Everybody loves iBooks

CAlvarez · 08-17-2005, 11:29 AM

Alternate title: People are freakin' morons

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165941,00.html

Summary: School system announces a sale of 1000 used iBooks for $50, and 5500 people show up. A small riot ensues. People are idiots.

pantherman13 · 08-17-2005, 11:49 AM

I guess Macs don't suck afterall, as Windows users claim. But on the other hand, there would probably be the same kind of reaction if they were giving away PC labtops.

Then again, a woman went as far as wet herself rather then give up her place in line.

Carl Stawicki · 08-17-2005, 11:54 AM

I don't now who the bigger idiots are: the buyers or the school system for selling iBooks for $50. They could have put them on eBay and cleaned up.

CAlvarez · 08-17-2005, 12:40 PM

Or they could have givent them to STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM! What a radical concept though; schools helping kids learn.

schneb · 08-17-2005, 05:36 PM

For pity-sake, just put them in the library and network them to a central NAS server with scads of encyclopedias and other research information. Typical administration lack of vision!

Why didn't they hold a raffle? At $5 a ticket, where the winners could buy the iBooks for $50. This would have eliminated the first-come first-buy stampede and they would have made $27,000 on the ticket sale alone!

Phil St. Romain · 08-17-2005, 07:00 PM

Some of you guys should work as fund-raisers for schools and non-profits.

I remember when they purchased all those iBooks years ago, as it was big news in Macdom. Does anyone know what they're replacing them with?

vancenase · 08-17-2005, 07:06 PM

i think the new computers = dell laptops (not sure of the model)

Photek · 08-20-2005, 02:50 PM

they could of hooked them all up using xgrid and had their own mini super computer for free!

Oddly..... for $50 which I think is £28ish.... and a flight to America from Great Britain... thats gotta be £300, Taxi's and a meal out.... call it £400...

aww damn!.... if only I had planned ahead..... I could of got a cheap ibook!

biovizier · 08-20-2005, 03:27 PM

Meanwhile, students at the Kutztown Area High School in Pennsylvania have been charged with "computer trespass" which is apparently a felony. The alleged felons are said to have used their Apple iBooks inappropriately...
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,68480,00.html

Pennsylvania iBook programme -> student felons
Virginia iBook programme -> mass rioting

By now it should be obvious that it isn't the proliferation of firearms, or drugs, or violence on television that is the greatest threat to the fabric of society, but rather it's school run iBook programmes. We should have seen it coming - it all started with the presence in schools of the iMac with it's illegitimate placement of an uppercase letter in the second position of a proper noun...

Twelve Motion · 08-22-2005, 12:34 PM

I heard someone drove a car through the crowd to get to the front of the line O_O maybe thats just lies though. But I do think selling iBooks for 50$ a peice is the worst use of resources ever... I mean you would think the people invlovled with the sale would be smart enough to just buy them all themselves and turn them over for a hefty profit.

I guess universities aren't the money hungry psudo-corporations I always thought they were. Or maybe they are just very stupid.

styrafome · 08-22-2005, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twelve Motion


	I guess universities aren't the money hungry psudo-corporations I always thought they were. Or maybe they are just very stupid.

They might still be, since the story wasn't about universities.

Twelve Motion · 08-23-2005, 10:11 PM

Whahhaa? I thought it was at Virginia University!

styrafome · 08-23-2005, 10:28 PM

No it was the Henrico County School District. You read the article right? Perhaps you are thinking of Virginia Tech, who made a supercomputer out of G5s?

08-17-2005, 11:29 AM	#1
CAlvarez Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,975	Everybody loves iBooks Alternate title: People are freakin' morons http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165941,00.html Summary: School system announces a sale of 1000 used iBooks for $50, and 5500 people show up. A small riot ensues. People are idiots. __________________ -- Carlos Alvarez, Phoenix, AZ "MacBook Nano" (Lenovo S10) Atom 1.6/2GB/160GB Mac OS X 10.5.6 Gigabyte Quad Core 2.83GHz Hackintosh 4GB/500GB Mac OS X 10.6 MacBook Air 1.8/2GB/64GB SSD http://www.televolve.com

08-17-2005, 11:49 AM	#2
pantherman13 All Star Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 558	I guess Macs don't suck afterall, as Windows users claim. But on the other hand, there would probably be the same kind of reaction if they were giving away PC labtops. Then again, a woman went as far as wet herself rather then give up her place in line. __________________ "Well, my name's Jim. But most people call me... Jim."

