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Apple CEO Tim Cook comes out: 'I'm proud to be gay'

Good multitasking systems do that: the task in the background isn't using as much juice as the one in the foreground, which the iphone actually does pretty decently. To test that, turn on a huge energy hog like apple maps or a graphics-intensive game and feel the phone heat up like all hell. Then hit the home button and open a low energy app like messenger and bam, phone cools down. The Nokia had a phone a couple years ago that couldn't organize its multitasking and the battery would be dead in an hour. I wonder if Apple incorporated a larger battery into the larger version of their newest phone. Welp, I won't know. I won't get a new contract and I ain't shelling out $750 for a new one.
Im happy with my 5S. A Mophie extends my battery life to about 36 hours.
 
On low, medium or high energy apps?
I shut my apps off completely. Have my screen brightness turned down to where I see comfortably but not so bright it will light my way at night. Normal use...internet, maps, itunes, some script programs....etc
 
I shut my apps off completely. Have my screen brightness turned down to where I see comfortably but not so bright it will light my way at night. Normal use...internet, maps, itunes, some script programs....etc

Good to know.
 
Good multitasking systems do that: the task in the background isn't using as much juice as the one in the foreground, which the iphone actually does pretty decently. To test that, turn on a huge energy hog like apple maps or a graphics-intensive game and feel the phone heat up like all hell. Then hit the home button and open a low energy app like messenger and bam, phone cools down. The Nokia had a phone a couple years ago that couldn't organize its multitasking and the battery would be dead in an hour. I wonder if Apple incorporated a larger battery into the larger version of their newest phone. Welp, I won't know. I won't get a new contract and I ain't shelling out $750 for a new phone when my current 4s is meeting my needs just fine.

I read a well researched article a few weeks ago that claimed based on their careful testing of battery life that it helps to have those apps in the background. Their testing showed the vast majority of apps (Facebook was a HUGE exception) use a trivial amount of battery when reduced, and the battery life saved by not having to boot them up from scratch far exceeded the apps' battery drain when reduced.

I have noticed a couple of additional exceptions. A guitar tuning app I use had a glitch for a while that caused it to run constantly unless I manually closed it, but that was fixed. Bottom line is the problem if one exists is with the apps not the iPhone.
 
Wooptidoo Mr Cook . Mr I am proud to be gay.

I am proud to be male, heterosexual, and above average height and baby blue eyes.

None of which I have any control over, which makes being proud of any of it asinine.
Be proud of things you can control or accomplish.
 
Wooptidoo Mr Cook . Mr I am proud to be gay.

I am proud to be male, heterosexual, and above average height and baby blue eyes.

None of which I have any control over, which makes being proud of any of it asinine.
Be proud of things you can control or accomplish.

Like being an American?
 
Are you proud of your nationality or where you are from? Religion possibly? Not things you control.
 
Could somebody be proud of being a gifted athlete? I don't see why not. When put in that context, I'm starting to rethink Cook's statement. Maybe it's fine to be proud of who you are.
 
That RogueWarrior is a clown, Cook has every right to be proud.
 
I'm coming out of the closet, also,.......I'm hetero.
It wasn't easy, but I do feel better now that I did.
 
Could somebody be proud of being a gifted athlete? I don't see why not. When put in that context, I'm starting to rethink Cook's statement. Maybe it's fine to be proud of who you are.

It also becomes a more important thing when that part of you tends to be looked down upon by society, causing you to somewhat hide it from others. Self-acceptance and pride in who you are extends to that.

It's not inconsequential, really.
 
Seemed clear to me the meaning intended was the opposite of 'ashamed.'

Either would be pretty silly. But if a man wants to help, why say something that puts a question mark behind your priorities and emotional functionality.? It seems funny
 
Either would be pretty silly. But if a man wants to help, why say something that puts a question mark behind your priorities and emotional functionality.? It seems funny

You're showing your bias. It's far from silly to say he's proud/not-ashamed of being gay, particularly when there is a shrinking but significant part of the country that views him in the same category as pedophiles, those who engage in bestiality, would fire/never hire him because he's gay, prohibit him from many professions, and favors him being subject to arrest as a result of his private sexual activities, legal if performed by heterosexuals. Majorities of several states took the extraordinary step of amending their Constitutions to make sure his and other gay relationships with those they love were NEVER given the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage.

And it's bizarre that you'd read his editorial, if you did, and think that would put a "question mark" behind his priorities or emotional functionality. What priorities do you question? What words indicates he's emotionally crippled somehow?
 
