jdm_freek Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 Check out with the did Apple http://www.zurmat.com/2012/08/29/samsung-pays-apple-1-billion-sending-30-trucks-full-of-5-cent-coins/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 That's hilarious. Apple got owned LOL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 Cute, but false. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/aug/29/apple-samsung-trucks-nickels-fake?newsfeed=true 1) Samsung's fine ($1.049bn) isn't yet payable; the judge hasn't ruled. All we have is the jury's verdict. The judge's decision, which could include a tripling of the fine, is due on 20 September (or possibly 6 December now; it's unclear). Until then, Samsung only has to pay its lawyers. That should be less than $1bn. [...] 3) Some more fact-checkiing from Ken Tindell via Twitter: "A nickel weighs 5g. It would take 2,755 18-wheeler trucks (max legal tare 80,000 lbs) to carry the money." 4) Consider how much a billion dollars in nickels would weigh: you need 20bn of them, and at 5g each that's 0.005 kg x 20,000,000,000 = 100,000,000 kg = 100,000 tonnes. 5) There probably aren't that many nickels in circulation anyway. The New York Times noted in 2006 that there were about 20bn nickels in circulation at the time; rising metal prices were encouraging people to melt them for the copper and zinc. Another dose of reason. The story actually originated on El Deforma, described (by many) as "an Onion-like Mexican website" - that is, specialising in fake news. Here's the original; I'm grateful to Maria Figueroa, who first pointed this out to me. She also pointed out that the site has a "tip of the day", which on Wednesday had the advice: "Si vas a plagiar noticias, no uses un sitio de noticias falsas como fuente." Or In English: "If you're going to steal news, make sure not to use a fake news site as a source." Advice that Yahoo News could have taken. Oops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 Looked it up just now actually, and yeah, saw it was false. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RimX Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 (edited) not to mention that nickels are not copper colored like the coins in the picture in that "news" article. Kind of a dead give away if you ask me. But still funny anyways. Edited September 1, 2012 by RimX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 To bad its false as that would be funny as hell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 I knew it was fake but still imagining it was enough , did anyone see that video where the kid gets his car towed and pays off the towing company with pennies. They argue and argue about not taking it and then he calls the police for trying to deny his legal tender hahaha. It's great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 1, 2012 Posted September 1, 2012 I knew it was fake but still imagining it was enough , did anyone see that video where the kid gets his car towed and pays off the towing company with pennies. They argue and argue about not taking it and then he calls the police for trying to deny his legal tender hahaha. It's great Yeah I've seen that. Great video. The lady had to count and roll the pennies lmao. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Yeah I've seen that. Great video. The lady had to count and roll the pennies lmao. I'm mad because I wanted to do that when a towing company unjustly towed my jeep that was parked in a legal spot when i was trying to sell it... my dad paid before I was able to hit up the banks in the area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) I'm mad because I wanted to do that when a towing company unjustly towed my jeep that was parked in a legal spot when i was trying to sell it... my dad paid before I was able to hit up the banks in the area I happily paid my $260 of towing the other day for the beast-stang, the other insurance is taking care of the fees. I got a $30 ticket for parking in the grass near my dorm (really bad parking at my school) at like 1 am. I bought ice cream and other frozen stuff. The other parking lot is a 25 minute walk. I got a ticket in the 15 minutes I was away. Also, EVERYONE else was parked on the grass. They all got tickets. I didn't even know I couldn't park there since every grassy spot had a car on it. So yeah, appealed it. If it doesn't go through, its time to get pennies lol. Edited September 2, 2012 by Onion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) I happily paid my $260 of towing the other day for the beast-stang, the other insurance is taking care of the fees. I got a $30 ticket for parking in the grass near my dorm (really bad parking at my school) at like 1 am. I bought ice cream and other frozen stuff. The other parking lot is a 25 minute walk. I got a ticket in the 15 minutes I was away. Also, EVERYONE else was parked on the grass. They all got tickets. I didn't even know I couldn't park there since every grassy spot had a car on it. So yeah, appealed it. If it doesn't go through, its time to get pennies lol. dont get me wrong apple makes a good product albeit an overpriced product but the their business practices are reminiscent of Adulf Hitler they seen see something equal and they are afraid and want to destroy it Android is here to stay even if all smartphone manufactures stopped using android (Highly unlikely) we the doid faithful would just mod our phones with android software id myself would rather take a tack hammer to the face then to use any apple product and would use my droid til the sun burnt out before i owned an iphone Edited September 2, 2012 by jdm_freek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick2500 Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) My gold plated butt-plug business is being sued by Apple. Apparently they have a patent for overpriced crap for a holes. Edited September 2, 2012 by slick2500 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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