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I think there is a theory somewhere that explains why someone would react so strongly against something so meaningless

Which was cleaned up and simplified for this t-shirt - which I own. The sad but knowing nods I get when I wear it tell all.

Don't you mean Photoshop Hero?

It is the Konami Code, made famous by its use in Contra. It was used in many other games and has since passed into gamer lore.

(not a shill, just love thier stuff) http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pat070051.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code

I'm with you on this one.

I bought two: an 8gb for myself and a 4gb for the wife, and we stood in line on opening day.

I honestly believe that the phones were worth every penny that we paid for both of them ($499/$599 retail).

For the record, my wife let her phone slip while she was walking out of her parking garage, and smacked it at the pavement while flailing to catch it. The sleep/wake button got jammed inside the buckled aluminum, and we had to bring the phone in for service.

Apple took the phone back, offered us a loaner ($25ish, IIRC... we didn't take it), and had a *brand*new*phone* shipped to us the very next morning. Priority overnight Fedex, 7:45am, I might add. For a phone that my wife admitted to beating up and was ready to pay for repairs.

So, that was two weeks ago, now Apple offers us $100 apiece for being early adopters.

You just don't get that kind of service in the technology industry anywhere else these days that I've experienced.

I mean, I bought a Vista OEM copy and an nVidia "Vista Ready" mobo on launch day (it's my job to know how to support *everything*, turd or not). You don't see MS or nVidia offering to make things right because little things like on-board sound and networking don't function...at all...nVidia passes the buck to MS, and MS passes the buck to nVidia, and eight months later now, I still have to use USB dongles on that particular mobo for sound and ethernet. And neither of those companies have any intention of making things right. And that's just driver issues. Let's not even get into Vista quality (utter pile of refuse, kthanxbye). No rebate, no exchange for something that actually functions as described. Not even an option to downgrade to XP from MS.

Anyhow, I contrast that experience with something like buying my iPhone, Macbook Pro or any of the dozens of other Apple products I've purchased over the years and there's just no comparison. The iPhone is a *killer* product, and they're going to gain a ton more goodwill out of a gesture that they didn't have to make.

Long story short, the wife is now an absolutely fanatical Apple supporter just from these experiences.

Blogging Whiners are whining because they paid a premium to be an early adopter? Well, duh. I had no illusions that it wouldn't be substantially cheaper by EU launch or the holidays.

Reminds me of a T-shirt I saw recently.

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Wikipedia rules are lame, particularly rules about "experts" editing pages (including the person/entity who is the subject of the article). Not only does this often lead to dumbed down and incorrect articles, it can also lead to very one-sided articles. In cases where there is contention, such as this, why should biased outsiders be allowed to say whatever they want, while biased insiders are banned? Anyone should be able to edit, or everyone except actual professional/expert editors should be banned from editing. There are hundreds of examples where someone had a bone to pick and wrote hurtful, incorrect and crazy things in a wikipedia article, because it gives them a platform to hurt others or stand on an unassailable soapbox (see the Greater Internet Dickwad Theory if you don't get what I mean). Editors should be required to pass some scrutiny by wikipedia before editing is allowed, and anonymity should be removed. Moreover, wikipedia should be about facts, not opinions or whatever the latest news articles say in lieu of actual facts.

I fully support anyone, even the bad guys mentioned in this article, in editing articles about them or things that are important to them. Otherwise it's life out of balance, tilted quite unfairly.

Every Time.

Haven't you heard? Green is the new Purple.