Apple debunks bogus story of Steve Jobs' throwing star troubles [u]

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  • Reply 141 of 150
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Newtron View Post


    Perhaps he ignores trolls?



    Perhaps not.
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  • Reply 142 of 150
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    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    Wow, Newtron, take your meds, man.



    You're beginning to sound crazier than usual.



    You're kidding?



    Newtron - are you still here?



    Don't you have somewhere / anywhere to go?



    It's OK to be somewhere else, we'll be fine.
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  • Reply 143 of 150
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    Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody View Post


    I don't want to get into a big debate about this but "airport security" in the 70's didn't involve strip searches and loss of liberty. It was basically just a search for fruit and parakeets in your luggage. What they do now is technically illegal in most countries as I said.



    It's also worth considering that searches at airports actually *don't* contribute to your safety. There are many reports, (even from the agencies responsible for initiating and controlling these searches in the USA), that indicate rather strongly that they add practically zero to the security of the citizenry. They are done because it's necessary to "look like they are doing something." This is not some conspiracy theory, it's a fact. They make people feel better, and they make the various government agencies look better. That's why they are done.



    The only proper response to terrorism and the only thing that actually works (and you should be aware of this if you are from the UK), is talking to the terrorists and eventually addressing their grievances, which are more often than not, quite real, mostly rational, and justified. But no one really wants to hear that. Logic really has little to do with these kind of things.



    Anyway, didn't mean to really offend anyone, and not interested in a big debate about this stuff which I know I can't win anyway. So last word from me.



    I'm afraid you come across as intellectually confused. Just how can preventing people from carrying guns onto a plane NOT increase everyone's security? And how has our security NOT been improved in the last ten years compared to the lax security of the 70's through to 2001.



    As to Steve, I doubt any of it happened but if it did then then the Japanese security guy was right. But it is likely all just fiction.
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  • Reply 144 of 150
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    Originally Posted by nagromme View Post


    He intended never to return to Japan. But then he hijacked his own plane, kidnapped himself, and took himself back to Japan by force. A tense standoff between SWAT teams and throwing stars ensued.





    Love this, nagromme!
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  • Reply 145 of 150
    haggarhaggar Posts: 1,568member
    Just don't hold the ninja stars that way.
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  • Reply 146 of 150
    Clearly the story is full of trash media spin. Although given the fact that Kansai doesn't not have separate private and communal plane areas, what the security did was understandable. Otherwise on a private jet of that calibre, SJ could have just smashed a glass champagne bottle to threaten his own pilot and "hijack" the plane. Better still, he can just instruct his pilot to fly wherever he wanted from his comfort chair.
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  • Reply 147 of 150
    hirohiro Posts: 2,663member
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    Originally Posted by CurtisEMayle View Post


    The replies reveal more about the posters than the bogus story does about the subject.



    No truer words in this thread.
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  • Reply 148 of 150
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    Originally Posted by tikiman;


    Visit AI for the latest NON Apple News... CHECK.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by iGuessSo;


    Steve to security guy: "You're holding it wrong."



    One of the only few worthwhile posts in this entire thread.
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  • Reply 149 of 150
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    Originally Posted by Ireland;






    LoL nice
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  • Reply 150 of 150
    If Apple decided to make a throwing star, it might look like this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYQ9UV7CU4
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