Steve Jobs a FFF? by Yutz

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Steve Jobs a FFF?

POSTED BY: YUTZ
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:20
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Thursday, January 8, 2004 5:26 AM

This quote comes from the Apple site where they are promoting their new iPod mini.

"Oh, one other minor detail, you can choose your iPod mini in one of five trend-setting colors: silver, gold, green, pink or blue. (All shiny.)"

And they certainly are, shiny that is!

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 6:12 AM

MAKEROFPATHS

Yeah, I read that too yesterday and thought it was more than a coincidence.

Shiny!

Imagine if Pixar did a Firefly animated film? Shinier!

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 9:24 AM

HERO

No Brown. Need something to match my coat.

H

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 9:35 AM

SHINY

looks better in red.

RIVER
Purple elephants are flying.
MAL
Good. Thanks for the update.

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 9:41 AM

HERO

He offers Blue but not Brown. Thats just wrong. And adopting our catchphrase 'shiny'. Its to much. We need somekind of protest. Boycotts don't work cause I've never met anyone whose actually bought an apple computer...

H

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:27 AM

JRC

Well, now you've met one, at least.
Whoo-hoo, it's a party!!

Talk peace, but, carry a BIG stick.

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:34 AM

MATWANG

I think when they say "shiny" meant it literally.

I think they're referring the IPod having a metallic or "shiny" surface, rather than it being an opaque surface like the original white IPod.

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 11:39 AM

ASTRIANA

Bummer. I was hopin' they'd come round to our way of thinkin'.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 12:59 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

Quote:
Originally posted by MaTwang:
I think when they say "shiny" meant it literally.

Never know, watched my DVDs so many times I sometimes catch myself using the lingo at work.

Told one of my appretices he was doing a shiny job.

More than a show, turning into a cultural phenom

" Thats not fair !!!!
I didn't even have a soul when I did that!"

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 1:31 PM

GAIJIN

Many people here are Mac users I'm guessing. I'm one.I also think the term was being literal in describing the ipod minis.

Thanksgiving is a sham. But it's a sham with yams...it's a yam sham.

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Thursday, January 8, 2004 4:26 PM

JRC

All right! One more Mac user. Now, it's an orgy!!!

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Monday, January 12, 2004 10:59 AM

JAYSEDAI

*raises hand*

Another Mac user here! G5 Dual 2g :)

I noticed that myself. Made me chuckle, although I wrote it off to being literal.

Jeremy

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Monday, January 12, 2004 12:00 PM

DASBRICK

Quote:
Originally posted by Hero:
Boycotts don't work cause I've never met anyone whose actually bought an apple computer...

H

Pleased to meet you. I am looking at several.. :)

Rick Hallman
Das-Brick.org

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Monday, January 12, 2004 10:37 PM

MAKEROFPATHS

And another (bows) Mac dude.

And I still think it was deliberate in the sense of having two meanings: the helpful one for those wondering about its shininess and a Firefly reference. Although I find the useage and placement of "All shiny" as a reference for the colour of the iPod enclosures a strange one, unless you're an FF fan. Were I writing that description, I would have used "shiny" as an adjective in front of the word colour, as in: ". . . one of five shiny colors" instead of ". . . in one of five trend-setting colors: silver, gold, green, pink or blue. (All shiny.)"

>>dusts off hands<< >>ignores snoozing readers<<

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:22 AM

DARWIN

Didn't the phrase "Shiny" first show up in "The Tick" cartoon, because the Tick really really like shiny things.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:20 PM

DRALIONSOLEIL

::raises hand::
Mac user, Mac lover.
shiny :)

here's a quote from the tick on shiny things:
"Sorry I haven't been around much. I'm easily distracted by shiny objects."

and from there on, the world was shiny. ;)

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