At least the guy actually sketched out a device. Most trolls just have some dysfunctional flow chart and description that starts with " A system that..."
I guess the real fool in this is the no win no fee lawyer who is probably behind this, knowing there is a good chance of a small (by Apples standards) early settlement.
Apple should ask the courts for a funded security to be paid into court by the plaintiff, a small $2M should do it!
Amazing, this is AppleInsider and when I Quote & Reply using my iPad I can't type outside the quoted text; can't get the insertion point to focus outside the blockquote tag. Could someone at AppleInsider try using these forums on an iPad? Very frustrating.
this is the reason you always see me adding
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to separate my comments from the comment I'm responding to. See Reply 31 in this thread.
Sometimes it prevents adding text below the quote, it seems to do it more often after parts of the quote are deleted first. To get round this, tap on the "Toggle HTML View" button (</>) at the right of the editor buttons. Then you can type after the end block quotes. Just add a character and tap the button again to go back to normal view or it won't retain line breaks.
Amazing, this is AppleInsider and when I Quote & Reply using my iPad I can't type outside the quoted text; can't get the insertion point to focus outside the blockquote tag. Could someone at AppleInsider try using these forums on an iPad? Very frustrating.
this is the reason you always see me adding
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to separate my comments from the comment I'm responding to. See Reply 31 in this thread.
Sometimes it prevents adding text below the quote, it seems to do it more often after parts of the quote are deleted first. To get round this, tap on the "Toggle HTML View" button (</>) at the right of the editor buttons. Then you can type after the end block quotes. Just add a character and tap the button again to go back to normal view or it won't retain line breaks.
That hasn't always worked. Usually it highlights [selects] the blockquote tag and I can't get it to unselect by tapping to its right. But this time it worked, on your comment, because you apparently left a line break at the end of your comment, which shows up as a < br > tag. It highlighted that when I tapped, and I just started typing this paragraph, not worried that it would replace the < br > tag, Most comments I reply to don't have one at the end.
I've even tried inserting a new < div> / < /div > pair within the blockquote tag and inserting my comment between. Nope. No dice. They are simply ignored on submission back to the server. So, everyone kindly add a line break at the end of your comments so that Radar can quote & reply without having to go sit at the computer. :-)
That said I am now drawing a "self-driving car" mockup on in my note book; along with my "Wide Bodied Aircraft that travels 1-10% faster than today" patent I expect to be a billionaire eventually.
Actually, the first thing I thought of was a Sharp Wizard OZ-7000. At least it folded in half vertically, and had a touch screen, and a full keyboard...
Yep, that is exactly what I was thinking, I remember playing with one of those. Hell my Wife had Palm Trio which we bought a folding keyboard for when she traveled, made it easy to type long emails.
Sometimes it prevents adding text below the quote, it seems to do it more often after parts of the quote are deleted first. To get round this, tap on the "Toggle HTML View" button (</>) at the right of the editor buttons. Then you can type after the end block quotes. Just add a character and tap the button again to go back to normal view or it won't retain line breaks.
That hasn't always worked. Usually it highlights [selects] the blockquote tag and I can't get it to unselect by tapping to its right. But this time it worked, on your comment, because you apparently left a line break at the end of your comment, which shows up as a < br > tag. It highlighted that when I tapped, and I just started typing this paragraph, not worried that it would replace the < br > tag, Most comments I reply to don't have one at the end.
I've even tried inserting a new < div> / < /div > pair within the blockquote tag and inserting my comment between. Nope. No dice. They are simply ignored on submission back to the server. So, everyone kindly add a line break at the end of your comments so that Radar can quote & reply without having to go sit at the computer. :-)
If that happens, long press to get the magnifier and let go then hit select and pull the right selector to the end, then tap the right selector and the cursor will be at the end. Two fingers on the iPad keyboard should let you move the cursor too, which would avoid having to use select.
Well, we now know who the idiot lawyer is who is representing this guy. Absolutely nobody. He's representing himself in court, as reported by TheStreet today.
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I've even tried inserting a new < div> / < /div > pair within the blockquote tag and inserting my comment between. Nope. No dice. They are simply ignored on submission back to the server. So, everyone kindly add a line break at the end of your comments so that Radar can quote & reply without having to go sit at the computer. :-)
*feeling evil today*
That said I am now drawing a "self-driving car" mockup on in my note book; along with my "Wide Bodied Aircraft that travels 1-10% faster than today" patent I expect to be a billionaire eventually.
Yep, that is exactly what I was thinking, I remember playing with one of those. Hell my Wife had Palm Trio which we bought a folding keyboard for when she traveled, made it easy to type long emails.