Thing is, a lot of folks probably felt like they were donating to a good cause when they paid for this bundle, and upped their payments accordingly, whereas there would be no positive karma from giving more than a penny to EA.
This isn't about the cost of the device, it's about the cost to Apple, which will easily amount to millions of dollars in lost sales as people defer iPhone purchases until the next generation comes out.
1. They did lock the device after they realized it was missing.
2. Gizmodo claiming the seller called Apple does not make it true.
3. When they realized Gawker had it, they immediately tried to get it back, and they did.
First of all, you can't just claim you own something if you find it. They teach you this on Sesame Street: You have to either give it to the police to hold for 30 days or report it to the management of the place you found it. Selling something you do not rightfully own is illegal.
This has nothing to do with the bad customer service stories. This incident easily cost Apple millions of dollars in lost sales as people who were going to buy iPhones between now and the summer will instead wait for the new version.
It's an Associated Press story.
Here's the same story hosted on Google if it makes you feel better, oh and Yahoo, too, and Salon, oh and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
While that is true, I think my point is we can't afford to build it, and there's a high likelihood that after several more billion are spent, the funding will run out again and the project will once again be abandoned.
Funny you should mention that, because the MTA actually awarded a $100 million contract to a Chinese-government-owned construction company to build the new line's ventilation system.
while the US will become a third world country (unless the US decides to invest in itself).
Don't worry, the most expensive rail project in US history is well underway. New York City, with some help from the Federal government, is spending $18 billion to build an 8-mile subway line which does not even leave Manhattan. That $18 billion does not include the cost of initial planning which began about 80 years ago (seriously) nor the construction which began about 40 years ago (which was abandoned).
Yes to some extent, but the Netflix streaming library is extremely limited compared to iTunes and has virtually no new release movies, though that's not to say that couldn't change so you might be right.
EA releases sports games every year (which still make sense to sports fans)
Before consoles were connected to the Internet, it made sense because you always wanted to have the latest rosters and usually the graphics would get incrementally better. These days the quality of the graphics has pretty much plateaued nd game play remains more or less the same. Now that these things can be updated online, there's no compelling reason for releasing new games every year other than to make money, very much like college text books.
Also, how is there any way this won't be rife with insider trading and other criminal activity? Movie production staff are not licensed/fingerprinted/sworn to secrecy the way execs at publicly traded companies are. Not to mention, how easy would it would be for organized crime to short sell a particular movie, and then make sure the star OD's or has an "accident" in the middle of production.
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Because you cannot claim legal rights on something that was illegal in the first place, i.e. a software crack.
For example, you can't sue a hitman for breach of contract if he fails to kill your wife.
If you steal your own wallet back from a pickpocket, you're not going to jail.
Thing is, a lot of folks probably felt like they were donating to a good cause when they paid for this bundle, and upped their payments accordingly, whereas there would be no positive karma from giving more than a penny to EA.
What's the benefit of being in Germany?
The masses want to see blood.
NASCAR is a 500 mile left turn, hoping somebody makes a right turn.
This isn't about the cost of the device, it's about the cost to Apple, which will easily amount to millions of dollars in lost sales as people defer iPhone purchases until the next generation comes out.
1. They did lock the device after they realized it was missing.
2. Gizmodo claiming the seller called Apple does not make it true.
3. When they realized Gawker had it, they immediately tried to get it back, and they did.
First of all, you can't just claim you own something if you find it. They teach you this on Sesame Street: You have to either give it to the police to hold for 30 days or report it to the management of the place you found it. Selling something you do not rightfully own is illegal.
This has nothing to do with the bad customer service stories. This incident easily cost Apple millions of dollars in lost sales as people who were going to buy iPhones between now and the summer will instead wait for the new version.
It is if you don't make a good faith effort to return the item.
Apple obviously knows who has these prototypes, and they knew this one was lost because they remotely shut it down.
Apple has already said they'd drop the price if sales didn't meet expectations.
How many infidels did you have to kill to become a mod on that board?
Is that a new Bangbus site?
I always suspected lonelygirl15 was actually Andy Rooney. This seems to confirm it.
It's an Associated Press story. Here's the same story hosted on Google if it makes you feel better, oh and Yahoo, too, and Salon, oh and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
While that is true, I think my point is we can't afford to build it, and there's a high likelihood that after several more billion are spent, the funding will run out again and the project will once again be abandoned.
Funny you should mention that, because the MTA actually awarded a $100 million contract to a Chinese-government-owned construction company to build the new line's ventilation system.
Don't worry, the most expensive rail project in US history is well underway. New York City, with some help from the Federal government, is spending $18 billion to build an 8-mile subway line which does not even leave Manhattan. That $18 billion does not include the cost of initial planning which began about 80 years ago (seriously) nor the construction which began about 40 years ago (which was abandoned).
Jesus Christ we're screwed.
The dotcom implosion can actually be traced back to this particular transaction. Way to go.
If it happened in 2004, the statute of limitations is long gone.
It's a civil case.
Yes to some extent, but the Netflix streaming library is extremely limited compared to iTunes and has virtually no new release movies, though that's not to say that couldn't change so you might be right.
iTunes sells non-PG13 films.
Before consoles were connected to the Internet, it made sense because you always wanted to have the latest rosters and usually the graphics would get incrementally better. These days the quality of the graphics has pretty much plateaued nd game play remains more or less the same. Now that these things can be updated online, there's no compelling reason for releasing new games every year other than to make money, very much like college text books.
Also, how is there any way this won't be rife with insider trading and other criminal activity? Movie production staff are not licensed/fingerprinted/sworn to secrecy the way execs at publicly traded companies are. Not to mention, how easy would it would be for organized crime to short sell a particular movie, and then make sure the star OD's or has an "accident" in the middle of production.