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someToast
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
"Shoreline Amphitheatre, just outside of San Fran to be precise."

Just outside? 30 miles south, to be more precise.

I suppose it is just outside on a continental scale.

edit: We lost blockquoting? Awww!
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tande04
07/16/09

@someToast: really
I did notice that the name link wasn't working either I think its a glitch

Yep, just strips the tags off. Strikethrough comes and goes too.
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bosskev
07/16/09

@tande04 mile island in the sun: Presumably this is just an interim condition while they work on the code. I mean, I HOPE the plan is to let us resume using the tags for blockquote, strikethrough, etc.
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bosskev
07/16/09

@bosskev: I HOPE the plan is to let us resume using the tags for blockquote, strikethrough, etc.

Just a quick test of blockquote and strikethrough.
*edit*
Well, not yet anyway, try again later
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tande04
07/16/09

@bosskev: Yeah and see how in that comment your name isn't a link even though I assume that you didn't delete the "a href" from it, so it looks like when you put some html in it strips all html out.

There were some weird html gitches awhile back. It was showing everything including the ability to star, promote, ban the person you were replying to. I imagine that they're looking for the balance on how to give us one thing and not everything, its just going to take some time.
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stevewoz
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
The concert didn't suck. The music was great, the set lighting and effects were great, the in-crowd sets were great, the stage presence was great, the dramatic acting was great, the confetti effects were great, the laser lighting was great (not overdone, much like an Apple product). It was too great a concert to leave during the performance so my all-access pass went unused and I missed seeing my friend Steve. Sorry, I just don't have a joke.
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Jason Chen
07/16/09

@stevewoz: Exactly! I was there as well--too bad I didn't see you. (I'm sure your seats were much better than mine.)
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Nick
07/16/09

@stevewoz: what was the all- access pass worth? ie where did it get you into?
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Nick
07/16/09

@Jason Chen: hey Jason, was that the real Woz?
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Jason Chen
07/16/09

@Nick: My island name is Nicko: Yup
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nutbastard
07/16/09

@Nick: My island name is Nicko:

yes, that is the real woz.
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Nick
07/16/09

@Jason Chen: you guys think he is gonna submit for the surf lessons?
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CSX321
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
I'm old (well, older than the Giz editors, anyway), but I like Viva La Vida (the song and the album). Sure, the song is overplayed a bit, but it's a good song. Several of the tracks remind me of other bands. In Viva La Vida I feel some Simon and Garfunkel.
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Scotland
07/16/09

@CSX321:
"Several of the tracks remind me of other bands."
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PrimitiveWallflower
07/16/09

@CSX321: Definitely like "Viva la Vida" and "Lost?", both of which are Beatlesesque. But "Violet Hill" sounds like it was stolen right out of Phil Collin's sweaty palms.
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CSX321
07/18/09

@PrimitiveWallflower: There's one that reminds me of Tom Petty, as well.
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[Medic]iEro-Sennin
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
I love Coldplay. It is beyond me why they're hated so much. Anyone mind telling me?

I do not like Jobs but at least he's got a good taste in music. :P
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Xeno
07/16/09

@iEro-Sennin: I liked them much better when they were called U2.
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
They really butchered Billie Jean.
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Adam Frucci
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
Coldplay sucks.
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Jason Chen
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: Banned.
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Jesus Diaz
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: Said the grumpy hipster in his sweatpants.
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Nick
07/16/09

@editors: man, how did you guys get stars
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krztov
07/16/09

@Nick: My island name is Nicko: hoping your kidding considering all 3 are writers for ze giz.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: But, it explains why gays love Apple so much now doesn't it. They listen to Cold Play.
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/16/09

@Jason Chen: Do you know how I know that you're gay?
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Gann
07/16/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: Careful, your homophobia is showing.

Some people just don't get it.
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
07/16/09

@krztov: I'm pretty sure he's aware, hence the @editors tag
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Mike
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: No. This is my answer to your very incorrect statement. No.
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Bigbadbikernerd
07/16/09

@krztov: You must be new around here...Nick was obviously being sarcastic, although he did forget to add a sarcasm tag to his post. Bad Nick...Bad Nick!
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Mike
07/16/09

@Mike: Say that to this vid.
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Adam Frucci
07/16/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: You just lost your star. Consider that your only warning.
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Nick
07/16/09

@editors: i don't know why, but i can picture you guys standing around saying to each other: "doctor . . . doctor . . . doctor"
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Nick
07/16/09

@Bigbadbikernerd: what sarcasm?

/sarcasm
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: I understand. Thank you for the warning.
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Nick
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: awww, but he just got that back.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/16/09

@Nick: My island name is Nicko: Nah, it's understandable. The connection didn't come across very clearly and can very easily be misconstrued.

