Posts by Mac'em X

@kotatsu: "Apple claims not to care about specs, but you can be sure a quad core GPU/GPU and high PPI screen will be all over the iPad 3 marketing materials" You don't seem to be familiar with Apple marketing materials....

Quote: Originally Posted by DamenS Jesus - I can tell Americans struggle to speak ... seriously the phrase "Falling into disrepair" is now being distorted into "Falling in to disappear" ?? Surely this is a step too...

Quote: Originally Posted by rosujin The system works in Japan because retail returns DO NOT HAPPEN. Er, except for the retail returns that DO HAPPEN. (Hmm, a side thought: are the Apple grab bags, or grab bags in general, sold with a...

Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent I'm describing the behavior and not trying to drive anyone out... Aye yi yi, I guess I need to spell out the remark much more clearly than I thought: The statement "...high school girlish...

Yes, I understand what they're talking about… I'm saying that this particular deriding of "xenophobic characterization" unintentionally committed the same faux pas. But anyway. Back to iPhones or whatever the topic...

Quote: Originally Posted by stelligent Here we go again with the high school girlish and xenophobic characterization. Why the xenophobic characterization of high school girls?

"... Jobs and Ive share credit for inventing over 200 patents…" You don't invent patents. You patent inventions. Back to the story...

"Come on, guys, would one of you at least try to compete with Apple? We'll, like, totally pay you."

Quote: Originally Posted by majjo ... just because you're using a mac, you still shouldn't throw common sense out the window (pun unintended). A bit off topic, but: Where's the pun?

Quote: Originally Posted by Nobodyy Cannibalize is a perfectly fine word... It means to "cut into" or "reduce" as well as eating flesh. Let's see: I'll cannibalize this steak. Then I'll cannibalize a banana....