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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Sept 20, 2012 11:19:23 GMT -8
I knew you'd comment if someone mentions the French ;D I had a bad experience as well when I asked an airport employee in Paris something. He answered in French knowing very well I had no idea what he was saying. It was beneath him to speak English. However, I have several very good friends that are French, and they are great people that work hard - so generalizing is not really a good thing. There are lazy and stupid people in every single country on this planet. Since I am of French blood I feel compelled to chime in. LOL The experience that sticks out to me is one in the Atlanta airport. I was looking for my baggage carousel when the absolute most beautiful woman I have ever seen in person, I mean ever, walked up to me and asked for my help. I thought I had won the lottery and was looking for cameras. I ask her where her flight originated and she said Paris in her beautiful accent. For whatever reason she moved closer and was touching me and seemed very appreciative. Then it hit me, the most God awful smell I have ever encountered, BO that could have ended the last 3 wars. I quickly found her luggage and was gone in a flash. Has scared me for life. That was 7-8 years ago, remember it like it was yesterday. You weren't clear...her BO or yours? ;D
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Post by mbeauch on Sept 20, 2012 11:22:31 GMT -8
Funny guy, Made me laugh though. red, you would have liked, I promise.
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Sept 20, 2012 11:24:39 GMT -8
Funny guy, Made me laugh though. red, you would have liked, I promise. Oh, I am sure I would have....but I would have stood a few feet away. Hello 700...welcome back!
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Post by Plato on Sept 20, 2012 11:24:48 GMT -8
Since I am of French blood I feel compelled to chime in. LOL The experience that sticks out to me is one in the Atlanta airport. I was looking for my baggage carousel when the absolute most beautiful woman I have ever seen in person, I mean ever, walked up to me and asked for my help. I thought I had won the lottery and was looking for cameras. I ask her where her flight originated and she said Paris in her beautiful accent. For whatever reason she moved closer and was touching me and seemed very appreciative. Then it hit me, the most God awful smell I have ever encountered, BO that could have ended the last 3 wars. I quickly found her luggage and was gone in a flash. Has scared me for life. That was 7-8 years ago, remember it like it was yesterday. You weren't clear...her BO or yours? ;D LOL .. good one! Back to AAPL - I expect a close above 700 with a rally into the close with the impending iPhone 5 launch tomorrow (despite the new maps app :
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Post by nocturno on Sept 20, 2012 11:25:54 GMT -8
I've seen all these stereotypical French, strangely enough mostly in American movies. And I'm married to a French woman...
Now, those American tourists we get here, I could tell you a few stories about those!
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Post by chasmac on Sept 20, 2012 11:28:18 GMT -8
Jobs allowed MobileMe and Ping to happen. And the Cube and iPod Hi-Fi. This is nothing serious. Lets not forget the Dalmatian iMac! Woof!!
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Post by Mav on Sept 20, 2012 11:29:45 GMT -8
How could I forget! And that hockey puck mouse (truly the worst mouse in the history of the world)!
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Post by JDSoCal on Sept 20, 2012 11:30:56 GMT -8
Since I am of French blood I feel compelled to chime in. LOL The experience that sticks out to me is one in the Atlanta airport. I was looking for my baggage carousel when the absolute most beautiful woman I have ever seen in person, I mean ever, walked up to me and asked for my help. I thought I had won the lottery and was looking for cameras. I ask her where her flight originated and she said Paris in her beautiful accent. For whatever reason she moved closer and was touching me and seemed very appreciative. Then it hit me, the most God awful smell I have ever encountered, BO that could have ended the last 3 wars. I quickly found her luggage and was gone in a flash. Has scared me for life. That was 7-8 years ago, remember it like it was yesterday. You weren't clear...her BO or yours? ;D Ha ha, the one time Mark doesn't take a shower. Such a sad story. I think you need to change the ending. Just filled a Jan 14 980/1000 at a good price (aka, a Lovemyipad Stink Bid™) LEAP spreads have been good to me. I resolve to do more of them.
