I thought this letter from an Apple Japan employee was kind of heartwarming:
http://kevinrose.com...earthquake.html
We're so used to seeing corporations acting in their own selfish interest at the expense of society at large. It's nice to see examples of corporations acting in the interest of their community, instead. And yeah, it shows how cool our gadgets are when disaster strikes.
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 05:06 PM
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 05:08 PM
That is indeed heartwarming. Thanks for the link! 
And of course, all prayers to the people of Japan. Glad Apple could (and did) make life just a teensy bit easier.
Marguerite
And of course, all prayers to the people of Japan. Glad Apple could (and did) make life just a teensy bit easier.
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 09:45 PM
In these times when we hear nothing but stories about corporate greed, it is truly wonderful to read a story about corporate altruism. Thanks for the link, Orren.
If anyone hasn't read the update as well, I recommend that you do so. If you have the time, you may want to browse the 145 comments and 7,135 tweets available at this writing.
Also, applause for whoever is maintaining the wi-fi systems in Japan. I remember one summer when the power went out in my county: the land lines stayed up but the cell towers and wi-fi base stations went down, so while we could use our telephones we couldn't use our cellphones or other mobile devices.
My brother is concerned about how many US T-Bills the japanese are going to liquidate in order to pay for cleaning up this mess. The US bond market took a big hit after the big Kyoto quake of 1995. Japan is the second largest foreign investor in our treasuries, by the way. What hurts them hurts us (and not just in the Treasury Department).
Also, Glen Beck has already declared that the quake was God's Wrath for something or other. I'm sure we're going to be hearing more about this from the doomsayers.
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If anyone hasn't read the update as well, I recommend that you do so. If you have the time, you may want to browse the 145 comments and 7,135 tweets available at this writing.
Also, applause for whoever is maintaining the wi-fi systems in Japan. I remember one summer when the power went out in my county: the land lines stayed up but the cell towers and wi-fi base stations went down, so while we could use our telephones we couldn't use our cellphones or other mobile devices.
My brother is concerned about how many US T-Bills the japanese are going to liquidate in order to pay for cleaning up this mess. The US bond market took a big hit after the big Kyoto quake of 1995. Japan is the second largest foreign investor in our treasuries, by the way. What hurts them hurts us (and not just in the Treasury Department).
Also, Glen Beck has already declared that the quake was God's Wrath for something or other. I'm sure we're going to be hearing more about this from the doomsayers.
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Posted 15 March 2011 - 11:46 PM
Thoth, on 15 March 2011 - 09:45 PM, said:
Also, Glen Beck has already declared that the quake was God's Wrath for something or other. I'm sure we're going to be hearing more about this from the doomsayers.
Glenn Beck's palaver is to intelligent discourse what flatulence is to an aria.
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Posted 16 March 2011 - 03:30 AM
Orren, on 15 March 2011 - 11:46 PM, said:
Glenn Beck's palaver is to intelligent discourse what flatulence is to an aria.
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