And you'd think it was weird if the company they worked for put it on their website?
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Apple.com Pays Tribute to Al Gore's Peace Prize Win
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And you'd think it was weird if the company they worked for put it on their website?
I saw that too. The changed it to two images: 1 for the text and another for the image. And they're both gifs.
But before when it was one png, there was another image, that was a like a dark grey inverted arc hanging over the image?
Does that making any sense?
When has Apple ever worried about alienating people?*coughs*1.1.1*coughs*
I can guarantee you they pissed off more people with that update then with this.
definitely.
I am still pissed about 1.1.1, and hoping they announce something about 3rd party development soon. Maybe in conjunction with leopard?
I think it's great that a company puts up a proud statement on it's homepage about one of it's board directors winning the Nobel Prize.
Anything other argument is mute imho.
Anything other argument is mute imho.
Used to be? You need to check your facts, they've had the peace prize and one for literature since they began. Whether the award for economics is a real nobel or not is a moot point in this discussion since it's not the one Gore was awarded.
Nobel Peace Price Dates Back To 1901
Here is the list of Peace Prize winners since 1901.
Here is the page that links you to all the different categories.
Medicine
Physics
Chemistry
Literature
Peace
Economics - only this one's new just since 1969
No it has always been for a number of different things - not only scientific since 1901.
Here is the list of Peace Prize winners since 1901.
Here is the page that links you to all the different categories.
Medicine
Physics
Chemistry
Literature
Peace
Economics - only this one's new just since 1969
I guess if it were that big of an issue for you, you wouldn't give apple your money? Or are you just full of s*** like other global warming deniers?
Actually no. I have a shareware business and I never put anything on our site unless it relates directly to a product. If someone gives us an award for a great product, you can bet it will make our home page. If I get an award from the city for volunteering to coach little league, that doesn't make the web site.
My day job, however, is a major corporation and certain community related things do make it to a "PR" part of our web site. For example, when we volunteer at Christmas to send gifts to the soldiers serving overseas or help buy gifts for underprivileged children. That stuff never would make the homepage though.
Ridiculous
Its absolutely ridiculous to put that on the homepage. SELL computers, software, iPhones and iPods. Don't put a political idealogue on your homepage, even if he is on your board of directors. It will isolate some of your customers.
Its absolutely ridiculous to put that on the homepage. SELL computers, software, iPhones and iPods. Don't put a political idealogue on your homepage, even if he is on your board of directors. It will isolate some of your customers.
So what does Al Gore do on the Board of Directors anyway? Was his movie made using Macs? Has he had some role in making PC users and Mac users get along better? I mean Macs run Windows now so maybe he has.
Look at the past peace prize winners and look at this years. Al Gore and the IPCC may have prevented conflict, the past winners have actually resolved or brokered peace or accomplished something.
I find it interesting this wasn't a scientific award which would give the whole issue more credence.
Where was his front page for winning an Academy Award? How many members of Apple's Board of Directors have achieved that feat?
Look at the past peace prize winners and look at this years. Al Gore and the IPCC may have prevented conflict, the past winners have actually resolved or brokered peace or accomplished something.
I find it interesting this wasn't a scientific award which would give the whole issue more credence.
Where was his front page for winning an Academy Award? How many members of Apple's Board of Directors have achieved that feat?
Since Al Gore is a member of Apple (Board of Directors) and he recently won the Noble Peace Prize, I think that it is entirely appropriate for Apple to post this on their home page for a few days.
Note, this has nothing to do with whether I agree or disagree with his views on the subject (which I don't for the most part). I am merely discussing what is appropriate.
And while the NPP may be political, it is still an honor to be awarded one.
So congrats to Al Gore.
Note, this has nothing to do with whether I agree or disagree with his views on the subject (which I don't for the most part). I am merely discussing what is appropriate.
And while the NPP may be political, it is still an honor to be awarded one.
So congrats to Al Gore.
That much is true.
"We are bursting with pride for Al and this historic recognition of his global contributions.
.....And one more thing, Leopard is out on the 26th"
.....And one more thing, Leopard is out on the 26th"
Guess you need to improve your memory.
Yeah. His slideshow was done using Keynote, probably the most visible use of it to date.
It Boggles The Mind Unanimity For Congratulations And Accolades Is Not Forthcoming
I agree. What's most disappointing is that until Apple put Al on their homepage, MacRumors thought this story belonged only in the Political Forum instead of the on the cover of MacRumors. I will never understand that editorial decision.
None of the Nobel Peace Prize winners have solved world peace (we'd have it by now). Winners like Mother Teresa, Linus Pauling, Jimmy Carter, and others have won the peace prize by promoting ideals that the Nobel Committee had determined was worthy of their award.
People here are trying to belittle the accomplishment because of their political stances against Al Gore, which isn't constructive.
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