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slappy
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Re: iphone December 12, 2011 at 04:39 PM UTC #
azaghal1981 wrote:
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-01/tech/tech_mobile_abortion-clinic-siri-iphone_1_siri-abortion-clinics-abortion-questions?_s=PM:TECH

It's true.


HoyaSaxa03
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Re: iphone December 12, 2011 at 07:44 PM UTC #
any guesses from the assembled technorati on an iphone 5 release date?  getting my wife an iphone eventually, but I try to buy gadgets on the early side of product life cycles, and the 4S seems like lipstick on an old pig at this point.
vansmack
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Re: iphone December 12, 2011 at 10:23 PM UTC #
HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
any guesses from the assembled technorati on an iphone 5 release date?  getting my wife an iphone eventually, but I try to buy gadgets on the early side of product life cycles, and the 4S seems like lipstick on an old pig at this point.


Summer 2012.

March will likely bring the world a new iPad.
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: iphone December 13, 2011 at 01:10 AM UTC #
pretty sure no one is ever going to put out a new phone
azaghal1981
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Re: iphone January 22, 2012 at 02:26 PM UTC #
Got the 4S jailbreak. Running quickly and smoothly so far.
Lots of digging and playing around to do.
slappy
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Re: iphone January 23, 2012 at 01:39 AM UTC #
Herr wrote:
so how many hiptards out there are all fired up about the "Occupy" movement, but wouldn't think of paying the extra $65 for their Iphone that it would take to support American jobs and fight slave-like labor conditions in China?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=apple&st=cse




If you really care about American jobs and slave-like labor conditions it would probably be wise to look above and beyond the 'hiptards' and Apple. As the article you linked above says..

"Foxconn Technology has dozens of facilities in Asia and Eastern Europe, and in Mexico and Brazil, and it assembles an estimated 40 percent of the world?s consumer electronics for customers like Amazon, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Nintendo, Nokia, Samsung and Sony."



beetsnotbeats
Joined: April 26, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: iphone January 23, 2012 at 02:18 AM UTC #
slappy wrote:
Herr wrote:
so how many hiptards out there are all fired up about the "Occupy" movement, but wouldn't think of paying the extra $65 for their Iphone that it would take to support American jobs and fight slave-like labor conditions in China?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=apple&st=cse




If you really care about American jobs and slave-like labor conditions it would probably be wise to look above and beyond the 'hiptards' and Apple. As the article you linked above says..

"Foxconn Technology has dozens of facilities in Asia and Eastern Europe, and in Mexico and Brazil, and it assembles an estimated 40 percent of the world?s consumer electronics for customers like Amazon, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Nintendo, Nokia, Samsung and Sony."


Save your breath, slappy. Our near-depression is caused by the iPhone-owning hiptards in the Occupy camps. If we just take them out, all will be better. It's just that simple….

Why use a brush when you can throw the whole bucket.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: iphone January 23, 2012 at 05:11 PM UTC #
Herr wrote:
so how many hiptards out there are all fired up about the "Occupy" movement, but wouldn't think of paying the extra $65 for their Iphone that it would take to support American jobs and fight slave-like labor conditions in China?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=apple&st=cse



I am laughing very hard right now.

Thank you.
slappy
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Re: iphone January 26, 2012 at 06:52 PM UTC #
HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html


Already discussed at top of page.
i am gay and i like cats
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Re: iphone January 26, 2012 at 06:56 PM UTC #
slappy wrote:
HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html


Already discussed at top of page.


yeah . . . because you should discuss human suffering for technology . . . only once.
slappy
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Re: iphone January 26, 2012 at 07:09 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
slappy wrote:
HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html


Already discussed at top of page.


yeah . . . because you should discuss human suffering for technology . . . only once.


no … but you could actually read what is above and contribute to the discussion beyond wasting space by simply throwing up already supplied links.
chaz
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Re: iphone January 26, 2012 at 07:11 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
slappy wrote:
HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html


Already discussed at top of page.


yeah . . . because you should discuss human suffering for technology . . . only once.


Nobody dismissed these topics, what was retarded was doom's assertion that somehow apple cult member hipster idiots are largely responsible for the horrible labor practices in foreign countries.

FACT.  Companies as big as apple get that way by doing things in the most cost effective manner possible.  ALL they care about is the bottom line.  Don't ever act surprised that a campany like apple employs labor practices at the cost of human decency.  Corporations by their very nature are greedy soulless beasts.

I can't believe this could come as a surprise to anybody.  How can the facts in these articles be a revelation to anyone. 

I'm not waving a flag here, just stating the obvious.  Don't bother appealing to the common decency of these pigs.  They will do anything within the law (and sometimes those areas get very grey) to make a buck. 

The only way to change labor practices like these is to change the laws/rules govering the corporations that employ them.  Just reading this last sentence I've written I'm having another "duh" moment.

stevewizzle
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Re: iphone January 26, 2012 at 07:17 PM UTC #
there was a planet money podcast a few weeks back about manufacturing in 'merica.  very similar story.. simple technology (auto parts), moving from america to oversees just to stay afloat.  they could either change where they manufacture, or let their business fail.  when faced by politicians with the question "what can we do to keep your product made in america?", the answer was pretty clear - even with subsidies or breaks, it's inevitable the product will be made somewhere else.

my question is…  what happens when machines replace the cheap labor china depends on? 
slappy
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Re: iphone January 26, 2012 at 07:24 PM UTC #
stevewizzle wrote:
there was a planet money podcast a few weeks back about manufacturing in 'merica.  very similar story.. simple technology (auto parts), moving from america to oversees just to stay afloat.  they could either change where they manufacture, or let their business fail.  when faced by politicians with the question "what can we do to keep your product made in america?", the answer was pretty clear - even with subsidies or breaks, it's inevitable the product will be made somewhere else.

my question is…  what happens when machines replace the cheap labor china depends on? 


This American Life had also had a good podcast on the whole situation.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2012/01/a-response-to-the-news-from-apple
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