A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work

Undertoad · 10-16-2011, 04:19 PM

Making the rounds.

Griff · 10-16-2011, 04:22 PM

Wow

DanaC · 10-16-2011, 05:19 PM

Oh wow. That's stunning.

ZenGum · 10-16-2011, 06:51 PM

Awesome is the new normal.

Chocolatl · 10-16-2011, 07:38 PM

I can't decide whether I find this amazing or deeply disturbing. Very neat, either way.

ZenGum · 10-16-2011, 07:50 PM

Choco!!!!!!! How are you?

Griff · 10-16-2011, 07:57 PM

I'm going with disturbing.

Chocolatl · 10-16-2011, 08:02 PM

Zen -- life is kicking my ass, but I'm hanging in there. My free time lately can be measured in minutes instead of the hours and days I was used to as a college student, so "exhausted" has set in as my standard mode of operation. Miss you all!

Griff · 10-17-2011, 05:27 AM

I'm glad you stopped by!

BigV · 10-18-2011, 10:43 AM

The little girl in the video is cute. I understand the observation and thoughts about the origin of the title. I don't agree with it though, and I sincerely doubt the little girl thinks that way either. "Works"? What does she know about "working"? Can't the same be said for the pages that never turn on the iPad?

Steve Jobs (PBUH) definitely led the development of an awesome device and more dramatically an interface that is beautifully intuitive. But it's not as elegant and easy as the book, or the magazine. What the clever parent hasn't figured out or has just edited out is that the forefinger (along with the mouth) is a primary sensing and exploration interface. They're evidence gatherers to get that evidence that can be seen, closer, preferably in the mouth. I expect the cutting room floor is littered with numerous segments of such investigations, "failures" of the dog, her own leg, Mommy and Daddy's faces, her Cheerios, etc, to behave like working iPads.

The part I find stunning and disturbing and amazing is that there's a dog out there smart enough to record and upload this video, but hasn't figured out that he needs to twist his head 90 degrees as he holds the camera in his jaws. Cause the parent who has mad iPad skills would never make a silly and disturbing error like this, over and over and over, right?

infinite monkey · 10-18-2011, 10:46 AM

Wait. What dog?

DanaC · 10-18-2011, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Wait. What dog?

Yyyeeeaah. What dog?

Gravdigr · 10-18-2011, 02:55 PM

Rhetorical Dog is not amused. He's making fun of the person who posted the vid, even a dog would know to turn the camera right side up.

To hell with the dog, wtf is "PBUH"?

infinite monkey · 10-18-2011, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Rhetorical dog is not amused. He's making fun of the person who posted the vid, even a dog would know to turn the camera right side up.

To hell with the dog, wtf is "PBUH"?

Isn't that a cheap beer?

Yeah, it's Pabst Blue...uh...Pabst Blue...uh...

Undertoad · 10-18-2011, 02:59 PM

When you mention the name of a prophet you must immediately follow it with "Peace Be Unto Him". It's Islamic convention and (PBUH) is sufficient. (Mighty props to Bigs.)

10-16-2011, 04:19 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work Making the rounds.

10-16-2011, 04:22 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-16-2011, 06:51 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Awesome is the new normal. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-16-2011, 07:50 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Choco!!!!!!! How are you? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-16-2011, 07:57 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm going with disturbing. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-16-2011, 07:38 PM	#5
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I can't decide whether I find this amazing or deeply disturbing. Very neat, either way.

10-16-2011, 08:02 PM	#8
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Zen -- life is kicking my ass, but I'm hanging in there. My free time lately can be measured in minutes instead of the hours and days I was used to as a college student, so "exhausted" has set in as my standard mode of operation. Miss you all!

10-17-2011, 05:27 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm glad you stopped by! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-18-2011, 10:43 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The little girl in the video is cute. I understand the observation and thoughts about the origin of the title. I don't agree with it though, and I sincerely doubt the little girl thinks that way either. "Works"? What does she know about "working"? Can't the same be said for the pages that never turn on the iPad? Steve Jobs (PBUH) definitely led the development of an awesome device and more dramatically an interface that is beautifully intuitive. But it's not as elegant and easy as the book, or the magazine. What the clever parent hasn't figured out or has just edited out is that the forefinger (along with the mouth) is a primary sensing and exploration interface. They're evidence gatherers to get that evidence that can be seen, closer, preferably in the mouth. I expect the cutting room floor is littered with numerous segments of such investigations, "failures" of the dog, her own leg, Mommy and Daddy's faces, her Cheerios, etc, to behave like working iPads. The part I find stunning and disturbing and amazing is that there's a dog out there smart enough to record and upload this video, but hasn't figured out that he needs to twist his head 90 degrees as he holds the camera in his jaws. Cause the parent who has mad iPad skills would never make a silly and disturbing error like this, over and over and over, right? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-18-2011, 10:46 AM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Wait. What dog?

10-18-2011, 02:55 PM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Rhetorical Dog is not amused. He's making fun of the person who posted the vid, even a dog would know to turn the camera right side up. To hell with the dog, wtf is "PBUH"? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-18-2011, 02:59 PM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When you mention the name of a prophet you must immediately follow it with "Peace Be Unto Him". It's Islamic convention and (PBUH) is sufficient. (Mighty props to Bigs.)

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