Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Just How Stupid
and lazy are we getting? Here's recent news story headline, "Apple Releases Software to Set IPod Volume." If you haven't heard, some cretin masquerading as a human is suing Apple because the Ipod can play music too loud. Notice the "can play" part of my statement. It seems that he is complaining that because the Apple Ipod can be played loud it must be played loud. I heard he bit off his volume control finger while listening to Yanni, but I can't confirm that.
I know this may be a leap for many people, but the Ipod has a volume control. OK, I haven't actually used one, but there's strong rumors that it's possible to adjust the volume of the player manually. Even the Apple web site has hints to that effect. Next thing you know people will be suing tobacco companies because they claim they didn't know smoking was bad.
On a similar note, the Beatles music company called Apple is suing the Apple computer company called Apple over the name Apple. It seems that the Beatles' Apple, not to be confused with VW's Beetle or Johnny Appleseed's apple, had an agreement with the computer Apple that the computer Apple wouldn't delve into music under the Apple name, like the Beatle Apple does. Not that I'd even known there was a Beatles' Apple. It seems the Beatle Apple came into being about seven years before the Computer Apple, but quite a bit after the Johnny Appleseed Apple, but interestingly the same year as the VW Beetle. At this time it's unknown if Fiona Apple, Apple Vacations , Washington State Apple Commission, Apple Valley, California or Apple Hill Growers plan to joint the lawsuit.
