisper than that of the iPhone. I think I can survive for quite a while without having someone buzzing into my pocket to tell me they finally managed to lick their elbow.
I can assure you I have no intention of ever owning an iPhone, unless I happen to receive one as a gift. I really think it’s impractical and unnecessary, but I can’t speak for everyone I suppose.
I’m far from the biggest fan of Apple on this blog, but your arguments leave something to be desired. Unfortunately, I think they’ll do very little to dissuade those more hardened fans who don’t think high resolution screens are a terribly bad thing and don’t try to draw too many comparisons between a laptop computer and a cellphone… nor desire to debate the overall usefulness in knowing the precise moment of elbow moistening.
But hey, have fun with that. I’ll enjoy the show.
1) I’m not sure how Apple comments made it onto a post about bench seats and entirety-of-animal sausages 2) I would like to point out my husband is not included in the red-neck van-bench-seating
Leila, 1) thanks for a comment on topic. So you know, the reason for the Apple comment stems from this post and my response. It seems the author chose to take it up here rather than in his own meta. 2) Your husband would most certainly have been included in the red-neck van-bench-seating if he could have, and you know it.
Trinian, I don’t intend to debate (too much more) such a banal issue, but hopefully there will be enough of a show so that you’ll not be overly dissapointed.
Phil, you said
But your post was not about the iPhone primarily, rather it was about the iPod Touch and the lack of innovative features, which is what I responded to. So why is it surprising that I did not introduce “complaints” about a different product? Even more so, do you really suppose that a product with minimal satisfaction would continue to sell so well?
You also said
Umm, again let me point out that you must not have ever seen or played with or perhaps even watched a commercial for the iPhone (or iPod Touch). Having owned multiple cell phones, including a Treo, and having multiple friends with Treos and Blackberrys, there is simply no comparison in the internet browsers. In fact, your comparison between the iPhone and your Macbook is much closer, and when you start carrying your Macbook in your pocket let me know. Otherwise, I concede that your laptop has a “much larger” screen than my phone.
Finally,
Let’s see if that’s true.
def: impractical - not adapted for use or action.
False. Just the opposite.
def: unnecessary - not needed.
True. All I need is food and water for physical life, and salvation in Christ for spiritual life. So if you are willing to include most everything else in your definition of “unnecessary” than I most certainly agree. If you’ve heard me arguing that an iPhone or iPod Touch are necessary, consider this my recantation. Otherwise, consider this my request for a little more restraint in our dramatic hyperbole.
Forgive me, I’m still unfamiliar with blogging etiquette. Next time I’ll try and avoid carrying things over to your virtual turf, and cause the confusion I did.
I guess I can admit that the iPod touch issue has no significance anymore except to provide a strange brand of entertaiment for readers. I can’t convince you that the product in question is a waste, and as of right now I can’t see any real merit in the product. But that can perhaps change.
It’s all in good fun, because we both know that you can’t lose your salvation once you have turned from the darkness of the PC and have seen the light of Apple :-)
thats legit! Since we dont have TV here in the dorms a group of us went down to the Student Center to watch some of the games, we flipped to the WSU game, for like 5 mins, but mainly watched the others, they couldnt keep it on one game. it was almost annoying, but atleast the lower cafe was open!
Leila is right, I wasn’t there, but as a man of Purple and Gold, I am proud to say that I am not a Cougar redneck. I am sure Sarr is proud to have that distinction added to his laundry list of nicknames. And I noticed Curtis jumped on that wagon too, I guess he was running from his problems in Ann Arbor. Just remember a pack of Dawgs can always defeat a lone Cougar or a mangy Wolverine.
I suppose I have jumped on the WSU bandwagon. It is kind of surprising given their colors. But if a school like that can produce a man live the MVP, then I will jump on that bandwagon. UW on the other hand, well, I think you get the picture.
For what it is worth, any time your pack of dogs is in the grip of a polar bear and claws its way through the chest and out the back, come talk to me. Otherwise, there is no comparison. Wolverines Rule!
As this has quickly degenerated into a sports-smack-talking session, I would like to point out that regardless of Discovery Channel hypotheses, I think win/loss records speak for themselves.
Everyone takes that position, until they are on the losing end. Of course, you would know that over the last few years, right?
P.S. I think degenerated is the wrong word. Perhaps ascended would be better. Nah, you’re right — degenerated.
I guess the depravity of man even extends into college football!