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…
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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) — #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…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #17
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
Well, hyphenation (as much as I hate it) is pretty common nowadays, and in many places in North America, the default legally is to have bo…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #18
Cody, I can tell the difference between Moissanite and diamonds without anything more than a loupe. And while they're nice, they just ain't diamonds-there is a significant differe…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #19
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Originally Posted by Dakar
Actually, the 10k would be in his pocket.
You: not married.
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #20
I like Neil Diamond. He rawks!!!
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #21
I knew about this for quite a while.
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #22
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Originally Posted by ghporter
P.S., Aren't the principles of De Beers still under threat of arrest if they ever come to the States because of their anti-competitive carte…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #23
There are tons of diamonds under Antwerp. Tons. They just leave them there to keep the price up.
Saw it on 60 minutes last year.
Rubies are rarer but less expensive. Go figure.
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #24
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Originally Posted by Cody Dawg
No, they wouldn't.
THEY WOULD NOT KNOW. How would they (or you) know if I had a fake on or not?
Knowing you, you'd tell them.
Qu…