All I wanted was for *somebody* associated with the case to say whether or not the plaintiff was mentally ill. I would imagine that he was and that everyone involved was too polite to say so. It is my understanding that he broke into tears during his opening statement when he touched upon the emotional impact of having lost his pants.
P.S. I'd like to lodge a complaint with our gracious host here... Alex: How come the Google AdWords ads on this page keep on coming up with "Are you a loser?" and a link to the "LoserQuiz"? Is it me? It's not me is it?
Apple scored so big with the iPod - "The perfect thing." The iPod has most certainly been a revolutionary consumer device, right up there with transistor radios and the Sony Walkman.
Within a few days we're going to begin to see crazy and clever iPod hacks, mods and new applications. Somebody is going to come up with something somewhere along the way that will have the ability to change lives or save lives or inform or entertain in some new way that's going to blow our minds. I can't wait!
1. It is the 21st century 2. The reason, I think, that many of us are excited about the iPhone has little or nothing to do with the fact that it is a phone. It is because it is essentially a fully-functional Macintosh shoehorned into a device the size of a phone. Furthermore, the idea that the interface/input can be completely malleable opens up a new realm of opportunities for innovation.
I am confident that the "killer app" for the iPhone will be something none of us has ever thought of and will have nothing to do with telephony.
As far as camping out for a product is concerned, my only trespass into that territory was waiting in line outside a toy store one frosty morning the day after Thanksgiving to get my daughter a Tickle Me Elmo for Christmas.
I watch the Digg Technology feed. The number of iPhone stories that come through - and get hundreds or thousands of "Diggs" is frightening!
Somebody posts a blurry photo of an Apple employee possibly using an iPhone at a party last weekend - thousands of geeks wet their pants.
Somebody sees an iPhone display at an Apple story covered with a sheet - thousands of geeks wet their pants.
Now - don't get me wrong: Je suis un geek, but I stopped wetting my pants 20 years ago when I graduated from high school. iPhone fever is getting out of control.
He reminded me of this experience I had in India in 1988:
I was in the middle of nowhere visiting a mosque ruin. A bunch of kids like him mobbed me on the way in, trying to sell me chess sets. Every kid was holding a chess set, trying to push it into my hands, etc. There was a gate where you had to pay to get into the mosque, so the kids stopped when I reached the gate. I told them, "Sorry boys - I don't play chess, I play backgammon," and walked into the mosque compound and poked around for a few minutes.
I'll be damned if upon exiting I wasn't mobbed by the same group of kids - this time every single one of them holding a backgammon set.
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They are Buddhists - they don't believe in your creator.
The Longfellow aka "Salt and Pepper" Bridge is to the left.
Cambridge/Kendall Square is in the lower left-hand corner.
Mommy.
Apple scored so big with the iPod - "The perfect thing." The iPod has most certainly been a revolutionary consumer device, right up there with transistor radios and the Sony Walkman.
Within a few days we're going to begin to see crazy and clever iPod hacks, mods and new applications. Somebody is going to come up with something somewhere along the way that will have the ability to change lives or save lives or inform or entertain in some new way that's going to blow our minds. I can't wait!
1. It is the 21st century
2. The reason, I think, that many of us are excited about the iPhone has little or nothing to do with the fact that it is a phone. It is because it is essentially a fully-functional Macintosh shoehorned into a device the size of a phone. Furthermore, the idea that the interface/input can be completely malleable opens up a new realm of opportunities for innovation.
I am confident that the "killer app" for the iPhone will be something none of us has ever thought of and will have nothing to do with telephony.
Thanks for the correction!
Somebody posts a blurry photo of an Apple employee possibly using an iPhone at a party last weekend - thousands of geeks wet their pants.
Somebody sees an iPhone display at an Apple story covered with a sheet - thousands of geeks wet their pants.
Now - don't get me wrong: Je suis un geek, but I stopped wetting my pants 20 years ago when I graduated from high school. iPhone fever is getting out of control.
I was in the middle of nowhere visiting a mosque ruin. A bunch of kids like him mobbed me on the way in, trying to sell me chess sets. Every kid was holding a chess set, trying to push it into my hands, etc. There was a gate where you had to pay to get into the mosque, so the kids stopped when I reached the gate. I told them, "Sorry boys - I don't play chess, I play backgammon," and walked into the mosque compound and poked around for a few minutes.
I'll be damned if upon exiting I wasn't mobbed by the same group of kids - this time every single one of them holding a backgammon set.