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Melinda Gates Denies Her Children the Sweet, Delicious Temptation of Apple Products – GIZMODO
In a terse exchange with the New York Times, Melinda Gates, wife of billionaire tech playboy William Gates, says she's all but banned Apple products from the Garden of Eden—er, her household.
It's a show of solidarity with her husband, the former head of Microsoft, who famously banned all Apple products from his company's campus when he presided there in his spartan Microsoft Office-equipped office back in 2005.
Business Insider has graciously excerpted the Apple-related answers from the interview, all of which are short enough to feel right at home in a Twitter feed:
Do you own an iPod, which is made by Apple?
No, I have a Zune.
What if one of your children says, "Mom, I have to have an iPod?"
I have gotten that argument - "You may have a Zune."
Do you have an iPad?
Of course not.
Is it true that Bill works on an Apple laptop?
False. Nothing crosses the threshold of our doorstep.
Isn't there room in this world for both Apple and Microsoft?
Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh. Go talk to Bill.
from gizmodo
Poor kids?
Unlucky maybe.
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Do you think the CEO of Mcdonalds eats KFC?
It is finger lickin' good. Though.
chopper the dog said:
It is finger lickin' good. Though.
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+1.
But you cant go wrong with A Mcchicken sandwich. (this threads gone to **** already XD)
lonelykatana said:
+1.
But you cant go wrong with A Mcchicken sandwich. (this threads gone to **** already XD)
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My Favourite Yes, Yes it has.
You can't blame Bill completely though, he's only training them to become XDA moderators
I feel sorry for my neice, her dad's an apple fanboy so she'll never get to experience decent equipment unless she comes to visit me.
Well i wouldn't say they were missing out because, i dont have anything apple in my house. Iam happy with google and microsoft.
BTW 901 posts!!!!!!!!!
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I do the same thing though... no one is allowed to borrow or sync music with my computers unless they have a Zune or something besides an ipod. I don't help my friends with macbooks, iphones or any other apple products they have. They made fun of me when I got a zune so they can rot in hell! haha
Hmmmm... what happened to [OP]?
good day.
Yeah, so we're having a son in about 3 weeks and I agree with this style of parenting.
No Apple products in my household.
I'm not raising a family that buys easy at an overpriced rate rather than works to learn easy, gaining essential knowledge on the way.
Stupid people spending stupid money is why we just had this recession in the first place.
No gimmicks in this house.
No tyrants either.
(except for myself, as you can see)
Congratulations!
Sounds like your raising them to become XDA mods
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He must have. Most uk service stations have a burger king and kfc but no macdonolds
Is it me or are Sony vaios as overpriced as macs
brilldoctor said:
Is it me or are Sony vaios as overpriced as macs
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Yep just no ones ever mentioned it before because they make android phones
MacaronyMax said:
Yep just no ones ever mentioned it before because they make android phones
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vaios are good!
flyboyovyick said:
vaios are good!
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Yep they are Nothing against them
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Yep just no ones ever mentioned it before because they make android phones
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this doesnt make sense
Diamond_dawg said:
this doesnt make sense
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Cuz people like android and they make android phones it doesnt mater they're as over priced as apple jk though obviously
From what I have heard on some news sites on the internet, Steve jobs only has weeks to live. It is about his cancer which is eventualy killing him. I don't like him at all but if it is true, I do find it sad to hear. I would never wish this on anyone.
http://www.longislandpress.com/2011...r-national-inquirer-says-steve-jobs-is-dying/
This news is starting to pop up all over the internet.
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Well from what I heard on teh interwebz Elvis is a hermaphrodite who works in my local chip shop and hitler had a pet unicorn......
Call me old fashioned but I don't think this is a particularly useful or apropriate use of a thread.
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Well from what I heard on teh interwebz Elvis is a hermaphrodite who works in my local chip shop and hitler had a pet unicorn......
Call me old fashioned but I don't think this is a particularly useful or apropriate use of a thread.
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your are old fashioned but i find nothing wrong with this in off topic
I don't see anything I done wrong as you should see other threads in the forums, some are just bonkers, also this is off topic
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Heck, the off-topic Mafia's Cook has no problem with this topic, so what's the big deal? It is semi-relevant, because love him or hate him, he started the REAL touchscreen trend. I'd imagine that Android would be using full physical keypads instead of touchscreen if it wasn't for iPhail, despite the general opinion of its usefulness.
