[eddiecatflap]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAWDYaWAVQQ

JIHAD!

[Wiskedjak]

I don't know. Baiting the Apple faithful is a tried and true way of driving traffic to a web site. Apple faithful are very easy to bait and Dvorak has it down to an art. He has it to the point where all he needs to do is open his mouth and the faithful will flock to his site in droves ...

[eddiecatflap]

i'm just posting this so we can all put the idiot on permanent ignore

[Cody Dawg]

Thanks.

What an ASS CLOWN.

Any credibility that he had is just shot. Gone. Zip.

What a loser. He can't get enough valid material to write about so he manipulates people to drive people to his "articles?" Like I said, he's a loser. He and Ann Coulter should team up.

[chris v]

And his keyboard sucks ass, too. QUERTY from now on!

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by chris v

And his keyboard sucks ass, too. QUERTY from now on!

What do you have against August Dvorak?

[CRASH HARDDRIVE]

Heh. Amazing that this is even any kind of revelation to anyone.

The funniest part is -even after seeing what people have been telling them about Dvorak for years come right out of his own mouth- there are plenty of "Mac faithful" that will STILL jump every time Dvorak baits them, and will post links to every Mac-bait article the man writes and increase his hit count for him... YET AGAIN!

[chris v]

Originally Posted by Wiskedjak

What do you have against August Dvorak?

What do you have against humor?

[chris v]

Originally Posted by CRASH HARDDRIVE

Heh. Amazing that this is even any kind of revelation to anyone.

The funniest part is -even after seeing what people have been telling them about Dvorak for years come right out of his own mouth- there are plenty of "Mac faithful" that will STILL jump every time Dvorak baits them, and will post links to every Mac-bait article the man writes and increase his hit count for him... YET AGAIN!

Yeah, the video of him admitting to baiting Mac users, and whipping them into a frenzy is... bating Mac users and whipping them into a frenzy. Ironic.

[Gamoe]

We've known for a long time that this guy is a clown. Now we know he's a mal-intentioned jackass as well. Seriously, let's just ignore this guy and not give him what he wants. I think it's sad that a writer would stoop down and sacrifice his credibility for more "hits" and (negative) feedback on his articles.

I still remember when he bashed on the original iBook and called it a woman's "compact", among many other insults. He doesn't even deserve to be called a journalist considering the dribble he writes.

[tooki]

That's d-r-i-v-e-l.

tooki

[scaught]

who cared what this guy ever had to say anyway?

[Salty]

Least he's being honest...

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally Posted by eddiecatflap

i'm just posting this so we can all put the idiot on permanent ignore

i'm sure that posting threads about each and every one of his asinine ramblings will certainly help realize this goal.

nice one bucko.

[JoshuaZ]

hmm... I wonder if he ever has anything original to write about.

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by chris v

What do you have against humor?

It's just that so many people actually do believe that John Dvorak is responsible for the Dvorak keyboard. One never knows when someone is joking.

[Jawbone54]

Never cared about him anyways. Now I REALLY don't care.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by chris v

And his keyboard sucks ass, too. QUERTY from now on!

Yeah, but his music is pretty good...

[chris v]

Originally Posted by Wiskedjak

It's just that so many people actually do believe that John Dvorak is responsible for the Dvorak keyboard. One never knows when someone is joking.

Sorry -- that's kinda sad. I collect vintage typewriters, so I've read a bit about different layouts. Querty was devised mainly to keep the keys from jamming by having comonly used letters strike from different sides of the mechanism, without much regard to ergonomics. Dvorak keyboard have been around since the 30's apparently, though I rarely see one.

And John Dvorak is still an ass, although I casually wonder if he's any relation to August, as it's not a very common name.

[analogika]

I'm amazed this made Slashdot.

It's sort of like the pope admitting he's been to communion.

Woah! News!

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by chris v

Querty

Am I the only one who thinks Chris V writes on a very special keyboard?

And John Dvorak is still an ass, although I casually wonder if he's any relation to August, as it's not a very common name.

And Antonín?

(Dvořák happens to be one of my favourite names, by the way, if not exactly favourite people; not the John variant, anyway)

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by chris v

Sorry -- that's kinda sad. I collect vintage typewriters, so I've read a bit about different layouts. Querty was devised mainly to keep the keys from jamming by having comonly used letters strike from different sides of the mechanism, without much regard to ergonomics. Dvorak keyboard have been around since the 30's apparently, though I rarely see one.

Back in school, I wrote an ergonomics paper on the keyboard and it's different variations (including Dvorak). Totally fascinated by the fact that the querty layout was designed to be INefficient.

[Millennium]

Well, yes. He's an unprofessional hack who lets his personal vendetta against the Mac community creep into what's supposed to be journalism. Yes, he does have a personal vendetta; this all started when Macworld fired him many years ago. He's openly admitted this before, though the articles seem to have disappeared from any archives I can find.

