Comments for The Macalope http://www.macalope.com Full of sound and furry Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Credit where credit is due by Landrix http://www.macalope.com/2008/11/25/credit-where-credit-is-due/#comment-41695 Landrix Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:20:28 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=295#comment-41695 Well put. (three years later, still stands. HAHAHA!) Well put. (three years later, still stands. HAHAHA!)

]]> Comment on Tyranny of the feature checklist by Sigivald http://www.macalope.com/2011/11/08/tyranny-of-the-feature-checklist/#comment-37022 Sigivald Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:18:37 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=940#comment-37022 But it <I>has Flash</i>!! (For now.) But it has Flash!! (For now.)

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by In Transit http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33747 In Transit Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:51:18 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33747 Spot on. And Doonesbury is just about the only reason to read Slate these days. Spot on.

And Doonesbury is just about the only reason to read Slate these days.

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by Mark Barber http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33744 Mark Barber Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:48:14 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33744 Michael, you nailed it. Michael, you nailed it.

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by Kevin Horton http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33736 Kevin Horton Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:57:10 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33736 "… only professional league in the world". Pretty small world you live in. Ever heard of the Canadian Football League? I'm not suggesting that the Packers would have lost to any CFL team, but you can't declare a winner until the game is played. Sports would pretty boring if every game had a predictable result. “… only professional league in the world”. Pretty small world you live in. Ever heard of the Canadian Football League? I’m not suggesting that the Packers would have lost to any CFL team, but you can’t declare a winner until the game is played. Sports would pretty boring if every game had a predictable result.

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by J.M. Heinrichs http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33720 J.M. Heinrichs Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:42:03 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33720 Kansas City is in Missouri, on the wrong side of the Mississippi River. Cheers Kansas City is in Missouri, on the wrong side of the Mississippi River.

Cheers

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by Brent http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33666 Brent Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:34:04 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33666 Kevin, who was going to beat them? They were world champs because they were played in the only professional league in the world. Kevin, who was going to beat them? They were world champs because they were played in the only professional league in the world.

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by Kevin Horton http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33648 Kevin Horton Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:24:18 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33648 "Vince took the losingest team in the NFL and made them world champions" - World champions? Which other country did they play in the final? “Vince took the losingest team in the NFL and made them world champions” – World champions? Which other country did they play in the final?

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by J.M. Heinrichs http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33442 J.M. Heinrichs Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:56:40 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33442 Slate has always had cultural h'aspirations: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/vice/2001/06/monkeyfishing.html Cheers Slate has always had cultural h’aspirations:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/vice/2001/06/monkeyfishing.html

Cheers

]]> Comment on From zero to Godwin in 140 characters by Michael Heth http://www.macalope.com/2011/10/26/from-zero-to-godwin-in-140-characters/#comment-33308 Michael Heth Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:55:22 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=937#comment-33308 No, think Vince Lombardi with developers. I (personally) have always shunned managing other people. Because if you give a shit about quality you have a constant war with the people who don't. What Jobs had to do was go to war against those who would just sleepwalk through their tenure at Apple the same way they would have done at any other company. What he did was go back to the values that made American made products the envy of all the world. Build it better than anyone else and you win. Although they are physically built elsewhere the difference between Apple products and the competitor products is "built in the USA". Vince took the losingest team in the NFL and made them world champions. Jobs took a company about to lose it all and built it into a world champion. A nice guy approach would not have worked for either situation. Vince has a highly sought after trophy named after him, we'll see what happens with Jobs. I agree that Jobs was harsh and I would not have lasted there. But I wouldn't have lasted under Lombardi either. 2 things; 1) do you get some sort of online journalistic prize for the Hitler mention? (and really, one guy starves and tortures 11-12 million people and the other guy yells at people, but they're the same?) 2) how can you be the editor in chief of an online publication and not know that Jobs was a difficult person to work for? Any 12 year old knows that. Maybe your cluelessness is why not so many people read Slate. M./ No, think Vince Lombardi with developers. I (personally) have always shunned managing other people. Because if you give a shit about quality you have a constant war with the people who don’t. What Jobs had to do was go to war against those who would just sleepwalk through their tenure at Apple the same way they would have done at any other company.

What he did was go back to the values that made American made products the envy of all the world. Build it better than anyone else and you win. Although they are physically built elsewhere the difference between Apple products and the competitor products is “built in the USA”.

Vince took the losingest team in the NFL and made them world champions. Jobs took a company about to lose it all and built it into a world champion.

A nice guy approach would not have worked for either situation.

Vince has a highly sought after trophy named after him, we’ll see what happens with Jobs.

I agree that Jobs was harsh and I would not have lasted there. But I wouldn’t have lasted under Lombardi either.

2 things;

1) do you get some sort of online journalistic prize for the Hitler mention? (and really, one guy starves and tortures 11-12 million people and the other guy yells at people, but they’re the same?)

2) how can you be the editor in chief of an online publication and not know that Jobs was a difficult person to work for?

Any 12 year old knows that.

Maybe your cluelessness is why not so many people read Slate.

M./

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