not only youtube, but wikimedia is also sure to use something open. While some may find this "funny", there are tons of content that will surely start bubbling up to wikipedia at one point or another.
+1 internets to you sir, and please release a 720p and 1080p tablets with TEGRA 2 behind, fully capable of mp4 and xvid and avi's, etc; hdmi out (see EVO phone when in doubt). Maybe include a pixel-qi screen (nerds can dream, right?). Enable adobe flash--ONLY for those who REALLY want it--and advertise your differences and *effing compete--in the world scene*--for god's sake!
for that one girl the rules are clear: it's tits or gfto; her choice.
As for HP buying palm, I hope they will not commit any of palm's "I wanna be Steve mistakes", in which I'd include:
i) launching in CA/USA first; or lauching with "exclusive partners" at first. NO. That is wrong in all levels. That is right for Steve, who has the advantage; but not for others. For others, you launch worldwide, and you launch UNLOCKED, and you let the prices FOLLOW the demand and supply curves.
ii) see i)
anything lovked to a carrier, or not lauched worldwide, shows you're an idiot. I'm in Brazil (rio); and I paid over US$1.000 for an iPhone (on a store on the "white" market, it could have been worse), but what I REALLY wanted was a Palm Pre. Guess what? There are no Palm Pre's over here, despite the growing economy or despite anything else. They are simply left for a day when the benefactors decide to throw them at us. So, as a consumer, to put it kindly, F*ck that. Change your behavior and we'll change ours.
Steve Jobs committed his own sorts of felonies, but now that his got his magical iCops, the entire intenets has forgiven all past sins and gone baloney to defend this vulnerable, wounded , unprotected, defenseless multi-billion-dollar corp.
+1 internets for you, sir. Bravo. Finally something reasonable in this disgusting flamewar. You'll be modded down in 10 seconds, but you're right on the money. If it was Ballmer's phone itself, people would be screaming in laughter and cheering the finder as a gladiator. And the iCops would never ever mind the "incident".
Now then, I haven't conflated any serious crimes, with any less serious crimes. I just accepted your explanation that you take this case of theft less seriously because you come from a crime riddled city.
I hope you never commit any mistake that can be conflated to something serious (like you are doing here). You know, something like getting drunk and peeing behind a tree, because you'll be charged and labeled for your ENTIRE LIFE as a sexual offender, just as the dangerous creep who drives around town, throws a pretty teen into the trunk, then rapes her. Can these two people be categorized in the same label of sexual offender? Your *shiny pedestal* of idealism that all crimes should be conflated into a single label, "a criminal is a criminal is a criminal", is one of the most disgraceful things about the US, a country I know deeply and love deeply. Good luck in your life.
You're saying that because you come from a crime ridden city, you have trouble telling right from wrong. Legal from illegal. OK, I accept
Seriously dude, comments like these, conflating serious crime with this POS "pitchforks! thief!" story, and using your ad-hominen attack, are pretty sick. You just put in the same category people that are extremely violent and people who *actually called* Apple, who screwed things once again when they said they didn't care and gave his call a ticket number. This mentality is nothing short of a disgrace, but hey, if Steve Jobs says "thief!", who I am to say anything?
Your hatred of Apple must be pretty extreme if you become an apologist for thieves just to spite them.
Well after spending buckloads on their stuff (basically all their lineup, including mac pros), I don't exactly fit your little stereotype. I do hate their arrogant "above all others" behavior, though.
Here's another fact: They claim to have an Apple ticket number for the call. Now how does that fit into the "Thief! Get the pitchforks! Thief!" religious narrative?
While the phone might have been lost, the stories have made it fairly apparent that the seller had not followed the legal requirements for attempting to get it back to it's owner.
"Is this the police?"
"Yeah what you want?"
"Hi. I found a phone. It was working and I logged into facebook and everything; but now it's just dead."
"What' you want son? Haven't got all night here."
"Well I was thinking that you should send a car and open an investigation to return it to its rightful owner. I don't want to be called a thief or anything."
"Hold on a sec. Charlie! CHAAAARLIIEE! Come here hear this one!"
the "finder" did not: after all, he never talked to the BARTENDER!
Does the word "BARTENDER" appear in CA law, as you are implying here? The guy called apple and they ignored him. Calling the police and saying "Good night sir, I found a phone here" would most likely to laughs and a gtfo request than otherwise. In fact, this is something you can do now, as soon as you wife/gfriend loses a phone behind her bed. Let's see what great actions the police will take there.
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I think the line "don't go all Howard Hughes on us" qualifies for the meme of the year.
John Gruber disapproves your comment. Oh well, he doesn't let *any* comments anyway!
not only youtube, but wikimedia is also sure to use something open. While some may find this "funny", there are tons of content that will surely start bubbling up to wikipedia at one point or another.
"Just because Apple can't charge $2000"
wat?
sure dude, just got rid of all my stuff in AAPL. Thank YOU!