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You're showing your bias. It's far from silly to say he's proud/not-ashamed of being gay, particularly when there is a shrinking but significant part of the country that views him in the same category as pedophiles, those who engage in bestiality, would fire/never hire him because he's gay, prohibit him from many professions, and favors him being subject to arrest as a result of his private sexual activities, legal if performed by heterosexuals. Majorities of several states took the extraordinary step of amending their Constitutions to make sure his and other gay relationships with those they love were NEVER given the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage.

And it's bizarre that you'd read his editorial, if you did, and think that would put a "question mark" behind his priorities or emotional functionality. What priorities do you question? What words indicates he's emotionally crippled somehow?

You have to be an awe inspiring bigot or have a really odd understanding of achievement to be proud of your everyday sexual habits. My God! Are you proud that you like chocolate? If you were proud that you had overcome your fear or shame I would grant you the satisfaction of being proud. But as he stated it, it should stand as a real embarrassment to the gays that have more brains than balls. But there seem to be a lot of the others.
 
You have to be an awe inspiring bigot or have a really odd understanding of achievement to be proud of your everyday sexual habits. My God! Are you proud that you like chocolate? If you were proud that you had overcome your fear or shame I would grant you the satisfaction of being proud. But as he stated it, it should stand as a real embarrassment to the gays that have more brains than balls. But there seem to be a lot of the others.

Bigot? :shock: WTF did that come from?

But for the record,

Proud: 1. feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.

Notice there is more than one use of the word proud. I'm proud of some of my ancestors, including my father who died a few years ago. Never met anyone who thinks that's odd. Lee Greenwood has a song, you might have heard of it, that expresses a very popular sentiment, "Proud to be an American." Most of us did exactly nothing to be an American, but it's sold millions, and is a staple at GOP gatherings. Are conservatives claiming credit for their mothers living in the U.S. when they came out of the womb? That would be odd..... There's an entire small industry catering to people proud to be from, or in, or associated with TEXAS??!! Doesn't make sense to me, but they're out there in big numbers. Etc.

Get over it. You're just looking for a reason to criticize Cook, and failing.
 
....one's own achievements,....

As I said. Being proud of being gay is like being proud of liking chocolate and the fact that you can eat it. Wow! Quite an achievement!
 
As I said. Being proud of being gay is like being proud of liking chocolate and the fact that you can eat it. Wow! Quite an achievement!

How many calories did you burn so that you could come up with an analogy that so fantastically misunderstands the circumstances under which he made his statement?
 
How many calories did you burn so that you could come up with an analogy that so fantastically misunderstands the circumstances under which he made his statement?

'Just mentioning the quality of the statement. Not what he meant. Not he was trying to say. Only what he said.
 
'Just mentioning the quality of the statement. Not what he meant. Not he was trying to say. Only what he said.

If the point you're trying to make requires the removal of the context and intent of someone's quote, then your point probably isn't very good.
 
If the point you're trying to make requires the removal of the context and intent of someone's quote, then your point probably isn't very good.

Nope. You got it (willfully?) wrong. I took the sentence Tim uttered on it stand alone merits. And it flunked. Maybe he meant something deep and full of splendor and delight. But that is sort of as sexy as an I-Phone that doesn't work.
 
Nope. You got it (willfully?) wrong. I took the sentence Tim uttered on it stand alone merits.

Yes, out of context, removed of intent, removed of circumstances, removed of everything associated with the history of gay rights. Your point was worthless.
 
My initial thought to this particular coming out,... Judging by his white hair and apparent age...

Tim Cook, you couldn't be all that proud if it took you four decades or more to come out. Period.
 
My initial thought to this particular coming out,... Judging by his white hair and apparent age...

Tim Cook, you couldn't be all that proud if it took you four decades or more to come out. Period.

Forty years? Let's not be ridiculous here. If you had told me ten years ago that 2014 would see the majority of the United States with legalized gay marriage I would have said, "Nope, way too optimistic, lower your expectations." I have little doubt that if he had been openly gay before the 21st century (at least) his business career would have suffered. Don't underestimate just how rapidly change has come in the last ten years.
 
Forty years? Let's not be ridiculous here. If you had told me ten years ago that 2014 would see the majority of the United States with legalized gay marriage I would have said, "Nope, way too optimistic, lower your expectations." I have little doubt that if he had been openly gay before the 21st century (at least) his business career would have suffered. Don't underestimate just how rapidly change has come in the last ten years.

Oh, so it's a newly developed pride? Yes, pride often has costs, he was apparently not proud, as he put the worry of those costs ahead of what he claims to be proud of. There have been proud gay people in the past 40+ years that didn't exactly have their opportunities ruined for life...did quite well even. So he wasn't proud until it was PC to be proud, hence I question his supposed pride.
 
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