Australian Resellers Receive Mysterious Boxes
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TimTheEnchanter
macrumors 6502a
Don't open the boxes guys....ITS A TRAP!
Steve rigged-up wireless cameras that take a pic of you when its open and it gets sent to Apple Legal via cell connection. Then the lawyers and SWAT swoop down on your location and you mysteriously vanish to some detention center in Cuba.
A similar thing happened to some dude named Biff Tannen on the forums when he was hiding-out in an Apple conference room.
Trust me, they're just trying to weed-out the NDA violators!!!
Steve rigged-up wireless cameras that take a pic of you when its open and it gets sent to Apple Legal via cell connection. Then the lawyers and SWAT swoop down on your location and you mysteriously vanish to some detention center in Cuba.
A similar thing happened to some dude named Biff Tannen on the forums when he was hiding-out in an Apple conference room.
Trust me, they're just trying to weed-out the NDA violators!!!
mac*jedi*g
macrumors regular
So funny...
This is so humorous that I can't help but remember that line from Al Pacino's character in the "Devil's Advocate".:
John Milton: Let me give you a little inside information about Jobs. Jobs likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, ******' a88 off! He's a tight-a88! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER! "
This is so humorous that I can't help but remember that line from Al Pacino's character in the "Devil's Advocate".:
John Milton: Let me give you a little inside information about Jobs. Jobs likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, ******' a88 off! He's a tight-a88! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER! "
They aren't going to deliver a box covered with apple logos with paper taped to it (paper that was unevenly cut with scissors mind you) to someone's HOME via fedex with an somewhat high profile unreleased product. I would say nice try, but really it was just a try.
If you really were a "private apple product tester" (which I'm not even sure exists) you a) wouldn't tell us, for fear of lawyers, b) wouldn't admit to ever using a 3g iphone c) you'd know what was in the box apple was sending you. Seeing as you were HOME on a friday afternoon having fun with a jigsaw puzzle tells me that you're either a) unemployed, b) disabled, or c) wealthy (although the cheap look of your kitchen table there kinda convinces me it's not C). I doubt apple taps either A or B of these markets for their "private apple product tester" positions.
dacreativeguy
macrumors 68020
With all the furor over iphone2 in the world... even in the mainstream media!, I'd think that if Apple had truly preshipped packages to vendors that SOMEBODY would have been clever (or stupid) enough to open the boxes and post pics by now.
Mr Maui
macrumors 65816
Per image in post 302 ...
Paragraph 1: "Confidential Information, however, does not include information that : (a) is now, or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no fault or breach on the part of the recipient ..."
Therefore, telling us that a 3G iPhone exists is not a violation, and numerous sites and persons have been reporting on it for weeks / months. No information about the product has been disclosed by the poster, therefore no violation has occurred.
Paragraph 1: "Confidential Information, however, does not include information that : (a) is now, or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no fault or breach on the part of the recipient ..."
Therefore, telling us that a 3G iPhone exists is not a violation, and numerous sites and persons have been reporting on it for weeks / months. No information about the product has been disclosed by the poster, therefore no violation has occurred.
Per image in post 302 ...
Paragraph 1: "Confidential Information, however, does not include inforamtion that : (a) is now, or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no fault or breach on the part of the recipient ..."
Therefore, telling us that a 3G iPhone exists is not a violation, and numerous site have been reporting on it for weeks / months. No information about the product has been disclosed, therefore no violation has occurred.
until apple confirms the existence of a 3G iPhone, that is not considered "inforamtion that is generally available." Until apple verifies it, it's just speculation.
Pundits guessing about products or features of products do not give people under NDA free reign to talk about those features or products.
Well, I work from home (I'm a software developer), and the jigsaw puzzle is not mine (I don't live alone...).
bitslap47
macrumors 6502a
Per image in post 302 ...
Paragraph 1: "Confidential Information, however, does not include information that : (a) is now, or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no fault or breach on the part of the recipient ..."
Therefore, telling us that a 3G iPhone exists is not a violation, and numerous sites and persons have been reporting on it for weeks / months. No information about the product has been disclosed by the poster, therefore no violation has occurred.
Good point... haven't read it in a while... just kind of sign them
Mr Maui
macrumors 65816
Apple has already confirmed by allowing stock of the current iPhones to exhaust ... and ... would NEVER release a new iPhone without 3G if they want a single customer to buy their new product, especially since MANY other manufacturers are already in the 3G capacity, and working feverishly to compete with Apple in design and features. A nice design with nice features on EDGE this time around will not fly. Everyone KNOWS this, ESPECIALLY Apple!
Well, I work from home (I'm a software developer), and the jigsaw puzzle is not mine (I don't live alone...).
well you've already broken the NDA already by confirming the existense of a 3g iphone anyway, so why not just open the box and show what was inside then if it's real and you are who you say you are?
I didn't think so.
yeah i am sure that would stand up in court
NDA's still apply even if everyone ASSUMES that the secret information is correct. Nowhere did apple say "we are cutting stock of our iphones BECAUSE WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW VERSION WITH 3G"
In fact apple hasn't even said ANYTHING about cutting their stock except for saying that it's no longer available.
Assumptions don't trump NDA's.
Mr Maui
macrumors 65816
yeah i am sure that would stand up in court
NDA's still apply even if everyone ASSUMES that the secret information is correct. Nowhere did apple say "we are cutting stock of our iphones BECAUSE WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW VERSION WITH 3G"
In fact apple hasn't even said ANYTHING about cutting their stock except for saying that it's no longer available.
Assumptions don't trump NDA's.
Well, I'm not under one, so I can say anything I want ...
THERE IS A 3G iPHONE and it WILL BE ANNOUNCED on June 9, 2008 at WWDC.
Well, I'm not under one, so I can say anything I want ...
THERE IS A 3G iPHONE and it WILL BE ANNOUNCED on June 9, 2008 at WWDC.
yeah i wasn;t exactly saying "you" can't say anything. I was just trying to talk some sense into anyone that actually believes the misinformation you were spouting about NDAs.
dernhelm
macrumors 68000
So let's see, a newbie with (currently) 23 posts who joined a week ago (give or take) posts a picture claiming to be a box full of 3G iPhones from Apple...
Yeah -sounds right to me!
So let's see, a newbie with (currently) 23 posts who joined a week ago (give or take) posts a picture claiming to be a box full of 3G iPhones from Apple...
Yeah -sounds right to me!
Oh but it's more. This "private apple product tester" doesn't even have a mac. According to his profile he has a quad core PC running OS X (which is against apple's license agreement btw) and is currently saving up for a macbook pro (for school).
Working from home not really workin' out for ya?
Where you at baffles? the information helping your credibility is just PILING up here.
Pwned
macrumors regular
PWNED!!!!
bytethese
macrumors 68030
Mr Maui
macrumors 65816
Seems a bit ironic coming from someone asking him to either break the NDA, or to break it further, by opening the box and disclosing what is inside just so you can see.
Arran
macrumors 603
From : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/baffle
baf·fle (bfl)
tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles
1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.
2. To impede the force or movement of.
How apt!
baf·fle (bfl)
tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles
1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.
2. To impede the force or movement of.
How apt!
Mr Maui
macrumors 65816
