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Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate

From "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate
Date 2015-03-28 09:47 -0400
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"owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote in message 
news:bvhdy9.fjeu@rooftop.invalid...
> 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,

I always wear a watch when I'm not sleeping. The once or twice a year when I 
forget to wear one to work I just feel "off" like something isn't right... 
what wearing two different shoes would feel like. It's more of a habit than 
anything.


> but mainly because it is not named "iWatch" and hence will not be
> seen as iCult-approved.

Large amounts of retraining will be needed. After all, most managed to find 
the "Apple Store" at the mall and not the iStore.


> Apple will follow this with the "iPocket" -- a pocket-watch version with a
> nice chain called the "iChain" of course, and sold separately.

iKnow.

-- 
"I've done for example SQL optimization and the reason I could do it better 
than the best high level experts can do was because I think in hex and bits 
and byte movements. If you know the assembler in detail, you would know what 
"select * from employees" would translate into assembler and how different 
and yet similar that would be from "select name from employees"

Babbling idiot "7"
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The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-26 19:11 -0700
  Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 04:10 +0000
    Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-26 21:45 -0700
      Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:08 +0000
        Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 13:14 -0400
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:16 +0000
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:36 -0400
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 18:44 +0000
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:14 -0700
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:35 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:59 -0700
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-27 13:23 -0400
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:40 -0400
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:11 -0700
        Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 13:18 -0400
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:21 +0000
            Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 13:44 -0400
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 17:46 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 13:52 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 18:01 +0000
              Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 14:45 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 18:58 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-27 15:05 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 19:13 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:16 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:32 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 15:43 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:55 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 16:01 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 23:14 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 16:47 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 00:32 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 18:08 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 01:21 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 18:30 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 01:50 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 22:54 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-27 20:02 -0700
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 23:22 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-28 09:03 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 13:13 +0000
                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
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 19:38 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 19:59 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 21:51 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 18:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-30 09:06 -0500
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-30 15:51 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 11:22 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 12:48 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 14:02 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-30 11:14 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-30 11:17 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-28 23:12 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 18:55 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:11 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-28 19:20 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-29 00:29 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-28 23:38 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-03-28 19:43 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 23:51 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-29 14:45 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:00 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-29 16:14 +0100
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:42 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-29 12:41 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 16:59 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Donald Miller <donaldmiller955@mail.com> - 2015-03-29 13:03 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 03:45 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 03:54 +0000
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-30 07:00 -0500
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 10:27 -0400
                Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 20:56 -0400
                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
          Re: The stupid case sensitivity debate Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-30 18:31 +0200
            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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