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  1. 03-02-2009, 07:58 PM #1
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    Breaking Tech News: Apple Wheel

    I know a good many around these parts are consistently riding the front wave of technology while many more are simply in the market for an upgrade. Given the relative desirability of a high storage, high-efficiency machine, Apple may be offering a viable alternative to Microsoft-based systems for the tech-saavy audiophile:

    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"
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  2. 03-03-2009, 04:36 AM #2
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    Just what a ham fisted guy like me could use.
    Back in my day, we had nine planets.
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  3. 03-03-2009, 04:47 AM #3
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    Predictive Sentence technology...sweet. "The agile aardvark arrived by airmail." You don't know how much time that will save me.
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  4. 03-03-2009, 04:57 AM #4
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    Ja...I find myself typing those exact words all the time. Big time saver...
    So, I broke into the palace
    With a sponge and a rusty spanner
    She said : "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
    I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"
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  5. 03-03-2009, 05:13 AM #5
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    My fingers SCREAM across my keyboard!!!
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  6. 03-03-2009, 05:52 AM #6
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    Perfect! Just what the doctor ordered. I'll take two of the lightweight models.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.
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  7. 03-03-2009, 05:56 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    Perfect! Just what the doctor ordered. I'll take two of the lightweight models.
    That'll be Five Thousand Two Hundred dollars + tax and/or shipping please.
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  8. 03-03-2009, 06:01 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    My fingers SCREAM across my keyboard!!!
    Just imagine how much of your life you could get back if you didn't have to type "Pix, You're a DUMBASS" so much.
    Back in my day, we had nine planets.
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  9. 03-03-2009, 06:27 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luvin Da Blues
    Just imagine how much of your life you could get back if you didn't have to type "Pix, You're a DUMBASS" so much.
    LDB, that's an integral part of my life, my crusade.
    (Note: I know you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but sometimes just the trying is reward enough)

    Is it just me or does the amount of time it takes to bring up the keyboard and then scroll from letter to letter a bit time comsuming? Also, if you'll notice, the guy who typed the 45 minute e-mail to his "friend" typed his name wrong (Robber instead of Robert)

    Wait a minute, was that a spoof Youtube video?
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  10. 03-03-2009, 06:39 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    That'll be Five Thousand Two Hundred dollars + tax and/or shipping please.
    And I'll still need to buy, hard drives, screens and 2 big wheels.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.
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    The $2,600 model comes with an 8 gig HD.

    Wonna these days I'm just going to invest in a Network Attached hard drive.
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    I'll buy anything that's shiney and comes from Apple.
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  13. 03-03-2009, 08:59 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    The $2,600 model comes with an 8 gig HD.

    Wonna these days I'm just going to invest in a Network Attached hard drive.
    The lighter model comes without hard drives, display or big wheel. Must be a bare motherboard.
    WARNING! - The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan.
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  14. 03-03-2009, 10:07 AM #14
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    So really??

    Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
    I know a good many around these parts are consistently riding the front wave of technology while many more are simply in the market for an upgrade. Given the relative desirability of a high storage, high-efficiency machine, Apple may be offering a viable alternative to Microsoft-based systems for the tech-saavy audiophile:






    This isn't just a spoof??
    Feanor's stereo configuration
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  15. 03-03-2009, 03:38 PM #15
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    Apple: Dumbing an interface for the lowest common denominator since 1976.
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  16. 03-03-2009, 05:17 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by nightflier
    Apple: Dumbing an interface for the lowest common denominator since 1976.

    When did Pix get an Apple? I though he was using a home brew.
    Back in my day, we had nine planets.
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  17. 03-03-2009, 05:28 PM #17
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    Wow, it actually knows what I'm gonna write next! Geeze, who needs imagination? My head is way too heavy...Anybody need a brain? I'm not using it anymore. Hello, E-Bay...?
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  18. 03-04-2009, 08:55 AM #18
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    I'll buy that for a dollar!
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  19. 03-04-2009, 09:01 AM #19
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    I'll give ya $2.00. I could use the spare parts.
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    Just doesn't make much cents anymore....
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  21. 03-04-2009, 09:05 AM #21
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    I freakin' wheel, eh?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    I'll give ya $2.00. I could use the spare part.
    fixed
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  22. 03-04-2009, 09:26 AM #22
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    Thanks sticky.

    BTW, how 'bout doin a little mailbox maintenance there bucko??
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  23. 03-04-2009, 09:37 AM #23
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    Done...and you can always use the e-mail linky too
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  24. 03-04-2009, 01:23 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by Feanor


    This isn't just a spoof??
    It is, in fact a spoof.

    Indeed.
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  25. 03-04-2009, 02:15 PM #25
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    Ironically, the sentence recognition (the examples from the video notwithstanding) is no spoof.

    Ironically, Sony has their own "time vampire" as well:

    http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...tupid_piece_of
    (warning, contains a lot of bad language)
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