WATCH > Baby Thinks Magazine Is an iPad: Cute or Sad?
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2011/10/17 22:25:35
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You know the future is headed in a funny direction when a baby doesn't know how to work a magazine...because she thinks it's an iPad that doesn't function properly. In this video that will either make you giggle or cry, a one-year-old child is given a magazine (you know, those things made out of real paper) and treats it as an iPad.
After pinching, poking and prodding the pages of the magazine, she begins to realize she's unsuccessful -- and that this silly little thing is probably broken. Her father, a French man named Jean-Louis Costanza, ends the video with a telling summary of the video: "For my 1-year-old daughter, a magazine is an iPad that does not work. It will remain so for her whole life. Steve Jobs has coded a part of her OS."
Coding operating systems or not, wherever Steve Jobs is right now, he's probably very pleased. But what do you think of this new-age baby's thought process? Is it cute or kind of sad?
After pinching, poking and prodding the pages of the magazine, she begins to realize she's unsuccessful -- and that this silly little thing is probably broken. Her father, a French man named Jean-Louis Costanza, ends the video with a telling summary of the video: "For my 1-year-old daughter, a magazine is an iPad that does not work. It will remain so for her whole life. Steve Jobs has coded a part of her OS."
Coding operating systems or not, wherever Steve Jobs is right now, he's probably very pleased. But what do you think of this new-age baby's thought process? Is it cute or kind of sad?
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billanator 2011/10/17 23:27:47Cute
+16Was it funny or sad when you put on a towel or a small blanket and pretended you where Superman/woman or when you put a bunch of cardboard boxes up and pretended you where king/queen of the castle? The learning process starts when you are young and progresses with curiosity. You can say that she's beginning to lean the difference between a magazine and an electronic device.
>For my 1-year-old daughter, a magazine is an iPad that does not work. It will remain so for her whole life. Steve Jobs has coded a part of her OS.
>It will remain so for her whole life.
>her whole life.
I'm sure she will figure out the difference herself in time, but I would think a good father would have his laugh about the whole misconception then tell her about the differences between the two objects rather than letting her believe in such a silly misunderstanding.
I've let 5 years olds play with a $2,200 desktop, my professional electronic Yamaha keyboard/organ, and let them take pictures with a $700 digital camera...I say, why not? (as long as you supervise). I taught a niece (God-daughter) how to draw on a $250 graphics tablet over 10 years ago when all we had was simple windows and early version paint programs...today she is an artist.
They are not strong enough to rip the keys out nor pound a $10 keyboard into oblivion, and if they do...the experience was sort of worth it. (Which hasn't happened yet.) Although, I must admit, I am guilty of destroying my own keyboard in the last 12 months by spilling coffee. smirk. No kids were involved!
Just be sure no important work is on the screen.
If the CPU jambs (from multiple requests), I can reboot, and I have error correcting software for sudden resets. Advanced System Care (ASC) works wonders. Most 2 year olds are polite and curious, so they are not that much of a problem...a one year old slobbers...but usually stops if transfixed by a computer monitor...similar to this baby. If supervised, it is usually not that big of a deal.
I have yet, however to see a child destroy expensive hardware in the 30 years I've let nieces and nephews put their hand...
I've let 5 years olds play with a $2,200 desktop, my professional electronic Yamaha keyboard/organ, and let them take pictures with a $700 digital camera...I say, why not? (as long as you supervise). I taught a niece (God-daughter) how to draw on a $250 graphics tablet over 10 years ago when all we had was simple windows and early version paint programs...today she is an artist.
They are not strong enough to rip the keys out nor pound a $10 keyboard into oblivion, and if they do...the experience was sort of worth it. (Which hasn't happened yet.) Although, I must admit, I am guilty of destroying my own keyboard in the last 12 months by spilling coffee. smirk. No kids were involved!
Just be sure no important work is on the screen.
If the CPU jambs (from multiple requests), I can reboot, and I have error correcting software for sudden resets. Advanced System Care (ASC) works wonders. Most 2 year olds are polite and curious, so they are not that much of a problem...a one year old slobbers...but usually stops if transfixed by a computer monitor...similar to this baby. If supervised, it is usually not that big of a deal.
I have yet, however to see a child destroy expensive hardware in the 30 years I've let nieces and nephews put their hands on high tech hardware...it is usually an adult that breaks something. A kid may drop something, but if a mouse cannot withstand a 2 ft trip to the floor...it wasn't a good piece of hardware to begin with.
I am not alone in this opinion, I have a niece and nephew 6 and 8 (his BD was last week) that have their own iPad since last Christmas, which the two older brothers, 13 and 15 share.