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StrangeDays said:

lkrupp said:

bloggerblog said:

Yet another reason why California should secede. Washington's bullying tactics and outdated laws coupled with the IRS's shortsighted tax laws are counter productive California's innovative culture.

Get a grip on yourself.

Going by their policy history, and business & cultural climate, I'd rather have California rule that Virginia/DC rule. 

Having spent 64 years in California, most of them as a working taxpayer, I'd say good luck to you.

You'll surely need it.

Soli said:

But Sog told us that Apple is the one that is responsible for all the leaks. So is Sog or Cook lying?

... Is that a trick question?

spice-boy said:

rob53 said:

Looks like the banking industry is exerting its pull to get at Apple any way it can. I have to wonder if this is something new that the Australian government is just now waking up to. I also wonder how much the banks are taxed, that's before their obvious deductions for political contributions (commonly called brides in the US).

Really it's banks collecting taxes? Please explains this. 

Of course banks don't collect taxes. They just use their financial pull to induce government to put pressure on their competition, or exert leverage on one entity or other that they've otherwise been unable to force to do what the bank wants done.

This was old when Hector was a pup, which is to say as far back as anyone anywhere started working deals to make some sort of profit. Surely you didn't miss the memo?

I was at the event, being at the time a technical writer in the Apple// division. The Apple//c documentation set was the last major project I worked on at Apple. Lessee now...

1. What's with the articles' calling the //c a "terminal"? Being as it's the computer itself, it would make more sense to call it an almost-laptop. As it happens, there was an LCD display that was made for the //c, smaller and lighter than the CRT display Apple sold with the computer. Never saw the LCD display in the wild, as far as I can remember, but it shows up in an early scene in the movie 2010.

2. Nope, not Pat Benetar nor Bonnie Tyler, just some local voice talent.

3. The earthquake was a nice touch, making the announcement "earthshaking". When it hit, you could tell which exhibitors were not from California, as they began packing up to leave right now. The main hint that the quake was happening was the big roll-up doors at the back of Moscone started shaking and rattling like some really big kid wanted in.

The epicenter of the quake also happened to be about two miles from our home at the time in Morgan Hill, about 60 miles south of SF. We'd recently put up about 20 quarts of canned cherries, all of which ended up shattered on the floor of the garage. What a mess to clean up.

MacPro said:

Agreed. Mike Daisey, now there's a name I'd forgotten! One of the founders of Fake News. Where is he now, a Fox News anchor?

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