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le nubian - Aug 23, 2007 2:01:16 pm PDT #2501 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think AT&T's purchase of Cingular has made the company a lot less customer friendly.

You are supposed to get the unlock code right away. I can't believe there is ANY waiting time.

ita, I had to call customer service to do a plan change 2 weeks ago and that was like Abbott & Costello. I asked the woman to verbally confirm the changes and she said the wrong plans. I corrected her, she emailed me a confirmation that was the wrong plans. So then I called customer service back and she had done what I asked correctly, but verbally gave me the wrong info. WTF?


Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2007 5:59:46 am PDT #2502 of 25513
They pay me in WOIMS

New iPods on September 5?


le nubian - Aug 24, 2007 8:09:51 am PDT #2503 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita, your new phone:

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§ ita § - Aug 24, 2007 8:27:23 am PDT #2504 of 25513
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That's way nifty looking.


tommyrot - Aug 24, 2007 12:33:22 pm PDT #2505 of 25513
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I've probably read this somewhere but I don't remember - what are the supposed benefits of running OS X on an iPod?


omnis_audis - Aug 24, 2007 12:33:52 pm PDT #2506 of 25513
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

looks like the phone to go with the batmobile from Batman Begins


Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2007 12:36:17 pm PDT #2507 of 25513
They pay me in WOIMS

what are the supposed benefits of running OS X on an iPod?

It would, in theory, make your iPod look and act more like iPhone. Basically a slicker GUI.

It would also, in theory, make it more hackable like an iPhone.


tommyrot - Aug 24, 2007 1:01:10 pm PDT #2508 of 25513
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I suppose with the bigger display (that supposedly will happen) a slicker, more capable OS would be worthwhile to take advantage of it.

I am tired. That first sentence is pretty awkward, but I'm going to leave it....


esse - Aug 24, 2007 1:01:37 pm PDT #2509 of 25513
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Speaking of hacking the iPhone, I just heard on NPR that some college kid unlocked the iPhone for the first time. I can't find a web article for it, but apparently you have to take off the cover and scrape off a delicate wire in the interior of the hardware. Unsurprisingly, there's a high likelihood you could damage or destroy the phone in doing so.


Dana - Aug 24, 2007 1:05:30 pm PDT #2510 of 25513
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

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