Paris Apple Store robbed of more than $1 million in goods(news.cnet.com)
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Paris Apple Store robbed of more than $1 million in goods
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57561503-37/paris-apple-store-robbed-of-more-than-$1-million-in-goods/
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I guess they get sold on ebay and the like and the only time one of those identifiers turns up is when a poor guy walks into an apple store and tries to have a faulty part of his "brand new" macbook replaced.
Maybe somebody finds a pattern and gets the thieves, but I'd bet against it.
Maybe somebody finds a pattern and gets the thieves, but I'd bet against it.
Forty minutes? I'd have guessed cameras and other security systems would trigger an alarm.
This group sounds at least semi-professional. It sounds like they cased the store for a while to analyze the habits of the janitor, picked a really convenient evening for a heist (what's everybody doing on NYE? exactly), knew there'd be a security guard inside and had the drop on him, then ignored display items since they're more likely to be protected against theft (customers of the store touch them daily).
They sound smart, honestly, so I wouldn't be surprised if they disabled any alarm as well.
They sound smart, honestly, so I wouldn't be surprised if they disabled any alarm as well.
"In other news---A Microsoft store was broken into and several thousand dollars worth of merchandise was reported to have been returned."
Ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha.
There should be a name for this strange ultra-capitalist subjectivity, perhaps iI?
The first, little, i masquerades as a self, but is actually a corporate identity.
The first, little, i masquerades as a self, but is actually a corporate identity.
It's just a joke. Actually many people have called Microsoft Windows mobile a big step ahead, even easier to use than Android and iPhone (Those people include Wozniak.) THeir stores, while certainly inspired by Apple stores, are far enough that they don't get sued (http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/04/apple_takes_aim_at...) and their products are actually improving since 2001.
We will see if they can come back from behind http://blogs.computerworld.com/windows/21472/microsoft-has-o...
We will see if they can come back from behind http://blogs.computerworld.com/windows/21472/microsoft-has-o...
I hope Ubuntu sells more than Windows RT mobile.
Even if they don't have any actual product now, I hope they sell well at launch.
Even if they don't have any actual product now, I hope they sell well at launch.
That comment should have stayed where you found it. It might be appropriate in that community, but it's just content-free noise here.
voting is how you state your preference, I don't think we need self-appointed policing as replies. Noise indeed, how ironic.
Commentary is all opinion. I shared mine on the comment, as well as voting it down and flagging it. The problem is that it's a cheap Microsoft shot and there are a lot of people that will upvote that, even though it has no place here. I've watched it waffle back and forth between gray and black since leaving my remark. Now it's beating an actually informative comment that I upvoted, so its traction concerns me; therefore, I said something.
I mean, what discussion potential is there from reprinting a CNET comment that is basically just sniping at Microsoft? "Ha ha, Microsoft is so terrible." The OP didn't even add anything to the comment, just a laugh. There is absolutely no value to the comment or any discussion that could come from it.
You're sharing your opinion, but it's also self-appointed speaking for the community if you read your comment carefully. You're doing the exact same thing I am, but giving me grief for it. I only had to go to page 3 of your comment history to find you doing the exact same thing to somebody else[1].
We're all friends here, no need to be snide.
[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4616911
I mean, what discussion potential is there from reprinting a CNET comment that is basically just sniping at Microsoft? "Ha ha, Microsoft is so terrible." The OP didn't even add anything to the comment, just a laugh. There is absolutely no value to the comment or any discussion that could come from it.
You're sharing your opinion, but it's also self-appointed speaking for the community if you read your comment carefully. You're doing the exact same thing I am, but giving me grief for it. I only had to go to page 3 of your comment history to find you doing the exact same thing to somebody else[1].
We're all friends here, no need to be snide.
[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4616911
Should be very interesting data to track these devices, telling investigators and Apple a lot more than just were the devices ended up.