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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's thatonly ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
nospam wrote:
In article , Mort wrote: Put your batteryless finger on your pulse at a wrist. and then pull out a notebook to write it down. are you going to do that every few minutes while exercising, then later enter it into a spreadsheet to see how much you're exercising? thought not. Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in the world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet with average pulse rates? If there is a problem, then get a real portable recording cardiac monitor. Mort Linder --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
In article , Mort wrote:
Put your batteryless finger on your pulse at a wrist. and then pull out a notebook to write it down. are you going to do that every few minutes while exercising, then later enter it into a spreadsheet to see how much you're exercising? thought not. Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in the world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet with average pulse rates? many reasons, including tracking fitness progress as well as estimating calorie burn. looking to the future, additional sensors could monitor other vitals, such as blood sugar. currently that requires a finger prick but there is a lot of research into non-invasive methods. for someone with diabetes, tracking blood sugar levels on a continuous basis could be a life saver if it alerts them of something abnormal immediately rather than when they notice they're about to pass out. If there is a problem, then get a real portable recording cardiac monitor. it's to help *avoid* problems, not remedy them. |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
| I don't think there's any doubt that having
| sex with a corpse that's wearing an Apple | watch is better than run-of-the-mill necrophilia. | I'm sure Tim "I miss Steve!" Cook would concur. | Corpses with Apple hardware are just...well... | you know... they're winners. | | | R U talking from first hand experience? :-p | Ah... there's always some creep who wants to watch. |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only eversee LARGE buttons on the watch
On 5/28/2015 6:38 PM, Mayayana wrote:
| I don't think there's any doubt that having | sex with a corpse that's wearing an Apple | watch is better than run-of-the-mill necrophilia. | I'm sure Tim "I miss Steve!" Cook would concur. | Corpses with Apple hardware are just...well... | you know... they're winners. | | | R U talking from first hand experience? :-p | Ah... there's always some creep who wants to watch. To watch, or Apple watch? It must be a witch watch? -- PeterN |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
Mort:
Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in the world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet with average pulse rates? Are you the World Arbiter for What People Should Want? -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
In article , Mort wrote:
Mort: Put your batteryless finger on your pulse at a wrist. nospam: and then pull out a notebook to write it down. are you going to do that every few minutes while exercising, then later enter it into a spreadsheet to see how much you're exercising? thought not. Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in the world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet with average pulse rates? A lot of fitness-savvy people and athletes do on a regular basis. If there is a problem, then get a real portable recording cardiac monitor. No need for there to be a problem. Some people buy pulse monitors when they work out. The Apple Watch has one built in. Some buy step counters for their jogs and walks, the iPhone and Apple Watch has it built in. Since 2007, our phones have included more and more gadgets as "built in" features. Back in 2006 I went on a road trip with my wife. With me was my Nokia N95 for making calls, my iPod for listening to music, my camera for taking photos, my Playstation Portable for playing games, my TomTom GPS for navigation and even a Nokia N800 for surfing the web. Since 2007, these things have gradually been replaced by the iPhone in itself. It does all of that and much much more. So, no, you don't "need" an iPhone to take photos on your vacation or an Apple Watch to monitor your pulse rate when exercising, but these are now features that are built in, and if you *have* either gadget, you don't really need a dedicated one for the task any longer. Less clutter, yay. -- Sandman |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
| Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in the
| world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet with | average pulse rates? | | A lot of fitness-savvy people and athletes do on a regular basis. | Fitness-savvy? I guess that's probably a good term, actually: People who follow the fashion of "fitness" as part of a conceptualized, semi- conscious routine of self-development and self- fulfillment. (Whatever that means. I'm sure they can't tell you. They're just doing what the TV ads told them to do. Eating power bars made mostly of sugar; wearing "panty hose" on the street to show that they work out, even if their behind ends up looking like a very large sack of cantaloupes; taking their statins and high blood pressure drugs and happy pills to maximize their quality of life, while they wolf down a piece of salmon grilled in olive oil on their way to yoga class. The average fitness-savvy person is arguably unaware of their body to a surprising extent. "Achieving" exercise and keeping a