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Steve Jobs Biography: On the Development and Launch of iPad
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I don't mind the spoiler news items. It's a welcome change from the stupid, "Apple Retail Store in [location] Opening Today" .
Please don't talk about what you don't understand. Copyright and Fairuse allows for reviews and 'tidbits' so they are not violating copyright.
Reviews sure, but we've got way more details over the last few weeks than a review would provide. We've almost got enough tidbits to read the whole book on MR, as someone earlier said.
Not reading this as my biography doesn't come in the mail until tomorrow, but thanks MR for doing 'click to read the rest of the article'!
He specifically wanted to make textbooks free and bundled with the iPad, and such a system would give states the opportunity to save money during the slow economy.
While understandable, Im sure he didn't want to make the iPad free and bundled with textbooks, though. Thus, seems more like an opportunity to line his, and Apples pockets, rather than ease pressure on state finances.
I think, eventually, Apple will slightly wander towards the Amazon model that values subscriptions more than selling hardware. I imagine you could make more money that way.
Geez, can't we go one day without MacRumors feeling the need to publish yet more interesting portions of Steve Jobs' biography? People want to read the book themselves, not have all the best bits blared at them on a site desperate for clicks. With a bit of luck, the book's publishers will soon tell MacRumors to stop violating their copyright.
I..simply don't understand these posts. Just don't read the damn article. Nobody is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to. I bought the book, but reading these tidbits before hand made me want the book MORE, not less. And if I wanted to avoid everything, I easily could have. Have some self control. Not that tough. It's not even on the front page.. you have to consciously CLICK to open it. The title reveals nothing. Unbelievable. I've never seen such thin skinned people than on messageboards, who bitch about the most aisnine things.
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Thank you for starting to put that second link to see the actual story.
I do understand the gripes of others, as the entire body was flashing us all in the face and was ruining it for a lot of people. I had several things spoiled via Mac Rumors and rushed to finish the book before it wasn't entirely ruined.
Wish you had started the "click to see article" thing sooner.
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Um, no. I just read the book, thank you. And these spoilers really did ruin entire 30-70 pages clips of the book. It's like telling you the punch line of a joke before the joke. It ruins it.
What was the movie, A Perfect Storm... yes... never saw it, because someone told me that they all died in the end. Well damn, a man vs. nature story.... the whole point is to see if man or nature wins. No reason to watch it knowing the outcome.
Or hey, it's like a football game you're going to watch late and someone tells you who won. Why bother?
You mean you want to know if it will be MacRumors most informative and fact-based year ever?
Well there's that, and there's the fact that since everyone died then the WHOLE STORY WAS OBVIOUSLY MADE UP. I think that would bother me more than knowing the made-up ending in advance.
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So tired of all the bellyaching about "spoiling" the book. If you don't want to read the posted article, JUST SKIP IT.
The book is newsworthy, and all news outlets are publishing excerpts and details. I'm sure there's a rock somewhere you can go bury your heads under.
I remember all the criticism the iPad received before it shipped. I couldn't wait until it was released, but so many were bitching about it. Too bad Jobs had to endure all that criticism; give people the world and they'll still complain. I'm glad he got to see the positive consumer response -not just in sales, but in how it really effected people's lives. I already see the same bitching happening concerning the upcoming TV. People never learn.
The book is newsworthy, and all news outlets are publishing excerpts and details. I'm sure there's a rock somewhere you can go bury your heads under.
I remember all the criticism the iPad received before it shipped. I couldn't wait until it was released, but so many were bitching about it. Too bad Jobs had to endure all that criticism; give people the world and they'll still complain. I'm glad he got to see the positive consumer response -not just in sales, but in how it really effected people's lives. I already see the same bitching happening concerning the upcoming TV. People never learn.
If you don't want to spoil a movie - don't visit/read websites that cater to movies.
If you don't want to spoil a tv show - don't visit/read the show's message boards.
If you REALLY don't want to spoil Steve Jobs biography - it might be wise to avoid visiting the site until you've read it.
If you do - quickly skim. The idea that this website or others are spoiling it for you is ridiculous. The book is over 600 pages. Further - if you've been following product launches and the industry in total - not that much is going to be "OMG!!!! Spoiler" anyway.
Don't put the onus on Arn and his crew. If you want a spoil free reading experience - stop visiting the site until you've read the book.
Of course that takes self control.. so - who knows how some of you will deal with that...
If you don't want to spoil a tv show - don't visit/read the show's message boards.
If you REALLY don't want to spoil Steve Jobs biography - it might be wise to avoid visiting the site until you've read it.
If you do - quickly skim. The idea that this website or others are spoiling it for you is ridiculous. The book is over 600 pages. Further - if you've been following product launches and the industry in total - not that much is going to be "OMG!!!! Spoiler" anyway.
Don't put the onus on Arn and his crew. If you want a spoil free reading experience - stop visiting the site until you've read the book.
Of course that takes self control.. so - who knows how some of you will deal with that...
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Because it came from a recently published book makes it a better reason to share a story not a worse one. We can only have posts on wild speculations of tech insiders?
Also I don't get the book until tomorrow but I don't care about spoilers. It is a non-fiction book.
Because it came from a recently published book makes it a better reason to share a story not a worse one. We can only have posts on wild speculations of tech insiders?
Also I don't get the book until tomorrow but I don't care about spoilers. It is a non-fiction book.
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You know what I say to that? To hell with the text book guys. All that info is public domain sh** anyway.
Apple should hire out writers in all fields of study and out their stuff on the iPad or accessible in the cloud. Hell, even put full semester lectures in the cloud. It is about time for that anyway. Apple has the cash so why not.
I would live to be able to down load a full semester of physics or biology.
You know what I say to that? To hell with the text book guys. All that info is public domain sh** anyway.
Apple should hire out writers in all fields of study and out their stuff on the iPad or accessible in the cloud. Hell, even put full semester lectures in the cloud. It is about time for that anyway. Apple has the cash so why not.
I would live to be able to down load a full semester of physics or biology.
Those stories were spread far and wide. So they were impossible to ignore, both for us, or for anyone who has an internet connection.
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Still, no. This is the only Mac site I hit, since I'm interested in the broad spectrum of technology, not just Macs. Believe it or not, there are plenty of people with internet connections who never saw any of these stories. I know several of them.
Also, dumb decisions by other sites doesn't excuse you.
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Arn, don't listen to these Fanboys, I can't afford this book so love to read these excerpts!!
Arn, don't listen to these Fanboys, I can't afford this book so love to read these excerpts!!
I could see that. After all these were folks b****ing about a product they had been told about but had not seen or used. That would be annoying. And yes a tad depressing that they couldn't see fit to wait until they had the real thing to diss it
Not arn's problem. As was said before; if you don't want to read it, don't click. It's not that difficult.
Ah yes, the old "I know someone that doesn't know anything about technology" card. Because that obviously excuses your inability to ignore a story on the internet.
You can define it however narrowly you'd like. I'm just explaining what I call unavoidable.
For Apple news/rumors that hit the mainstream press, it's hard for us to ignore. If you prefer, I'll call it 'hard to ignore' rather than 'unavoidable' if you'd prefer those semantics.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/tech/gaming-gadgets/apple-television/