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napman said:

Rayz2016 said:

SpamSandwich said:

Better to own and be trained with a firearm for self-defense than be killed and have one’s iPhone provide ‘witness data’ after the fact.

Or you could take firearms off everybody thereby reducing the risk all round. 

Do you honestly believe you could take firearms away from everybody?  How would you take them from the criminals who likely obtained the weapons from illicit, untraceable sources?

When police do not have to deal with domestic disputes, crimes of passion and dumb accidents that become murders or manslaughters because of the easy availability of firearms, then they have more time to disarm criminals. Also, when firearms become harder to obtain, criminals tend to restrict their use to fights with other criminals, making it much safer for normal, law abiding citizens. The facts are that in 2016 in the US there were an average of 4.62 homicides by firearm per 100,000 population, whereas in Australia, for example, there were 0.18. So you are 25 times more likely to be murdered by firearm in the US. BTW, in Australia there is a gun ownership rate of 13.7 weapons per 100 persons, which indicates that those that like to shoot (me included) can still own weapons (we just have to get a licence with background checks and do training first - same as if I want to drive a car).

Hell hath only one fury worse than an Apple user scorned! I cancelled my NAB cards and got an ANZ Visa Card instead, just so I could use Apple Pay. I understand that many thousands did the same. Even if NAB follow CBA and come on board, I'm not going back.

yojimbo007 said:

Apple watch, for me, is  the best Apple product at this  time... close second iPad pro 3rd gen with pencil !

Agreed! I'd put iPhone 3rd, Air Pods 4th and MacBook Pro 5th.

radarthekat said:

evilution said:

“A fib” in the UK means “a lie”. The heading really confused me.

Thus the hyphen and the uppercase F.  

And some people want to get rid of punctuation!

SpamSandwich said:

Speaking for myself, I really wish they had kept the clip-on iPod shuffle. No iPod was better for runners and it’s absurd anyone at Apple could think an Apple Watch is a realistic replacement for a $50 iPod.

Agreed! I still have my ipod nano 6th generation (the square one) and it's doing great service as an on-the-go music and podcast player.