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Quote: Originally Posted by Andysol  They make an 8gb iPod touch for $199. Why not- 2 full years later, be able to make a $199 7"? Particularly if they use old 3GS non-retinas (which the touch is). I think it'll be...
Quote: Originally Posted by ascii  Part of what makes Apple successful is their industrial design. If they started putting other considerations first, such as recyclability, they would ultimately end up with products...
Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram  This is very true. Indeed, the right words in-between should be much stronger: it should say, 'because of.' The DDT ban probably killed more people than Stalin did. PS: I...
Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram  This post has about the same moral foundation as a eugenicist claiming that all he was doing was 'natural selection.'   It has no moral foundation or lack of it. It...
Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][    I'm sure that the millions who have died since the ban are also thankful.   They would have died anyway. The problem with DDT was that mosquitoes were...
Quote: Originally Posted by fredaroony  Truthfully I'm starting to wonder about that, this year Sydney had one of the coldest summers since 1953 and even the one before that wasn't that warm.   That's why...
Quote: Originally Posted by h4z3  People saying that Apple is giving up being "green" are idiots.   Apple pulling out of the EPEAT doesnt mean their products are less recyclable since they have a free...
Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][    Nobody should think that I'm pro-pollution or anything like that, but without getting too political, I'll just say that I believe that there is a bit of hysteria...
This is a red line for me plain and simple.   I don't really care about the products being repairable, or not. Modern electronics isn't really repairable in the old sense anyway.   Nor am I worried about upgrades. It...
Mansfield has been in the company since 1999, but has been Senior VP for all of two years. The guy is around 52. Something ain't right here. I am not saying he was fired, but a departure like this, so soon after a major promotion, is...
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