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I think you're trying to apply the metaphor too literally, as well.

by iamdave 17y ago

Locke1689 17y ago
No, I think it was a worthlessly inflammatory comment. Private corporations have no responsibility to be run as governments and, indeed, are not.
- pyre 17y ago
  ...and tech issues are not cars, but we use car analogies anyway. Just because you can't take an metaphor and make it line up 100% does not make the metaphor worthless.
  - stanleydrew 17y ago
    In fact if it lines up 100% it's not really a metaphor anymore.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    Don't you get it? YOU SAID SOMETHING BAD ABOUT APPLE. APPLE!!!
    - Locke1689 17y ago
      Don't be an asshole.
      - jrockway 17y ago
        Too late.
- Locke1689 17y ago
  @pyre Many car analogies are often wrong. Perhaps you can explain to me the benefit of that metaphor. From what I gather, the insinuation is that Steve Jobs has a restrictive grip on the App Store. Now, comparing Apple to China is a pretty inflammatory statement, so the metaphor must have a substantial point to make in order to justify the hyperbole. From what I see, this is just another snappy Apple-bashing one-liner (which contribute practically nothing to the discussion). Perhaps I'm wrong, but in that case I'd really like to be filled in.
  - Locke1689 17y ago
    OK, seriously guys? I explicitly asked for feedback and instead I got heavily downvoted with no replies. I tend to hope for better from HN.
    - JoachimSchipper 17y ago
      I'm not sure, and didn't downvote you, but the "WTF?" in the first comment may have set people off.
  - holdenweb 17y ago
    Yeah, comparisons between Apple and China are invidious. Let's hope China doesn't start an international incident about it.
archgoon 17y ago
What metaphor? He didn't say "If Apple was a country, it'd be China". That's a metaphor. He said "If Steve Jobs ran a country, it'd be China". That's a hypothetical. And really, do we want to go there? Did several million people die during the cultural revolution, several hundred die during Tianamen, and the continuing abuse of human rights, just so we could crack jokes about Jobs? It seems a bit in poor taste. Otherwise, let's just go whole hog, call him Hitler, paint a moustache on his portrait, and Godwin the whole thing.

I think you're trying to apply the metaphor too literally, as well.

by iamdave 17y ago

I think you're trying to apply the metaphor too literally, as well.

No, I think it was a worthlessly inflammatory comment. Private corporations have no responsibility to be run as governments and, indeed, are not.

pyre 17y ago
...and tech issues are not cars, but we use car analogies anyway. Just because you can't take an metaphor and make it line up 100% does not make the metaphor worthless.
- stanleydrew 17y ago
  In fact if it lines up 100% it's not really a metaphor anymore.
- jrockway 17y ago
  Don't you get it? YOU SAID SOMETHING BAD ABOUT APPLE. APPLE!!!
  - Locke1689 17y ago
    Don't be an asshole.
    - jrockway 17y ago
      Too late.
Locke1689 17y ago
@pyre Many car analogies are often wrong. Perhaps you can explain to me the benefit of that metaphor. From what I gather, the insinuation is that Steve Jobs has a restrictive grip on the App Store. Now, comparing Apple to China is a pretty inflammatory statement, so the metaphor must have a substantial point to make in order to justify the hyperbole. From what I see, this is just another snappy Apple-bashing one-liner (which contribute practically nothing to the discussion). Perhaps I'm wrong, but in that case I'd really like to be filled in.
- Locke1689 17y ago
  OK, seriously guys? I explicitly asked for feedback and instead I got heavily downvoted with no replies. I tend to hope for better from HN.
  - JoachimSchipper 17y ago
    I'm not sure, and didn't downvote you, but the "WTF?" in the first comment may have set people off.
- holdenweb 17y ago
  Yeah, comparisons between Apple and China are invidious. Let's hope China doesn't start an international incident about it.

archgoon 17y ago

What metaphor? He didn't say "If Apple was a country, it'd be China". That's a metaphor. He said "If Steve Jobs ran a country, it'd be China". That's a hypothetical. And really, do we want to go there? Did several million people die during the cultural revolution, several hundred die during Tianamen, and the continuing abuse of human rights, just so we could crack jokes about Jobs? It seems a bit in poor taste. Otherwise, let's just go whole hog, call him Hitler, paint a moustache on his portrait, and Godwin the whole thing.