Posted on 07/18/2004 3:37:54 PM PDT by klimeckg
If you have not seen the cover of Newsweek, it shows the face of Steve Jobs of Apple computer holding an iPod. The heading reads: iPod, therefore i Am. Now this was not as blatant as John Lennon saying that the Beatles were greater than Jesus Christ, but it comes very close. If one recalls, John Lennon did not live a long life. And it is reported that Wang computers fell due to such boasting. I am told that Mr. Wang put his name in big letters on the top of the Wang building in Boston. When asked why he did this, he said he wanted all to know who Wang was. Shortly after this, he died and his son took over and that was the end of Wang computers.
So, when I see commerce using the scriptures to promote themselves I track the time and see what befalls them. Now, whether Mr. Jobs said this or simply allowed Newsweek to use the line I do not know, but he must have approved of it. My brother worked for Apple and has a few stories to tell about Mr. Jobs' character and person which are not at all surprising, but are not the warm fuzzy feelings one would think of the Apple CEO. I am not surprised to see Mr. Jobs building his Babylonian tower to the heavens in defiance and making such claims. I am curious to see how things pan out from this day forward.
-Klimeckg
AS opposed to the boards of Microsoft ,Intel ,AMD,Dell ,and all the rest...come on there ain't a high tech company out there who's baord isn't full of lefties...you must be resorting to pencil and paper...so I guess you will be terminating all Net access as well?
I'm means "I am" and that means you're doomed! Everyone who says "I am" is doomed.
Well based on your sign in name, I can see why.
thems some mighty strong claims, hun, and this is a mighty public place. and maybe your god wants to do its own judging. get the rain forest out of your eye.
Much superior and much simpler carrying around one's music collection without hassle. With a bigger hard drive, one will be able to carry around books on tape, and even movies to plug into a local device - be it someone else's house, or the back seat of the minivan for the kids to watch.
That said, iPod like devices will be commodifed soon. It's inevitable. Does anybody think that General Motors, Toyota or Ford is going let some company get a royalty stream going on their products? I don't. It would surprise me greatly if something wasn't in the works as we speak.
As for Steve Jobs, he just another guy. His strengths are that he understands that being nice doesn't get the job done, and that underneath the facade, he knows that he is just another guy. Big ego thogh :-)
Dunno. My batteries have worked fine, and, I use my iPods (one for the wife) a lot.
IT RATTLES A BIT BUT IT STILL WORKS TO THIS DAY!!
Bravo for the Ipod.
He isn't caliming to be God or anything else...this is a title put out by a slick back magazine...To confuse ego eime with cogito ergo sum suggests that you are more than a little unhinged....Perhaps you should just go get the tin foil hat and worry abot yourself.
Boy was I wrong: I thought it was Lenin who said even G-d wouldn't buy the Beatles music.
Are you sure?
The far left is quite a way off. Why would you imply that I AM a liberal? no pun intended.
I doubt it. There doesn't appear to be any connection between what Descartes was getting at and the formula for God.
Then you better look carefully at bill Gates and Paul Allen...if you dislike gore that much these guys whould have you equally as worried
Rene Descartes walks into a bar.
The bartender says, "Hey, Bub, ya want a beer?"
Descartes responds, "I think not."
POOF! He disappears.
Neil ("I Am" I Said) Diamond is doubly damned, but that was probably true anyway.
Maybe i-theca ergo sum?
(theca=envelope or covering)
Look at it this way, I get to vote against Al Gore EVERY time the stockholders have a vote!! Love putting an X in that NO box next to his name!!
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