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Article #75015Re: Newton would be proud
From: Max Southall
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 00:46
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 00:46
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In <9011240110.AA10330@teacake.Eng.Sun.COM> tiemann@Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Tiemann) writes: >The irony is complete: the initial logo for Apple was inspried by the >story of Newton's apple. I dunno about that; I thought it was a gloss on the erroneous idea about the apple being the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, from the tree of knowledge. With the logo having a bite taken out of it, we can see early on the Apple propensity to bite off knowledge for itself that it doesn't want shared! Lots of other stuff in there too... the sexual symbolism, the idea of not just good but evil knowledge gained... Who says commercial symbols don't convey more than a company might want known about its corporate culture? Then again, maybe a gulp of Pepsi is being used to wash down the Apple bite... In any case what Apple is doing certainly falls under the definition of sin. - Max Southall
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,706331363b0e0738 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-25 13:58:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!shelby!apple!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!mthvax!max From: max@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Max Southall) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Newton would be proud Message-ID: <1990Nov25.004643.29029@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Date: 25 Nov 90 00:46:43 GMT References: <9011230438.AA06514@wubios.wustl.edu> <9011240110.AA10330@teacake.Eng.Sun.COM> Distribution: gnu Organization: University of Miami Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Lines: 21 Posted: Sun Nov 25 01:46:43 1990