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    Image of jamesmarcusbach jamesmarcusbach
    03:37 AM

    In reply to How a HS Dropout Became the Youngest Boss at Apple
    I'm grateful for the opportunity to see and respond to these comments. I feel an affinity with the historical buccaneers because they were audacious, free, and aggressive. At least one of them, William Dampier, was also a practicing scholar (though apparently a terrible captain).

    I appreciate a free-wheeling debate. I like them more, in person, so I hope to meet you over a virgin Pina Colada (I'm a buccaneer who doesn't drink grog, go figure...) and we can sling education statistics and obscure references from social science at each other (be ready to discuss ethnomethodology and radical constructivism, or else I will drink your milkshake.)

    James Marcus Bach
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    Image of superberg superberg
    12:53 AM

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    I like how all the Apple-haters are popping in and saying "how Mac-like!"

    When someone buys a piece of shit Nokia knock-off, do Mac people pop in and say "How very Microsoft?"

    I am seriously tired of people implying that I am some tasteless hipster brat. Do I bother you little shits about living in your parent's basements? Do I ask you about your Captain Janeway porn?

    Macs might cost more, but they aren't 10,000 times more expensive than a PC. They're usually less than 1.5x more. Do you argue that getting a $6 burger at a place like Chili's is a waste of money when you can get perfectly adequate one at McDonald's for a dollar?

    Christ, it's like you WANT to argue over everything.
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    01:25 AM

    @superberg: Go drink your PBR elsewhere!
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    03:43 AM

    @superberg: How very Apple of you.

    HA HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHH!

    Really, I just have a hangover...
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    12:29 AM

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    Paying for style and lording it over others is kind of the way of the Mac, isn't it?
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    12:19 AM

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    taht 3.1 million went to a company, which will spend probably 99% of that buying supplies, vacations, etc.

    Then the people providing those services that company paid for will go out, spend money. etc. etc. etc.

    its not like that money goes to nothing.
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    Image of arctic-mouse arctic-mouse
    12:24 AM

    @phunnyballs: But it's not going to much.
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    12:26 AM

    @arctic-mouse: people work for those companies... people get salaries... with those salaries people buy goods... people get paid to make those goods... etc. etc. etc.
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    Image of superberg superberg
    12:36 AM

    @phunnyballs: How many people do you think actually work for this company? How do you think the money will get distributed?

    The truth is, three or four people will collect on this. The designer, the person who sold it, and the people who sold them the materials.

    Get real. If you think one cent from this transaction will go toward someone who makes less than a few hundred thousand a year, you're kidding yourself. Massive amounts of money float around these circles and it go nowhere.
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    Edited by superberg at 11/30/09 12:37 AM superberg was starred superberg was unstarred
    Image of arctic-mouse arctic-mouse
    12:40 AM

    @phunnyballs: Point, but doesn't that open the door for the argument that any item or good sold is a good thing if it helps the economy, even if it is designed to hurt people or is based on an immoral system like slavery.
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    Image of happycamperjack happycamperjack
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    The cost of the computer you are typing on can feed hundreds or thousands of ppl. So don't be a fing hypocrite.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    I don't know, paying anything for a phone I'd be too embarrassed to carry around is too much.
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    Image of Bob in AL Bob in AL
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    The man paid $3 million for an iPhone. Seems to me he did his part in FIXING the economic crisis. It is, after all, being held up by a lack of consumer spending. $3 mill for an iPhone is as much "consumer" as you can get.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/29/09

    @Bob in AL: Really. It's not like tacky and expensive aren't already standard Apple features, after all...
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    Image of superberg superberg
    12:39 AM

    @Bob in AL: But this doesn't do anything to the market. It's rich kids swapping cash. Do you really think that money is going to go to hiring someone? Or paying a whole bunch of people?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    Dear Jesus

    I am the owner of the above iPhone. I'd be lying if I said I don't care what you think. I do care. In fact, I care that my iPhone had the desired effect - to wit, pissing you off.

    I don't care if it looks good or if it's tacky or if it even works. It creates resentment and irritation across a wide swath of people.

    Any further responses can be directed to the intern who my assistant's secretary told to write this on my behalf.

