Yes!!! Just realized I still have 30mins of LUGradio to listen to, the antidote to TWiT, just listening to their new section "Things That Are Fooked" ahh pure class :)
Apparently waiting all night in a line to give Apple $500 is a religious experience now, it's better than Woodstock, something to tell the grandkids about.... I had to physically stop myself from chewing a hole in my desk at that point.
There was no actual news in this episode, it was just a long Apple advert. If I want that I'll go and find the f'ing Apple.com podcast.
Sorry... I'm calm now... I'm in a happy place.... I'm in a happy place :)
If the reports are right and it would cost $3000 over two years to own and use an iPhone, it just proves that as Americans we don't know how to spend our money very well :)
Open source doesn't get any time on TWiT I've noticed. FLOSS Weekly has died a death. Leo does a great job and I enjoy his podcasts but he never covers open source stories it seems :(
To be fair he did say at the start "this is an iPhone episode so turn off now if you are bothered by that" I carried on and almost risked my own mental health by not heeding his warning.
I didn't make it all the way through 103. Yes, there was the warning - which I took to mean the whole episode would be a look at how good or bad the phone is, rather a load of gushing drivel about the experience of buying the thing.
my point exactly. wrong choice of guests, i guess... however, i'm not going to moan about it any more. i'd rather moan about my own podcast, since i'm involved in one
@al - BREAKING NEWS iPhonics is a new problem sweeping the world today, the ability to only refer to things as they relate to the Apple iPhone. It's a worrying trend, Presidient Bush has declared a new War On iPhonics...
no wait... President Bush has just issued a retraction, he just remembered he has Apple shares... here's Susan with the weather, "It's raining iPhones everybody!!!"
sheryl, even if I could get an iPhone I wouldn't bother. I'm sure it's a great device and all, just that I've no real need for one.
I've never really understood the consumerist 'must have' mentality - and relating the feeding of that need to something akin to a 'love in festival' is to me a tad distasteful.
It is good that no-one got hurt and those queuing were nice to each other but why is it being attributed to the quasi-religious power of the iPhone? Perhaps the fact that there was no shortage of the devices helped on that front? Or maybe it was because most people on the whole are decent enough?
Anyway, I've spent enough energy on the topic today. I feel that I'm starting to suffer from iPhonics.
I think most people are decent and we let the news media tell us otherwise precisely because it sells stuff. There's a culture of fear being projected around the world and it's very dangerous.
Bad things happen no doubt and there are bad people but they are not in the majority, I'm not naive I know that there are bad people but I reckon 1 or 2 out of every 100 is really bad not the 99 you see on the news every night, why don't they ever report anything good that happens, it just doesn't sell things the same. Fear pushes people to the right wing of politics, it always has and the media is owned by the right wing, it's good for corporations it makes them money. I don't think we need to call Columbo in to solve this one somehow
P.S - I don't want an iPhone either, I don't even own an iPod, yes I am that weird :)
One of the things I heard on TWiT that was surprising was a type of 'community' feeling. All around a high-priced piece of gadgetry. @Dan, yes, most people are decent. I would say that those in line waiting for the iPhone were also people of wealth to some extent...although the story of the 15 year old spending all the money he had in the world was kind of sad.
One of the surprising things I've heard so far is that the iPhone doesn't have a 'todo' list and you aren't able to sync any of your notes to your desktop. Come on now. I've been using a PDA for years now and have always been able to do that. Seems to me that an iPhone is a step backwards. I wonder how long it will be before people realize they got caught up in the hype and made a terrible mistake and are stuck with it for two years.
I would LOVE an iPhone! Can't deny that. BUT I don't make a ton of money and there is a lot of things I would do first before I spend $500 on the phone and then $80 a month on the data plan.
The people who bought the iPhone are a very narrow subset of society. Most of the people I interact with on a regular basis don't even understand the potential of a smart phone. Let alone what a file structure on their computer is.
We on Jaiku are still a very narrow subset of society. Let's face it most of us are special! :)
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i just listened to it. its not a great twit, I couldn't really care about the iPhone
2 years, 4 months ago by Chemist
Yes!!! Just realized I still have 30mins of LUGradio to listen to, the antidote to TWiT, just listening to their new section "Things That Are Fooked" ahh pure class :)
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
i'm on net@nite at the mo gonna jump on LUGradio later
2 years, 4 months ago by Chemist
Don't forget Feeble Force 002 ;)
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
I'm just listening to it now. Trying not to be sick, these people are just embarrasing themselves.
2 years, 4 months ago by dzakstar
@Dan yeah got that as well, hopefully the internet will fixed when I get home. If not blood will be spilt!!
2 years, 4 months ago by Chemist
Apparently waiting all night in a line to give Apple $500 is a religious experience now, it's better than Woodstock, something to tell the grandkids about.... I had to physically stop myself from chewing a hole in my desk at that point.
There was no actual news in this episode, it was just a long Apple advert. If I want that I'll go and find the f'ing Apple.com podcast.
Sorry... I'm calm now... I'm in a happy place.... I'm in a happy place :)
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
weres openmoko??!!
