http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Only+Escape+From+Hellish+Apple+iPhone+Factory+Was+Suicide/article18428.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/Another+Foxconn+Worker+Dies+CEO+Insists+Factories+Arent++Sweatshops/article18494.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/Foxconn+Retracts+Letter+Asking+Employees+Not+to+Kill+Themselves/article18543.htm

http://www.dailytech.com/Employee+Worked+to+Death+at+Apple+Plant+Family+Refused+Full+Benefits/article18591.htm

6/3/2010 5:17:15 PM

^

6/3/2010 5:19:04 PM

you do realize that picture is making fun of Apple right?

6/3/2010 5:19:53 PM

bait.

6/3/2010 5:20:27 PM

fish.

6/3/2010 5:21:01 PM

6/3/2010 5:21:50 PM

lake.

6/3/2010 5:22:20 PM

6/3/2010 5:23:18 PM

6/3/2010 5:23:51 PM

So, we're going to single out Apple this time? If you want to end sweatshop horrors in Asia, you're basically going to have to stop shopping at most stores. If you aren't willing to do that, then you don't get to criticize Apple, since your actions enable them to continue.

6/3/2010 5:24:43 PM

soon enough, apple will become another microsoft and people and media will love to hate it...and a new company with "we" mantra will be born!

mark my words!

6/3/2010 5:25:09 PM

Quote :

"soon enough, apple will become another microsoft and people and media will love to hate it...and a new company with "we" mantra will be born! "

This has always been apple and always will be apple. no soon enough about it. As far as the love to hate goes.

6/3/2010 5:26:55 PM

6/3/2010 5:29:15 PM

this is the images only thread, kthx

Also, that video is about 4 minutes & 15 seconds too long.

[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 5:30 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2010 5:29:40 PM

Quote :

"This has always been apple and always will be apple. "

when did i say it's gonna go away...i just said people gonna love to hate it and some new smaller company with "we" mantra will become people's darling!

[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 5:35 PM. Reason : ..]

6/3/2010 5:34:54 PM

yet Microsoft will still hold over 90% of the computer market

6/3/2010 5:35:53 PM

This thread was a waste of a perfectly good hour.

6/3/2010 5:36:11 PM

no one forces Apple to use Foxconn and they can pull out of there at any time, but then how will they get their huge profit margins!

6/3/2010 5:37:19 PM

[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 5:44 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2010 5:40:26 PM

This thread is stupid.

6/3/2010 5:47:19 PM

do you prefer text?

Quote :

"1982 15-year-old student Rich Skrenta wrote the Elk Cloner virus, capable of infecting the boot sector of Apple II computers, predating viruses for IBM PCs by some years. 1987 The nVIR virus began to infect Macs, spreading mainly by floppy disk. Source code was later made available, causing a rash of variants. 1988 HyperCard viruses emerged that could run on versions of Apple's Mac OS 9. One version showed the message "Dukakis for President" before self-destructing. 1990 The MDEF virus (aka Garfield) emerged, infecting application and system files on the Mac. 1995 Microsoft accidentally shipped the first ever Word macro virus,Concept, on CD ROM. It infected both Macs and PCs. Thousands of macro viruses followed, many affecting Microsoft Office for Mac. 1996 Laroux, the first Excel virus, was released. Mac users were unaffected until the release of Excel 98 meant Macs could become infected. 1998 Sevendust, also known as 666, infected applications on Apple Mac computers. 2004 The Renepo script worm attempted to disable Mac OS X security, downloaded hacking tools to affected computers, and gave criminals admin rights to the Apple Macintosh. Hackers also wrote a proof-of-concept program called Amphimix which demonstrated how executable code could be disguised as an MP3 music file on an Apple Mac. 2006 Leap-A, the first ever virus for Mac OS X was discovered. Leap-A can spread via iChat.The Inqtana worm and proof-of-concept virus soon followed. 2007 Sophos discovered an OpenOffice multi-platform macro worm capable of running on Windows, Linux and Mac computers. The BadBunny worm dropped Ruby script viruses on Mac OS X systems, and displayed an indecent JPEG image of a man wearing a rabbit costume.Sophos reported the first financial malware for Mac. The gang developed both Windows and Mac versions of their malware. 2008 Cybercriminals targeted Mac and PC users in equal measure, by planting poisoned adverts on TV-related websites. If accessed via an Apple Mac, surfers would be attacked by a piece of Macintosh scareware calledMacSweeper.In June, the OSX/Hovdy-A Trojan horse was discovered that could steal passwords from Mac OS X users, open the firewall to give access to hackers, and disable security settings.Troj/RKOSX-A was discovered - a Mac OS X tool to assist hackers create backdoor Trojans, which can give them access and control over your Apple Mac computer.In November, Sophos warned of the Jahlav Trojan, and Appleissued a support advisory urging customers to run anti-virus software. 2009 In January 2009, hackers began to distribute the OSX/iWorkS-A Trojan horse via BitTorrent insidepirated versions of Apple's iWork '09 software suite.In the same month, a new variantof the Trojan was distributed in a pirated version of Adobe Photoshop CS4.In March, Sophos reported on how hackers were planting versions of the RSPlug Trojan horse on websites, posing as amn HDTV program called MacCinema. View a video of this attack here.In June, SophosLabs discovereda new version of the Tored email worm for Mac OS X, and hackers planted a version of the Jahlav Mac Trojan horse on a website posing as a portal for hardcore porn videos.Shortly afterwards, the Twitter account of celebrity blogger Guy Kawasaki had a malicious link posted onto it, claiming to point to a sex video of Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester. In reality, however, the link lead unsuspecting users to malware which could infect Mac users. Read more: Since I know some of you no doubt use Macs | Cool Tech Spot http://www.cooltechspot.com/pages/mac-section.htm#ixzz0ppSYbM4a Under Creative Commons License: Attribution "

6/3/2010 5:51:29 PM

This thread is stupid. gay

6/3/2010 5:51:35 PM

oh shit Optimum!

