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After borrowing an ipod for a week I know: If you use or ever plan to use Unix systems, or anything but Windoze or OS-X, stay the f... away from Apple! And you better stay far away!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5262110.stm
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/06/7039.ars
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/ ... d_factory/

"Interestingly, Apple is using the fact that they have a supplier code of conduct to counter charges that the corporation doesn't care about workers in China. It's endemic to treat written statements of goodwill and good intentions as realities. Many of the 'multi-stakeholders' of the WSIS seem to approach the Declaration of Principles and Platform for Action in a similar manner. What could be done to make such statements, codes, etc. worth more than the paper on which they are written?" (Source: http://mail.kein.org/pipermail/incom-l/ ... 01418.html )

But of course they have found an apology: "Apple are only one of thousands of companies manufacturing their products in the same places and in the same conditions. It's the nature of big business today to exploit any opportunity that comes their way." (Will Sturgeon, managing editor of IT website silicon.com)

And this will not change: "Workers will be lucky if they make 2 percent of the profit from an iPod. Foxconn will make less than 10 percent. Far more money is spent by Apple on marketing the product than making it. Even if the Chinese made their own version of the iPod and sold it at a fraction of the price, no one would buy it," says Kynge. "Consumers respond to the Apple logo -- not the people in Chinese factories making the products." (James Kynge, author of "China Shakes The World:)

No further comment necessary. Again kitty trying to change the world alone

Sakura wrote:And this will not change: "Workers will be lucky if they make 2 percent of the profit from an iPod. Foxconn will make less than 10 percent. Far more money is spent by Apple on marketing the product than making it. Even if the Chinese made their own version of the iPod and sold it at a fraction of the price, no one would buy it," says Kynge. "Consumers respond to the Apple logo -- not the people in Chinese factories making the products." (James Kynge, author of "China Shakes The World:)

Around here at least, the chinesse clones of the iPhone are far more popular than the iPhone itself. I mean, most of them include TV reception capabilities besides the other things like MP3, videos and stuff! Only reason I haven't bought one is that, first, I haven't got the money for it yet (I need to buy that graphics tablet first) and, second, I haven't seen decent pdf support in any of those (need that to read books and the like on the move. Then again, wouldn't it be better if I could get an e-book reader with pdf support?)

Did I read tablet?

Yes, you did! I'm looking for a pen mouse but those are way hard to find, so I'll have to go for the next best thing, a graphics tablet.

What is the difference between a pen mouse and a tablet?
*knows nothing about those stuff really*

A tablet is a special surface on which you use a special but thin pencil to "write" on, while a pen mouse is, normally, bigger but doesn't need any special surface to work. The drawback of the pen mouse is that they have lower resolution (normally around 800 dpi, while even cheap tablets have higher resolutions of around 2000 dpi) and only support the normal mouse buttons (while the tablet recognizes different pressure levels).

And now, for something completely different

Oooh, I see ^^
Thanks for explaining ^^


OMG!! I love that second picture!!!
And Tinycat is always very cute~!

I like that second pic too!

Tinycat is the best *drools a little*