    Enjoy your miserable existence in the Great Recession. I'll be riding it out in style. Now piss off!

    Yours etc.

    Me

    (a/k/a A Guy Who Bought This Because He Could)

    P.S. Kindly suck an egg, you worthless poor.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    Man, I guess that guy on the left's done pretty well for himself.
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    Image of Norbs Norbs
    11/29/09

    @Segador: Oh the classic Icey Hot Stunnaz, I remember laughing at these guys years ago.

    It just reminds you that no matter how bad things get, your never gonna look as dumb as these guys.
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    Segador promoted this comment Norbs was starred Norbs was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    11/29/09

    @Norbs: The guy who owns this phone is exactly as classy as these guys.
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    "I'm not even taking into consideration that we are in the middle of a worldwide economic crisis, with millions suffering around the world."

    How is this bad for the economy?
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    Image of anwyatt anwyatt
    11/29/09

    @Yerzriknot: It's not, spending money is good for the economy.
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    Image of ament001 ament001
    11/29/09

    @Yerzriknot: It is excess. It is not that it is bad for the economy, it is that this guy paid $3,164,000 for a phone, a totally frivolous purchase when people are suffering.
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/29/09

    @ament001: So you never buy frivolous things? Is all of his money supposed to go to charities? The three million dollars he blew on his golden iPhone will trickle down to the people who built the damn thing. Part of the reason the economy is so fucked up is because people have stopped spending money.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/29/09

    @Yerzriknot: I just think its funny the whole lecture on excess comes from a guy who spent $300 on a wallet.
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    Image of Nathaniel Allen Nathaniel Allen
    11/29/09

    @Yerzriknot: 50,000 children died yesterday from starvation. I would hope that this is what Jesus meant by "with millions suffering"
    $3,164,000 is enough to end starvation in several African countries.
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    tande04 approved this comment Nathaniel Allen was starred Nathaniel Allen was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/29/09

    @Nathaniel Allen: And last I checked my browser was on Gizmodo.com and not ONE.org.

    I'm as much for charity as the next person. I just find it massively hypocritical to be making a stand about it on a site that exists because of consumer excess.

    $3 Million or $399. Either one could have been "better" spent elsewhere.
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    Image of ament001 ament001
    11/29/09

    @Yerzriknot: Did I say I agreed with him? I was just stating his rationale, as you didn't seem to get it.
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/29/09

    @Nathaniel Allen: How much money are you giving to charity? Do you plan on shunning every frivolous thing you want and spending the money on charity? I didn't think so. For all you know this guy could give millions every year.
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    Image of DH405 DH405
    11/29/09

    @tande04: Yeah, cuz grey areas are for pussies, right? Black and white for-eva.
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    tande04 promoted this comment DH405 was starred DH405 was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/29/09

    @DH405: Yeah pretty much.

    Though I don't think its near as grey as you put it.
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    Edited by tande04 at 11/29/09 11:59 PM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    I hope it breaks and the Genius Bar denies him service muahahaha.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/29/09

    @Sir Gibler: For $3 million I doubt its coming with just a standard apple warranty.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/29/09

    @tande04: I have a feeling that removing the iPhone's plastic back alone voids the warranty.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/29/09

    @Sir Gibler: I have a feeling if you pay $3 Million for a phone the guy that made it will probably change out anything that goes wrong and give you a hand job at the same time.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    Sorry I am out-of-date on this I know. But will it blend?
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    For some reason, I have this feeling it might be a rapper...maybe Flavor Flav...

    Yeahhhhhhh Boyyyyyyyyyy!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    I wish for this man to come to NY to visit, and I wish for him to drop it down a subway grate just as I happen to be walking in the opposite direction, right in front of him. I also wish to be taking a picture of something else just behind him as it happens so I can capture this golden moment.

    God, if you're listening, do me this favor and I'll smite whoever you want me to smite.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Would that make you the iReaper?

    Photoshop is phenomenal.
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    Image of Calijoefornia Calijoefornia
    11/29/09

    In reply to A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
    Somewhere, Paris Hilton is absolutely pissed that she lost the auction. Little did she know that the winning bidder was Kobe. He screwed up again...
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