I'M SO ASHAMED! I STARTED MY NOTES IN SCHOOL IN ALL CAPS, BUT IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG AND TOO MUCH SPACE TO CONTINUE DOING SO. AND I TOOK A TEST ON THE COMPUTER, BUT DIDN'T USE CAPS THERE EITHER. SOMEHOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THE STATE GIVE ME A 0 ON THE TEST.
I ALSO ADMIT THAT WHILE TYPING UP A SPANISH ASSIGNMENT EARLIER, I REFRAINED FROM USING ALL CAPS. THE POOR PROFESSOR IS GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH OF A HEADACHE GRADING MY RIDICULOUS GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, I DON'T WANT HIM TO HEAR THE POOR GRAMMAR SHOUTED AT HIM WITHIN HIS HEAD. I NEED A GRADE AS GENEROUS AS HE CAN GIVE!
HAD I REMEMBERED ALL-CAPS DAY WAS TODAY, I WOULD HAVE TYPED IT LAST NIGHT. MAY THE ALL-CAPS GODS FORGIVE ME!!
MY PROBLEM IS THAT PROGRAMMING IN ALL CAPS DOESN'T WORK SO WELL. TYPING ADDRESSES IN THE ADDRESS BAR HOWEVER DOES. ALSO, I FOUND OUT THAT NOT ALL MY PASSWORDS ARE CASE SENSATIVE.
THIS YEAR I MADE POSTS TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ANNOUNCING THE DAY AS ALL-CAPS DAY. SOMEHOW I GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INTO IT WITHOUT EXPLAINING ITS SIGNIFICANCE OR WHETHER IT WAS ANYTHING BEYOND AN INTERNET HOLIDAY STEF AND I MADE UP. THAT WAS BASICALLY AWESOME.
I TYPED ALL MY REPAIR NOTES AND GENIUS BAR NOTES IN ALL-CAPS, INCLUDING A FEW NOTE SUMMARIES THAT GOT PRINTED OUT AND GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR RECORDS. I ROCKED THEIR LOWERCASE WORLDS.
I TAKE OFFENSE TO YOUR INSINUATION. I HAD NO SAY IN MY JOB TITLE, I JUST DO MY BEST TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR MAC/IPOD/IPHONE-RELATED PROBLEMS. NO ONE I'VE SERVED AT THE BAR HAS YET THOUGHT ME PRETENTIOUS, AND I CONSIDER MY COWORKERS EQUALLY HONEST IN THEIR ABILITIES.
Apple is way trendy and hip. I spent more buying an arm band for my iPod than I spent on a 4gb Sony memory stick.
One of these things is a result of thousands of man hours of research in making technology faster and smaller, requiring its own advanced technology and manufacturing techniques to create, and one is a piece of rubber connected to a piece of fabric.
One of these things should theoretically cost more than the other.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT A FREE MARKET IS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO BUY A PRODUCT IF YOU FEEL IT IS UNREASONABLY PRICED. AND WHAT DOES THE PRICING OF AN IPOD ACCESSORY HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRETENTIOUSNESS AND/OR HIPSTERLINESS OF APPLE EMPLOYEES?
But you can also choose to buy it anyway on the grounds that saving yourself a couple bucks is not worth the effort it takes to search for a new one, and then consequently bitch about the local economy's inconsistencies anyway!
It's trendy and hip because you're willing to spend more money on something purely for the name. Or because you're lazy and don't want to look for cheaper goods like me.
I never said pretentious though.
Actually, how is the pay for Apple employees? Are you compensated well? Apple seems to me like they would pay their employees well.
YEAH, PRETTY GOOD COMPENSATION. BUT COME ON, I DON'T BUY APPLE PRODUCTS JUST FOR THE NAME. I BELIEVE IN GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR, AND SPENDING A LITTLE EXTRA ON QUALITY GOODS, AND BUYING PRODUCTS FROM A COMPANY THAT MAKES BOTH THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE AND THUS IS ABLE TO PUT THE EXTRA EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER.
AS FAR AS EXPENSIVE ACCESSORIES GO, THIRD PARTIES EXIST THAT MAKE PRODUCTS THAT ACCOMPLISH THE SAME TASK FOR LESS MONEY. IT'S UP TO THE CONSUMER TO DECIDE WHAT'S WORTH WHAT.
