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mike1 said:

thewhitefalcon said:

mike1 said:

ireland said:

Doesn't look like Apple will make a longer wireless keyboard again.

Did they ever? I don't recall a wireless extended keyboard. Been wanting one for years.

There was an extended "ice tray" model. 

Thanks. I'll have to search the interwebs for a photo. I don't remember that at all.

Circa 2009

lostkiwi said:

One point of contention is the $80 limit. That is the same limit if someone else had your card and did a contactless payment. 

Surely TouchID is so much more secure than that - why can't that limit be removed? Anyone can shoulder surf and steal a PIN, but no one can easily copy your fingerprints (without movie level theatrics of course).  

Same issue in Canada with a 100$ CAD limit. I always bring up the same points you did to the cashier that this limit makes sense for a card but not for a biometric equipped device (well, I just say phone to them). I'll keep on for awhile even though I usually just get a polite puzzled smile.

baconstang said:

rare comment said:

There is speculation (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/07/14/how-apple-watch-functions-in-water/) that Apple Watch is actually much more waterproof than its IPX7 rating and that it was because the touchscreen would not be responsive that Apple understates its resilience, not because of the risk of damage from swimming. See also: http://www.slashgear.com/real-world-apple-watch-testing-shows-water-resistance-beyond-its-rating-11382960/ http://mashable.com/2015/05/07/apple-watch-water-resistance-test/#OieZBIjjOgqh

That would make sense.  I know my Touch ID won't work if my finger is wet.

That's not quite the same thing though. I think the touchscreen doesn't respond because it failed, a hardware issue, whether temporarily of permanently. IIRC Touch ID maps the conductivity differences caused by the hills and valleys of your fingerprint, yet this conductivity changes dramatically with wet skin, so the sensor hardware did not fail, the conditions of the sensed target changed, and temporarily only as long as the finger is not dry enough to return to its normal electrical parameters.
I've read somewhere that someone who wanted to check his notifications the first thing out of the shower (definitely not me) actually saved one of his wet fingers as one of the five stored fingerprints allowed for Touch ID. Clever, albeit somewhat … ummm … well I won't judge, we all have our priorities.

This can't be right. Apple won a frivolous case ? In the US ?
This can't be over, there will be an appeal … on something … let's see … 

AppleInsider said:

In fact the judge pointed to one plaintiff who said he lost data by restoring to factory settings, noting that the original complaint didn't identify this is as a legal loss.

Ah ! Could that be a hint for the appeal ?

AppleInsider said:

A separate Error 53 case is still ongoing in Seattle.

Oh ! Well maybe they're just plotting for this one.

SpamSandwich said:

Well, chalk one up for common sense. And Apple should pursue the plaintiffs to recover Apple's lawyer's fees as a very costly deterrent.

All sarcasm aside, I certainly hope we can chalk one for common sense if this holds, although it may be short lived. I don't think the DOJ will want to set a bad example, unless they're just throwing the small fish back and baiting for the 400 million dollar whoppers.

wizard69 said:

slprescott said:

Could be the beginning of something big.

To-date, Apple's investments in renewable energies have focused on internal & environmental benefits. With this news, plus the possibility of Apple Car In a few years, Apple may now be pivoting toward making these revenue-generating offerings.

If Apple was focused on environmental benefits they wouldn't be wasting huge land masses to build solar electric farms. To put it simply it is a terrible way to use what was once wild lands.

Agreed, although solar and wind are great alternatives at this point in time they are only a stop gap measure. Thorium, specifically LFTR technology, is the future of endless cheap energy and cleaning up the other old tech produced nuclear waste as well, while producing medical isotopes and interplanetary fuels as byproducts, and rare earth metals in the mining process.