Comments on: Toronto Zoo orangutans go ape for Apple’s iPad

By: Ivar

Ivar — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:44:31 +0000

I agree with the thank you, wholeheartedly, I respectfully disagree with your last sentence. Passion is all about: Passion! If you are passionate about Apple, you will be happy to see them doing well. You will be extremely angry seeing them “fail”. You will be loud about others stealing their IP. So naturally, you would be appalled about humans killing of such animals without a proper cause and be passionate about that too.

I know this is off-topic, but the above goes for all that is happening at MDN. We see a shift from having indestructible faith in Apple towards healthy skepticism. This is not because MDN has changed overnight, this is because the current management deserves to be regarded with caution. Not because they have already failed, but because they give hints that they may fail. We all hope they do not, we all wish them wisdom in their decisions, but will not just give them the blank check like we did Jobs.

By: UAEUTE

UAEUTE — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:59:53 +0000

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. It’s not.”

Dr. Seuss — The Lorax Movie

By: Jax44

Jax44 — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:06:42 +0000

Ballmer is undoubtably pissed his family is defying his ban on Apple products.

By: Nightfly

Nightfly — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:09:25 +0000

It good to see that Mayor Rob Ford has now learn to operate an iPad from the Toronoto Zoo.

By: twodales

twodales — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:45:03 +0000

Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.

Cree saying

By: Thryll

Thryll — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:10:08 +0000

Spot on, twodales. I too was surprised, and touched, to see MDN’s take. These animals are inmates who have committed no crimes. To see the destruction of them and their habitat is to witness the consequences of a planet with far too many humans.

By: MacFreek

MacFreek — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:44:06 +0000

I’m waiting for the first app developed by an orangutan.

By: bkire

bkire — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:31:37 +0000

Nice prison inmates… I, I mean, zoo animals, enjoying some human toys.

By: althegeo

althegeo — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:53:53 +0000

Too bad they didn’t tell you about the Toronto only Tony’s fruit and vegetable market App.

MJ and Mahal order their own delivered meals every day. I hear they love mangos.

By: iaJim

iaJim — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:40:46 +0000

I thought exactly the same thing. They are only able to use one finger. Hardly enjoying the iPad experience.

By: Philanthropist

Philanthropist — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:44:13 +0000

By: Pridon

Pridon — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:44:35 +0000

Lets put Mikey and Balmer in a cage and let them use the iPad to discover their future – that their companies are skating on thin ice and the temperature
is rising.

By: zibbist

zibbist — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:33:23 +0000

in other news:

“Gorillas in Seoul zoo attack zoo keepers in rage after their ipads were replaced with Galaxy tabs due to court ruling banning apple products… “.

update:
“Zookeepers now on strike after managements ‘solution’ to gorilla crisis was to ask them to try Win tablets instead… “.

unfortunately I can’t link youtube videos as they were taken down as too gross with zoo keeper limbs flying…

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:46:59 +0000

Now, now …

By: DeRS

DeRS — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:46:38 +0000

Agree; and the videos like “MJ and Mahal using iPad” are sad because those wonderful animals are in cages.

By: Me In LA

Me In LA — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:45:19 +0000

And yet, Ballmer can’t figure them out…

By: troy

troy — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:32:10 +0000

So, this is how all starts? the planet of the apes?

By: KenC

KenC — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:15:04 +0000

Once, a mother orang shows a baby orang how to use the iPad, you’ll have something special.

By: twodales

twodales — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:14:01 +0000

Thank you MDN for a thoughtful compassionate take on these creatures. You have certainly surprised me.

By: Thelonious Mac

Thelonious Mac — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:06:49 +0000

This is like those stories about football players being given iPads and everyone talks about how smart they are.