For John Dvorak, a columnist at PC Magazine, iPad is the natural vocation to quickly find the bottom of the wardrobe. But to comfort the owners, we made this useless object is an object of worship. The inevitable articles about "Ten Cent or best applications for your iPad" applications that are just as futile as each other, have no other purpose than to comfort the faithful, and, by extension, increase the circulation of e-journals to gossip. ( Stop the Apple iPad Fanboy Articles , PC Magazine, June 29, 2010)
It goes without saying that such provocation Mr. Dvorak raises indignant reactions among followers of Apple. Un certain Qoqo souligne que :
« (...) The iPad's utility, at least for me, is the sum of its parts. It becomes whatever app it's running. On the road, it's a GPS. In bed, it's a Kindle. In the kitchen, it's a cookbook. In the supermarket, it's the shopping list derived from the cookbook. In a spare moment, it's one of many games. It remotely controls the speakers in every room of my house, and selects what tunes they are playing. It's an eye chart that let's (sic) me know when it's time for new glasses. It doesn't brew beer though. Oh well. At least this iPad user is able to acknowledge its faults. »
( Traduction : « Selon moi, l’utilité the iPad is the sum of its parts. These are the programs that are running it the iPad. On the road, it is a geolocation system. In bed, it's a digital book. In the kitchen, it's a cookbook. At the supermarket, a grocery list is synchronized with the cookbook. In moments of leisure, is an array of games. The iPad remote control all the speakers in my house, and chose the songs they broadcast. It becomes a picture of eye exam for my attention when I need new glasses. It is true that it does not brew beer. But what do you want? At least, I am the user agrees to accept the limits of its iPad. ")
Why such enthusiasm for a subject which, in short, solves problems that once seemed superficial or nonexistent. Between a sound system and nothing at all, there is a huge margin. Able to listen to a concert at home, it is almost a miracle: the sound system has a high marginal utility. By cons, when it comes to adjust its speakers with a remote control rather than doing it with his own legs, the difference is minimal: the marginal utility is low.
In a society of material abundance and cultural famine, the gadget has become an end in itself. And this is especially true that the marginal utility of thing is much closer to zero. This is the syndrome of the water bottle. The simple walker no longer moves without his little flask, to which it sustains every five minutes, forgetting that he has a natural reservoir and free his stomach. It is impossible to skate or ride in peace without encountering these maniacs can, stopping at every turn in the middle of the runway to suckle from the bottle. What
may well serve as a shopping list synchronized with the cookbook? How do you walk that thing? What are the migration procedures to perform when changing iBidule? A chef worthy of the name prefers to walk on the market, with some projects in mind, and chooses his ingredients with the seasons. Unless you suffer from severe intellectual disability, he prefers his iCerveau its iPad.
This fresco was discovered near the tomb of Ramses II and brother of depicting a scene typical of the market with eggplant at the time of XXIst Dynasty proves the existence of 3-D from the second millennium BC. Note that the scribe has committed a spelling error, since the verb "look" normally spelled with two eyes, until the reform of the Twenty-fourth dynasty. (Drawings of Champollion)
In fact, what good is the supermarket? To obtain food. For every human being, there is a considerable difference between a bread and no bread. In addition to this fundamental problem, the fact that the grocery list is stored in a brain, a notebook or on a iPad seems very insignificant. But when everyone is a graft iPad somewhere, researchers will strive to meet needs even more insignificant. Who knows, we might see a grocery list automatically displays in front of the word eggplant, the 3-D picture of an eggplant flesh and bone. Waoh! We have forgotten that markets of Babylon, Thebes and Carthage, the most humble barges already saw the eggplant into three dimensions, using a gadget called free pair of eyes. Even when the marginal utility tends to zero, there will always be a conquistador of modernity to dream decrease further.
What about these speakers machines in six rooms of the house itself occupied by two people on average. Formerly, it was the opposite: two rooms, six people ... and one turntable. And into the bargain, he had to get up to change discs. Simple detail for a music lover, when the real issue was whether or not to listen to a tune of Rossini (or Enrico Macias). Today, thanks to its iMachin, Mr. QoQo can remotely control a dozen speakers playing the boom-boom ("Who Is That There Rossini guy, anyway? ).
"Friend iPadophile, it is time to buy some new glasses. "Proclaim the iPad its stereo speakers. Is not this the most exciting application of this iTruc? So fascinating that a sensible man would never have thought of. Be a primitive (twentieth century) would have said "Here come the time for my annual appointment with the ophthalmologist" or "I think my eyesight, I should consult a specialist." The usefulness of a pair of glasses was so obvious (it was always better than to bump his entire life to lampposts, apologizing for a "Sorry Ma'am"). Compared with the invention of the glass lens by the Venetians, how much is the utility program on visual acuity test iChose?
Maniacs of iGadgets would they who are unaware of backward? As technology improves, more interface must mimic the primitive world. Electronic books are arranged on screen in an imitation of metal bookcase imitating imitation wood veneer. Their pages turn with your finger, like a book page in a synthesized sound of crumpled paper to 192 Kbps Next technological breakthrough (™ pending), a noisemaker turning pages electronic adapted to the movement of the thumb on the touchscreen. Enjoyment cyber security. Especially since Mr. QoQo admits he sleeps with his already iPad.
My BaïPad and Me
Drawing Rie Mochizuki
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