He warned me, I'm appreciative of that, let's just move on.
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SkaHimself
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci:

If I had a uterus, I would offer to gestate your seed.
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berbar
07/16/09

@GizEditors: Adam Frucci is now my favorite Gizmodo editor.
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bosskev
07/16/09

@Adam Frucci: So, Adam, would this describe the progressive rise and fall in the life of a commenter?

newbie > commenting enabled > star commenter > OOPS! > starstruck > disemvowelled > banhammered
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iridius
07/16/09

In reply to Steve Jobs Spotted Backstage at Coldplay Concert
Maybe this isn't really news?
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Earthslide
07/16/09

@iridius: Maybe you shouldn't be here ;) j/k
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Jason Chen
07/16/09

@iridius: "This isn't news" = automatic ban. See ya.
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tok3ninja
07/16/09

@Jason Chen: How many banhammers have you been through this year alone? Or did you get one of them fancy ones made of kryptonite?
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Jason Chen
07/16/09

@tok3ninja; is the best non-star commenter: So many I had to switch hands to avoid a repetitive stress injury.
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Bigbadbikernerd
07/16/09

@Jason Chen: I know what you mean. I've had to switch hands this year too...oh...wait...nevermind...
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Nick
07/16/09

@Jason Chen: you should get one styled after a slap-chop. then make a video.
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Dragonis
07/16/09

@iridius:
You're right. This isn't news. Which is why its not on CNN, BBC or any other news site.

Gizmodo is a blog.
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Nick
07/16/09

@Dragonis: hear hear
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
07/16/09

@iridius: It's news because both Steve's were there.

And we haven't seen a convergence like that since the 70's, which coincidentally is a featured theme this week here on Giz..
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Brian Lam
07/16/09

@iridius: its not news, and this is not a comment, but only one of us has the demotion hammer. snacks for thought.
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Brian Lam
07/16/09

@iridius:
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jerNELS
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
ok, so the similarities are rather astonishing, but I think that the worst part is that the blackberry commercial is very nearly twice as long (1.76x actually), and yet there is less point in the end. so, because blackberry loves U2 I should get one of their phones? The apple ad is specifically for the ability to download the brand new hit Viva la Vida before the cd is out. it is a benefit for apple and itunes, and it also is made using a program that apple is touting. the blackberry commercial uses much more time and money for... what? oh, and did i mention the apple ad looks much better? I was dying for this to be the new Viva la Vida music video and was sorely disappointed. I'd really like to find a way to get an HD version of this ad. seriously. I'd pay money for this. is that sad?
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wetworker
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
Bono is an opportunist, I’m gland people like Dambisa Moyo Is stepping forward and showing what aid is doing to Africa.
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PrimitiveWallflower
07/09/09

@wetworker: Actually, I think Moyo's the opportunist here, since she's the one who constantly invokes the Bono comparison, but she deserves a pass because I think she's a serious person with a serious argument.

I half agree with her. Obviously, aid to Africa is not a sustainable model for development. What they really need is for countries to relax their trade restrictions so that they may actually export goods and services and, you know, make money. And what do you know? Bono's ONE campaign advoates for just that.

But trade restrictions are the result of nationalist sentiments in politics, and they're not going to change overnight (and they're certainly not Bono's fault). So given that, aid is the second best option. I think Moyo needs to pay more than just lip service to the positive effects of aid in the past: especially in public health, there are literally millions of children and families who are healthier because of the work of Bono and countless others. And from her perspective, the work Bono did with debt forgiveness ought to be an even bigger deal, because the kind of sustainable economic development she envisions would have been impossible if otherwise well-run African governments were burdened by the debts of their profligate and corrupt forerunners.
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TheSonOfKrypton
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
U2! Equal opportunity ass kissers! You give them enough money, they promote your product, and starving kids in Africa get 15 minutes of fame with Bono squeezed tight against their faces feigning smiles with a camera shoved in their faces. Everybody wins!
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AaronC-T
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
Really? It's more than different enough. As an art student, I felt like, sure it reminded me of the Apple Ad, but at the same time the only similarity lies in the colors and specs of light.

If you go to, say, 0:37 in the first and 0:19 in the second and pause the videos- it's more-than-apparent that the visual styles are different.

And, at any rate, it's not nearly as bad as, say the Apple-meets-Such Great Heights vid in which Apple uses the same styling, costume sets, and shots. If that was allowed, then this most certainly isn't offensive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERNHCm0SiWE
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Andwu
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
I like Coldplay and Apple a lot better
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telepheedian
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple

I guess when you become a massive brand like U2, you can endorse anything. They sold the U2 iPod for a long time, too.
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SysRq
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
That's indeed confusing that U2 would be down with doing a Blackberry ad after their whole deal with Apple just a few years ago.

I still have my iPod 5th gen box with U2 on it. I can send it to Bono if you want, you know, remind him where his loyalties lie.
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Kaiser-Machead
07/09/09

@SysRq: I don't think it's that confusing. Bono/U2 also did a promo deal with Dell on their Product (RED) computer line.
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eagles3 speeeedin
07/09/09

@Kaiser-Machead: so what you're saying is that Bono/U2 are product whores...
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Kaiser-Machead
07/09/09

@Lance eagles3strong: Oh, perish the thought! O:)
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/09/09

@SysRq: I would imagine that Bono's loyalties are to whoever pays him to advertise their product.
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SysRq
07/09/09

@Hello Mister Walrus: Unfortunately, this is the case, even for Bono. Boo.
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Kaiser-Machead
07/09/09

In reply to BlackBerry's U2 Commercial...Brought To You By Apple
You can't blame them if Bono's voice makes the electronics around the stage explode.
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