By: Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org), December 11, 2020 11:22 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us) on December 11, 2020 9:00 am wrote:
> Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on December 11, 2020 8:57 am wrote:
> > Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us) on December 11, 2020 8:52 am wrote:
> > > Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 11, 2020 12:57 am wrote:
> > > > Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on December 10, 2020 5:23 pm wrote:
> > > > > Ultimately, not to criticize, and hindsight is 20/20, I think the real
> > > > > mistake is to buy a monitor that only has one type of input port.
> > > >
> > > > Is this the n-th iteration of the "you're holding it wrong" argument?
> > >
> > > Probably not because the one input port was Apple design choice. Which is always perfect
> > > (but mental protozoas surrounding Maynard may fail to grasp its true meaning), right.
> > >
> > > He could try to pass it as LG failure but those LCDs were really made to Apple's
> > > order, all other monitors by the company have multiple inputs and at the other
> > > hand, more recent (and also past) Apple-branded displays are single-input.
> >
> > Uhh you do understand that I just CRITICIZED the existence of monitors with a single type of
> > input? Regardless of whether they are designed to Apple specs or sold in Apple stores...
> >
>
> Shock! (How about not just designed to Apple specs and sold in Apple stores, I see you
> left out "designed and made by Apple" for some reason. Too painful to type? Heh.)
>
> > It's unclear to me how that translates into unqualified praise of Apple. Perhaps the issue is
> > less my "unqualified praised of Apple" and more your "unqualified criticism of Maynard"?
> >
>
> Well given your frothing I saw on the other fronts here, this won't really change things.
I wouldn't expect it to.
That's normal human behavior, isn't it: "My mind is made up, to hell with the facts".
One can strive to be more than normal, but that's a minority taste.
> Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on December 11, 2020 8:57 am wrote:
> > Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us) on December 11, 2020 8:52 am wrote:
> > > Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 11, 2020 12:57 am wrote:
> > > > Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on December 10, 2020 5:23 pm wrote:
> > > > > Ultimately, not to criticize, and hindsight is 20/20, I think the real
> > > > > mistake is to buy a monitor that only has one type of input port.
> > > >
> > > > Is this the n-th iteration of the "you're holding it wrong" argument?
> > >
> > > Probably not because the one input port was Apple design choice. Which is always perfect
> > > (but mental protozoas surrounding Maynard may fail to grasp its true meaning), right.
> > >
> > > He could try to pass it as LG failure but those LCDs were really made to Apple's
> > > order, all other monitors by the company have multiple inputs and at the other
> > > hand, more recent (and also past) Apple-branded displays are single-input.
> >
> > Uhh you do understand that I just CRITICIZED the existence of monitors with a single type of
> > input? Regardless of whether they are designed to Apple specs or sold in Apple stores...
> >
>
> Shock! (How about not just designed to Apple specs and sold in Apple stores, I see you
> left out "designed and made by Apple" for some reason. Too painful to type? Heh.)
>
> > It's unclear to me how that translates into unqualified praise of Apple. Perhaps the issue is
> > less my "unqualified praised of Apple" and more your "unqualified criticism of Maynard"?
> >
>
> Well given your frothing I saw on the other fronts here, this won't really change things.
I wouldn't expect it to.
That's normal human behavior, isn't it: "My mind is made up, to hell with the facts".
One can strive to be more than normal, but that's a minority taste.