08-17-2005, 12:40 PM	#4
CAlvarez Hall of Famer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,975	Or they could have givent them to STUDENTS WHO NEED THEM! What a radical concept though; schools helping kids learn. __________________ -- Carlos Alvarez, Phoenix, AZ "MacBook Nano" (Lenovo S10) Atom 1.6/2GB/160GB Mac OS X 10.5.6 Gigabyte Quad Core 2.83GHz Hackintosh 4GB/500GB Mac OS X 10.6 MacBook Air 1.8/2GB/64GB SSD http://www.televolve.com

08-17-2005, 05:36 PM	#5
schneb MVP Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 2,300	For pity-sake, just put them in the library and network them to a central NAS server with scads of encyclopedias and other research information. Typical administration lack of vision! Why didn't they hold a raffle? At $5 a ticket, where the winners could buy the iBooks for $50. This would have eliminated the first-come first-buy stampede and they would have made $27,000 on the ticket sale alone! __________________ Tour Israel and Jordan via CD-ROM Last edited by schneb; 08-17-2005 at 05:40 PM.

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08-17-2005, 11:54 AM	#3
Carl Stawicki Triple-A Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 168	I don't now who the bigger idiots are: the buyers or the school system for selling iBooks for $50. They could have put them on eBay and cleaned up.

08-17-2005, 07:00 PM	#6
Phil St. Romain Site Admin Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,350	Some of you guys should work as fund-raisers for schools and non-profits. I remember when they purchased all those iBooks years ago, as it was big news in Macdom. Does anyone know what they're replacing them with?

08-17-2005, 07:06 PM	#7
vancenase All Star Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: OH Posts: 934	i think the new computers = dell laptops (not sure of the model)

08-20-2005, 02:50 PM	#8
Photek Hall of Famer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Warwick, UK Posts: 4,833	they could of hooked them all up using xgrid and had their own mini super computer for free! Oddly..... for $50 which I think is £28ish.... and a flight to America from Great Britain... thats gotta be £300, Taxi's and a meal out.... call it £400... aww damn!.... if only I had planned ahead..... I could of got a cheap ibook!

08-20-2005, 03:27 PM	#9
biovizier All Star Join Date: May 2004 Location: london on ca Posts: 930	Meanwhile, students at the Kutztown Area High School in Pennsylvania have been charged with "computer trespass" which is apparently a felony. The alleged felons are said to have used their Apple iBooks inappropriately... http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,68480,00.html Pennsylvania iBook programme -> student felons Virginia iBook programme -> mass rioting By now it should be obvious that it isn't the proliferation of firearms, or drugs, or violence on television that is the greatest threat to the fabric of society, but rather it's school run iBook programmes. We should have seen it coming - it all started with the presence in schools of the iMac with it's illegitimate placement of an uppercase letter in the second position of a proper noun...

08-22-2005, 12:34 PM	#10
Twelve Motion All Star Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 966	I heard someone drove a car through the crowd to get to the front of the line O_O maybe thats just lies though. But I do think selling iBooks for 50$ a peice is the worst use of resources ever... I mean you would think the people invlovled with the sale would be smart enough to just buy them all themselves and turn them over for a hefty profit. I guess universities aren't the money hungry psudo-corporations I always thought they were. Or maybe they are just very stupid.

08-23-2005, 10:11 PM	#12
Twelve Motion All Star Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 966	Whahhaa? I thought it was at Virginia University!

08-23-2005, 10:28 PM	#13
styrafome Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,818	No it was the Henrico County School District. You read the article right? Perhaps you are thinking of Virginia Tech, who made a supercomputer out of G5s?