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Why Apple Keynotes Are On Tuesday
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strider_mt2k
01/06/09

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I wanna shoot the whole day down.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
12/12/08

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The Tuesday product announcements are no different than Music/Movie releases. Which also usually happen on a Tuesday.
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dk42
12/12/08

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Why not do it next Tuesday rather than this one, then you get a whole extra week to prepare.
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frigg
01/06/09

@dk42: brilliant!
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Cankles
12/12/08

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There is only one thing I hate more than Mondays, that would be Steve Jobs.
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Acerbus Letalis
12/12/08

@Incognito: I didn't think that was possible.
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eriegz
12/12/08

@Incognito: I think anti-mac is the new atheism.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
12/12/08

@Incognito: You know, the opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. Even as someone who likes Macs, I don't care about Steve Jobs or his alleged tumor.
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frigg
01/06/09

@eriegz: just the opposite. anti-mac is the new religious cult.
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tzed
12/12/08

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If Tuesday is so perfect for launches, why do the new comic books come out on Wednesdays?!

(if they still do that is...)
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
12/12/08

@tzed: So they don't have to contend with music and movie releases. Duh.
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ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT
12/12/08

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The one extra business day to remind people also helps. It's why elections and dvd's are on Tuesdays as well.
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bnsqueak
12/12/08

@ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT: Wrong? Well, maybe DVD's, but elections were designated for Tuesdays because in the colonial period, everyone from Rural areas would travel to larger towns and cities over the weekend to prepare for Monday marked (when they would work, so elections couldn't be then), but Tuesday was normally designated as a travel-back-home day, and it was a free time when EVERYONE would be in a centralized place, making it possible to conduct elections. Now we're better developed and can have polling places everywhere, and having it on Tuesday is now just a hindrance that
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bnsqueak
12/12/08

@bnsqueak: [eh... I hit submit on accident]

...is now just a hindrance that makes it difficult or impossible for many working people to vote. So There!
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bnsqueak
12/12/08

@bnsqueak: Ahh... Balls.

monday MARKET.
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Ho0ber
01/06/09

@bnsqueak:

Wouldn't edit be great?!

And thanks for the brief history lesson. I vaguely remembered some of the reasoning behind election timing, but I'm glad someone else remembered better (or actually bothered to look it up).
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Ben Zvan
01/06/09

@Ho0ber: And why are all patents awarded on Tuesdays?
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Monty
01/06/09

@Ben Zvan:
And why are all patents awarded on Tuesdays?

Because I have the patent for Monday and they refuse to pay me. Bastards.
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