the Apple faithful gather soon for new revelations
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
I expect Apple to claim USB-C as something they invented.
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I expect Apple to claim USB-C as something they invented.
i expect it to be renamed "teleport max." :wtf:
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
People to start complaining that their previous generation phone has slowed down ... and Apple to shrug and say "Buy a new one"
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People to start complaining that their previous generation phone has slowed down ... and Apple to shrug and say "Buy a new one"
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
and Apple to shrug and say "Buy a new one"
"And here's a gizmo ($24.95) you can place on your new USB cable ($19.95 separate purchase) to improve its performance. The Apple USB cables are superior to others, so you really should only buy them to get the best out of your device. The gizmo will not work as well on non-Apple cables." - or something to that effect.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
and Apple to shrug and say "Buy a new one"
"And here's a gizmo ($24.95) you can place on your new USB cable ($19.95 separate purchase) to improve its performance. The Apple USB cables are superior to others, so you really should only buy them to get the best out of your device. The gizmo will not work as well on non-Apple cables." - or something to that effect.
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Like the people who buy oxygen-free copper cables for their car stereos because it conducts better!
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Like the people who buy oxygen-free copper cables for their car stereos because it conducts better!
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
oxygen-free copper cables for their car stereos
Or for any purpose, really... But for a car, in particular? Cars aren't exactly the ideal listening environment to start with. I haved a neighbor - describing himself as an audiophile - who bought gold-plated USB cables going from his PC's dedicated audio card (you don't really see these anymore) to his high-end receiver. I asked him whether the 1s were sharper and the 0s were rounder. He didn't know what to reply. This is a guy who also had a $3,000 MP3 player and was looking at the $4,500 upgraded version. I didn't even know these devices existed, let alone a market for them... [Edit] I hope his hearing was better than his sight. He was colorblind, and his TV was "calibrated" (ahem) with a distinctively pink-ish tone.
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Like the people who buy oxygen-free copper cables for their car stereos because it conducts better!
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Have you ever priced audiophile USB cables? It's one of the best giggles out there :laugh: .
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
oxygen-free copper cables for their car stereos
Or for any purpose, really... But for a car, in particular? Cars aren't exactly the ideal listening environment to start with. I haved a neighbor - describing himself as an audiophile - who bought gold-plated USB cables going from his PC's dedicated audio card (you don't really see these anymore) to his high-end receiver. I asked him whether the 1s were sharper and the 0s were rounder. He didn't know what to reply. This is a guy who also had a $3,000 MP3 player and was looking at the $4,500 upgraded version. I didn't even know these devices existed, let alone a market for them... [Edit] I hope his hearing was better than his sight. He was colorblind, and his TV was "calibrated" (ahem) with a distinctively pink-ish tone.
dandy72 wrote:
But for a car, in particular?
Are you not aware of the practice of putting 3000 watt stereos into automobiles with giant, thumping subwoofers?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I expect Apple to claim USB-C as something they invented.
Gaslighting the world...:mad::mad::mad:
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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at my time 12 midnight. i won't watch: not a Mac anything in my hardware. as a former paid up apple fanbois, twenty years ago, i do appreciate the quality/design and innovation$ what do you expect to see if you watch ?
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
"The new iPhone is out, we just have some teething problems with the antenna at the moment so you will either need to use the iPhone under water or you will need to carry it around in a bottle of water. Rest assured it's nothing to do with the iPhone itself, we are in discussion with the electromagnetic spectrum creator to get them to fix things at their end..."
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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dandy72 wrote:
But for a car, in particular?
Are you not aware of the practice of putting 3000 watt stereos into automobiles with giant, thumping subwoofers?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Loudness != quality My point was that a rolling car is just about the last place you want to be to listen to something if you are serious about sound quality. And yes, I've seen cars with speakers so huge, if you place them facing the back of the car, they can help push it forward and achieve better mileage...
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Loudness != quality My point was that a rolling car is just about the last place you want to be to listen to something if you are serious about sound quality. And yes, I've seen cars with speakers so huge, if you place them facing the back of the car, they can help push it forward and achieve better mileage...
I didn't realize you were making an assertion. I thought you were saying there is no such thing.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Like the people who buy oxygen-free copper cables for their car stereos because it conducts better!
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
But at least now I know such silliness exists. One of the articles I found on it. Probably some bias in the conclusions (given the business) but it is readable. Oxygen Not Included - Are Oxygen-Free Cables Worth the Added Cost? - Westlake Pro[^]
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But at least now I know such silliness exists. One of the articles I found on it. Probably some bias in the conclusions (given the business) but it is readable. Oxygen Not Included - Are Oxygen-Free Cables Worth the Added Cost? - Westlake Pro[^]
I have talked with HiFi buffs who stay awake through the night to listen to music on their systems, because "The electric power has higher quality after midnight, more stable voltage and less electric noise". Also, I have an old HiFi catalog where a power cable (i.e. to the wall outlet) is offered at NOK 23,999 - almost USD 2500. (The catalog is about 15 years old. At that time, NOK was much stronger, so the amount would be USD 4500. You may add 50% inflation to that.) The people selling stuff like that, at those prices, either truly believe in it themselves, or they are extremely good actors (/salesmen). To me it seems like they actually do believe.
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I have talked with HiFi buffs who stay awake through the night to listen to music on their systems, because "The electric power has higher quality after midnight, more stable voltage and less electric noise". Also, I have an old HiFi catalog where a power cable (i.e. to the wall outlet) is offered at NOK 23,999 - almost USD 2500. (The catalog is about 15 years old. At that time, NOK was much stronger, so the amount would be USD 4500. You may add 50% inflation to that.) The people selling stuff like that, at those prices, either truly believe in it themselves, or they are extremely good actors (/salesmen). To me it seems like they actually do believe.
:laugh: With those prices, maybe it's time for a career change!
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