What bothers me is that he's still seen as having credibility. His journalism is about as irresponsible as you can get, given his chosen field. Why does this man still have a job?

[chris v]

Originally Posted by Oisín

Am I the only one who thinks Chris V writes on a very special keyboard?

I'd imagine you speak at least 13 languages where not every Q is followed by a U. It gets to be pretty ingrained behavior to just type 'QU' like they were one letter for us English speakers. Now, if only they were next to each other on the keyboard...

[Gamoe]

Originally Posted by tooki

That's d-r-i-v-e-l.

Dribble can also be used in this way, meaning (from the Mac OS X Dictionary):

noun
2 figurative foolish talk or ideas; nonsense : don't believe a word of that dribble.

[Kenneth]

I never read his article.

[beb]

[zmcgill]

Originally Posted by Wiskedjak

that the querty layout

Another one! Do you guys know why it's called 'qwerty?' (Hint: it has something to do with how you type...)

[tooki]

Originally Posted by Gabriel Morales

Dribble can also be used in this way, meaning (from the Mac OS X Dictionary):

noun
2 figurative foolish talk or ideas; nonsense : don't believe a word of that dribble.

Interesting, since neither Webster's (m-w.com), the Word dictionary (Encarta), the American Heritage dictionary (dictionary.com), nor even my paper copy of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (the the same dictionary on which the OS X dictionary is based) have that definition.

My hunch is that "dribble" in that sense is a rare corruption of "drivel". "Drivel" (as a verb) used to mean "dribble" (v), in fact! Clearly the words are related, and phonologically, "dribble" could easily have evolved from "drivel".

Regardless, the fact is that in contemporary usage, "drivel" means nonsense and "dribble" means dripping liquid.

tooki

[CRASH HARDDRIVE]

Originally Posted by Millennium

Why does this man still have a job?

Partially because he does deliver hits due to baiting Mac users- and he still will. Partially because most of the rest of the computing world doesn’t take the platform partisan nonsense as seriously or as personally as many Mac users do, and just view Dvorak’s baiting as a harmless prank worthy of a chuckle or two… and then they move on.

[cjrivera]

Originally Posted by tooki

Regardless, the fact is that in contemporary usage, "drivel" means nonsense and "dribble" means dripping liquid.

Well, if the excrement that Dvorak usually spews when he speaks is more of a liquid consistency, then both would be appropriate...

[Kerrigan]

try as you might tooki, you can't derail this thread with your semantic nitpicking.

[zmcgill]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

try as you might tooki, you can't derail this thread with your semantic nitpicking.

If he hadn't said it, I would have.

[chris v]

Isn't the lounge here precisely for semantic nitpicking?

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by chris v

Isn't the lounge here precisely for semantic nitpicking?

That’s what I always use it for...

(One could also argue that the Lounge is here precisely for derailing)

[chris v]

Originally Posted by Oisín

That’s what I always use it for...

(One could also argue that the Lounge is here precisely for derailing)

But, that would be an entirely different subject, like Llamas!

[Kerrigan]

or badgers

[real]

John has always stired the pot, thats what he is on this earth for(it seems).

Don't get mad at him for tricking us into going to his site. We took the bait, now we know and I hope john will have to get us to his site using different methods. Here's to hopeing.

real

[Socially Awkward Solo]

I think it was more than obvious that he did that. Also people have been pointing that out for years. Strangely for some reason it doesn't quite click in though that linking to his latest story, emailing him or starting threads on the matter doesn't help things and just proves to him that his method works.

Heck even this video will get him even MORE press and the suckers went for it again.

I have read his crap in the past, didn't email him or tell anyone about it as who cares what some old guy with a talent for drawing attention thinks.

If on his next story he didn't get any emails or the story linked to on a hundred sites he would change his tactics quickly.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by chris v

But, that would be an entirely different subject, like Llamas!

Llamas son más grandes que las ranas.

[chris v]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Llamas son más grandes que las ranas.

Exactamente.

[EFFENDI]

After watching that video I really am not surprised that some of the members here reacted to it in the way they did. Proof positive that Dvorak's formula works flawlessly.

[Rumor]

This thread has been

[icruise]

I bet if anyone brings this up to him (or if it gets him into trouble) he'll just say he was satirizing the way people view him.

[chris v]

Originally Posted by Icruise

I bet if anyone brings this up to him (or if it gets him into trouble) he'll just say he was satirizing the way people view him.

Which will cause another hefty torrent of emails from Mac users, and hits to his site. It's a never-ending cycle, and the winners are the advertisers.

[teszeract]

Another one! Do you guys know why it's called 'qwerty?' (Hint: it has something to do with how you type...)

Yeah. So it's easy to type your passwords.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by teszeract

Yeah. So it's easy to type your passwords.

And the word "typewriter."

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by teszeract

Yeah. So it's easy to type your passwords.

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

And the word "typewriter."

darn those Big Typewriter lobbyists