Anyway, the rumour that Mr Jobs is dying is unconfirmable, as the original source is National Enquirer, which is a tabloid magazine. And the doctor who said he's dying based his opinion on pictures of Steve Jobs. Pictures.
Make of it what you will.
There's all kinds of wild speculation flying around out there right now. The list of people who actually know what's the case is likely very small.
What really gets me though is the sheer hatred and malicious ill-wishing I've seen going on out there about Mr. Jobs. I think there a lot of jealous, personally insecure folk out there, and that's actually pretty sad. I mean, by way of example, I hate Microsoft and strongly dislike the attitude and actions of Bill Gates, but you won't find me wishing death upon the man, or anything of the sort on his family or friends.
It's clear that we have a lot of dangerous, irrational people out there, and this makes me sad.
love seein the closet apple fans coming out on this thread like cockroaches for some smelly cheese .. get outta here
I have been keeping an eye on news sites and stuff now for 48hrs and I still not convinced. If Steve was really going to die, I think it would be all over the news by now.
Although, that being said, he is a very ill man and if he were to pass away soon I would not be surprised.
Personally i don't like apple and I don't like Steve jobs like I said at the beginning of this thread but he still is a human being and I hope it is not true.
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We are all going to die.
I hope this isn't news to you!
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We are all going to die.
I hope this isn't news to you!
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That is true but it is how you die. Cancer sucks
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Read on a Danish tech news blog that this is confirmed just to be a rumor.
Long live steve??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Enquirer
They have had a few lawsuits.
yea going out by cancer sucks. i dont care who you are or what you have done. i would never wish that on someone.
well maybe a few people, but not steve.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Enquirer
They have had a few lawsuits.
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and quite a number of hits too
souljaboy said:
love seein the closet apple fans coming out on this thread like cockroaches for some smelly cheese .. get outta here
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No offense, but the topic is about a mans life. I don't think anyone here(Or I hope anyone wouldn't) wish something like this on anyone else. That post comes off as very rude.
I saw that article featured on gizmodo.
It's probably a rumor unless you believe that 2 "prominent" cancer doctors saying that Steve Jobs has weeks left to live by, if you can believe it,
looking at photos of his ass from his jeans.
so I don't think Steve has weeks to live. The national enquirer is 99.99% bs.
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No offense, but the topic is about a mans life. I don't think anyone here(Or I hope anyone wouldn't) wish something like this on anyone else. That post comes off as very rude.
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good job reading i didnt even mention steve in my post
I'm just curious as to how good Android would have been without the iPhone as a big fat target to shoot for. Apple would be no where near as influential or profitable, imho, without Jobs at the helm. Granted, he may piss on his customers opinions, i.e. antennagate, yer holdin' it wrong!, but the fact remains that if Apple wasn't pushing out quality products the whole community would be lesser for it.
totally agree...
Apple first don'd the PDA term back in 1992 around the release of the Newton message pad.
On another note.
I can't understand why anyone could say that don't like someone if they have never met in person...
Just thought I had to share this! here's a link to yahoo article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/nasascientistfindsevidenceofalienlife
I'd be more interested if they had found a cure for cancer or something.
Like, c'mon, aliens are exciting and all, but what if they're real? What's going to happen? Most likely - nothing. For the past 2000+ years there hasn't be a recorded face-to-face alien encounter so I highly doubt anything would happen.
But yeah, exciting none the least.
Those links got scrubbed. Which is typical for our friends in Menwith Hill Surrey.
Skellyyy said:
I'd be more interested if they had found a cure for cancer or something.
Like, c'mon, aliens are exciting and all, but what if they're real? What's going to happen? Most likely - nothing. For the past 2000+ years there hasn't be a recorded face-to-face alien encounter so I highly doubt anything would happen.
But yeah, exciting none the least.
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I'm very excited about this. I just hope these claims are true. I just think its kind of a coincidence that this happened, because there were rumors that the American government will soon admit that there is alien life. But its all hear say...idk. Plus this is way more of a big deal than a lame UFO. This is science! NASA is serious about this, they've invited 5,000 scientists to examine the evidence. If this isn't a big deal to anyone then wake up. If these claims become fact, it's the biggest discovery of man-kind.