I DO THINK IPOD SOCKS ARE PRETTY RIDICULOUS THOUGH.
AND THAT'S AS FAR OFF-TOPIC AS I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS THREAD TODAY. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OCCASION ABOUT TYPING WITH THE CAPS LOCK KEY ON, AND YOU AREN'T EVEN DOING THAT!
I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING THAT MARIO WOULD RESPOND TO THE SECTION OF MY POST REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT ALL-CAPS DAY IS JUST SOMETHING THAT HE AND STEF MADE UP, RATHER THAN FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON MY ENTIRELY ACCURATE STATEMENT ABOUT APPLE USERS. I'M STILL CURIOUS AS TO THE SECRET ORIGINS OF THE HOLIDAY WE ALL LOVE SO DEARLY.
ON ONE HAND, I WANT TO STAY UP AND WRITE A POST AS IT BECOMES THURSDAY SO I CAN VISIBLY TRANSITION. ON THE OTHER HAND, SLEEPING IS AWESOME, AND I NEED TO DO MORE OF IT.
SECRET ORIGINS? ONE DAY STEF AND I WERE CHATTING AND STARTED TYPING IN ALL CAPS, AND WANTED OTHERS TO JOIN IN ON THE LUDICROUS FUN. WE PICKED A DAY THAT WAS COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS WHERE WE WERE BOTH GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO CHAT ON THE FORUMS. IT FELL ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF NOVEMBER, SO I DECIDED THAT WOULD BE THE ARBITRARY ANNUAL DAY OF THE OCCASION.
I MEAN, UH... THE FIRST ALL-CAPS DAY WAS STARTED BY PURITAN TREE-LOVERS AT THE END OF THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR TO MARK THE SOLSTICE, BUT THEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE READING THEIR CALENDAR WRONG AND SWORE LOUDLY. THE COURT STENOGRAPHER WAS TOO INEXPERIENCED TO DENOTE EMOTIONAL STATE AND TYPED THEIR SPEECH ENTIRELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS. THE REST IS HISTORY.
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HAD I REMEMBERED ALL-CAPS DAY WAS TODAY, I WOULD HAVE TYPED IT LAST NIGHT. MAY THE ALL-CAPS GODS FORGIVE ME!!
AND WAY TO SHOW SPIRIT X, CHANGING YOUR PROFILE TO ALL CAPS.
THIS YEAR I MADE POSTS TO FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ANNOUNCING THE DAY AS ALL-CAPS DAY. SOMEHOW I GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INTO IT WITHOUT EXPLAINING ITS SIGNIFICANCE OR WHETHER IT WAS ANYTHING BEYOND AN INTERNET HOLIDAY STEF AND I MADE UP. THAT WAS BASICALLY AWESOME.
I TYPED ALL MY REPAIR NOTES AND GENIUS BAR NOTES IN ALL-CAPS, INCLUDING A FEW NOTE SUMMARIES THAT GOT PRINTED OUT AND GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR RECORDS. I ROCKED THEIR LOWERCASE WORLDS.
AND WHY DO YOU CALL IT THE GENIUS BAR? IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE PRETENTIOUS HIPSTER BAR, IF IT'S AT AN APPLE STORE. THAT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE.
One of these things is a result of thousands of man hours of research in making technology faster and smaller, requiring its own advanced technology and manufacturing techniques to create, and one is a piece of rubber connected to a piece of fabric.
One of these things should theoretically cost more than the other.
It's trendy and hip because you're willing to spend more money on something purely for the name. Or because you're lazy and don't want to look for cheaper goods like me.
I never said pretentious though.
Actually, how is the pay for Apple employees? Are you compensated well? Apple seems to me like they would pay their employees well.
AS FAR AS EXPENSIVE ACCESSORIES GO, THIRD PARTIES EXIST THAT MAKE PRODUCTS THAT ACCOMPLISH THE SAME TASK FOR LESS MONEY. IT'S UP TO THE CONSUMER TO DECIDE WHAT'S WORTH WHAT.
I DO THINK IPOD SOCKS ARE PRETTY RIDICULOUS THOUGH.
AND THAT'S AS FAR OFF-TOPIC AS I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS THREAD TODAY. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OCCASION ABOUT TYPING WITH THE CAPS LOCK KEY ON, AND YOU AREN'T EVEN DOING THAT!
TALE: TOLD!