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Post by sponge on Sept 20, 2012 11:33:46 GMT -8
i have now used maps for two days.
I have nothing to complain about. Love the turn by turn directions and the 3D views.
search could be better, but not a deal breaker.
Apple will update and improve. This is a whole lot of nothing.
Look at those complaining. They are not serious map users. They have few posts.
I guarantee you that Google Maps is not perfect either.
In the words of Horace. Lets check back in a month on this issue.
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Post by mbeauch on Sept 20, 2012 11:34:04 GMT -8
I've seen all these stereotypical French, strangely enough mostly in American movies. And I'm married to a French woman... Now, those American tourists we get here, I could tell you a few stories about those! As I said, I am French blood, I have said this many times over the years. It is what it is. The woman could have peeled the paint off a fire hydrant. No need to be offended because I am sure it was not your wife. ;D
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Post by Mav on Sept 20, 2012 11:36:02 GMT -8
The Scent That Could End Three Wars. Someone should TM that while they still can! Maybe you, MB! (Since it was your turn of phrase.)
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Post by mbeauch on Sept 20, 2012 11:37:41 GMT -8
Ha ha, the one time Mark doesn't take a shower. Such a sad story. I think you need to change the ending. JD, I promise I had already written a different ending in my mind when she walked up. ;D
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Post by Mav on Sept 20, 2012 11:39:00 GMT -8
MB, does Tammy read these forums? ;D
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Post by aaplexcelsior on Sept 20, 2012 11:39:42 GMT -8
i have now used maps for two days. I have nothing to complain about. Love the turn by turn directions and the 3D views. search could be better, but not a deal breaker. Apple will update and improve. This is a whole lot of nothing. Look at those complaining. They are not serious map users. They have few posts. I guarantee you that Google Maps is not perfect either. In the words of Horace. Lets check back in a month on this issue. I think to a large extent this is a U.S./international issue. Users in the U.S. got pretty good map data and added functionality, like flyover. Users in what you would have thought would be pretty well-coverable countries (UK being the prime example) seem to have gotten significantly worse map data. Where I happen to be living this year, I've lost directions entirely. And then I think a lot of people don't realize that there seems to have been a usability decision not to show much detail when zoomed out. Given that you *can* use google maps via web I really don't see what the big deal is... but I do think there is a basis for the complaints. I do hope this is something that gets is reasonably quickly fixable, though I have no idea how that works.
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Post by mbeauch on Sept 20, 2012 11:42:30 GMT -8
MB, does Tammy read these forums? ;D Tammy and I were just friends back then. Did not start dating serious till 2006ish. And to answer the question, no. LOL She knows I am a nut anyway. I told her that story and she laughed.
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Post by Tetrachloride on Sept 20, 2012 11:43:02 GMT -8
How could I forget! And that hockey puck mouse (truly the worst mouse in the history of the world)! very sorry to say (I'm not sorry), but I disagree. I really liked the puck. in the mid-2000's, I switched out my Pro Mouse for the puck. At the time, a 1-button mouse was sufficient for me. Sometime this year, I'll try out a MagicPad. For about half of the past 12 years, I've used a non-Apple mouse.
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Post by Mav on Sept 20, 2012 11:45:36 GMT -8
MB, does Tammy read these forums? ;D Tammy and I were just friends back then. Did not start dating serious till 2006ish. And to answer the question, no. LOL She knows I am a nut anyway. I told her that story and she laughed. I was only kidding anyway. But not about the trademark!
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Post by Mav on Sept 20, 2012 11:46:50 GMT -8
Before the Fib levels come into play, can AAPL hold the 695-ish gap? That's what I'm looking for tomorrow.
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Post by nocturno on Sept 20, 2012 11:48:11 GMT -8
I've seen all these stereotypical French, strangely enough mostly in American movies. And I'm married to a French woman... Now, those American tourists we get here, I could tell you a few stories about those! As I said, I am French blood, I have said this many times over the years. It is what it is. The woman could have peeled the paint off a fire hydrant. No need to be offended because I am sure it was not your wife. ;D Not to worry, I wasn't offended in the least, and neither would my wife be, since, simply put, French people don't smell bad. It's a silly stereotype and good for a laugh. Some foolish people think the stereotypes are true, but hey, c'est la vie.