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We're rather shallow and jaded in this country, augoza. Don't expect too much.
There's no aliens
Lets face it, IF there is life out there intelligent enough to to find us and make contact, then the chances are that they would be much more advanced than us and either totally ignore us or destroy us. In the style of either "Independence Day" or "Mars Attacks"???
Im hoping its more like Mars Attacks personally.......
As far as Im concerned unless they bring us some kind of strange and exotic space meat and teach how to cook it then they can **** off.
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We're rather shallow and jaded in this country, augoza. Don't expect too much.
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For sure.
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Lets face it, IF there is life out there intelligent enough to to find us and make contact, then the chances are that they would be much more advanced than us and either totally ignore us or destroy us. In the style of either "Independence Day" or "Mars Attacks"???
Im hoping its more like Mars Attacks personally.......
As far as Im concerned unless they bring us some kind of strange and exotic space meat and teach how to cook it then they can **** off.
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Agreed. But lets face the facts first. NASA only CLAIMS so far. And what they found was just life on a micro level so far. No intelligent life. These organism's may be the only alien life besides us. As soon as someone says "aliens" most people jump to conclusions and think guns and destruction, But it could be as innocent as plant life on another planet.
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augoza said:
Agreed. But lets face the facts first. NASA only CLAIMS so far. And what they found was just life on a micro level so far. No intelligent life. These organism's may be the only alien life besides us. As soon as someone says "aliens" most people jump to conclusions and think guns and destruction, But it could be as innocent as plant life on another planet.
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There is no such tings as aliens,
humans have been building UFOs since the WWII
and they are genetically engineering creatures to make what looks like an alien.
husam666 said:
There is no such tings as aliens,
humans have been building UFOs since the WWII
and they are genetically engineering creatures to make what looks like an alien.
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Well I personally think its silly to believe we're the only life in this whole universe. Its a strong theory. And I've heard about USA and other countries back-engineering alien craft. In my opinion, most legit UFO sightings were humans controlling the craft. Could be possible. BUT like I said people all those stories don't mean anything compared to this. No scientist has got involved with those theories. And yes I do somewhat support some theories. But this is science people. Hail science lol
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augoza said:
Agreed. But lets face the facts first. NASA only CLAIMS so far. And what they found was just life on a micro level so far. No intelligent life. These organism's may be the only alien life besides us. As soon as someone says "aliens" most people jump to conclusions and think guns and destruction, But it could be as innocent as plant life on another planet.
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That may well be the case.
If so, these alien plants had better be similar to cabbage and go well with a nice juicy pork steak.....
mmmmmmmm alien vegetables..... (no icon for drooling)
**scared**
Opened this thread then heard this really loud plane ish sound from the sky... But it doesn't sound like the normals ones and it was louder lol
conantroutman said:
That may well be the case.
If so, these alien plants had better be similar to cabbage and go well with a nice juicy pork steak.....
mmmmmmmm alien vegetables..... (no icon for drooling)
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Haha nice. But I was just using plants as an example. What he found was just fossils. This scientists could be wrong though. Some scientists disagree with him; http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110307/hl_time/08599205746100
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**scared**
Opened this thread then heard this really loud plane ish sound from the sky... But it doesn't sound like the normals ones and it was louder lol
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whenever you feel scared, just remember the other UFO thread with the UFO-developers joke
MacaronyMax said:
**scared**
Opened this thread then heard this really loud plane ish sound from the sky... But it doesn't sound like the normals ones and it was louder lol
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whenever you feel scared, just remember the other UFO thread with the UFO-developers joke
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Hahaha Max thats messed up.
Ha this has nothing to do with unidentified flying objects husam666
augoza said:
Hahaha Max thats messed up.
Ha this has nothing to do with unidentified flying objects husam666
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I was talking about this thread, IDK if you know it, but really funny stuff in there
1. We might not have cured cancer, but the aliens might have
2. It is true that if there's aliens, one look at 4chan would have them bombing us back to the stone age (if we are lucky)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, aliens. Sure. Next you're going to tell me there's women on the Internet or something.
</sarcasm>
SciFiSurfer said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, aliens. Sure. Next you're going to tell me there's women on the Internet or something.
