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GDB · 2012-07-23, 10:40

Cash probably doesn't mean physical cash. Like, I doubt they had a trunk of $100 bills that they handed over. It's most likely a wire transfer, but the stipulation was that it be paid all at once, rather than in payments or with stock or assets.

Tom Bombadil · 2012-07-23, 10:59

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Originally Posted by GDB

Cash probably doesn't mean physical cash. Like, I doubt they had a trunk of $100 bills that they handed over. It's most likely a wire transfer, but the stipulation was that it be paid all at once, rather than in payments or with stock or assets.

That sounds like a logical explanation. Pardon my ignorance of the business world, I don't know what other means there are to pay for such a large sum of money. Do they accept US bonds?

Xellos-_^ · 2012-07-23, 15:03

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Originally Posted by ganbaru

Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...86L0CC20120722

Then Congress will step in and apologize for inconveniencing the job creators.

AnimeFan188 · 2012-07-23, 18:25

Sally Ride, first US woman in space dead at 61:

"Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after
a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation announced. She was 61.

Ride first launched into space in 1983 aboard the Challenger shuttle, taking part
in the seventh mission of US space shuttle program."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/sally-ride-fir...212809122.html

Ithekro · 2012-07-23, 18:43

Well...she lasted longer than Challenger or the Space Shuttle Program.

ganbaru · 2012-07-23, 19:01

What's up dock? Apple to shrink connector for iPhone 5
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...86M07320120723

Zakoo · 2012-07-24, 10:15

Another revolution for Apple.

Vexx · 2012-07-24, 10:24

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Originally Posted by ganbaru

What's up dock? Apple to shrink connector for iPhone 5
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...86M07320120723

They actually have a good *technical* reason for doing this.. .but marketing-wise it is going to be painful and make a lot of people angry who have invested in all the connector doodads.

GDB · 2012-07-24, 10:32

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Originally Posted by Vexx

They actually have a good *technical* reason for doing this.. .but marketing-wise it is going to be painful and make a lot of people angry who have invested in all the connector doodads.

Hopefully someone will develop a 19-to-30 pin connector so everything will work without needing further upgrades.

DonQuigleone · 2012-07-24, 12:57

Why don't they just use microusb, like everyone else...

Of course! It would mean they wouldn't be able to charge 30$ for cables worth less then 2$

SaintessHeart · 2012-07-24, 15:29

Actually you can buy the cables cheap........if you know who to contact.

DonQuigleone · 2012-07-24, 15:41

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Actually you can buy the cables cheap........if you know who to contact.

Yeah, though I shouldn't be too hard on Apple, all electronics stores overcharge on cables.

Once I was trying to buy a HDMI cable in New York, I thought "It's a basic cable, how hard could it be?" I went into niche shops, I went into superstores like Best Buy, couldn't find a cable for less then 20$, with many going up to 40, 60 or 100 dollars! I then went online and found one for $1, and it's been working well for over 2 years.

Cables are a big racket.

Endless Soul · 2012-07-24, 15:52

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Cables are a big racket.

That they are, and don't ever buy Monster Cable brand.

Endless "Way overpriced" Soul

DonQuigleone · 2012-07-24, 15:59

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Originally Posted by Endless Soul

That they are, and don't ever buy Monster Cable brand.

Endless "Way overpriced" Soul

I even saw one of the blueshirts at BestBuy advise a guy to buy the more expensive one because it had"higher fidelity". I should have intervened, but I was too stunned.

synaesthetic · 2012-07-24, 16:03

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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

I even saw one of the blueshirts at BestBuy advise a guy to buy the more expensive one because it had"higher fidelity". I should have intervened, but I was too stunned.

0s and 1s don't really care if the cable is simple twisted-pair CAT5 or if it's some fancy-schmancy silver-plated oxygen-free copper marketing malarkey.

ganbaru · 2012-07-24, 17:05

CBO: Court ruling cuts cost of health-care law, but leaves 3 million more uninsured
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...56W_print.html

SeijiSensei · 2012-07-24, 18:57

It is exactly those states with the highest proportions of uninsureds that have dingbat Republican governors like Rick Perry who won't take the Federal Medicaid handout on ideological or partisan grounds. Fully a third of Texas adults between 19 and 64 years of age do not have any health insurance. That won't change much when the ACA comes into effect in 2014 because Texas won't take the Medicaid money or set up insurance exchanges. Republican administrations in states like Florida (29%), Mississippi (27%), Louisiana (25%) and South Carolina (25%) also have joined in this mini-revolt. All of them have uninsurance rates for adults above the national average of 22%.

I've been doing some research into these variations in state coverage rates. Three factors have especially strong relationships with variations in coverage -- the level of statewide unemployment, the distribution of employment across job categories, and the level of unionization of private industry in the state. All of these make intuitive sense in a system like America's where access to health insurance for working-age adults depends directly on employment and not just on citizenship. Unionization in particular has remarkably powerful effects, probably because unionization rates in America are so low, averaging a little under eight percent of workers in private employment.

Xellos-_^ · 2012-07-24, 19:18

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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

It is exactly those states with the highest proportions of uninsureds that have dingbat Republican governors like Rick Perry who won't take the Federal Medicaid handout on ideological or partisan grounds. Fully a third of Texas adults between 19 and 64 years of age do not have any health insurance. That won't change much when the ACA comes into effect in 2014 because Texas won't take the Medicaid money or set up insurance exchanges. Republican administrations in states like Florida (29%), Mississippi (27%), Louisiana (25%) and South Carolina (25%) also have joined in this mini-revolt. All of them have uninsurance rates for adults above the national average of 22%.

don't blame rick perry, blame the people who voted him in.

Ledgem · 2012-07-24, 19:45

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Originally Posted by GDB

Hopefully someone will develop a 19-to-30 pin connector so everything will work without needing further upgrades.

The rumor is that Apple will be providing an adapter for the cable types so that old connectors and certain accessories will be usable with the iPhone 5.

SaintessHeart · 2012-07-24, 20:38

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Originally Posted by Ledgem

The rumor is that Apple will be providing an adapter for the cable types so that old connectors and certain accessories will be usable with the iPhone 5.

......at an additional cost.

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