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[threegee]

You really couldn't make this up! Screencap from engadget.com of recruitment ad's posted just after the fading signal reports became widespread.

Ring, ring... personnel ... "CEO here. Sack that idiot ????? and hire three RF engineers who know what the %^% they are doing. NOW!"

[Fourgee™]

You are gonna love this...

http://www.zdnet.com...to-hackers/9207

The above link describes a vulnerability in iDevices which allows unrestricted access

[threegee]

Fourgee™, on 03 August 2010 - 06:58 PM, said:

You are gonna love this...

I'm gonna say that it has a certain inevitability to it.

And, of course, I'm going to say that - as Apple is the antithesis of open source - it was only a matter of time.

The really sad thing is that the people who were conned by the Job's Marketing Machine won't even understand the implications. They will continue to buy overpriced CrApple at every new flawed product release. However, the majority will still buy into the proposition that you can have closed source without any one person's "grand vision" of how it should all be. A trade-off between a bit more hassle and a fair bit more flexibility, all at a significantly lower perceived price. That's still the overall winner as far a Joe P. is concerned.

That there should be a third way that's both better and toll-free, is beyond the bounds of credibility. Yes, "Free" is a really tough sell when it involves turning your brain on! And here I include many supposedly computer literate people.

[threegee]

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Ring, ring... personnel ... "CEO here. Sack that idiot ????? and hire three RF engineers who know what the %^% they are doing. NOW!"

I can now be revealed that:

????? = Mark Papermaster

http://www.loopinsig...e-antenna-woes/

What a wonderful company to work for; Jobs takes all the glory, and some other poor bee takes all the blame!