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    Starbucks App Uses Your iPhone to Pay for Lattes

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    Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"

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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    09/24/09

    In reply to Starbucks App Uses Your iPhone to Pay for Lattes
    Wow, nice app.....very gimmicky.

    Seriously, scanning on-screen barcodes is very cool, I can't wait for it at the airport, but don't have my breath held for support across the country for a while, let alone all of their shops and kiosks. More than a year ago someone gifted me a $100 personalized Starbucks card with the promise that if I registered it I would get access to wifi with the purchase of a drink, and when I purchased my first drink, the barista confirmed this. So I registered it, and proceeded to use it first at a standalone Starbucks that apparently had no wifi, then found out that airports were exempt, a day later that casinos were exempt, and ones in Supermarkets as well as on turnpikes. Wow. So here I sit with $65 on this card, as I'm not a fan of coffee drinks. I'd love to think that I'd be able to use this app, but don't think I'm visiting Seattle anytime soon, and don't have my fingers crossed that this tech will make it into my store.

    .... and seriously? A Quad Grande Carmel Machiatto? No extra caramel and/or hwipped cream? Shame on you.
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    Image of newdeepdan newdeepdan
    09/24/09

    In reply to Starbucks App Uses Your iPhone to Pay for Lattes
    Where's my Blackberry app for this? I mean not everyone in the world owns an iPhone... sigh...
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    Image of zmnatz zmnatz
    09/24/09

    @newdeepdan: well maybe they should... just saying... sigh (I kid, I kid)
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    09/24/09

    @zmnatz: lol, you may kid, but I don't (with respect to this). If you don't have an iPhone, don't whine about the breadth of apps coming out on it and why you can't have them on your phone. Come to terms with it: the iPhone is vacuuming up developers. Good for us. Bad for everyone else. Stick to your email newdeepdan. That's what your phone is known for, right?
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    Image of zmnatz zmnatz
    09/24/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Good point. I never even thought about that. Me being a "developer," if there's an app that doesn't exist, I tend to see if I can do it. Maybe we should start pushing more people back to webapps. Those pretty much work for every phone with a javascript enabled web browser (does BB have that?)
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    Image of jeepingeek jeepingeek
    09/24/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I think the louder the blackberry whiners get, the more developers might say "hey there could be another app market I could develop for." There are a lot of people in this country who own blackberries by no choice of their own, they are given them by their employers.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    09/24/09

    @jeepingeek: And then, you know what will happen? They'll make an app for the Blackberry, and will come to find out (like many other developers have) that they literally get 100x more (or even more, there was an story about this in the recent past, look it up) app downloads on iPhone than on Android or Blackberry and you know what? Money talks. What do you think will happen with subsequent development ventures on their part? Think they'll partake in spending resources on a Blackberry app? I rest my case.
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    Image of Gilbert Tang Jr. Gilbert Tang Jr.
    05/23/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    Well, I suppose it could have been an organic machine, too.
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    Image of fastharryDOTcom fastharryDOTcom
    05/23/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    Cool story, I Digg it...
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/23/09

    @fastharry: zing!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    05/23/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    And just think, twenty or so years from now, with just a couple of clicks someone will 'buy' Pipi online...


    ...one hour at a time.

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/23/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    Dammit I almost had it. Fuck my $14,998 bid!
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/23/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    The only reason the toddler even found this item was that she had mimicked what she overheard her Daddy doing earlier, googling for some "cheap hoes".
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    Image of InvaderPhlegm InvaderPhlegm
    05/23/09

    @bosskev: You sir, have made my entire weekend!!!


    I bow before your superior comedic prowess.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/23/09

    @bosskev: well, i dunno. apparently mom was on the phone with her friend lookin for a good plow.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/23/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    "Toddler inadvertently buys mail-order husband online."


    And that, grandchildren, is how our family came to America.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    05/22/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    My neighbor owns a few cranes and backhoes for his business, and he surfs the web for new cranes/vehicles. I can picture his little 4 year old daughter buying something, b/c she likes cranes and trucks.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/23/09

    @HelloSailor_GitEmSteveDave: I can relate. My neighborhood has a few hoes too.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/23/09

    @bosskev: alright, the movers have me all packed up. what is the address boss?
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    Image of 3o01 3o01
    05/22/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    Wow, 3 year olds have gotten smarter since, I was a kid... Then again I'm 14 and I don't remember my childhood that well.. :(
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    Image of so_gracefully so_gracefully
    05/23/09

    @3o01: That's because you're not finished with it yet, dude.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/23/09

    @so_gracefully: Neither am I and I'm 53.
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    Image of sneakypoo sneakypoo
    05/23/09

    @3o01: Get back to us when your hair has all but fallen out, your gut suddenly works perfect as a pillow and your back hurts when you get out of bed in the morning.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/23/09

    @sneakypoo: hey that's me. i'm 26.
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    Image of morbo morbo
    05/22/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    There is a business in Germany that lets you use diggers, graders all kinds of big machines. Wives/gf's typically give a gift of x many hours of earthmoving to their partner. I'm in the US but I would love to have some fun at that place....
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    Image of Drew420 Drew420
    05/22/09

    @morbo: I don't know what part of America you live in, but if you go down to your local Sunbelt you can rent all the diggers, graders, and big machines your heart desires. [www.sunbeltrentals.com]
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    05/23/09

    @Drew420: I think he's referring not just to the ability to rent it, but a park to use it in - I've seen this on the 'net. It's like a big dirt playground with a bunch of construction machines. It's actually a cool idea.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/22/09

    In reply to Toddler Buys Industrial Excavator Online, "Doesn't Even Like Tractors"
    Damn! The Kubelco SK150LC Excavator is the Cadillac of diggers; at $15,000 those idiots had it for a steal!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    05/22/09

    @bosskev: The dealer realized this, then tried the old "The Excavator Was Infested With Killer Bees" ploy. [consumerist.com]
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    01/14/09

    In reply to Amazon's Sales Tax Lawsuit in NY State Court Gets Dismissed
    I've got a CT address on the border (greenwich) you guys can ship to for large ticket items =)


    that is, if I can have my star back (ahem...Elaine)

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