Re:Apple’s declining software quality
by anonbanker on Thursday February 04, 2016 @06:04PM
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Jobs was taught the RDF by his professor. This means it can be learned. The reader is encouraged to learn how to perform the field, so that they can defend themselves, and others, from its effects.
As the villain in the Incredibles said:
"When everyone's a superhero, no-one will be."
> Jobs was taught the RDF by his professor.
I didn't know that story. Who was the professor? What was the technique?
> This means it can be learned.
Oh definitely. Magicians learn all their tricks, and they are very useful for anyone performing in front of a crowd.
> The reader is encouraged to learn how to perform the field, so that they can defend themselves, and others, from its effects.
Which reader is that?
Re:Apple’s declining software quality
by nostrademons on Thursday February 04, 2016 @11:07PM
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Robert Friedland, apparently. And he wasn't a professor, but rather a classmate (and Reed's student-body president).
I tend to characterize the "reality distortion field" as a magician-like talent to focus an audiences attention on a particular subject.