2 years, 4 months ago by Chemist
If the reports are right and it would cost $3000 over two years to own and use an iPhone, it just proves that as Americans we don't know how to spend our money very well :)
2 years, 4 months ago by davidmullens
Open source doesn't get any time on TWiT I've noticed. FLOSS Weekly has died a death. Leo does a great job and I enjoy his podcasts but he never covers open source stories it seems :(
To be fair he did say at the start "this is an iPhone episode so turn off now if you are bothered by that" I carried on and almost risked my own mental health by not heeding his warning.
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
yeah, that 'experience of standing in line', i mean, how far from real people are they?
2 years, 4 months ago by overpills
I didn't make it all the way through 103. Yes, there was the warning - which I took to mean the whole episode would be a look at how good or bad the phone is, rather a load of gushing drivel about the experience of buying the thing.
2 years, 4 months ago by dzakstar
my point exactly. wrong choice of guests, i guess... however, i'm not going to moan about it any more. i'd rather moan about my own podcast, since i'm involved in one
2 years, 4 months ago by overpills
I propose a motion of "worst episode ever"
2 years, 4 months ago by dzakstar
Yeah it does sound a bit bitchy moaning about other shows now that we have our own... I think I need a pseudonym for anonymous bitching now hehe :)
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
Yeah I hope the "iPhone" talk dies down. I don't even listen to MacBreak weekly anymore since they can't seem to talk about anything else
2 years, 4 months ago by cyberlarson
Dvorak wasn't on. QED.
2 years, 4 months ago by fabsh
Dvorak isn't on 104 either. QED. :D
2 years, 4 months ago by fabsh
Ok I don't want to go on about this... but I will ;)
Just started listening to Ep 104 and Leo's intro was "the only member of the TWiT team who can't get an iPhone... Wil Harris" arrggh!!!!
I'm half expecting to see Steve Jobs on next panel or something :)
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
Wow... That was weird... Some kind of Jaiku time machine...
2 years, 4 months ago by fabsh
@dan, it's almost becoming a form of autism.. only being able to relate to the world through the iPhone.
2 years, 4 months ago by dzakstar
i'm surprised that no one has bought one and smashed and posted the vid on youtube. it usually happens with the latest gadgets
2 years, 4 months ago by Chemist
With a 500 bucks device? No way.
2 years, 4 months ago by fabsh
@al - BREAKING NEWS iPhonics is a new problem sweeping the world today, the ability to only refer to things as they relate to the Apple iPhone. It's a worrying trend, Presidient Bush has declared a new War On iPhonics...
no wait... President Bush has just issued a retraction, he just remembered he has Apple shares... here's Susan with the weather, "It's raining iPhones everybody!!!"
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
sheryl, even if I could get an iPhone I wouldn't bother. I'm sure it's a great device and all, just that I've no real need for one.
I've never really understood the consumerist 'must have' mentality - and relating the feeding of that need to something akin to a 'love in festival' is to me a tad distasteful.
It is good that no-one got hurt and those queuing were nice to each other but why is it being attributed to the quasi-religious power of the iPhone? Perhaps the fact that there was no shortage of the devices helped on that front? Or maybe it was because most people on the whole are decent enough?
Anyway, I've spent enough energy on the topic today. I feel that I'm starting to suffer from iPhonics.
2 years, 4 months ago by dzakstar
I think most people are decent and we let the news media tell us otherwise precisely because it sells stuff. There's a culture of fear being projected around the world and it's very dangerous.
Bad things happen no doubt and there are bad people but they are not in the majority, I'm not naive I know that there are bad people but I reckon 1 or 2 out of every 100 is really bad not the 99 you see on the news every night, why don't they ever report anything good that happens, it just doesn't sell things the same. Fear pushes people to the right wing of politics, it always has and the media is owned by the right wing, it's good for corporations it makes them money. I don't think we need to call Columbo in to solve this one somehow
P.S - I don't want an iPhone either, I don't even own an iPod, yes I am that weird :)
2 years, 4 months ago by dantheman
One of the things I heard on TWiT that was surprising was a type of 'community' feeling. All around a high-priced piece of gadgetry. @Dan, yes, most people are decent. I would say that those in line waiting for the iPhone were also people of wealth to some extent...although the story of the 15 year old spending all the money he had in the world was kind of sad.
One of the surprising things I've heard so far is that the iPhone doesn't have a 'todo' list and you aren't able to sync any of your notes to your desktop. Come on now. I've been using a PDA for years now and have always been able to do that. Seems to me that an iPhone is a step backwards. I wonder how long it will be before people realize they got caught up in the hype and made a terrible mistake and are stuck with it for two years.
2 years, 4 months ago by davidmullens
I would LOVE an iPhone! Can't deny that. BUT I don't make a ton of money and there is a lot of things I would do first before I spend $500 on the phone and then $80 a month on the data plan.
The people who bought the iPhone are a very narrow subset of society. Most of the people I interact with on a regular basis don't even understand the potential of a smart phone. Let alone what a file structure on their computer is.
We on Jaiku are still a very narrow subset of society. Let's face it most of us are special! :)
2 years, 4 months ago by mjohnson
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/the-linux-power.html
2 years, 4 months ago by Chemist