What’s worse than losing car keys? Knowing that the only spare is with your sister – who’s out of the country. Why she has them with her is beyond me… but who am I to argue, I’m the one who lost stuff in the first place.
Oh well, time to find a way to get a duplicate… without anything to base it from. Can they even do that?
Oh another thing, my aircon just conked out. So now, I’ve temporarily migrated to my sis’ room… thank God for wireless LAN.
It seems that Apple has been granted the right to search and destroy the sources of ThinkSecret’s information… and correct me if I’m wrong, but the case against ThinkSecret itself is different – Apple filed a separate suit against ThinkSecret alleging that they induced Apple employees to steal trade secrets. Dunno about you, but to me, thats just a convenient, valid legal excuse to sue the publisher.
Two of my favorite “read lines” with regards to the whole Apple charade.
There’s another old saying in my profession: The mission of journalists is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
A letter to Steve Jobs by Mike Langberg of San Jose Mercury News.
and…
Saying that no one has the right to publish information that could have been provided only by someone breaking the law, judge James Kleinberg ruled that online reporters for Apple Insider and PowerPage must reveal their sources.
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I received an email of someone admitting being responsible for the things I’ve discussed in my past post. I’d have to admit, the story is a little far-fetched, but as long as I can’t get to talk to the person in person, then we’ll never know now will we?
In the spirit of DECENCY, I will still keep quiet about the evidence we’ve found/gathered, hence nobody has to worry about anything (that means you to, mr/ms. hacker) as far as exposing people. Fair enough?
I need to discuss this however, because quite frankly, I think you take me for an idiot. You actually expect me to believe that story you gave? I’m 25 years old, not 5. I’ll believe it when I see the proof, everything you mentioned fits perfectly as far as any “contrived” story which attempts to come up with one central theme to tie up all the other “loose ends” conveniently. So I reiterate, it’s convenient, but far from believable. You probably had a better chance with a much, much simpler story.
But for the record… I would like to say that regardless if I believe your story or not, I appreciate the fact that you admitted your fault – and I, at the very least, want to believe that you truly will not try disrupting people’s lives again. With respect to that, I’m officially calling it quits. Don’t bother us again… ever – unless you’re prepared for an all out public investigation, and all the consequences it will have on the people you know.
And yes, I forgive you 🙂 I also politely ask you to get on with your life and stay out of mine/ours. You’re still free to post in the other site, as long as it’s constructive. Only a trusted few know which accounts are in question, so you can pretty much continue posting as a regular boardmember.
You could stop reading my post now… but if you’re curious as to why I don’t believe the story, then read on…
If The New York Times Jumped Off a Bridge
On the fallacious argument that Apple wouldn’t be suing The New York Times if they had published what ThinkSecret did.
via Daring Fireball
A excellent read, but still not convincing enough – though I must admit, he makes a lot of sense. I especially agree about the New York Times analogy being moot, as there was no actual experience to base anything on.
But on the contrary, how is he so sure that Apple will sue said NY Times if it should publish? I mean since he already went hypothetical in the first place that Apple would have more reason to sue. Notice that even that hypothetical situation should also be moot – since, as he himself said, the NY Times isn’t that sort of publication. I guess my point is never try to disprove anything hypothetical with anything similarly hypothetical.
Anyways, that’s all I have to say about that article… end train of thought… period.
But since I’ve gone this far… might as well speak my mind about the issue.
Logitech’s two new Quickcams for notebooks
via Engadget
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