From: deep_42_thought@hotmailEARTH.com
Zaren Ankleweed whipped out his/her/its Personal Electronic Thing,
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and proceeded to say:
>
> Hmm, I think we may have diverged topics here. I'm referring to the
> standard commands on a Mac - cmd-Z/X/C/V have been keyboard shortcuts
> for undo/cut/copy/paste for a long lone time.
Ah, I was going on about you talking about the windows apps that had
different ctrl-shortcuts.
> Yes, yes, I know... I blame marketing for that :) Actually
> (according to legend), the "Pod" in "iPod" comes from Steve Jobs
> liking the pod racer segment of Star Wars Episode 1.
Episode One sucked.
The fan reaction worked like this:
"WOW! BEST MOVIE EVER! NEW STAR WARS! OMFG!"
"Wow, that really sucked, didn't it? I mean, Jamaican frog people? Darth
Vader as a little boy who needs to be loved? The big scene of the movie
being the race car scene? I mean, DAMN, man..."
> Again, blame marketing. At some point the "i" expanded from just
> referring to the Internet and started referring to a "digital
> lifestyle" - all your geeky toys talking to each other over network
> connections.
Sort of like "e" prefixes everywhere... except the E for Electronic made
sense.
)
> Why is that? One of the first commercial 3rd party apps for the Mac
> was Microsoft Word. mac users (despite their independant nature)
> still need to work with the Windows world, and they need compatible
> apps to run on their Macs.
The way I see Apple advertising Microsoft programs, it's sort of like them
saying "our word processing programs suck. Try our biggest competitor". It
sends a negative image out to those who know enough about computers to know
of the Mac/Win war.
> Same as it's ever been. Teachers (and parents, for that matter) don't
> have the time to keep up with all the new gadgets and games that
> their kids are exposed to all the time.
Once your brain reaches a certain age, it sort of alienates itself from
change. I've seen it happen.
> I mean, I still don't know
> how to play Pokemon,
Dude-with-some-zeros! Yous gots to gets da Pikachu to level
80!!!!11oneoneone
> and I suck at these new-fangled home game consoles with their funky
> 20-button controllers...
I find this amusing, I was talking a good ten minutes ago about this exact
same thing.
The 8-bit NES had two game buttons (A+B), two function buttons
(Start/Select), and a D-pad.
The GameCube has three-odd joysticks, three shoulder buttons (but only two
shoulders), a d-pad, Start/select, A, B, and some sort of "C" button. It's
like the GameCube controller is an elegant bird vs. the NES's brick.
> but I'm getting pretty good at Dance Dance
> Revolution :)
Heh...
Penny Arcade:
"Wait, isn't this an arcade?"
"I think so..."
"Then why are those kids MOVING?"
> Oops, error on my part. It's for using function / command keys
> one-handed... Here's a better explination:
Ah, I see... sort of like an easy-access command interface, to help save
time using commands with the keys, like Copy or Paste...
...all of which would be simplified to two clicks with right-mouse button...
:)
> Well, if it's a "new" game to some people, they'll buy it at whatever
> price they seeon the box. Most wouldn't know to look in the bargain
> bin on the Windows side to see if the prices match :)
Ah, but us "l33t" computer users do things like wait until the weekend sales
to buy CD-Rs, and the like... bargain hunters of a new generation.
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