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fair nuff. BTW, I want Apple to succeed. If...	2,009 Views / 109 Replies
fair nuff. BTW, I want Apple to succeed. If Apple could get 15% of consumer market that would light a perpetually burning fire under MS's a$$ to continually improve widows. Everyone would win....
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 31, 2002 at 11:59 PM, in macOS

What makes you think I hate OS X? You can...	2,009 Views / 109 Replies
What makes you think I hate OS X? You can criticize and analyse something without hating it, can't you? Apple is a screwed up business that makes money juicing its captive base of brainwashed...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 31, 2002 at 07:40 PM, in macOS

I won't buy 10.2. At the rate Apple is improving...	1,545 Views / 79 Replies
I won't buy 10.2. At the rate Apple is improving the OS, it makes for sense to wait and see what 10.3 is like. 10.1 (bugs and slowness aside) gets the job done for me (internet and MS office). ...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 31, 2002 at 07:28 PM, in macOS

OS X is unfinished. That's the problem. And for...	2,009 Views / 109 Replies
OS X is unfinished. That's the problem. And for recent switchers from windows, such as myself, using OS 9 isn't an option because of the cost of investing in applications, as well as having to...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 31, 2002 at 07:18 PM, in macOS

Apple right now is a tech toy for people who want...	1,353 Views / 72 Replies
Apple right now is a tech toy for people who want a cause. " Microsoft is evil, didn't you know?" Apple will only be serious when and if they get 15% of the US consumer market which will mean all...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 31, 2002 at 07:04 PM, in macOS

People are seriously overestimating the...	778 Views / 44 Replies
People are seriously overestimating the importance of speed to Apple's current problems. Speed is primarily an issue for people who are already in the Apple web because they are stuck with Apple...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 02:09 AM, in macOS

People are seriously overestimating the...	1,402 Views / 53 Replies
People are seriously overestimating the importance of speed to Apple's current problems. Speed is primarily an issue for people who are already in the Apple web because they are stuck with Apple...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 02:09 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Here is a link that was originally posted over in...	1,402 Views / 53 Replies
Here is a link that was originally posted over in the lounge. Expect a technology videoconferencing solution like this to dominate not only higher education but highschool as well. Flexibility...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 01:47 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Here is a link that was originally posted over in...	778 Views / 44 Replies
Here is a link that was originally posted over in the lounge. Expect a technology videoconferencing solution like this to dominate not only higher education but highschool as well. Flexibility...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 01:47 AM, in macOS

This is the future of education: ...	522 Views / 11 Replies
This is the future of education: videoconferencing will open up incredible opportunities for collaborative and distance learning. Live in California but want to study art history with a professor...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 01:11 AM, in MacNN Lounge

The reason Apple only has around 5% of the...	778 Views / 44 Replies
The reason Apple only has around 5% of the market is that unless you love sleek industrial design or feel more productive in Mac OS there is no good reason to buy Apple and there are a lot of...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 12:49 AM, in macOS

The reason Apple only has around 5% of the...	1,402 Views / 53 Replies
The reason Apple only has around 5% of the market is that unless you love sleek industrial design or feel more productive in Mac OS there is no good reason to buy Apple and there are a lot of...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 30, 2002 at 12:49 AM, in MacNN Lounge

OS X, unix, & Apple	366 Views / 6 Replies
It seems evident that a lot of software for Unix is going to be ported to run natively in Quartz/Aqua. Over time -- a few years -- this might constitute a major strategic weapon for Apple because...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 29, 2002 at 07:19 PM, in macOS

I'm not a programmer so forgive the ignorance,...	636 Views / 20 Replies
I'm not a programmer so forgive the ignorance, but there seems to be a possible contradiction between the two programmers here. Rickster stated that Cocoa is behind OmniWeb's competitivness with...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 29, 2002 at 07:09 PM, in macOS

OS X's Future?	636 Views / 20 Replies
I've read here and there that Cocoa is a near miraculous programming language that allows a few programmers to accomplish what would othewise take a whole team. At least this seems to be the import...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 29, 2002 at 12:00 AM, in macOS

