Many people _are_ young and dumb at 18. Or at 21. Since it all happened in a bar, he might have had some alcohol, and the first thing alcohol does is turn off the bit in your brain that says "this is a stupid idea" when you think of doing something stupid. (Which is why driving drunk is a bad idea, because you are tempted to do things that are stupid and that you wouldn't do when sober).
If you're too 'young and dumb' at 21 to recognize that taking something that doesn't belong to you, and 'shopping it around' to find a buyer isn't a good idea, you're probably mentally incompetent.
Unfortunately, for this guy, he's just *ethically* and *morally* incompetent.
Drunk driving is a bad idea because your mental and physical faculties are impaired. Meaning you don't react to stimuli as quickly or consistently, and your ability to *realize* that fact is also impaired. It has nothing to do with the "temptation to do things that ... you wouldn't do when sober."
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Did you read his IAMA? It states that the first company he called was apple but they didnt take him seriously, and they were unaware that a prototype had been lost
Yes, we remember that. We also remember, however, that he knew who the phone belonged to because he got that information before it was wiped, and then damaged beyond repair by Gizmodo after the sale.
When you know who the phone belongs to, contacting his employer's customer service hotline isn't a credible attempt to return the property.
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Best to you, maybe. But aesthetics are subjective. It's still every bit as beautiful and sexy and clunky and ugly and hideous and cheap looking as it was then. It'll be very nice to move beyond this old design with the 6. ...& about time too.
I'll admit the photos we saw back then didn't do the phone justice, I had to actually see it in real life to 'get' the design. I'll also admit that I still prefer the rounded-edge profile of the prior models. Not so much that I didn't upgrade when the 4s was released, though.