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    • Reid CooperR
      Reid Cooper
      last edited by

      Might not be Internet since the first ones were not Internet devices. It was just a naming trend of the time period. I and e were used in front of everything.

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      • C
        Carnival Boy
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        It is internet. Confirmed here:
        http://www.cultofmac.com/20172/20172/

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        • Reid CooperR
          Reid Cooper
          last edited by

          That's what the i was being used for everywhere then. But the iPod, not on the Internet, was the first thing with an i in it, right? So what the purpose of the i to mislead people?

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            the i probably had more to keeping a singular branding message than to actually mean internet for the iPod - but really, the iPod did require the internet (more or less) because iTunes was designed around internet based music delivery (yes I know you could rip CDs back then).

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            • Reid CooperR
              Reid Cooper
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              I guess it was. Forgot about iTunes.

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              • Bill KindleB
                Bill Kindle @thanksajdotcom
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                @ajstringham Apple was pretty big on using the word "Innovation" during the late 90's in advertising.

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_Inc._slogans#i_for_innovation
                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_Inc._slogans#iMac

                **"iThink, therefore iMac." **(1998) based on Renรฉ Descartes famous line, "I think, therefore I am" (Cogito ergo sum).

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                  Carnival Boy
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                  I'm surprised the letter 'c' hasn't been used more to represent "The Cloud". The letter 'e' was everywhere ten years ago. Oracle used the letter 'g' for grid for a while when they were marketing "Grid Computing" as the new, new thing, do they still do that?

                  Ultimately, these things are dreamt up by marketing types and mean absolutely nothing.

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                  • NicN
                    Nic
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                    I'm wondering why they ditched it for the new products - Apple Pay and Apple Watch instead of iPay and iWatch.

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                    • thanksajdotcomT
                      thanksajdotcom
                      last edited by

                      Ok, thanks guys! Now I know!

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                      • MattKingM
                        MattKing
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                        Did anyone have the old iMac/iPods? I had the lime green CRT iMac I used to play some serious StarCraft on.

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                          thanksajdotcom @MattKing
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                          @MattKing said:

                          Did anyone have the old iMac/iPods? I had the lime green CRT iMac I used to play some serious StarCraft on.

                          That takes me back. Welcome back btw! Long time no see Matt!

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                          • MattKingM
                            MattKing
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                            @ajstringham I know! Man i've been busy, did a two week roadtrip to Washington then did the bulk of a move into a new house Monday. My laptop is missing in action and my home workstation is in pieces lol.

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                              thanksajdotcom @MattKing
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                              @MattKing said:

                              @ajstringham I know! Man i've been busy, did a two week roadtrip to Washington then did the bulk of a move into a new house Monday. My laptop is missing in action and my home workstation is in pieces lol.

                              Ah, ok. Wow. You've been busy!

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                              • MattKingM
                                MattKing @thanksajdotcom
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                                @ajstringham said:

                                @MattKing said:

                                @ajstringham I know! Man i've been busy, did a two week roadtrip to Washington then did the bulk of a move into a new house Monday. My laptop is missing in action and my home workstation is in pieces lol.

                                Ah, ok. Wow. You've been busy!

                                All good though, productive-busy. You?

                                P.S. I have that burger on my mind, things take me awhile but I never forget. ๐Ÿ˜›

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                                • thanksajdotcomT
                                  thanksajdotcom @MattKing
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                                  @MattKing said:

                                  @ajstringham said:

                                  @MattKing said:

                                  @ajstringham I know! Man i've been busy, did a two week roadtrip to Washington then did the bulk of a move into a new house Monday. My laptop is missing in action and my home workstation is in pieces lol.

                                  Ah, ok. Wow. You've been busy!

                                  All good though, productive-busy. You?

                                  P.S. I have that burger on my mind, things take me awhile but I never forget. ๐Ÿ˜›

                                  I've been busy. Started a new job at McAfee of all places. Still in training, so there is that. It's been slow though, so plenty of time so far to post on ML, etc.

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                                  • MattKingM
                                    MattKing @thanksajdotcom
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                                    @ajstringham said:

                                    @MattKing said:

                                    @ajstringham said:

                                    @MattKing said:

                                    @ajstringham I know! Man i've been busy, did a two week roadtrip to Washington then did the bulk of a move into a new house Monday. My laptop is missing in action and my home workstation is in pieces lol.

                                    Ah, ok. Wow. You've been busy!

                                    All good though, productive-busy. You?

                                    P.S. I have that burger on my mind, things take me awhile but I never forget. ๐Ÿ˜›

                                    I've been busy. Started a new job at McAfee of all places. Still in training, so there is that. It's been slow though, so plenty of time so far to post on ML, etc.

                                    That's great though! Best wishes man, they do a lot more than AV right? I heard they have some cool other tools.

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                                    • thanksajdotcomT
                                      thanksajdotcom @MattKing
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                                      @MattKing said:

                                      @ajstringham said:

                                      @MattKing said:

                                      @ajstringham said:

                                      @MattKing said:

                                      @ajstringham I know! Man i've been busy, did a two week roadtrip to Washington then did the bulk of a move into a new house Monday. My laptop is missing in action and my home workstation is in pieces lol.

                                      Ah, ok. Wow. You've been busy!

                                      All good though, productive-busy. You?

                                      P.S. I have that burger on my mind, things take me awhile but I never forget. ๐Ÿ˜›

                                      I've been busy. Started a new job at McAfee of all places. Still in training, so there is that. It's been slow though, so plenty of time so far to post on ML, etc.

                                      That's great though! Best wishes man, they do a lot more than AV right? I heard they have some cool other tools.

                                      Yeah, they have a TON of other non-AV products. They all are security products of one kind or another, but not solely AV. The one I'll be supporting first is called MVM, or McAfee Vulnerability Manager. It's a network scanner that allows you to find issues in your environment. Cool in theory. We'll see how it works when I get going.

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                                      • ?
                                        A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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                                        @ajstringham said:

                                        Cool in theory. We'll see how it works when I get going.

                                        Sounds like bad PR right there... I'd be careful.

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                                        • thanksajdotcomT
                                          thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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                                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                                          @ajstringham said:

                                          Cool in theory. We'll see how it works when I get going.

                                          Sounds like bad PR right there... I'd be careful.

                                          What do you mean? All I said is we'll see how I like it when I get a chance to play with it. That's all.

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                                          • ?
                                            A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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                                            @ajstringham Just be careful about what you say about the company you work for, especially online. That's all I'm saying.

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