Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo
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Ah yes - I must get on with the garden while the sun is shining
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...by definition innit ....???Can one ignore something of which one is unaware?
not like that like this
course a new ipad with a stunning screen would make two hours of dense theoretical analysis rather vibrant perhaps ....
but the garden already is .....
i find the processes of purchase intriguing, at some point the deliberations are put to one side and the credit card fires or is holstered, simple as that ... in an instant of ignoring all the desiderata of which one is aware ...According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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>>Apologies if
The old fool. Everybody knows that they're " Nur Handwäsche "
Surely ?Comment
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It seems to me to be too small for a home device and too big to be comfortably put in your pocket. At home I use my Acer laptop and when out and about I use my HTC Wildfire Android smartphone which for me is a tiny miracle and does everything I can think I might need from reading the Waste Land on the free Kindle app or finding out how fast the bus is travelling.
We went to the Hockney show at the Royal Academy yesterday and his ipad stuff is undeniably impressive but I can't see it catching on widely. However, if a great artist finds it to be a useful tool, who am I to argue?Comment
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er should one go gurnemanz?According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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What's got into people today? Is it the unaccustomed March heat?Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
The AA thread has exploded into invective and recriminations, and now this one is getting unattached reponses of puzzling meaning ...
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I don't think it is. To ignore something, surely, is a positive action, & depends on being aware of what one is ignoring (cf SimonOriginally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
). If one is unaware of something, one can't take a positive action in relation to it.
However, the sun continues to shine, & if I ignore the garden it will require rather more positive action in the future than it does now..Comment
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point well taken on ignore unaware but would not be if i was freudian in this context of purchase .... when unawareness would be just as much a choice ...but pos[t]ing as a jamesian pragmatists how can one tell the difference between ignorance and unawareness with any reliability of attribution?
the yes no get a life interjections are based on my point that purchase is a decision in an instant and the rest is a hobby .... there is and can be no reason to buy an iPad since 'buying an iPad' is not actually the event in question, just a construction of 21c societies .... indeed i am at a complete loss to know what is going on when someone 'buys an iPad' ..... what might the conversation be about in discussing this purchase .... why is the question should i steal an iPad fundamentally different if it is ....
it is also quite remarkable how the desirability of the object has increased by an invisible osmosis as if we have all been taking in an iPad is good an iPad is indispensable and sexy etc etc potion as we breathe ... how does that happen? in ignorance or unawareness .... i don't know ....
in two weeks time, just after Easter i will buy an iPad of this i am certain ...why i have no idea that holds any ground for more than a moment ... but i will have one by the end of April ... what will i have done? i haven't a clue ....According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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I've always avoided getting an iPod and Tattoo to express my "individuality"
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Good Heavens. I don't know what you've been taking recently, AKA, but I really think you should lay off it for a while....Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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LOL! A reasonable definition of Total Cost of Ownership can be found here http://operationstech.about.com/od/glossary/g/TCO.htm.Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
Everything that we do costs us in terms of time, money and emotion. It is wrong (naive?) to simply try and say that a PC costs £X less than a Mac. For starters, you have to ask whether the two computers are identical in terms of spec etc.
Then factor in the value, to the owner, of the free software that comes with the Mac and which is seamlessly integrated together and with the hardware. The value of 'hidden' features which when called upon save a huge amount of tie and effort. Things like the built-in recovery of the operating system in Lion when something goes wrong. The cost to the owner in terms of lost time downloading antivirus software etc that you need to do on the PC. The CPU cycles that are wasted running said anti-virus software. The fact that the secondhand market value of a Mac far outstrips that of a PC. The fact that Apple invest heavily in their OS so that with each iteration or new release it performs better and faster than the preceding version...while offering more in functionality...meaning that you don't have to go out and buy a new PC because its hardware has run out of puff to run adequately the latest version of Windows.
That's Total Cost of Ownership.Comment
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I wouldn't say so, just the normal to and fro!Originally posted by Don Petter View PostWhat's got into people today? Is it the unaccustomed March heat?
The AA thread has exploded into invective and recriminations, and now this one is getting unattached reponses of puzzling meaning ...Comment
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did i bogart you Mr Pee my apologies ....Good Heavens. I don't know what you've been taking recently, AKA,According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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