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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate |
| Date | 2015-03-28 17:02 +0000 |
| Organization | ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand |
| Message-ID | <hf803.03a@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <D13B4D28.492F2%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <jg830.a3p3@rooftop.invalid> <mf68np$r2k$1@dont-email.me> <bvhdy9.fjeu@rooftop.invalid> <8101941c-8dae-4bbf-a87c-2779eb35707a@googlegroups.com> |
Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 7:13:13 AM UTC-6, owl wrote:
>> Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote in message
>> > news:jg830.a3p3@rooftop.invalid...
>> >>
>> >> Why did they name them iDevices anyway instead of aDevices?
>> >> They're apple products after all, not intel.
>> >>
>>
>> > <quote>
>> > Ken Segall was an employee at an L.A. ad agency handling Apple's account who
>> > came up with the name "iMac" and pitched it to Steve Jobs. Jobs wanted the
>> > product to be called "MacMan", but eventually warmed to Segall's suggestion.
>> > Segall says that the "i" stands for "Internet", but also represents the
>> > product as a personal and revolutionary device ('i' for "individuality" and
>> > "innovation").
>>
>> > Attention was given to the out-of-box experience: the user needed to go
>> > through only two steps to set up and connect to the Internet. "There's no
>> > step 3!" was the catch-phrase in a popular iMac commercial narrated by actor
>> > Jeff Goldblum.
>>
>> > Another commercial, dubbed "Simplicity Shootout", pitted seven-year-old
>> > Johann Thomas and his border collie Brodie, with an iMac, against Adam
>> > Taggart, a Stanford University MBA student, with an HP Pavilion 8250, in a
>> > race to set up their computers. Johann and Brodie finished in 8 minutes and
>> > 15 seconds, whereas Adam was still working on it by the end of the
>> > commercial.
>>
>> > Apple later adopted the 'i' prefix across its consumer hardware and software
>> > lines, such as the iPod, iBook, iPhone, iPad and various pieces of software
>> > such as the iLife suite and iWork and the company's media player/store,
>> > iTunes.
>> > </quote>
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac#History
>>
>>
>> > That 'i' in the name worked out well for Apple but the new watch breaks from
>> > the naming convention. It's the "Apple watch" and not the iWatch. Conpiracy
>> > theories?
>>
>> My prediction:
>> It will fail parlty because nobody wants to wear a watch anymore, but mainly
>> because it is not named "iWatch" and hence will not be seen as iCult-approved.
> I believe they couldn't use the term iWatch.
I was just thinking that if Jobs were still alive, given his stake in
Disney, that there would be a Mickey Mouse mode for the thing. More
likely though Jobs would recognize this Apple Watch as the Next Big
Failure and put the brakes on. Oh well, they have teh money to burn,
and somebody's bound to buy the $10,000 gold-plated ones at least.
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 13:42 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 14:17 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:13 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 12:23 -0700
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 21:51 +0000
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 14:02 -0400
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 11:17 -0400
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:11 -0400
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-29 00:29 +0100
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:00 +0000
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-29 12:41 -0400
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 21:13 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:21 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:46 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 01:28 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:25 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:47 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 16:42 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-28 19:44 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-30 09:13 -0500
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-30 13:45 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 22:40 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:43 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-29 09:51 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:22 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-28 18:49 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:47 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 14:15 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:49 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:02 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 11:52 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 10:16 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 15:02 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:10 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:17 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 10:25 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:29 +0000
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-30 04:30 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 08:36 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-30 09:06 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 09:20 -0700
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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-30 09:36 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-30 12:23 -0500
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:45 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 18:01 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:01 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 20:11 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 21:58 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 19:09 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:02 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 20:10 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-31 09:36 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-31 10:13 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-31 12:35 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-01 08:32 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-01 07:34 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 11:22 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-01 21:02 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-02 08:45 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 09:16 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-04 20:00 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-04 18:42 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-02 08:48 -0500
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-02 08:53 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 09:27 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 11:30 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 12:44 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 10:06 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:51 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 18:02 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:01 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate cc <scatnubbs@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-31 05:12 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-31 09:41 -0400
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-31 12:08 -0700
Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-31 10:49 -0700
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