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Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube
SpectreBlofeld writes "According to EngadgetMobile, a line has formed in front of Apple's flagship Cube store in Manhattan. From the article: 'So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apple's flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City — keep in mind the Cube is open 24 hours a day. Our intrepid girl-on-the-scene reports that the group is more than 60-deep, though most people seem confused about what they're waiting for, but some believe they're actually camping out for a 3G iPhone.' Prank, or mass hysteria?" I wonder if the crowd already has its own Flickr group set up -- if not, what are they waiting for on that front?
It's usually better to wait for a while when a new product is released - that way someone else will have all problems.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
Well, we at least understand how to queue!
It's been found out that the line was just a bunch of people wanting to purchase from the incoming shipment of current-generation iPhones...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=483570bb44e45a71&ei=Suo1SMbdJY3q_AG6kIGnCw&url=http%3A//dvice.com/archives/2008/05/mystery_lineup.php&cid=0&usg=AFrqEzdpLsANqWrm6zwUT10e-6PmeMbnHg
Median US household income is $43,318.
Pre tax, that's $3,609 monthly earnings.
Subtract 30% for federal, state and local, that's around $2,526.
The shinier the Mac, the higher above that number it goes. They make the cheapest models black for a reason.
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Yes, I've thought of that as well. Except in Soviet Union people didn't line up in hope that may be there will be something for sale they are after. They lined up in hope that there may be something for sale *at all*, not necessarily they are after, but may be something decent, and if they don't need it they can sell it. Lived in Moscow in 70s, know that phenomena quite well.
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/mystery_lineup.php
"By the time we got there, the lineup was gone, but a couple of helpful Apple blueshirts told us what was what: It turns out that the lineup wasn't for the widely -- and wildly -- rumored 3G iPhone. The store got a shipment of current iPhones this morning, apparently a rare occurrence these days, and when word got out, some touchscreen-hungry folks got in line to snatch up the few that came in."
anyone would scream at twitter. he comes off as a douche bag, even in his own story, and I don't believe for a second that he was as polite as he portrays himself to be
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/22/apple_seeks_expert_in_wimax_impromptu_5th_ave_lineup_more.html The answer to something seeming perplexing is usually something simple, if the observer has any common sense at all.
This will help you take them apart.
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Take-Apart-Repair-Manuals-p-1-c-258.html
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
"I know Apple is worshiped here..."
I assume that this is the funny part that got you modded up. From reading regular comments right here on Slashdot I have discovered that because I am a Mac user:
1. I am gay.
2. I have toy computer.
3. I only bought a Mac because I am under the influence of marketing forces.
4. I'm too stupid to be able to use anything else.
5. I am a shrill fanboy. Or fanbois. Whatever.
http://www.rootstrikers.org/
For varying levels of well.
Sometimes I think my users actually do use hammers to operate their computers. Or maybe the footprints on the outside give a clue..."What size shoe does your son wear?" Hmmm, and tell me again why you wonder how it just stopped working?
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
I assume that this is the funny part that got you modded up.
There's no excuse for the trolls, but they tend to get modded down, so that doesn't change the OP's point.
Generally, anything critical of Apple has got modded down, when the same comments made with respect to other platforms wouldn't. Apple stories are the only one that I have to browse at -1 to follow the thread properly.
I have noticed this become less an issue since the release of the Iphone - possibly people are getting fed up of seeing story after story about Iphone hype.
/* Your $2000 Macbook is worth about $340 since it's 5 years old (30% per year). */
I'm trying not to nitpick, but just go peruse your craigslist mac listings and you'll find that your numbers are completely off the mark. Macs hold their value exceedingly well. Dual G4 1.x machines still regularly command a $500-$700 price in Los Angeles, not to mention other markets. It is a sad fact. If you're going to go mac, you can do exactly what you're advocating with your PCs: Buy new, then every 2 years, sell before Applecare runs out for 80-90% of what you paid, buy another new (better) one. You really can't do that with PCs because the resale value is complete shit for most vendor machines, but you can generally get better prices if you part out your homebuilds as most homebuilders tend to use higher quality/priced items to begin with.
If you were me, you'd be good lookin'. - six string samurai
The thing you have forgotten is that a lot, not all, of New Yorkers suffer from NYC Syndrome.... it is an incurable disease which makes the patient believe that NYC == Manhattan == The Universe. Nothing exists outside it with the possible exception of LA. And that is doubted in the worse cases. All TV, and most movie, execs suffer from this terrible disease. This is why all TV shows/movies are set in either NYC or LA. Even when the story doesn't actually require it.
I was raised on the command line, bitch
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