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+1 internets for you, good sir.
so apparently there are these bunchful of gossips around regarding the upcoming releasse of what is known to be the 'iphone 5', in roughly 3 months or so...
although not being a strong supporter of apple gadgets myself, I would be interested to here what you guys think about this...
what are the chaces of the next iphone to be called something like the
iPhone 4G instead of iPhone5 ??
just my thought
have a nice day
I think they should call it the "iwill sue you if I can" or "infringe" or something like that....maybe "imaprick"
Sorry. Lost all respect for Apple in the last month.
nerdslogic said:
I think they should call it the "iwill sue you if I can" or "infringe" or something like that....maybe "imaprick"
Sorry. Lost all respect for Apple in the last month.
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Maybe called it the "i5" haha, kind of like the freeway...
why did you lose respect for apple?
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why did you lose respect for apple?
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Because rather than win back market share by improving their product, they've chosen to stiffle competition by using lawyers.
My question would be "how could you have any respect for apple in the first place?" considering what an awful company they are and how badly they treat their customers (as a company, not as customer facing staff).
In 1994 Steve Jobs closed down all philanthropic activities at apple to save money. Now they have "more money than the US gov" those activities still haven't been restarted.
People slate Bill Gates and microsoft, but they forget the Gates foundation gives more money to help aids victims in the developing world than the rest of the world combined.
xaccers said:
Because rather than win back market share by improving their product, they've chosen to stiffle competition by using lawyers.
My question would be "how could you have any respect for apple in the first place?" considering what an awful company they are and how badly they treat their customers (as a company, not as customer facing staff).
In 1994 Steve Jobs closed down all philanthropic activities at apple to save money. Now they have "more money than the US gov" those activities still haven't been restarted.
People slate Bill Gates and microsoft, but they forget the Gates foundation gives more money to help aids victims in the developing world than the rest of the world combined.
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Yup. He might be a pr1ck when it comes to business, but he pr1cks around well.
Steve Jobs used his money and resources to save his own life, and only AFTER experiencing the hell that was cancer did he even have the inkling to give a little to the community.
Gates, for all the evil that he started in Micro$oft, is planning to give away HALF of his worth. He's pushing for education and technology that will change the world, and I am almost ready to forgive him, and then somebody pointed out Windows Vista.
ADDENDUM: ROTFL, OT is really OT, I forgot to even mention the OP in my first post!
I would call the next iPhone, the iPhuckConsumersOverWhileTheyBendOverWillingly
"The IPoop"? It won't be worth a [email protected] just like the first four anyway!
+1 for Ipoop.
I suggest. ICrap 5.
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honeycombflytouch3 said:
Maybe called it the "i5" haha, kind of like the freeway
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If they name it this, They will Sue Intel for sure
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MacaronyMax said:
If they name it this, They will Sue Intel for sure
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haha that's funny! xD
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Hello XDAers. Actually, just OTers.
For Christmas, anyone and everyone who posts here will get either a service (or disservice) from me. Just post anything, a single word or a wall of text, and I will gladly (or reluctantly, depending on my energy levels) write something good or awful or awfully good about what you wrote in relation to you.
Now, begin.
woo.....PLOP
Shi! Shizzz
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Hey :| Poker face.
-We do what we must because we can; for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead-
NJ___Jon said:
woo.....PLOP
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Hey Jon.
How's Jersey treating you? Remember that time Snooki went woo and PLOP her ass on your boner and you thought you got herpes? Well, I've got some good news, and some bad news. Are you seated down. If you're not, please sit down. If you're seated, please make yourself comfortable. Not in that way, Jon.
Well, the good news, it's not herpes. I'm sure you're glad, right? The bad news is it's AIDS, so you're pretty much fvcked. I mean, you fvcked. Fvcked up, I mean. Not that I was watching you bang Snooki or anything, I'm sure any position would do, really. But the good news is that now you don't have to live that much longer with the humiliation of knowing that you banged Snooki. Which leads me to the final piece of bad news, since you were drunk that night. You banged Snooki.
Anyhows, I'll be chillin' in Malaysia 'til your wife says it's ok to come back to Jersey. She's loving it here, by the way.
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Shi! Shizzz
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Dude, remember that time I brought you to the Victoria's Secret after-party and you went European and got Shizzz in your pants? I told them it was mayonnaise.
