Now it seems you are reduced to just taking a black box, putting an Apple logo on it and making a stupid joke about how it’s a product called Apple TV and that it’s not really a TV.
Well done Iaiaiain. You should be grateful that this isn’t 4chan/facebook or you could’ve gone the way of the catbin lady. You’ll get no more comeback than this here, and I’ve only said this due to having just seen the Expendables; I think the whole film must have been giving off toxic steroid fumes. I need to watch something like Belleville Rendezvous or a Margaret Rutherford movie to balance things out a bit.
Hey, at least it’s something that works. I’m reduced to slagging off broken stuff, I don’t get to take a pop at working things (if Apple products are classed as ‘working things’)
I think I must be the only person with an internet connection who hasn’t been following whatever it is Jobsy has announced. I assume it’s this doo-hicky above. I have no idea what it is/does and don’t really have a gap in my life that desperately needs filling with this product. So this is pretty much all I need to know about the Apple TV ( What a shame they couldn’t call it iTV, eh? And that’s why I come here. Because Idiot Toys is amusing. And Apple aren’t.
For reference (not that anyone cares) the previous post was intended to be in jest. Apparently I may have bollocked that element up.
I am happy(ish) with my Apple TV. Trawled through the product pages and can’t see any reason to be any more interested in this one though. I assume it’s in part to placate shareholders who’ve heard Google is doing a black one too.
I remember laboriously typing in a game from a magazine at some point in the late 80′s (provided for “DOS” and “Apple” systems, as well as possibly others).
Unfortunatly it wasn’t untill I’d finished & tried to run it I realised it was written for the BASIC interpreter on the Apple II, and could not be run using any existing BASIC interpreters/compilers on the Mac Plus I was using.
I work in an IT company of only 8 staff. Our partner organisation gave one of us a free (last gen) Apple TV thingy as a reward for his sales in the previous quarter. He didn’t want it and it sat in the office for two weeks before anyone else bothered to take it home. Sums up the level of enthusiasm I have for such a product.
I’d buy one immediately if itunes offered a way of ripping dvds as easily as it rips cds – why has no one done this yet? Otherwise it’s just a crappy form of NAS isn’t it, with an hdmi lead?
why do Apple fanbois do not understand the mockery?
coz they’re insecure little whiners and the only stuff that keeps them alive is overpriced “branded” products from a company that pretends to be creative while using “patents” to protect things that have been on the market like forever.
I hope Apple doesn’t attempt to spread its design esthetic too far, say cars for example. I wouldn’t like to pay 20 grand for a Nissan Micra equivalent with no doors, windows or other apparent breaks on a smooth, vaguely car-shaped blob. I imagine something like a Henry Moore sculpture.
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I remember when Idiot Toys was amusing.
Now it seems you are reduced to just taking a black box, putting an Apple logo on it and making a stupid joke about how it’s a product called Apple TV and that it’s not really a TV.
Lame.
Obviously I won’t be buying one.
Obviously because I’ve already got a previous generation one, because I’m a slapper for Apple.
To clarify this actually means I won’t be buying until it starts shipping in a week or two.
Also: Oh look, I used my real name in this thread, not my alter-ego. I totally meant to do that.
See my point about knowledge/level of caring.
Well done Iaiaiain. You should be grateful that this isn’t 4chan/facebook or you could’ve gone the way of the catbin lady. You’ll get no more comeback than this here, and I’ve only said this due to having just seen the Expendables; I think the whole film must have been giving off toxic steroid fumes. I need to watch something like Belleville Rendezvous or a Margaret Rutherford movie to balance things out a bit.
Definitely preferred Piranah 3D to Expendables.
Also continue to prefer IT/UKR/BB/etc to any number of chans.
A Slapple?
I neither know if this is the truth, not care whether it is or not.
Hey, at least it’s something that works. I’m reduced to slagging off broken stuff, I don’t get to take a pop at working things (if Apple products are classed as ‘working things’)
I think I must be the only person with an internet connection who hasn’t been following whatever it is Jobsy has announced. I assume it’s this doo-hicky above. I have no idea what it is/does and don’t really have a gap in my life that desperately needs filling with this product. So this is pretty much all I need to know about the Apple TV ( What a shame they couldn’t call it iTV, eh? And that’s why I come here. Because Idiot Toys is amusing. And Apple aren’t.
For reference (not that anyone cares) the previous post was intended to be in jest. Apparently I may have bollocked that element up.
I am happy(ish) with my Apple TV. Trawled through the product pages and can’t see any reason to be any more interested in this one though. I assume it’s in part to placate shareholders who’ve heard Google is doing a black one too.
Oh yeah, mine too (cough).
I’m just pumped up on second-hand testosterone from the movie, don’t mind me.
Making a nice slalom in the comments here now. It’s like the old game I once typed in from a book (Commodore 64 Games Book).
That’s odd, it lost the link I added.
Here it is again, for what it’s worth (i..e nothing, really)
And in plain text as well, in case xhtml decides not to work again.
http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=16513
If there’s an upside to this, it’s making the slalom longer.
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I remember laboriously typing in a game from a magazine at some point in the late 80′s (provided for “DOS” and “Apple” systems, as well as possibly others).
Unfortunatly it wasn’t untill I’d finished & tried to run it I realised it was written for the BASIC interpreter on the Apple II, and could not be run using any existing BASIC interpreters/compilers on the Mac Plus I was using.
I have carried this secret shame for 20 years.
I’m relieved. Seeing “18″ comments got me worried it was a load of angry Apple fans. The work of one mildly unstable man is much preferable.
Is that me, him or you?
And how’s this affecting the slalom?
I will up my dosage tonight. I will also attempt to moderate my late night wine intake (and curtail my late night posting).
Fuck off, cunt.
Succinct and to the point. Wish I had your way with words (and code)
Don’t be silly that’s just one pixel. You simply buy enough for the size of TV you want.
I work in an IT company of only 8 staff. Our partner organisation gave one of us a free (last gen) Apple TV thingy as a reward for his sales in the previous quarter. He didn’t want it and it sat in the office for two weeks before anyone else bothered to take it home. Sums up the level of enthusiasm I have for such a product.
I’d buy one immediately if itunes offered a way of ripping dvds as easily as it rips cds – why has no one done this yet? Otherwise it’s just a crappy form of NAS isn’t it, with an hdmi lead?
It’s not even NAS Johnny, it’s streaming only. In other words, it’s worse than crappy – it’s craptastic.
why do Apple fanbois do not understand the mockery?
coz they’re insecure little whiners and the only stuff that keeps them alive is overpriced “branded” products from a company that pretends to be creative while using “patents” to protect things that have been on the market like forever.
duuuuude. chill. thx. k. ^^
Reading threads before posting is fun!
I hope Apple doesn’t attempt to spread its design esthetic too far, say cars for example. I wouldn’t like to pay 20 grand for a Nissan Micra equivalent with no doors, windows or other apparent breaks on a smooth, vaguely car-shaped blob. I imagine something like a Henry Moore sculpture.
But, so smooth…
It wouldn’t suprise me if they started trying to say they’d invented hands next…
great blog thank you