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Recently Opened Dutch Apple Store in Haarlem Hit by Smash-and-Grab Robbers
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Me thinks thou dost protest too much. You might be overcompensating. Just saying. I think your rush to "it's racism" say more about you than anything else. Manhattan was a Dutch colony.
I think the word is Dutch...
I don't mind them using the quaint term Netherlandic.
Just make sure to call US citizens by the proper description. They are not Americans, they are U.S.Asians
I can't imagine that Americans (I am one) would call the Corsa a supermini. They'd call it compact. We have the Smart Fortwo here as well, and it's a supermini... I think. I actually never hear anyone say "supermini". Sounds British to me.
This is what happened when you give someone Galaxy, Surface, or Kindle for their Christmas present.
I actually think that might be something to do with some of the employees at Apple.
Where did Steve get his idea for all this glass? I remember reading his book on how he spent his time in Paris after he was fired from Apple.
The pyramid from the Louvre(sp?) museum made of all glass.... reminds me of an Apple store...
That video link was very helpful - I actually learned something today, had no idea The Netherlands was so complicated!
I wonder if Apple uses the remote "kill switch" to brick stolen devices in this type of situation. At a minimum, I'm sure they could track the locations at least of any device with GPS and likely even with WiFi.
That's very true, I'd guess these mugs just cleared out the display stock though. But yes if they managed to venture into the depths of the stock room, then its a different game!
the 5th ave store has low profile versions of those..
probably not a measure to prevent robberies though.. more like preventing a cab from hopping the curb, crashing through the glass, then falling 20' underground?
They will never use it, even if they have the power to. They don't do anything even when someone walks in with a stolen i-device.
They do it on occasion. During the 2012 demonstrations, the store was lit but emptied.
Please respect a car that shows a bit of respect in our congested cities. At least one company here uses them in a take-it-anywhere leave-it-anywhere renting business.
Would you please explain?
For some people, there's more to life than driving around in big cars.
Thank God for Public Transportation.
Really!? Pies everywhere are very offended by the insensitive jokes made at their expense. The positive side? Pies of all races have been brought together against this senseless act of bigotry. Finally bringing a truce to the long-waged conflict between bottom-crust and top-only factions.
You can change that stuff. Not sure about a serial number but you can jump through hoops to change a MAC Address...also if you sell the stuff fast enough it won't matter, if criminals sell you a load of iPads and you don't know what they look like or their names its harder for the police to track down who did it.
Its the unlucky mug on eBay (or at the pub) that gets stuck with a worthless piece of of Apple tech in the end.
Why would thieves stealing new, factory sealed devices care? They'll sell them on the cheap to unsuspecting buyers and then disappear. It's the buyers that should beware.