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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 05-06-2010, 05:03 PM:

This really takes the cake and deserves its own thread.

Link to "I am better than you because I will do anything Steve Jobs says to be my own individual" attitude dating website

Whatever.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-06-2010, 05:11 PM:

I like Star Trek but I don't go around wearing Spock ears and reciting rules, chapter and verse from Starfleet Regulations.

I like Apple, too, but I'm not going to walk around waving my iPhone around like an idiot. Why, I don't even have an iPhone. They're still too expensive for me.

If nothing else, you can consider that website a containment area for fanboys. [Wink]

Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 05-06-2010, 06:56 PM:

I'm gonna get an iPad and then wear it on an armband while I jog -- just so everyone knows I have one and I use it all the time.

The only down-side is that I'll have to take up jogging.

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 05-06-2010, 07:04 PM:

quote: Greg Anderson
The only down-side is that I'll have to take up jogging.

Then you need the New Apple iJog.!

Buy One TODAY!

Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 05-06-2010, 10:39 PM:

I have to wait until June to sign up?

Posted by Steven J Hart (Member # 2340) on 05-06-2010, 10:43 PM:

They are serious! Wow. [Eek!]

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-07-2010, 12:51 AM:

Mike, I can't wait to join as well! Maybe we can go on a date through the site!!!

It says it is launching EXCLUSIVELY on Apple products. How do they plan to stop Windows users from looking in? I know browsers send data about what platform they are running, will they really use this to prevent certain people from looking at the site? I am going to have to try and look at it on one of my Windows machines just to see what kind of rude message I get.

Posted by Justin Hamaker (Member # 2165) on 05-07-2010, 06:26 AM:

Here's an amusing CNN.com video on just this subject.
CNN Apple story

Posted by Jonathan Smith (Member # 5609) on 05-07-2010, 08:56 AM:

About a year and a half ago I heard a news story on NPR that brand-loyalty uses the same parts of the brain as religion.

Looks like you don't need to move to a secluded town in the South American rain forest to drink the Coolaid anymore.

"You . . . took what others had done, you made improvements, you package it, and (hits table) now you wanna sell it, you gotta sell it."

It's amazing that people don't get that Apple is run by a bunch of greedy Ferengi. They're out to "make the world a better place" or "launch a revolution," they're out to get paid, often by obsoleting hte very products they pawned off on you just three or four years prior.

Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 05-07-2010, 10:40 AM:

With all due respect, I think a devotion to NPR is guided by the same part of the brain. They've been serving up their own "Kool-Aid"... but I'll stop because political discussions aren't allowed here.

And neither are jabs at religion. Not every religious movement ends in mass suicides. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Jim Bedford (Member # 4) on 05-07-2010, 11:38 AM:

[puke]

'Nuf said.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-07-2010, 11:39 AM:

I don't think there are any brands that deserve total and complete loyalty. I love Lionel trains but that doesn't stop me from putting a cool MTH car on my train layout. And, I don't think my own religion has EVERYTHING right either.

Posted by Jonathan Smith (Member # 5609) on 05-07-2010, 11:55 AM:

Did I insult your religion because you are a Jones follower?

Otherwise, I don't know why the fuck you are pissed off at what I said. NPR's credibility notwithstanding, they were reporting a sound scientific study.

There are FANATICS that ruin every human endeavour, religion, movies, and computer gadgets included.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-07-2010, 12:14 PM:

Perhaps it's time for Jonathan to take a vacation, if you know what I mean?

Posted by Greg Anderson (Member # 235) on 05-07-2010, 12:18 PM:

You can insult my non-suicidal religion all day. Lots of people do. It's just not allowed here.

But I make one swipe at NPR and wow! Look out! Ironic reaction in a discussion of fanatics.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-07-2010, 01:34 PM:

You know, if everybody just shut up and did what I told them the world would be a whole lot better place!

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 05-07-2010, 02:07 PM:

Irony Time.

I cant help but wonder why this "Cupidtino" website that purports to

quote:
... launch in June 2010 exclusively on Apple platforms – Safari, iPhone and iPad apps.

... isn't exclusively displayable on Apple machines.

I read this on my Windows machine which has no mention of Apple anywhere upon itself and therefore effectively makes the Cupidtino idea a total wankfest.

What next? Apple seeds instead of cookies?

Marketing Gurus - 1
Lemmings - 0

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 05-07-2010, 03:33 PM:

Considering most dating web sites require you to pay to play perhaps that's one way how they'll filter out a lot of Windows users. Maybe they'll have a membership requirement to show off at least one Apple product you own in profile photos in order to stay.

Of course that makes more sense than merely stating the site will be visible only on Apple branded devices.

I suppose PC fanboys could develop an equally obnoxious dating website and generate it in Flash.
[evil]

Posted by Mark Hajducki (Member # 1732) on 05-07-2010, 04:48 PM:

quote:
... launch in June 2010 exclusively on Apple platforms – Safari, iPhone and iPad apps.

Safari is avaliable for Windows.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-07-2010, 06:40 PM:

quote: Mark Hajducki
Safari is avaliable for Windows.

Yeah, in fact every time there is an iTunes update it tries to trick me into installing Safari, too. If they would just ask me nice, I might bite....but giving me these pre-checked boxes, screw that. I'll stick with Firefox.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 05-07-2010, 10:19 PM:

quote: Bobby Henderson
I suppose PC fanboys could develop an equally obnoxious dating website and generate it in Flash.

If someone will write it and make sure it is ENTIRELY in flash, I'll host it. [Cool]

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 05-08-2010, 02:30 AM:

Lame attempt at humor. Nevermind. [Smile]

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 05-08-2010, 10:27 AM:

Of course, the site logo should be a trench coat flasher...

Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 05-21-2010, 04:02 AM:

...and it hasn't taking long for a theatre company to get into the bussiness.

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