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rezwits said:

People goto search engines, YES like google, which is why they are worth some mulah, but the main thing is, nowadays WE GOTO FIND WHAT WE WANT, rather than have it LURED in our face. The only thing I have made a REFLEX purchase from is when the McPick two was at McDonalds and offered 2 QPs. I mean it's sick if you watch TV quite a bit, DVR or Not, we see 1000's of Ads THAT FAIL, and I take back what I said, one flavor of Advertising that does work, are Movie Trailer/Commercials. But in essence Advertising IS Overrated!

Actually, there are a ton of people on this site who don't know how to use search engines. But not just this site, same with MacRumors, or a food site, or pretty much any site on the Internet.

Wish it were different, but that's the way Internet denizens in 2017 behave.

tjwolf said:

The 'P' in P/E ratio stands for 'P'rice not profit.  It's hard to take anything you wrote seriously when you can't get that basic fact straight.

I don't think most tech writers understand anything about the financial market which is why they write about the tech market and not the financial market. It seems like every three months they screw up the ex-dividend date and its implications, not having learned anything since the last screw-up they committed just three months prior.

For that matter, I don't think most commenters have any idea about the financial market either. A.) you see insanely ridiculous proposals on how Apple should run their business and B.) there's a lot of basic misinterpretation of basic financial statistics. People who don't know the difference between revenue and profit. Stuff like that.

Sorta dilutes the value of sites like AppleInsider, MacRumors, Cnet, Macworld, etc. if basic concepts aren't correctly represented. We're not talking controversial interpretations of some random rumor, just basic financial stats.

Plus the cable charges the phone. 

I don't have CarPlay in my old Toyota, but I do have a Pioneer after-market car stereo with USB input and I don't have any problems with plugging my phone with a cable.

I might as well take advantage of the power that my car's engine is generating while I'm behind the wheel. The phone isn't going to charge itself.

arthurba said:

To me it sounds like internal compliance found a problem with firmware updates.  i.e.: the 'malicious' firmware update was created by Apple, and successfully installed on a Super Micro device - proving therefore that it's possible to install 'untrusted' firmware.  i.e.: the complaint isn't about malicious firmware, it's about super micro devices accepting untrusted firmware.  

I don't think anything can be ascertained from this article. SuperMicro and Apple gave contradictory statements. All of the "details" came from the fired vendor, there is no way one could assume that everything they state is truthful.

Frankly, we will probably never know the exact reasons why Apple sacked SuperMicro. The only thing we reliably know is that SuperMicro is no longer a vendor for Apple Inc. Nothing else should be inferred.

As a matter of fact, my guess is that Mr. Leng is violating a confidentiality clause by discussing this with the media. If that is the case, it is likely that SuperMicro will never do business with Apple Inc. again as long as Tim Cook is in charge.

SuperMicro just burnt a bridge.

Soli said:

2) If April is really the demarcation point for the majority of employees it does mean there are teams that have been there setting up and testing (at least) server equipment near their offices.

With about six weeks to April, my guess is that there are representatives of several groups on site and getting ready for the moves to the section that will be first occupied.

For sure, this means plant services (electrical, HVAC) as well as anyone dealing with plumbing, etc.

Corporate IT and corporate security have probably been there a while already, making sure keycard entry is working, installing security cameras, making sure that video from those cameras are being properly displayed on monitors, etc. Corporate IT is also there for things like setting up servers, networking, phone systems, checking cabling, wireless networking, installing conference room equipment, etc.

There are probably representatives of the catering company as well, making sure the punchdown list is completed and facilities are operational before they bring in their staff for orientation and training a couple of weeks before the move-in.

Assuming there are people on site already, that means that there is a skeleton security staff as well as janitorial service.