She went shi though, and I'm sure the complete and utter humiliation did not push you so far into the closet you ended up in the back ends of Narnia.
Nice imagination, write to this:
Nice imagination, write to this.
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Sakaiaikikikikikikiki
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
sakai4eva said:
Dude, remember that time I brought you to the Victoria's Secret after-party and you went European and got Shizzz in your pants? I told them it was mayonnaise.
She went shi though, and I'm sure the complete and utter humiliation did not push you so far into the closet you ended up in the back ends of Narnia.
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One thing to say LMAO !
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Hey :| Poker face.
-We do what we must because we can; for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead-
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TO: Mr, Error, I Am.
SUBJECT: Inappropriate behaviour during lectures.
Mr. Error, I bid you good day, despite the fact that you have utterly ruined mine, as well as others' so far. True to your moniker, you have more than managed to personify the very deification your status as the anthropomorphic personification of all that is wrong and erroneous in your time here.
Firstly, Miss Hěi is of a slightly more... sensitive disposition. While her mental and physical disabilities does contribute to her almost clubbing you to death with her umbrella, your childishly immature action of teasing her name by calling out to anyone sitting beside her warrants such response and it is the faculty's opinion that that you deserved it. Calling someone with Down Syndrome "poker face" is also socially frowned upon.
As such, I must inform you that you are now the official Teaching Assistant in the classroom, until and unless your next shenanigan caused further uproar and humour in the faculty whereupon you will be further elevated in the Clown School.
Retards.
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Nice imagination, write to this:
Nice imagination, write to this.
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Moe. You're fvcking 16 already. Stop screaming "ah" and going mad. Your chantings are now so loud the Jones down the street are jonesing. All I hear is
Ricey magic nation light tooth tits: Ricey magic nation light tooth tits.
Which makes no sense.
watt9493 said:
sakaiaikikikikikikiki
-my life is a shooting range, people never change-
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To: 9493, Watt.
Subject: Demise of your partner.
Date: 19th october 2011
Mr 9493, it is with regret that I inform you that your partner Mr 9493, Volt has recently passed. However his life insurance merely covers accidental death and the U.S. Army does not extend DADT benefits retroactively. Accidental insurance could not be used to cover his procedures as he was last seen waving a machete and saying he was a samurai prior to dismembering his member. I quote, verbatim from the transcript that he was last heard yelling "Sakaiaikikikikikikiki" and that is seven kis which is two kis more than the company motto therefore also disqualifying him from the company insurance. However, I am able to offer you a stipend from the widowers' fund as long as you were able to furnish proper proof of matrimony, holy or not. Pictures of anal coitus is not sufficient proof of marriage or of civil union, merely of union, albeit from his face it seemed quite civil. Your adoption of his surname and insistence of it's usage is not evidence either.
As such, unless you furnish us with court admissible proof of civil union and/or marriage in fourteen (14) days from the date of this letter, we will close this file.
Thank you.
Oh, I see what's going on here, and I shall have no part in it!
Oh... I guess I had no choice
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deliriousDroid said:
Oh, I see what's going on here, and I shall have no part in it!
Oh... I guess I had no choice
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That's not what you said when we did it to you.
*wink*
sakai4eva said:
That's not what you said when we did it to you.
*wink*
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O.O
-We do what we must because we can; for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead-
sakai4eva said:
That's not what you said when we did it to you.
*wink*
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You said you would tell nobody
*runsaway*
Hi!
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Hi!
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Hi said Alan,
Who thinks he's cool indeed.
No said sakai,
Little fvcker will bleed.
Jump goes Alan,
Faster than a hare.
Meh said sakai,
His worst night-mare.
Fly, Alan, FLY!
Run away for good!
Heh, said sakai,
Turned him into dog food.
DISCLAIMER: read OP part about disservice.
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From my fingers to your eyez
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From my fingers to your eyez
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ME: Hey.
cdesai: ...
I'm sorry man.
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Look, I didn't meant for it to happen that way, man.
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I'm sorry.
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Stop looking at me like that. You're my friend, and I'd be here for you anyway.
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Guilt isn't what kept me here. Loyalty is.
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I'm really sorry.
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Alright, alright! So it's my fault!
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Just because I accidentally ripped your vocal chords out doesn't mean you should give me the silent treatment!