record is part of that.) | So, no, you don't "need" an iPhone to take photos on your vacation or an Apple | Watch to monitor your pulse rate when exercising, but these are now features that | are built in, and if you *have* either gadget, you don't really need a dedicated | one for the task any longer. Less clutter, yay. | But the discussion was about Apple watches. They're not built in to your iPhone. It's a new gadget. As I understand it they start at $300+. An old-fashioned pedometer cost, what, $5? And even that was a waste of money that people would use once or twice and then forget about. I have no doubt that the fitness gadget craze will be short-lived, simply because it's a business model looking for a purpose. Remember Bill Gates and his SPOT watch? He wanted to sell you more stuff and track you at the same time. He wanted you to live in a Microsoft world. The only problem was that his watch served no purpose. He kept talking about getting sports scores and stock quotes "on the go". It was just silly. Of course, Apple fans will buy silly, but even they have limits. |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only eversee LARGE buttons on the watch
On 5/29/2015 9:13 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| Ludicrous is the nicest response that I can come up with. Why in the | world would any healthy person want to make a spread sheet with | average pulse rates? | | A lot of fitness-savvy people and athletes do on a regular basis. | Fitness-savvy? I guess that's probably a good term, actually: People who follow the fashion of "fitness" as part of a conceptualized, semi- conscious routine of self-development and self- fulfillment. (Whatever that means. I'm sure they can't tell you. They're just doing what the TV ads told them to do. Eating power bars made mostly of sugar; wearing "panty hose" on the street to show that they work out, even if their behind ends up looking like a very large sack of cantaloupes; taking their statins and high blood pressure drugs and happy pills to maximize their quality of life, while they wolf down a piece of salmon grilled in olive oil on their way to yoga class. The average fitness-savvy person is arguably unaware of their body to a surprising extent. "Achieving" exercise and keeping a record is part of that.) | So, no, you don't "need" an iPhone to take photos on your vacation or an Apple | Watch to monitor your pulse rate when exercising, but these are now features that | are built in, and if you *have* either gadget, you don't really need a dedicated | one for the task any longer. Less clutter, yay. | But the discussion was about Apple watches. They're not built in to your iPhone. It's a new gadget. As I understand it they start at $300+. An old-fashioned pedometer cost, what, $5? And even that was a waste of money that people would use once or twice and then forget about. I have no doubt that the fitness gadget craze will be short-lived, simply because it's a business model looking for a purpose. Remember Bill Gates and his SPOT watch? He wanted to sell you more stuff and track you at the same time. He wanted you to live in a Microsoft world. The only problem was that his watch served no purpose. He kept talking about getting sports scores and stock quotes "on the go". It was just silly. Of course, Apple fans will buy silly, but even they have limits. True! But they have much higher limits. -- PeterN |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch
In article , Mayayana
wrote: I have no doubt that the fitness gadget craze will be short-lived, simply because it's a business model looking for a purpose. you are as usual, wrong. didn't you call smartphones a fad? got that one wrong too. Remember Bill Gates and his SPOT watch? He wanted to sell you more stuff and track you at the same time. He wanted you to live in a Microsoft world. The only problem was that his watch served no purpose. He kept talking about getting sports scores and stock quotes "on the go". It was just silly. the spot watch was *very* different than a smar****ch of today. it was a one-way device using a microsoft proprietary network that sat on top of fm radio and could only receive data. it also wasn't in all cities because microsoft had to sign agreements to transmit the data. its business model was a yearly subscription. users don't want that. smar****ches of today are currently an extension of a smartphone and without an additional recurring cost. users can choose from among several thousand apps (apple watch or android wear) for whatever information or functionality they want. the screen is smaller so it won't entirely replace a smartphone but for some tasks, a larger screen is not needed. Of course, Apple fans will buy silly, but even they have limits. of course, you continue with your ignorant apple-bashing (which apparently has no limit). here's a clue: it isn't just apple. android users are buying android wear watches and then there's pebble which works on either ios or android as well as fitness bands which sync with a computer. |
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Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only eversee LARGE buttons on the watch
On 5/29/2015 10:10 AM, nospam wrote:
snip the spot watch was *very* different than a smar****ch of today. it was a one-way device using a microsoft proprietary network that sat on top of fm radio and could only receive data. it also wasn't in all cities because microsoft had to sign agreements to transmit the data. its business model was a yearly subscription. users don't want that. Adobe agrees. The subscription business model will never work. -- PeterN |
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