It's Friday Morning And I'm in Line at the Apple Store. [UPDATED: Terrorists Prevented From Blowing Up London's Apple Store]
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Clayton and I are standing in line at the Northpointe Mall outside the Apple Store in Alpharetta, GA.
Consider this an open thread.
UPDATE: While Clayton and I are having fun this morning, a terrorist plot has been stopped outside the Apple Store in London.
Police disabled a car bomb containing gas cylinders in the heart of central London on Friday morning, close to the world's largest Apple Store on Regent Street.
Police officers carried out a controlled explosion after reports of a suspicious vehicle parked in nearby Haymarket at around 2am. Haymarket is near the Regent Street shopping area, where Apple's main store is based.
A police source said the bomb was a "big device" and posed a real and substantial threat to the surrounding area.
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It's Friday Morning And I'm in Line at the Apple Store. [UPDATED: Terrorists Prevented From Blowing Up London's Apple Store] 11 Comments (0 topical, 11 editorial, 0 hidden) Post a comment »
The people have a right to know!
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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...
-John Locke
alright smarty britches. Christy asked the same question last night. I tried to get Clayton to tape sticky buns to the sides of his head for breakfast and lunch, but he wasn't willing.
Are you telling me that he wasn't willing to wear a Chewie mask, either?
I'm still doubtful. We want pictures.
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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...
-John Locke
Their stock has meandered lately but is rising today. Perhaps a reaction to the lines? Don't know but buy two and increase their sales.
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
Contributor to The Minority Report
I used to be an Apple zealot, but the company has been getting more and more obsessed with proprietary hardware and overbloating. In terms of software, OS X still beats Windows (especially Vista), but with hardware Apple is losing it.
Linux is (and always has been) the best, if you feel like putting the effort into using it. Aside from that, my optimal computer involves a regular PC with a cracked version of OS X. (Sadly, this is theoretical.)
I'm happy the iPhone has third-party software support (although I'm not a Java man by any means); there's no way I'm spending $500 on something I will never feel comfortable going outside with until we see external HDD support, video out (which iPods already have), and maybe a USB port.
Well, then they could just rebrand it as the return of the Apple Newton. Which would be even better.
Apple's hardware hasn't been locked down and proprietary for years; Apple was no enemy of Yellow Dog Linux. The OS is tied to Apple-supplied hardware, but the usual parts (memory, video, processor, etc.) are all standard.
What Apple's hardware is, is a KNOWN and DOCUMENTED base configuration that Apple can TEST and SUPPORT thoroughly. It's also built for quality, but that's another matter.
Running an Apple system makes your box a known spec that developers can support with ease, unlike the amorphous mess of people who run any given Linux or Microsoft OS.
How exactly is Apple 'losing it' by the way? It's true that Apple's CPU vendors in the past have had trouble keeping up with Intel (particularly with respect to laptop processors), but now that Apple is using Intel, that's obviously no longer a problem.
Run like Reagan!
Do they know who did it? Has the religion of pieces struck again?
I sold my shares a few days ago. Buy the rumor, sell the fact.
I'll wait for a 2nd or 3rd generation and see if it is still tops.
Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you. Washington Elected Elite
We've been waiting for weeks to have an answer - which one is dressed as Leia, and which one is dressed as Chewie?
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[F]or by the fundamental law of Nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred...
-John Locke