ioanpopovici

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Comment · 11 years ago
Ok I get it now... You are saying that this is a normal reaction given the current circumstances. But still... a human life can't be measured in money and yet they routinely calculate and assign a value to it like it is livestock. All this misery just for making more profit. It's disgusting and it fills me with rage. Ok we need to eat and we need transportation but we can also choose what to eat and what vehicle to drive. If are made aware of a vehicle (in this case) that causes harm to others and we do nothing then we are no different from the company that produced that vehicles with full knowledge of what they where doing and we have no right to complain.

I am not fooling myself, i know this is our 'reality' but people act sometimes with great selflessness. I refuse to think that we can't rise above our selfish needs.

Comment · 11 years ago
We are not talking about other corporations here so please don't generalize. I hate it when this happens. We are talking about VW not the meat industry or Chevron who by the way distroyed almost single handed a large portion of the amazon. VW did something wrong, people got hurt, they were exposed and there is sufficient evidence. Just because someone else is doing it does not mean that they should get away with it. And by sheep I mean that we are just ignorant about the bigger picture here.

If VW will emerge out of this relatively unscathed it will create a dangerous precedent and the and the auto industry will have learned nothing. Personally I try to do the right thing, like trying not buying gas provided by BP or Chevron if possible and I can tell you rigth now that my next car will not be a VW.

Comment · 11 years ago
What is amazing is the fact people don't realize is that what VW did indirectly caused disability and even death, but hey if it does not affect me I'll just buy a VW anyway.

I'm really sick of these TBTF corporations doing whatever they want. They do something illegal that causes a lot of harm and if they are caught they just cruise the waters of ignorance to safety and then rinse and repeat.

We are just sheep...

Comment · 11 years ago
All new evidence points to the fact that the Japanese were thinking of surrendering and that the Americans new it, before the bombs were dropped. Also it shows that the bombs had little to no effect on their reasoning. They whished to surrender on their own terms which they did, more or less, despite the "unconditional surrender" bs.
Comment · 12 years ago
OMG
Comment · 12 years ago
OMG just do a DFU Restore and be done with it. How is it crippled if you can just restore it? I think the only thing crippled is their heads... You can have whatever "activation lock" you want active if you do a DFU restore it does not matter. The device will be restored and you'll have full access to it. WTF why the drama?
Comment · 13 years ago
This is insane... Although it is undeniable that China will become a world power and that there is a war on the horizon.

As a sidenote this page should be more mobile friednly

Comment · 13 years ago
Tired of this bulshit...
Comment · 13 years ago
Lolz Please remove this
Comment · 13 years ago
Paranoid Americans...
Comment · 13 years ago
Finally a decent piece on this...
Comment · 14 years ago
Omg
Comment · 14 years ago
Cracked is the word, not hacked...
Comment · 14 years ago
I'm sorry but you should really read the Journalist Ethic Code. You should not express opinions but facts. That is your job as a journalist and I'm sick of people doing otherwise, especially engadget. "Like any other citizen, the journalist has a right to political and other convictions. However, in his/her professional activity he/she should remain neutral and objective." You present the facts undistorted and unbiased, not your own opinions and we form our own opinion! This is how it's supposed to work...
Comment · 14 years ago
I disagree with you, it is their customized hardware, I cant see them fitting standard computer components into a enclosure that thin. Almost everything is custom an for Microsoft it's a big technolohical leap because they've never done this before.

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