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Remember that lady that couldn't buy an iPad with cash. Now she can and Apple gives her a free one to boot -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) May 20 '10, 13:25

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http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=7451437&tsp=1 (abclocal.go.com)

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well that's how you 'own' the problem. Now will it be policy going forward when the new versions come out. -- nm - Remlik May 20, 13:43
I bet they won't take her monthly payments in cash and will shut her down in 60 days. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:29 28
- What will probably be an issue is creating an iTunes account without a credit card (unless they've changed that policy) -- nm - oblique May 20, 13:36
- Do all iPads require monthly payments? What are the monthly payments for? -- nm - mara May 20, 13:32 1
  - Only the 3G versions do -- nm - oblique May 20, 13:36
- What monthly payments? -- nm - JD May 20, 13:32 24
  - The ones discussed on ST when the story broke. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:33 23
    - I assumed that meant a data contract, but on second thought, it doesn't make sense for the non-3G iPad (some just have wifi, right?). -- nm - mara May 20, 13:33 22
      - Ah..correct. There are WiFi only versions. There's no data contract for 3G unit but that's through ATT on ala carte basis -- nm - JD May 20, 13:36
      - I honestly don't know, as Apple is evil. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:34 20
        
        evil-ish. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:36 19
        
        They are Evil-ish or evil. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:38 18
        
        ... this thread was supposed to descend into quotations from Austin Powers ... -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:39 17
        
        I don't joke about true evils. - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:41 16
        
        where to Microsoft, Google, and IBM rank in that tier system? -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:43 15
        
        to=do -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:44
        
        T2, T2 and T4. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:44 13
        
        Wow. Seriously? If Hitler is T1, IBM should be right.fucking.beside.him. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:44 12
        
        (No offense to any IBM employees, of course - but they have a history of cooperating with the fuhrer.) -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:46
        
        Maybe I am unfamiliar with some of their atrocities? -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:46 10
        
        uh, they provided the hardware and software to freaking *manage* the holocaust. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:46 9
        
        I'm going to need some more recent examples of evil. -- nm - Roger More May 20, 13:48 2
        
        DeathStar hard drives. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:49 1
        
        heh - (which I haven't heard of) -- nm - Roger More May 20, 13:53
        
        Wow. I am anti-history and had never really tried to imagine the tech used in those times. - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:47
        
        the number tattoos? Those numbers were tracked by IBM. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:47 4
        
        really? -- nm - Remlik May 20, 13:48 3
        
        There's a book called "IBM and the Holocaust" about it (which I haven't read) -- nm - Roger More May 20, 13:51
        
        I feel like a whole new (bad) world is unfolding in front of me. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:49
        
        That's my understanding of early computing history, yes. I guess calling it "software" is a bit misleading, but definitely hardware. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 13:48
I may have to try this. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 20, 13:26
"Look! We're not dicks! Honest!" - Beryllium May 20, 13:25 3
- "Dicking you until you complain about it" -- nm - oblique May 20, 13:27 2
  - Hot! Apple! Dickings! - Beryllium May 20, 13:28 1
    - Better yet: "Dicking you until you complain. After we give you a freebie, you'll bend over for more" -- nm - oblique May 20, 13:29

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