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Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser
Stoobalou writes "Not content with its iPhone scoop, Gizmodo has probably ruined the career of a young engineer. The tech blog last night exposed the name of the hapless Apple employee who had one German beer too many and left a prototype iPhone G4 in a California bar some 20 miles from Apple's Infinite Loop campus. Was that really necessary?"
It also came out that they paid $5K for the leaked prototype and that Apple wants it back.
Russia. Yeah sounds off-topic, I know. My grandfather (God rest his soul), after watching the evening news and seeing the supposed islamic terrorist attacks in Moscow told me this:
"The Russians are sneaky bastards... I don't believe the USSR collapsed, I think that is just what the KGB wants us to believe. I think the KGB recognizes the weak will in the Americans, and knows to play on our sympathy. I think the KGB attacked Moscow and lied to the world claiming it was muslims, just go gain sympathy from the US."
My point here, is that after this story, everyone is sympathizing with "that poor undergrad working for Apple". Using my grandfather's logic, Apple staged the entire series of events, and in doing so gained the sympathy of a gullible lot.
Now, call my cynical, but I don't give 2 shits about any version of the iPhone, and I certainly don't give 2 shits about Gizmodo or Jesus Diaz. The whole thing re-enforces the notion that people focused on Apple products are just about the whiniest attention whoring fucks that exist outside of Congress.
"Be prepared, son. That's my motto. Be prepared." --Joe Hallenbeck
I wouldn't be happy, but then again it's the rational thing to do. I don't think I'd begrudge them much, and I don't think I'd have much of a problem doing the same. Who knows, it'd depend on a number of factors.
Laws about having to return found property are commie bullshit.
"They were pure niggers." – Noam Chomsky
Yeah, but then I'd have to create an account, which I'm not going to waste my time doing.
Slashdot needs to disable that section by default, and allow it to be enabled for anyone who wants to read tabloid-grade tripe.
Most Apple-related "news" is near-identical to the celebrity gossip that teenage girls go crazy about. Except in Apple's case, it's grown men who like men going crazy over rumors and speculation.