12-21-2012, 05:49 PM | #91 | |
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"Yes, Maps looks like a disaster, at least in the short term. Not only that, but it's so US-centric that it cuts off postal codes after 5 digits. People are saying it will get better, that having a massive population use it will swiftly improve the data, that Apple is going to release APIs to make it a platform for other developers who will create integrated public transit apps, and so on. I say... good for them if they can pull that off sometime in the next year, though I don't see how crowdsourcing is going to help with terrible satellite imagery. Meanwhile, the user suffers. I hope Google releases its Maps app soon." - 20/09/2012 "Harry, if you rely heavily on Maps do not upgrade. Google is supposedly "putting the finishing touches" on their new mapping application, but until then the data is just plain unreliable and lack of transit directions is horrid." - 28/11/2012 "It [Google Maps] is here. It is glorious." - 13/12/2012 Doubtless you will offer a prompt retraction. As for my "constant crashing" of threads, perhaps if the Android crew were capable of going one day without denigrating Apple in every single topic in this forum (this one was about Amazon, if I recall correctly), you'd see fewer replies to their provocations. |
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12-21-2012, 05:56 PM | #92 |
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As I said, pointless talking to you. In my absolute last contribution to this thread, I refuse to engage with as intransigent a person as you any longer.
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12-21-2012, 05:56 PM | #93 |
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The post $700 investors did very well because they exercised their put options. The big investment houses make money when stocks decline too. It's the small retail investors like Joe Q Public that may lose but then they shouldn't be investing in such individual stocks for the very short term ... capital gains and all that.
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12-21-2012, 06:02 PM | #94 | |
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The rest was reasonable discussion which was pretty on topic for the impact that an Amazon phone might have. Graham |
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12-21-2012, 06:18 PM | #95 | |
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Which reminds me: so no one is going to come back with the relevant Seinfeld catchphrase? ApK |
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12-21-2012, 06:27 PM | #96 |
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You are stretching the bounds of my credulity, Graham. I find it difficult to believe you are not aware of exactly what I referenced, both in this thread and elsewhere. |
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To give Apple more value than Exxon Mobile with its holdings of oil and gas which are going to continue to be valuable until some real "long count" ends is a farce. There is that old saying, "a fool and his money are soon parted." It is both old and it is new. |
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12-21-2012, 08:56 PM | #102 |
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I know. It's the difference between buying a stock because you think it will go up and buying a stock because you think the company is worth more than the cost of the stock. Most of us have no idea what a company is worth.
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12-21-2012, 09:25 PM | #104 | |
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Quote, "French designer Philippe Starck claims Mr Jobs' heirs still owe him 3m euros of a 9m euro fee for the project, according to Dutch paper Het Financieele Dagblad." Now this might have a different effect - "EU accuses Samsung of patent abuse in Apple lawsuits" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20812871 |
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12-21-2012, 09:28 PM | #105 |
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You really should look into having that sense of humor fixed.
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