<a...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
<a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/gnostic.htm" target="_blank">http://www.religioustolerance.org/gnostic.htm</a> <a href="http://home.epix.net/~miser17/Thomas.html"...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 28, 2002 at 09:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge

First, it's not possible to disagree with a tone,...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
First, it's not possible to disagree with a tone, although a tone may be disagreeable, and second the substance of many replies on the thread proves the "assessment" so your disagrement hardly...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 28, 2002 at 09:30 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I agree that the thread should be locked and...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
I agree that the thread should be locked and deleted, but not because it offends people, which is political correctness and thought-police run amok, but because apparently eastern metaphysical...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 28, 2002 at 09:19 PM, in MacNN Lounge

All true, but remember that if the federal judge...	1,247 Views / 92 Replies
All true, but remember that if the federal judge opens up those proprietary formats, then a Windows based competitor to office will emerge. Now we have compeititon. No company is going to pay MS...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 28, 2002 at 01:55 AM, in macOS

Is MS really so bad?	679 Views / 18 Replies
Hasn't MS given a lot to the computer industry? In the 1980s there were a lot of conflicting platforms and standards that scared common people away. When MS came out with a dominant OS, the...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 11:16 PM, in MacNN Lounge

She is the district court judge that is going to...	636 Views / 11 Replies
She is the district court judge that is going to sentence Microsoft for its monopolistic behavior.
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 10:57 PM, in MacNN Lounge

welcome to macintosh	467 Views / 6 Replies
welcome to macintosh
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 10:53 PM, in macOS

There was an article on news.com quoting Kevin...	1,247 Views / 92 Replies
There was an article on news.com quoting Kevin Brown of MS saying that they would rethink their relationship with Apple due to slow sales of Office X. A company does not make a public statement...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 10:47 PM, in macOS

For the love of Christ! Moderators, please...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
For the love of Christ! Moderators, please delete this thread!!!
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 07:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Am I confusing Judaism with Christianity or has...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
Am I confusing Judaism with Christianity or has society already confused the two? I agree it is a confusing fusion of two distinct religions, but it seems to have been done by Christianity not by...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 03:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge

thank you for that link argod. a marvelous...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
thank you for that link argod. a marvelous website.
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 01:54 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Companies are indeed upset with Microsoft's...	636 Views / 11 Replies
Companies are indeed upset with Microsoft's licensing schemes. Whether they actually jump ship is something only time will tell. If Apple starts getting back some market share, MS will definately...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 01:36 AM, in MacNN Lounge

The last post seems intelligent and well...	1,258 Views / 72 Replies
The last post seems intelligent and well articulated. The only thing Apple has going for it is the operating system's intangibles, which I think are real for many people. But if that isn't...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 01:27 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Millenium, I think you raised a very interesting...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
Millenium, I think you raised a very interesting point about Christianity, which is actually explained by Hinduism. In Hinduism, there is the concept of ista-devata, or personal godhead. In other...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 27, 2002 at 01:14 AM, in MacNN Lounge

LFish, I see what you are saying and do agree...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
LFish, I see what you are saying and do agree with it, except that historically (as opposed to the last 50 years) India has been not only tolerant but welcoming of all religions, perhaps even to its...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 26, 2002 at 10:28 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Hinduism actually isn't very complex -- it only...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
Hinduism actually isn't very complex -- it only seems so because we here in the West have grown up with monotheistic religions that skew our perspectives. In Hinduism, God is called the...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 26, 2002 at 10:02 PM, in MacNN Lounge

The Hindus (a catch all word...) believe that the...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
The Hindus (a catch all word...) believe that the human mind functions as a link to the gods and Supreme Being, and that this link is effectuated through a process called yoga, which means union or...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 26, 2002 at 08:10 PM, in MacNN Lounge

It might have been smug, but was it gratuitous? ...	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
It might have been smug, but was it gratuitous? If people are going to prostelytize and convert which is one basis of fanaticism, then don't they have an obligation to inform themselves of what...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 26, 2002 at 07:55 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Religion, Christianity, & Hinduism	1,513 Views / 99 Replies
The basic premise of Hinduism is that there are many Gods and many Devils. The Gods are characterized by selflessness and unity, the devils by egoism and division. Now the Hindu sacred texts...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 26, 2002 at 07:35 PM, in MacNN Lounge

