Cock a Doodle Doo

Uncategorized Thursday, February 10th, 2005

 

Yesterday began the Chinese Year of the Rooster.

I’m a Rooster, and I know many others who are too, of course. Here’s hoping this is a good omen, or something. Not that, of course, we didn’t see it coming.

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8 Responses to “Cock a Doodle Doo”


  1. Andy
    February 10th, 2005 at 3:14 am

    Wait. You can’t be a rooster cause that’d make me a rooster and I’m pretty sure that I’m something cool like a tiger or a dragon or a kangaroo. I’m off to google me some evidence to prove me right.


  2. Andy
    February 10th, 2005 at 4:37 am

    On your side links thingoes, the Luke side of the force makes a lot sense.

    So the one button mouse is a favour to the dumbos and the tech support and to stick it to the developers. Not to me. Stinky stinky Apple. I can understand selling eMacs and iMacs as complete bundles but why sell the powermacs with a mouse and not a screen? They could let me choose my own and save $30. If they sell them without screens, they can sell them without one button mice. It was an interesting read, at any rate and remarkably rational and unbiased. It’s amusing to think that many people out there manage to cope with a one button mouse. I guess it’s just like a cold swimming pool: it’s fine once you’re in.


  3. Tom
    February 10th, 2005 at 8:25 am

    I liked the point that anyone decently tech-ish is never going to keep the mouse that comes with the computer, so you may as well cater to the common denominator, given that you can’t go round selling 5 button mice standard.

    I’ve been remiss at updating my links, I’ll start finding some more things.


  4. Jack
    February 11th, 2005 at 12:02 am

    Still Andy’s point about not getting any mouse at all standard is better.

    I don’t know why you are whining Andy. Apple is kind enough to sell one-button mice seperately, so rather than throwing the one that came with your new mac out, you can just buy another one and have… two.

    It’s almost the same thing. Think you could have a mouse in each hand. Think of the power. It’s also more environmentally friendly. Waste not, want not.


  5. Andy
    February 11th, 2005 at 2:29 am

    So two mouse buttons for the one hand is worth two for two hands.


  6. Tom
    February 11th, 2005 at 9:08 am

    I don’t think separate mice would work with Apple’s ‘all-in-one’ kind of marketing for the iMac.

    I think they want a kind of “here’s your Mac, Mrs Smith, everything’s in here.” situation. Not “And which mouse would you like, we have a lovely range? And keyboard, what from here?

    It’d be like eating at Subway. The questions would confuse Mrs Smith and her head would explode.


  7. Andy
    February 11th, 2005 at 4:11 pm

    I thought Americans liked options.


  8. Tom
    February 16th, 2005 at 2:09 pm

    Only about things they know about, like chilli sauce and lettuce.

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