Your spelling of "neighbour" tells me thatyou are not from the States, let alone Philadelphia where 15 people can witness a murder and none of them will claim they saw anything.
Just because you spell a word a certain way doesn't mean your necessarily from a certain area. I mean I use British English and I'm an American.
Also what does Philly have to do with anything wasn't this in DC?
The fact that it happened in an Apple Store is purely coincidental to this site. It's not Apple-related really, it's more a reflection on the failure of society. Our schools (worldwide) for one, only recognize and value highly a certain kind of intelligence, or aptitude. Several of the great artists or thought leaders this world has seen went relatively unnoticed at school. Any one of them could have had a much different life.
Whilst you guys are arguing about the ills of society and the fall in standards of human behaviour - I'm a little saddened that nobody cares for the welfare of the employee that was shot !!
I'm damn sure she didn't sign-up for that when she took to work in the store - I hope SJ finds a few minutes of his time to pass on his best wishes ...
The fact that it happened in an Apple Store is purely coincidental to this site. It's not Apple-related really, it's more a reflection on the failure of society. Our schools (worldwide) for one, only recognize and value highly a certain kind of intelligence, or aptitude. Several of the great artists or thought leaders this world has seen went relatively unnoticed at school. Any one of them could have had a much different life.
This entire philosophical comment is not Apple-related, period.
These videos are not good enough to aid the police.
Too bad the Apple clerk didn't offer an iPhone and to tell him it needed to be activated with AT&T for it to function, then say he has a courtesy trial of Mobile Me and set that up for him and then have the police use Mobile Me's "find my iPhone" feature and the next phrase that thug would hear is "book 'em, Dano"! \
I have never cared for the term African-American. Where else are we pairing a continent with a country like that. I?ve even heard it start for people that are neither. What if people know where they ancestors came from in a particular country in Africa? Does American refer to the USofA or to all the two continents known as North and South America? Should I be called be African-European-American because my gringo ass has a geneology that gets to the Americas from Africa via Europe over thousands of years? Heck, there might even be some Western Asian in the mix somewhere.
"African-American" is just political correctness run amok. Even president Obama, if described using this form of newspeak, might be called a "Kenyan-English-American". Ridiculous! \
right, it's never the fault of the person who chose to pull the trigger, it's all our fault as a society that we didn't recognize this young gentleman was a poet and a scholar. \
THAT reply was poetry in and of itself! Well said.
Whilst you guys are arguing about the ills of society and the fall in standards of human behaviour - I'm a little saddened that nobody cares for the welfare of the employee that was shot !!
I'm damn sure she didn't sign-up for that when she took to work in the store - I hope SJ finds a few minutes of his time to pass on his best wishes ...
Jon
I heard somewhere (most likely on the talkcast on TUAW yesterday) that SJ actually called and spoke to her.
Why? Somebody might remember seeing an individual wearing those clothes near the crime scene on the day in question (4 days ago) and remember something else, eg a car the individual used.
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
D
Yeah, exactly. I can't tell you what anyone I know was wearing yesterday, or even this morning. I just don't pay attention to that. But I guess some (perhaps of the female persuasion ) do pay closer attention to such things.
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
D
Yes but if they told you what he was wearing you might remember the details. Yes, now that you mention it, I did see a black man matching that description. I wondered to myself, where was he going in such a hurry with that pistol in his hand.
All Apple Stores need color cameras like they have in banks. These videos are not good enough to aid the police.
You're right. I wonder where Apple could find color video cameras and the equipment to connect to them and record to a hard disk? Hmmm....where where where?
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Your spelling of "neighbour" tells me thatyou are not from the States, let alone Philadelphia where 15 people can witness a murder and none of them will claim they saw anything.
Just because you spell a word a certain way doesn't mean your necessarily from a certain area. I mean I use British English and I'm an American.
Also what does Philly have to do with anything wasn't this in DC?
Note to self, invite Teckstud to Philly.
Please stop
Just because you spell a word a certain way doesn't mean your necessarily from a certain area. I mean I use British English and I'm an American.
I?m right there with you. I was asked that this weekend on Ai because of my occasional use of British-ish spelling.