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Post by icam on Sept 20, 2012 11:49:01 GMT -8
You weren't clear...her BO or yours? ;D Ha ha, the one time Mark doesn't take a shower. Such a sad story. I think you need to change the ending. Just filled a Jan 14 980/1000 at a good price (aka, a Lovemyipad Stink Bid™) LEAP spreads have been good to me. I resolve to do more of them. JD- if you don't mind me asking, what price did you get? I've got a stink bud out on Jan15 990-1000 that's just sitting there. Not sure which stinks more, my bid, or a person from France.
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Sept 20, 2012 11:50:45 GMT -8
We are moving back to 698 range...I had hoped for a push through 700 but man, as soon as it was reached, the sell orders hit....
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Post by Mav on Sept 20, 2012 11:53:09 GMT -8
I actually expected price action a little more like this this week.
AAPL is still holding these upper levels just fine.
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Post by JDSoCal on Sept 20, 2012 11:55:28 GMT -8
Ha ha, the one time Mark doesn't take a shower. Such a sad story. I think you need to change the ending. Just filled a Jan 14 980/1000 at a good price (aka, a Lovemyipad Stink Bid™) LEAP spreads have been good to me. I resolve to do more of them. JD- if you don't mind me asking, what price did you get? I've got a stink bud out on Jan15 990-1000 that's just sitting there. Not sure which stinks more, my bid, or a person from France. I got it for 2.40, trying to get 2.35 in another acct, i.e., even more French, LOL. Edit: Just modified and filled the second order, also 2.40.
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Post by roni on Sept 20, 2012 11:55:48 GMT -8
I took profits in both my April call positions. April has been very good to me so far Holding some shares and Jan 2014 $600's. 39% cash now
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Sept 20, 2012 11:55:54 GMT -8
What an odd job: Standing in line for Apple's iPhone 5 Comments 2 Email Charlie Hufnagel is first in line to buy the iPhone 5 at Apple's store on Friday in San Francisco's Union Square. He's being paid $1,500 to camp out for four nights. He got the gig on TaskRabbit. By Jessica Guynn September 20, 2012, 8:45 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO — Charlie Hufnagel, 24, has done a lot of odd jobs over the last couple of months. He serenaded someone’s sick boyfriend (Prince’s "Let’s Go Crazy"), pulled an all-nighter making 12 alligator piñatas out of papier-mâché, and fetches limited releases of 1980s punk-rock records at secret Fat Wreck Chords parties. But his latest gig is the one getting him the most attention: Camping out for five days in front of the Apple store in San Francisco's Union Square. Someone hired him on TaskRabbit to be first in line for the new iPhone 5 that goes on sale Friday morning. He’s getting paid $1,500, which seems like a decent wage for a week’s work, if not for the working conditions: drunk people singing Weezer songs outside his tent at night, the bone-jarring sounds of street construction that kick into high gear at 7 a.m. and, the worst yet, his iPhone 4 being stolen while he was making a run to the 24-hour Denny’s. "I don't think I would do it for less," said Hufnagel, an unemployed digital-media specialist who lives in San Francisco’s Mission district. "I have some dignity." For now he's the only one in line. His companions are the endless stream of shoppers heading in and out of the Apple store and the construction workers digging up the streets right next to his green REI tent. He also gets regular visits from TaskRabbit, which has given him a small budget for food deliveries through Deliver Now (mostly burritos from Chipotle) in exchange for wearing company swag and putting up signs promoting that you can hire a TaskRabbit to stand in line for your iPhone 5 on Friday morning. Hufnagel came prepared. Inside his cramped, disheveled tent, he has a portable lantern, a stack of books (and a Kindle but he doesn’t feel right using it outside the Apple store) and ample food supplies: ramen (that he boils on a Sterno grill), apple sauce, canned pineapple, a big sack of granola from Rainbow Grocery, a box of cool mint chocolate Clif Bars (with caffeine), one mason jar filled with water and another filled with tea and nutritional yeast flakes to sprinkle on his food for added protein. He charges his