6/3/2010 5:52:27 PM

^^No it's not. It's just stupid.

6/3/2010 5:52:42 PM

So it is possible for a thread to be 'gay' but this one is not?

How do you know it is not? What are the criteria?

6/3/2010 5:54:02 PM

well this one is all about electronics, I don't think they have a sex.

6/3/2010 5:54:39 PM

iRobot have sex

6/3/2010 5:55:40 PM

nah that is just dry humping

6/3/2010 6:00:15 PM

Quote :

"when did i say it's gonna go away...i just said people gonna love to hate it and some new smaller company with "we" mantra will become people's darling!"

Just saying...Apple hasn't changed neither have nerds opinions of Apple. If you will, its still the 'we' darling among the masses. Nerds have never thought of apple in this way so really nothings changed and nothing will change. Same goes for blackdog, once an idiot, always an idiot.

6/3/2010 6:24:05 PM

yep I'm an idiot for linking Tech Websites

6/3/2010 7:11:20 PM

No, you're an idiot for linking to news that isn't news.

6/3/2010 7:19:47 PM

over 10 people killing themselves in a well known company sweat shop isn't news?

and then the company refusing to pay out for a person dying after 34hrs of working; all of this isn't news?



[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 7:22 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2010 7:21:39 PM

It's been reported and discussed in other threads, there wasn't a need to create another one.

Foxconn is their employer, not Apple. Foxconn makes products for other companies, too. And from the last article you linked, Apple is apparently directly subsidizing the cost of raises for the factory employees. The only way that Apple will have control over the situation as you and others would want is for them to take ownership of Foxconn.

6/3/2010 7:29:11 PM

this thread was made because of the picture, I found it funny and this is chit chat.

Apple could pull out of Foxconn at any time yet they remain there for the large profits that they wouldn't see in more suitable work environments.

6/3/2010 7:31:17 PM

And in-house expertise that will take a while to build up with another manufacturer. Apple has more incentive to stick with their current pipeline, lest they cause disruptions and changes in quality to their delivered product.

6/3/2010 7:32:37 PM

Quote :

"over 10 people killing themselves in a well known company sweat shop isn't news?"

10 out of 900,000+ employees?

Quote :

"Apple could pull out of Foxconn at any time yet they remain there for the large profits that they wouldn't see in more suitable work environments."

You're right dude, I mean look at all the clothing companies, car manufactures, etc, etc...they are all Made in USA! USA #1. None of this Designed in California, Made in China bullshit.

Quote :

"And in-house expertise that will take a while to build up with another manufacturer. Apple has more incentive to stick with their current pipeline, lest they cause disruptions and changes in quality to their delivered product."

At least Apple is doing something about the work conditions. Why aren't all of Foxconn's clients doing the same? OR any Chinese manufacturers clients doing the same? I imagine all factory workers in china have it rough.

I guess when they're not making Apple products, nobody cares about them. Just like when _______ (insert color of choice) people die everyday nobody gives a shit unless an American/white is among them, then we care. /troll

[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 7:37 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2010 7:33:31 PM

let us not forget this:

http://news.cnet.com/apple-sued-over-exploding-ipod-touch/

Quote :

"Apple has been sued by the mother of a 15-year-old boy who said his 16GB iPod Touch exploded in his pants pocket, burning his leg. Ars Technica spotted the case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Apparently one day in class the boy "heard a loud pop and immediately felt a burning sensation in his leg," according to a copy of the complaint. (Click here for a PDF copy.) According to the complaint, the boy "realized his Apple iTouch (sic) had exploded and caught on fire in his pocket. ....Plaintiff A. V. immediately ran to the bathroom and took off his burning pants with the assistance of a friend. The Apple iTouch had burned through Plaintiff A. V.'s pants pocket and melted through his Nylon/Spandex underwear, burning his leg." The plaintiff suffered second-degree burns as a result of the explosion, according to the complaint, and is seeking in excess of $225,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. An Apple representative said the company does not comment on pending litigation. Mobile device explosions causing injuries are unfortunately an old story, but in many cases those explosions can be traced to faulty mobile phone batteries that are often cheap knock-offs added by the user. The battery on the iPod Touch, however, is not replaceable by the user. There are an awful lot of facts that must come to the surface before we know exactly what happened with this particular iPod Touch, but the case bears watching."

6/3/2010 8:47:41 PM

Biggus, you know I love you and all, but please... stop.

6/3/2010 8:53:14 PM

Lets also not forget that Apple was 90 days from bankruptcy back in 1997. Direct from the HNIC himself.

6/3/2010 9:17:57 PM

'Steve Jobs: iPad Suicide Factory 'Pretty Nice'

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225300272

6/3/2010 9:19:37 PM

LOL best out of context article title ever!

6/3/2010 9:21:58 PM

haha. i remember that crash different thing from years back. still cracks me up...

"and i catch it out of the corner of my eye, down there, jumping around LIKE A JACK RUSSELL TERRIER...."

6/3/2010 11:20:06 PM