Yes, fear of reprisal. I wasn't clear in my first post - so I apologize.
I understand, thanks!
The fact that it happened in an Apple Store is purely coincidental to this site. It's not Apple-related really, it's more a reflection on the failure of society. Our schools (worldwide) for one, only recognize and value highly a certain kind of intelligence, or aptitude. Several of the great artists or thought leaders this world has seen went relatively unnoticed at school. Any one of them could have had a much different life.
wtf are you talking about
I'm damn sure she didn't sign-up for that when she took to work in the store - I hope SJ finds a few minutes of his time to pass on his best wishes ...
Jon
The fact that it happened in an Apple Store is purely coincidental to this site. It's not Apple-related really, it's more a reflection on the failure of society. Our schools (worldwide) for one, only recognize and value highly a certain kind of intelligence, or aptitude. Several of the great artists or thought leaders this world has seen went relatively unnoticed at school. Any one of them could have had a much different life.
This entire philosophical comment is not Apple-related, period.
These videos are not good enough to aid the police.
Too bad the Apple clerk didn't offer an iPhone and to tell him it needed to be activated with AT&T for it to function, then say he has a courtesy trial of Mobile Me and set that up for him and then have the police use Mobile Me's "find my iPhone" feature and the next phrase that thug would hear is "book 'em, Dano"!
Note to self, invite Teckstud to Philly.
For the curious.
http://www.kravmaga.com/
Actually thought about taking classes for a time. Not as deadly as actual military training, but close enough.
I have never cared for the term African-American. Where else are we pairing a continent with a country like that. I?ve even heard it start for people that are neither. What if people know where they ancestors came from in a particular country in Africa? Does American refer to the USofA or to all the two continents known as North and South America? Should I be called be African-European-American because my gringo ass has a geneology that gets to the Americas from Africa via Europe over thousands of years? Heck, there might even be some Western Asian in the mix somewhere.
"African-American" is just political correctness run amok. Even president Obama, if described using this form of newspeak, might be called a "Kenyan-English-American". Ridiculous!
right, it's never the fault of the person who chose to pull the trigger, it's all our fault as a society that we didn't recognize this young gentleman was a poet and a scholar.
THAT reply was poetry in and of itself! Well said.
Whilst you guys are arguing about the ills of society and the fall in standards of human behaviour - I'm a little saddened that nobody cares for the welfare of the employee that was shot !!
I'm damn sure she didn't sign-up for that when she took to work in the store - I hope SJ finds a few minutes of his time to pass on his best wishes ...
Jon
I heard somewhere (most likely on the talkcast on TUAW yesterday) that SJ actually called and spoke to her.
Why? Somebody might remember seeing an individual wearing those clothes near the crime scene on the day in question (4 days ago) and remember something else, eg a car the individual used.
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
D
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
D
100% true for me, too!
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
D
Yeah, exactly. I can't tell you what anyone I know was wearing yesterday, or even this morning. I just don't pay attention to that. But I guess some (perhaps of the female persuasion
I hope SJ finds a few minutes of his time to pass on his best wishes ...
Jon
WTF? How would that make anything better? Getting to talk to a celebrity, will make getting shot somehow more worth it?
Maybe my mind is shot but WTH?!?!? I couldn't even tell you with any degree of certainty what I was wearing just 2 short days ago let alone what my neighbor or some random Joe on the street happen to be wearing 4 days ago!
Like those stupid courtroom scenes where the lawyer asks, "what where you doing July 15th between the hours of 3:30 and 4:45..."
I sure know what I'd say... "Hell if I know, can I go home now?"
D
Yes but if they told you what he was wearing you might remember the details. Yes, now that you mention it, I did see a black man matching that description. I wondered to myself, where was he going in such a hurry with that pistol in his hand.
All Apple Stores need color cameras like they have in banks. These videos are not good enough to aid the police.
You're right. I wonder where Apple could find color video cameras and the equipment to connect to them and record to a hard disk? Hmmm....where where where?
Was he for sure an American? He apparently had African physical characteristics but might have been an illegal alien from many possible countries.
African American is PC for "black", regardless of anything else.
Kinda curious what PC Americans call black people from England (or anywhere else for that matter).