[NTLK] another RIP view

J.M. Heinrichs minicapt1 at mac.com
Sat Oct 8 23:05:18 EDT 2011


Mr Warren does, at times, get ahead of himself:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/imissal-catholic-mass-reading/id307312434?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/missal-catholic/id418784473?mt=8

Cheers
John
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 08 Oct 11, at 19:52, Bob Carls Dudney wrote:

> "A great salesman, as great a nerd.., and finally a great artist... 
> It is rare when so many gifts..combine in one man and are harnessed 
> together."
> 
> "...the cumulative effect of all [Jobs'] ingenious electronic devices 
> is to train the attention of a huge population narcissistically 
> inward. And from the moment they look out, to assist them in finding 
> the distraction of cheap and mostly worthless entertainment. The 
> iPod, iPad, iPhone, etc., are all instruments of distraction. Each 
> reduces some segment of reality to the virtual, and each reprograms 
> the habits of its users within the spiritual confines of a kind of 
> computer game."
> 
> from 
> <http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Steve+Jobs+inward+vision/5524362/story.html>
> 
> Most swords have two edges.
> 
> Long live Newton!
> 
> B
> 
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