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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone In Panama there are some PCs that have latin American keyboards. One notable difference is there is no @ sign for whatever reason. Seems crazy in this world of the email. Most people have the standard US keyb…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I think it's time we threw it out for something newer. The following keyboard is only 47 years old: It's based on the idea of finger combinations, 5 fingers = 120 permutations but you can have more k…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drews I would like a wireless keyboard is rechargeable with a cord. No more endless batteries...mouse as well. Get a green apple. They've been ahead of you for a few years now. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC500…
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Quote: Originally Posted by frugality Exactly. That picture was not taken in Germany. Saturn wasn't sold in Germany. Both vehicles have California plates. Appleinsider definitely isn't up for any news awards. Ha! Good eye! And way to keep …
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mstone wrote: » Is this called a QWERTZ keyboard? /s I never realized how different European key layout was. I need a new key board for one of my older iMacs that has a sticky key so this is good timing. I was thinking of buying one soon so …
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konqerror wrote: » The Dodge brand hasn't been active in Europe since ~2011. Since then, this minivan is only sold as the Lancia Voyager and has the Chrysler grille and taillights. Somebody went to special lengths to match the model without realiz…
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coolfactor wrote: » I think this is awesome. Some guy or gal wanted to have some fun. It's a conversation starter, and even made the news. That's gotta count for something. Exactly. The way people react you'd think they've never been young or h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich What business associate would ever offer to donate their liver to their boss? Absolutely incredible. I hope everyone reading would consider it. Obviously it is a personal non-trivial choice. But a liver d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Ah, so if a Fabregé egg was made to be sold for charity it would not be a luxury item simply because it was sold at charity. That makes perfect sense¡ That's a great purposeful misinterpretation of my posit…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY So now a Fabergé egg isn't luxury because it's a one-off production item? Was a Fabergé egg made to be sold at a Charity auction? Does Apple sell one-offs (other than for charity auctions?) I'd consider any…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chadmatic And how exactly is that not luxury? Use your brain. Is it luxury just because it costs a lot or there is only one? Is a moon rock "luxury?" When My NPR station sends me a $5 cary bag because I made a $130 co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY The initial price was $7500. Even when adjusting for inflation that's well under $20,000. Yup! I think he's remembering a later auction price on the 20th A Mac. Apple Lisa $9,995 in 1983 (@$23K today's doll…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chadmatic What are you on??? The Leica camera alone sold for $1.8 million, if that's not luxury... It's called reality (it's great, try it!) Read what I said. Key words: *one-off* *charity.*
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The conference is being curated by Vogue international editor Suzy Menkes, who will talk with Ive and Newson about their collaborations and the "21st century definition of luxury." In a prepared statement b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by konqerror There's a company that thought like that... McDonald's. A huge portion of their profit comes from leasing the land the restaurant stands on to franchisors. At points in time, they've made more money on real es…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich It's an outrageous standard for that industry then. A practice that is intrusive and deceptive in my opinion. It's amazing. Your posts seem to alternate between the ravings of a five year-old and an 85-y…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Seems like the recorded number of sales could easily be misreported by a store owner. Seems like they'd have to lie on their sales taxes as well then (and be prosecuted for tax evasion.)
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Quote: Originally Posted by bloggerblog I actually looked into this. A mall will have you pay for a lease, all your transactions must be uploaded to their server at the end of each day. If your sales are above a certain sales margin, they will ta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dickprinter You both aren't quite right. In my experience, mall rents are based on a ratio of the sum of all store sales to total mall sales-floor square footage. Apple Stores are the small footprint/high gross s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BeltsBear You have said the same thing over again except now you added a personal attack. Everyone here including myself knows that 18k gold is 3/4 gold by MASS. What is unusual is the use of ceramic not metal as the o…