MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #42
remember everyone, heat sources placed on the pelvic region is bad for the swimmers . . . .
at least for those of us with swimmers . . .
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MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #43
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Originally Posted by Enigmaaron
I don't know what you are looking at but if I look closely on mine it is most certainly the base of the screen hitting the back of the bas…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #44
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Originally Posted by AShul007
you beg to differ? your evidence is of a different issue...not the angle.....
Um, whatever, I seem to be talking about the angle to me.…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #45
thank god i saw them in person. i cancelled my cto immediately. i travel quite a bit and i have to have my 12 inch powerbook tilted as far back as it will go and pushed as far ba…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #46
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Originally Posted by iobuffa
I disagree with this assessment. I give presentations all the time and I never need my screen to be no greater than the MBP's limitations. …
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #47
Having spoken to an Apple worker, he claims that the difference is very small - more like 130 degrees on the MBP versus 135 on the PowerBook G4. It may be more a matter of the scr…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #48
Is anyone able to post a pic of a 14" iBook to compare to the picture below.. Preferrably the same camera angle? That is what I sold to get one of these. I used to use it in bed ma…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #49
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Originally Posted by Commodus
Having spoken to an Apple worker, he claims that the difference is very small - more like 130 degrees on the MBP versus 135 on the PowerBook…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #50
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Originally Posted by yticolev
It sounds like you just said the limitations of 120 degrees might not work for you. ? Is or is not this a constraint?
I don't know what…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #1
Apparently diamonds are relatively worthless according to this article in The Atlantic magazine.
Personally, after reading this article, I'll never be bothered to buy another one …
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #2
Anyone tried proposing to their girlfriend with Moissanite and lived to tell the tale?
For better or worse, De Beers has very effectively made the size of an overpriced diamond a …
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #3
It is an excellent article. And it has been for the past 24 years, ever since it was written in 1982!
Timeline, anyone?
Not to take anything away from it, though: It is worth r…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #4
Honestly, that is EXACTLY what the article talks about - did you READ it?
Because if you did, you'd find that the entire Western public has been brainwashed by DeBeers through cle…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #5
It was just republished by The Atlantic, dork.
It's still worthwhile no matter the timeline.
And it gives credence to the notion that all of a sudden DeBeers is pushing the "…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #6
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Originally Posted by Cody Dawg
It was just republished by The Atlantic, dork.
Ah, retracted then. Sometimes, my screen name does come in handy!
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #7
No, it's okay.
If you visit their homepage here you'll see where they gave it to us to read again.
It's a great article.
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #8
::looks at diamond 3ring on finger:: oh well.
I would have been more than happy with a saphire or something else picked out with love.
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #9
Cody, everything you said is "common uncommon knowledge"--which is of course why I said it in my post. My point is that despite its artificiality, it is still a convention, and you…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #10
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Originally Posted by Cody Dawg
No, for me, I'd rather have that $10K in my pocket and a beautiful Moissanite ring on my finger,)
Actually, the 10k would be in his poc…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #11
I thought everyone knew that the price of diamonds is artificially inflated by the DeBeers cartel. Nevertheless, they are in short supply b/c of the way the market is set up, so t…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #12
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Originally Posted by Cody Dawg
No, it's okay.
If you visit their homepage here you'll see where they gave it to us to read again.
It's a great article.
The "Root…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #13
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strictlyplaid said
With a small or fake ring on your finger, people will think ill of you and/or your husband whether it's warranted or not.
No, they w…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #14
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Apparently diamonds are relatively worthless
That shouldn't come as a big surprise. The prez of DeBeers himself basically said as much...
He said that h…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #15
This is a Eug Wanker Smackdown™ moment.
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #16
P.S. I was very impressed by the DeBeers guy. It's nice to see a straight talker like that once in a while. Maybe it's because he knows they've got such a stranglehold on the busin…