laptop and phone (before it was stolen) in the Apple store, and also uses the bathroom there, or hikes over to one of two nearby Starbucks or the aforementioned Denny’s. During the day, he sets up a small chair and table in front of the Apple store that he mans with his MacBook. At night, he puts on earplugs and leans the chair and table against the inside of the tent so he'll wake up if someone unzips it. Passersby gawk and stop to snap pictures of him and his tent, making him feel a bit like a zoo animal, he said. Every person asks the same question: How long have you been here? (That may be because he has a sign that encourages people to ask him). "The hours are weird but I get to meet a lot of interesting people and I am getting paid to do it," Hufnagel said. Hufnagel won't be alone for long. Soon he will be joined by hordes of iPhone 5 groupies — and all the other working stiffs hired to stand in line through services such as TaskRabbit and Exec. Hufnagel says he had been thinking about buying and then selling the iPhone 5 to make some extra cash. Now he’s thinking about keeping it to replace his iPhone 4 if the cops don’t track it down. After all, the screen was already cracked. "It seems pretty snazzy, and if it turns out I need a new phone, I would definitely upgrade," he said. "If by some miracle I get my iPhone 4 back, I may stick with that for now." www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-what-an-odd-job-standing-in-line-for-apples-iphone-5-20120919,0,7990555.story
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Post by sponge on Sept 20, 2012 12:00:20 GMT -8
The moment Samsung gets people to stand in lines while getting paid, we know we have a real problem.
This free publicity for the iPhone 5 is awesome. Learned back in Marketing 101, that news profiles are better then ads anyday.
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Post by icam on Sept 20, 2012 12:00:23 GMT -8
JD- if you don't mind me asking, what price did you get? I've got a stink bud out on Jan15 990-1000 that's just sitting there. Not sure which stinks more, my bid, or a person from France. I got it for 2.40, trying to get 2.35 in another acct, i.e., even more French, LOL. Edit: Just modified and filled the second order, also 2.40. Thanks. I think my .20 cent bid was a bit too stinky. Need to re-evaluate.
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Post by nocturno on Sept 20, 2012 12:02:22 GMT -8
i have now used maps for two days. I have nothing to complain about. Love the turn by turn directions and the 3D views. search could be better, but not a deal breaker. Apple will update and improve. This is a whole lot of nothing. Look at those complaining. They are not serious map users. They have few posts. I guarantee you that Google Maps is not perfect either. In the words of Horace. Lets check back in a month on this issue. That's what I'm worried about. I don't see how Apple's going to fix in a month what they haven't been able to fix in the past few years that they have been working on their own version of Maps. From all I have been reading about map making, it appears to be a time consuming and expensive business. Sure, when it works it's great, but when it doesn't it's, I think, a dealbreaker. We can't all be cheerleaders for Apple all the time, now, can we? I say this as someone with about 1/3 of my net worth in this stock (the rest in Pabrai's hedge fund and in my own company). I'm not 'someone with few posts who's complaining', I'm a worried investor and I'm hoping for someone who's knowledgeable about the GPS mapping industry to surface with their experienced view on this. I'd be *incredibly* happy to be wrong about this being a real issue!
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Post by Plato on Sept 20, 2012 12:04:46 GMT -8
We are moving back to 698 range...I had hoped for a push through 700 but man, as soon as it was reached, the sell orders hit.... +1 Had hoped for a push above 700 in the last minutes. OT - Oracle reports 1Q ADJ. EPS of $0.53, in line with WS. Stock down in AH.
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Post by BillH on Sept 20, 2012 12:06:42 GMT -8
Ha ha, the one time Mark doesn't take a shower. Such a sad story. I think you need to change the ending. JD, I promise I had already written a different ending in my mind when she walked up. ;D Seems like an awful time to forget you own a shower.
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