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FoolBalance posted to the Apple board. 11:58 AM

Profit Repatriation Plan

Last night I attended the Jefferson-Jackson (Democrats) dinner in my county. Our Congressman, John Delaney, described in clear and concise terms his plan that currently has 12 Republican and 12 Democratic co-sponsors.

Many companies (Apple [more]

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FoolBalance posted to the Apple board. 2:50 PM

Where battle lines are drawn

To stream or to download. He has some points. He also is unique.

I've never bought a TV show or movie on iTunes. For some reason, it seems like a weird choice. I buy music, but not movies.

Maybe he's not unique.

But, [more]

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FoolBalance replied to the Avian Influenza board. 9:29 AM

Re: H7N9?

Four more cases. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/03/world/asia/china-bird-flu/inde...

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FoolBalance replied to the Apple board. 7:19 PM

Re: Articles Like This Hurt

The front and read idea is a pretty neat concept. It's too bad there isn't an app for that - oh wait.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/11/16/duocam/

I think [more]

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FoolBalance posted to the Apple board. 9:30 PM

Articles Like This Hurt

The meme now floating is that iOS is long in the tooth, that Apple's iPhone technology is a generation behind, etc. This is one article that helps to build that meme.

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FoolBalance posted to the Apple board. 10:19 AM

Understanding AAPL's price fluctuations

Interesting article from a unique source, the LA Times.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20130322,0,122...

What we can say, [more]

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FoolBalance replied to the Atheist Fools board. 2:47 PM

Re: Steubenvill rape

CNN runs a story lamenting the damage done by the rape to the rapists which perfectly mirrors a spoof by the Onion two years ago:


There were also stories about the ability to make decisions of the victim. What about [more]

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FoolBalance posted to the Avian Influenza board. 10:57 PM

New Resistant Swine Flu

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21828245

in Australia.

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FoolBalance replied to the Apple board. 5:58 PM

Re: Remember Maps?

I had that 'right left' error with Google Maps happen to me on this last trip to DC, too. That is a critical failure, IMO.

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FoolBalance replied to the Apple board. 5:53 PM

Re: Remember Maps?

I did a comparison of Apple Maps versus Google Maps this past weekend on a trip to DC. Google maps handled poorly a particularly tough stretch of road on the east side of DC. It is highway 295 southbound. At a certain point it intersects with highway [more]

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FoolBalance replied to the Apple board. 9:52 AM

Re: Glass is looking Pretty Awesome

no possibility of distracted driving there, eh?

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FoolBalance replied to the Atheist Fools board. 11:55 AM

Re: Why is Huntsman flipping now?

You don't get the Republican nomination by being a moderate Reoublican. Given that the primary process runs first through Conservative NH (Republican side) and then takes a trip to the South, about the last thing you would do is endorse same sex [more]

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FoolBalance posted to the Atheist Fools board. 11:47 AM

Cry me an effin' river

Catholic Cardinal Mahony says he's being scapegoated in the child sex scandals. Even if he's correct, it doesn't matter. There is so much guilt to be laid at the RCC's doorstep that no one scapegoat can be sufficient.

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FoolBalance replied to the Atheist Fools board. 11:46 PM

Re: sneaky theist Congress!!

Per the SCA, Congress is trying to sneak a bill through to provide funding to repair churches after Sandy. Evidently (I did not fact-check this), after Katrina even Bush43 didn't try this. But this Congress is (and I bet Obama would sign [more]

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FoolBalance replied to the Apple board. 8:45 PM

Re: Major Interface Changes for OSX and iOS?

Okay, I give up. What software suites did apple abandon?

Are you counting Appleworks? I never thought of that as a suite, since it was a single app.

The only two suitcase that come to mind are iLife and iWork. The iWork [more]

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FoolBalance posted to the Apple board. 6:04 PM

Major Interface Changes for OSX and iOS?

Wired article documents hiring patterns that suggest major initiatives by Apple to change the user interface for OSX and iOS, starting with iLife suite?

My worry: In the past, when Apple has a software suite, it eventually abandons it. Then, [more]