[CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-20 Thread t.piwowar
"Beverly Hills, CA resident Gregory McKenna has filed a 124-page complaint in a U.S. District Court in Missouri against Apple... McKenna alleges that Apple conspired with the Italian Mafia to affix special receivers to an iPod shuffle he purchased on eBay and an iPod mini purchased in an Ap

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-20 Thread mike
I think your headline should be more like 'rabid apple user goes nutball' since he is an apple user. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM, t.piwowar wrote: > "Beverly Hills, CA resident Gregory McKenna has filed a 124-page complaint > in a U.S. District Court in Missouri against Apple... McKenna alle

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-20 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:10 PM, mike wrote: > I think your headline should be more like 'rabid apple user goes nutball' > since he is an apple user. The story proves that creative people use Apple computers. Steve * *

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-20 Thread Jeff Wright
> I think your headline should be more like 'rabid apple user goes nutball' > since he is an apple user. There you go again. Letting pesky things like facts get in the way of the mythos. * ** List info, subscription manage

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-21 Thread rleesimon
Wow...I live in the land of the goombas ...where can I get one of those? -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:xha...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: Re: WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds I think your headline should be more like 'rabid apple user goes nutball

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Oh look! Another hateful WFB: http://www.cio.com/article/497443/Apple_Secrets_Lead_to_The_Great_iPhone_Chase_?page=2&taxonomyId=1436 http://tinyurl.com/m385g3 --- > I think your headline should be more like 'rabid apple user goes nutball' > since he is an

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-21 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
The best quote on Apple people I have read in a while is this strips punchline- http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2324 On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: > Oh look! Another hateful WFB: > > > http://www.cio.com/article/497443/Apple_Secrets_Lead_to_The_Great_iPhone_Chase_?p

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 21, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: Oh look! Another hateful WFB: http://www.cio.com/article/497443/ Apple_Secrets_Lead_to_The_Great_iPhone_Chase_?page=2&taxonomyId=1436 No, just a demonstration of WFB stupidity. MFBs know that availability is no secret... http://www.apple.com/

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread Jeff Wright
> No, just a demonstration of WFB stupidity. MFBs know that availability is no > secret... > http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/availability.php > > The table breaks out by individual store and model. Apple says their > availability page is updated hourly. Gosh, you think the Apple store staff mig

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread Jordan
Some good stuff! Thanks John Duncan Yoyo wrote: The best quote on Apple people I have read in a while is this strips punchline- http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/2324 * ** List info, subscription management, l

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Gosh, you think the Apple store staff might actually been *helpful*, instead of behaving like the Stasi. Highly unlikely. Or could this be another variation of Laptop Hunters? Somebody complaining about Apple who did not actually step inside

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread Jeff Wright
> Highly unlikely. Or could this be another variation of Laptop Hunters? > Somebody complaining about Apple who did not actually step inside an Apple > Store? Misinformation planted by M$? Sure, it's possible. MS has been taking a few pages out of Apple's playbook recently, all to great tantrums

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
CIO zine has been crap since its inception. It took me 2-3 years to rid myself of the free-subscription they anointed me with. They are very toady to the large, usual suspects and show an absolute lack of analysis or original thinking. Poorly trained business types with technical pretensions. T

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 12:49 PM -0500 7/22/09, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: CIO zine has been crap since its inception. It took me 2-3 years to rid myself of the free-subscription they anointed me with. They are very toady to the large, usual suspects and show an absolute lack of analysis or original thinking.

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread David K Watson
Worse, this is not CIO magazine's own writers saying this, they are quoting an analyst with Technology Business Research who essentially is implying that "consumer confidence rebounded in the second quarter, but only for Apple users". That is some "interesting" professional analysis and fact-chec

Re: [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-22 Thread t.piwowar
On Jul 22, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: Poorly trained business types with technical pretensions. Abbreviates as CIO. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** pol

[CGUYS] Foxconn employee suicide [CGUYS] WFB's Hatred of Apple Knows No Bounds

2009-07-21 Thread mike
http://shanghaiist.com/2009/07/21/foxconn_employee_committed_suicide_1.php I can't say that anyone over at MS or their contractors ever lost their life over leaked zune stuff. Imagine the headline from Tom if this was MS... ***