+1 internets to you sir, and please release a 720p and 1080p tablets with TEGRA 2 behind, fully capable of mp4 and xvid and avi's, etc; hdmi out (see EVO phone when in doubt). Maybe include a pixel-qi screen (nerds can dream, right?). Enable adobe flash--ONLY for those who REALLY want it--and advertise your differences and *effing compete--in the world scene*--for god's sake!
As for HP buying palm, I hope they will not commit any of palm's "I wanna be Steve mistakes", in which I'd include:
i) launching in CA/USA first; or lauching with "exclusive partners" at first. NO. That is wrong in all levels. That is right for Steve, who has the advantage; but not for others. For others, you launch worldwide, and you launch UNLOCKED, and you let the prices FOLLOW the demand and supply curves.
ii) see i)
anything lovked to a carrier, or not lauched worldwide, shows you're an idiot. I'm in Brazil (rio); and I paid over US$1.000 for an iPhone (on a store on the "white" market, it could have been worse), but what I REALLY wanted was a Palm Pre. Guess what? There are no Palm Pre's over here, despite the growing economy or despite anything else. They are simply left for a day when the benefactors decide to throw them at us. So, as a consumer, to put it kindly, F*ck that. Change your behavior and we'll change ours.
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Oh, we should believe him then. Whatever Steve wants.
Steve Jobs committed his own sorts of felonies, but now that his got his magical iCops, the entire intenets has forgiven all past sins and gone baloney to defend this vulnerable, wounded , unprotected, defenseless multi-billion-dollar corp.
+1 internets for you, sir. Bravo. Finally something reasonable in this disgusting flamewar. You'll be modded down in 10 seconds, but you're right on the money. If it was Ballmer's phone itself, people would be screaming in laughter and cheering the finder as a gladiator. And the iCops would never ever mind the "incident".
I feel that this is the magical and revolutionary mother of all Streisand effects, coming to apple with an unbelievable price!
Apple sits at the STEERING COMITTEE of the cops in the raid; isn't that intriguing enough?
well you're the one to happily take the place of the judiciary and condemn someone as a criminal based on hearsay
always good advice about not feeding trolls
Now then, I haven't conflated any serious crimes, with any less serious crimes. I just accepted your explanation that you take this case of theft less seriously because you come from a crime riddled city.
I hope you never commit any mistake that can be conflated to something serious (like you are doing here). You know, something like getting drunk and peeing behind a tree, because you'll be charged and labeled for your ENTIRE LIFE as a sexual offender, just as the dangerous creep who drives around town, throws a pretty teen into the trunk, then rapes her. Can these two people be categorized in the same label of sexual offender? Your *shiny pedestal* of idealism that all crimes should be conflated into a single label, "a criminal is a criminal is a criminal", is one of the most disgraceful things about the US, a country I know deeply and love deeply. Good luck in your life.
You're saying that because you come from a crime ridden city, you have trouble telling right from wrong. Legal from illegal. OK, I accept
Seriously dude, comments like these, conflating serious crime with this POS "pitchforks! thief!" story, and using your ad-hominen attack, are pretty sick. You just put in the same category people that are extremely violent and people who *actually called* Apple, who screwed things once again when they said they didn't care and gave his call a ticket number. This mentality is nothing short of a disgrace, but hey, if Steve Jobs says "thief!", who I am to say anything?
It was lost property until that point; then it was stolen property.
then it become abandoned property after the phone call with a ticket no with apple.
LOL.. Ballmer btw is probably having a fiiine day
dude, don't leave your *entire house* in a bar. Nor your wife!
+1 internets for you, sir
... if you become an apologist for thieves just to spite them.
BTW, I'm from Rio; I've had guns to my face, cars stolen (in the plural), gang members saying "burn him" to the guy with the gun.
Believe it or not, I find it puzzling some people can't discriminate between thieves and lucky drinkers in nice California bar.
Your hatred of Apple must be pretty extreme if you become an apologist for thieves just to spite them.
Well after spending buckloads on their stuff (basically all their lineup, including mac pros), I don't exactly fit your little stereotype. I do hate their arrogant "above all others" behavior, though.
Here's another fact: They claim to have an Apple ticket number for the call. Now how does that fit into the "Thief! Get the pitchforks! Thief!" religious narrative?
While the phone might have been lost, the stories have made it fairly apparent that the seller had not followed the legal requirements for attempting to get it back to it's owner.
"Is this the police?"
"Yeah what you want?"
"Hi. I found a phone. It was working and I logged into facebook and everything; but now it's just dead."
"What' you want son? Haven't got all night here."
"Well I was thinking that you should send a car and open an investigation to return it to its rightful owner. I don't want to be called a thief or anything."
"Hold on a sec. Charlie! CHAAAARLIIEE! Come here hear this one!"
the "finder" did not: after all, he never talked to the BARTENDER!
Does the word "BARTENDER" appear in CA law, as you are implying here? The guy called apple and they ignored him. Calling the police and saying "Good night sir, I found a phone here" would most likely to laughs and a gtfo request than otherwise. In fact, this is something you can do now, as soon as you wife/gfriend loses a phone behind her bed. Let's see what great actions the police will take there.