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The difficulty in fines is always what the unintended consequences are as opposed to the desired results.

Duke Energy spilled coal ash into the Dan River in NC. They were fined and made to clean it up, but the cost of cleanup was steep, and Duke Energy decided they were able to do "cost recovery" by increasing everyone's bill, to the tune of 183 Million. 

That is, if you want something to be punitive, what do you do in order to prevent it from just being a fee passed on to the consumer? With Duke Energy, the utilities commission has to approve rate increases... which were approved. 

I hear you. I appreciate you joining us all this time, and being a part of it. 

And I appreciate those guys who took the time to leave those comments - they're listening and I'm glad for it. 

The interviews happen because they interest me. I know that seems self-centered, but I hope if you're listening that we share interests in common. How does a professional musician use their Mac Pro? What are the things they're experiencing, and what are their habits like? How does industrial design affect product development? What's it like having a person responsible for a product (app or hardware, like Dierdre Leid of Pioneer) come on and talk about the product, answering questions directly for us? Or how about Richard Moss come on and talk about the history of gaming on the Mac, which plays a huge role in the history of gaming on the computer. 

I think these things were big moments, and sharing them was important to me, because I thought it would be interesting to so many of our listeners. 

I hope to have Neil back again soon.

AppleInsider has spoken with an Apple data center employee who told us that there was "nothing obvious" going on at that moment.

That employee has now been fired /sarc

Dead_Pool said:

Breaking: Jony Ive tripped over the power cord of Apple Maps’ main server, a mid-90s era Perfroma 6115. It has been plugged back in and Maps will be up and running again soon.

It's hung up loading a font manager extension.

Soli said:

If Apple ever gets rid of Lightning I don’t think it’ll be for USB-C, but instead for non-user accessible diagnostics port like on the Apple Watch.

The advantage of wireless is it gets that much easier to seal the device for water resistance. They don't like cables anyway, getting rid of ports is a win on all levels for them, except diagnostics, as you say.