There's the general impression that because Apple...	752 Views / 6 Replies
There's the general impression that because Apple has 4.3 billion in cash, the stock floor is around 14 dollars a share. How is this true? Last time I checked stock prices were a function of...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 26, 2002 at 07:07 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Starman, those comments about LEADER are...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
Starman, those comments about LEADER are obviously satire. A joke. I hope you didn't think I was really equating Apple to Heaven's Gate (remember them -- the spaceship's coming so let's die people...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 23, 2002 at 12:14 AM, in MacNN Lounge

<small>[ 07-23-2002, 12:14 AM: Message edited by:...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
<small>[ 07-23-2002, 12:14 AM: Message edited by: glorfindel ]</small>
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 23, 2002 at 12:13 AM, in MacNN Lounge

The "deterioration" you speak of reflects the...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
The "deterioration" you speak of reflects the increasing quantum of truth in what I am saying. Obviously you don't want to hear it so you call it "deterioration". Hence your unintelligent and...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 06:13 PM, in MacNN Lounge

here are my marketing observations: Apple...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
here are my marketing observations: Apple has positioned itself as a counter-culture company. There are specific segments of the US population who feel they "don't fit in" not mainstream types,...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 05:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I call it obsession because my experience since...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
I call it obsession because my experience since buying my Imac has been unique in that I went to rumor sites and tuned into keynotes to hear THE LEADER. I had a 3 series BMW. Never went to a...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 03:01 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Starman, I do very much agree with your...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
Starman, I do very much agree with your previous comment that all companies do this. That is spot on in my judgment. But I have never, ever seen or heard of anything like what I consider to be a...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 02:46 AM, in MacNN Lounge

And no Pro Underwear, the quality in nothing I've...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
And no Pro Underwear, the quality in nothing I've said has diminished. Previously I focused sincerely on common business practices, which are completely objective and all managers know them and...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 02:33 AM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm sorry Starman, but I simply don't accept your...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
I'm sorry Starman, but I simply don't accept your contention that this is just me because the facts controvert it. YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN AWAY THE FACTS -- GO DO A SEARCH ON WIRED ON THE CULT OF...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 02:13 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Sorry Starman, and any one else, if I've become...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
Sorry Starman, and any one else, if I've become condescending, but I stand 100% behind everything I've said. I actually was on Thinksecret looking at a "spy" photo of an Ink icon. I don't have a...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 02:07 AM, in MacNN Lounge

I guess what I am asking everyone here is, is the...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
I guess what I am asking everyone here is, is the experience I related above strange? Have any of you acted this way? I am I alone in finding it very odd? I honestly don't think so, and I think...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 01:55 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Thank you for that, ThinkInsane, because I really...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
Thank you for that, ThinkInsane, because I really am not a "troll" Why am I here posting this? There is only one reason and that is that I have also been sucked into what Ti X brilliantly calls...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 22, 2002 at 01:48 AM, in MacNN Lounge

So to finish up this thread The only other...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
So to finish up this thread The only other real strategic possibility for gaining significant consumer market share (aside from the one outlined above) is to overcome the Windows-Mac applications...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 21, 2002 at 11:34 PM, in MacNN Lounge

That's me. I can't wait for Palladium. I've got...	538 Views / 18 Replies
That's me. I can't wait for Palladium. I've got my money all saved up and a countdown calender with Uncle Bill's photo on every month. <small>[ 07-21-2002, 10:52 PM: Message edited by:...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 21, 2002 at 10:51 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Apparently I double posted so I'll just continue...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
Apparently I double posted so I'll just continue writing on, Apple's best strategy in my opinion would be to continue to increase the value proposition of a mac as a necessary component to enable...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 21, 2002 at 10:15 PM, in MacNN Lounge

spaulding, I agree with you that they are...	1,433 Views / 80 Replies
spaulding, I agree with you that they are probably looking to seed the idea of switching for an economic uptick. But here's a question -- when is this economy coming back? and keep in mind that...
Posted by glorfindel, on Jul 21, 2002 at 10:15 PM, in MacNN Lounge

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