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Something good of all this mess may at least be that more people are aware of the vast artibtrary power of the government to interfere in all manner of private life. Reasonable people seem to understand that going after Apple in this way (not to me…
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I hate it when people quote the dictionary as though to do so were something profound. Here's a quote from the dictionary: strange |strānj| adjective 1 unusual or surprising in a way that is unsettling or hard to understand. Gates' use of t…
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As a kid, I had a TI-99/4A console that my dad gave me when I'd asked for an Apple II. My, that sucked. I slapped a rainbow Apple sticker on it and wished. I'm pleased that SJ is so well remembered. I'm comforted that, measured in the unit o…
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The "only available by phone" thing reminds me somehow that Apple once made a Linux version of Final Cut. Anyone else remember that? I never used it but I thought it sounded cool.
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Marvin, you rock. Thank you! (It worked.)
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Why: Perhaps because the money isn't in TVs but in the content that TVs display. For example, printer manufacturers rake it in selling cartridges, not printers. Apple pulled a fast-one on the entire music industry by first only making iPods th…
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http://www.dollarstore.com/index.html Case closed. Apple wins. Just for grins, though: There is a Victor's Secret out there which successfully fought off trademark challenges from Victoria's Secret. (Relevant to the Windows settlement wit…
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I'd like to know by what right the FDA prevents the use of technological marvels (for several years) while countless people suffer and die in the interim. Hooray! It only took a little more than a couple years to approve Mobile MIM! The FDA sur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by e90tt This is the same reason why Intel is spending a lot of money opening a new plant in order to meet future demands from all of its clients. I disagree. Jim Jubak has an interesting take on Intel's spending and …
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If only the barf smileys were also barfing smileys...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Venerable If he's serious about not having used the iPhone then he's truly an idiot. Studying a device that's sold in the tens of millions shouldn't be an impediment to designing his OS "from scratch." It's pretty es…
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This is interesting. I question it's value though in view of its opportunity cost. To paraphrase Ferris Bueller: I mean, really, what's the point? I'm not a Cherokee. I don't plan on being a Cherokee. So who gives a crap if the iPhone works in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Stourque There was a story here a few days ago about the porn industry switching from flash to html 5. That is the nail in the coffin for flash. Game over. Just like VHS/beta, blu-ray/hddvd, when the porn industry take…
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I got the Simpson's quote a little backwards. It's actually: Quote: I want you to overhype this story so much it makes the New York Post look like the New York Times. Or the New York Times look like the New York Post. I forget which one the good …
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I'm reminded of a Simpsons episode in which some character makes a reference to the New York Times and the New York Post. The context was something about shoddy journalism, prompting one character to muse: "Wait, which is the bad one?" On climat…
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The walrus was Paul. (P.S. Observations don't have to carry value judgments.)
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This seems to further exemplify a focus on disposable consumer products instead of the mac as a platform.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hudson1 It was the railroads that necessitated the creation of "standard time". Prior to that it was often a practice for each locality to set their own time by solar noon. Indeed. I think it's worth emphasizing t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by alienzed No entity should have that much money in any bank. Money being a finite resource, Apple alone is responsible for millions of the poor people all around the world. Apple specifically only did what it could to b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Either Jobs was wrong or the iPad is not a computer. Or the iPad is a piece of junk. Or there was deflation.