Well, my sense of time may be off right now, but it was posted on another
list a little sooner. And the recall is not that big a deal, except to Mac
users. There are actually 8 other battery or ac adapter (recent) recalls for
other brands of computers. But they did not make the news.
And yes I predict the sun will explode.....some millenium, but the rumor that
i was talking of was of someone that had been to the Grass Valley plant. He
said that the Cube was going to be dropped, just because he did not see them
being made that day. I challenged his comment. If sales are slow then you do
not keep running the line every day.
In a message dated 7/8/01 12:58:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>On Sunday, July 8, 2001, at 02:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> So, does that give you an idea how poorly our TV and newspapers report
>
>> the
>> news? We've know this for almost a week now.
>
>And exactly who are "we" anyway? The first post to this list was on July
>
>6th, which was only two days ago. If you've known for a week, then why
>
>didn't you say anything? The other lists I'm on, didn't have this until
>
>after it was posted here. I don't check MacSurfer until the evening, but
>
>they didn't have links until the 6th either.
>
>
>> And someone on one of the lists guessed that the Cube would be dropped
>a
>> month ago. That made the news the same day that Apple released that
>> info.
>
>People in many different forums have been saying the same thing for many
>
>months now. Some people even started saying that the day after the cube
>
>was released. Just because someone's prediction turns out to be true,
>doesn't mean they have inside information.
>
>Besides, Apple has "dropped" many products before, most don't get press
>
>releases though. I don't see new Pismo powerbooks being created, or
>Quadras, or Apple ][ e, or ... Most people don't view these things as
>major news-worthy events, especially if they haven't even happened yet.
>
>Here's a hot tip for ya, that familiar iMac bubble shape, it'll be gone
>
>(eventually) too.
>
>
>> I would still prefer to live here than anywhere else in the world, but
>
>> if you
>> think that the news is not actively or passively censored, then you are
>> deluded.
>
>"Government photo shows ugly man scratching armpits" (From an old Bloom
>
>County comic) Yes, there are lots of things which never make the news.
>
>The only reason the Cube drop made the news is because apparently
>nothing more important was going on that day.
>
>There's also the idea of accuracy and accountability in news reporting.
>
>Until Apple, or a relevant consumer safety group, announces a recall,
>there is no recall to report. There wasn't a whole lot of damage or
>injury caused, or nearly caused, by these adapters either. So again,
>nothing to report here.
>
>The only "censoring" going on is self censoring, not government or
>corporate bullying. In this case anyway ;)
>
>
>> Brent,
>>
>> --I have no desire to become a tech, I just want to be an informed user.
>
>Consider yourself informed. ;)
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/7/01 23:53:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>>>>>> Thanks to RyanLee for posting this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.safetyalerts.com/recall/p/013/01188.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CM
>>>>>
>>>>> Agreed!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well it made the TV news in San Francisco yesterday...
>>>> --
>>>> Clark Martin
>>>
>>> also made the news here in detroit today
>>>
>>> todd heim
>>> www.heim913.net
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