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Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to.

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to.
Date 2013-12-06 17:24 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnla422p.qp9.g.kreme@mbp55.local> (permalink)
References <1ldhmem.16dzvzw1b5ytbgN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>

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In message <1ldhmem.16dzvzw1b5ytbgN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> 
  Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> /begin rant

> New and very latest shit:

> I am truly at a low point with Apple right now. My new refurbished iPod
> touch wasn't tested before being sent out (some refurbishment process!),
> and has a permanently blurry damaged facetime camera.

Get a replacement, shit happens.

> The iTunes store won't display any images. Just the square blue '?'
> placeholder (1). App store can't connect. App store on iPod and iTunes
> store on Mac can't download apps and install as the apps image isn't
> there to download. This is possibly related to my ISP's proxy,

Yes, it would have to be. I bet if you take your iPod to
Starbucks/McDonald's/Apple Store/Neighbor's WIfi it works fine, but
sure, let's blame Apple for your shitty ISP.

> but amazingly nothing else is affected.

How is that amazing? Your ISP sucks.

Apple's app and iTunes store is
> special. It is affected like nothing else is. THey say they have reports
> of many ISPs in NZ, Australia and Asia having issues with their App and
> iTunes stores and the ISP's proxy servers.

Probably they are either breaking SSL or the NSA is breaking SSL for
them.

> How the hell can a major service like this not handle standard proxy
> servers?

You are confused, Apple has nothing to do with "handling proxy servers."

> Internet sharing from one connection (e.g. ethernet) to another (say
> Airport or bluetooth) is broken in OS X 10.6.8, but worked back in
> 10.5.x.

It worked fine in 10.6.8, 10.7.5, and 10.8.4. In fact, it's always
worked.

> Not to mention in order to get 10.9 I'd need a WORKING FUCKING APP
> STORE!!!

The App store works just fine for hundreds of millions of people all
over the world.

> I'm pissed that I find after doing the math the other day, I note two
> out of three Apple devices I've ever bought have failed with a hardware
> fault of some kind within the first two years.

Still working Apple Devices I've bought:

1) Apple //e
2) Apple //gs with 4MB RAM upgrade
3) Mac SE FDHD
4) Bondi 233Mhz iMac
5) Performa 6400
6) PowerPC Mac mini
7) iMac G4 (1 of 2, the other fried it's PSU)
8) Beige G3 desktop
9) G4 Gigabit Ethernet Tower
10) iPod touch 2nd gen (2)
11) iPhone 3GS (2)
12) iPhone 4
13) iPhone 4S (2)
14) iPad 2s (7)
15) iPad 3 (2)
16) Xserve G5 (2)
17) Apple //c+

(I don't have all of these still, but I know they are still working).

Apple devices I bought that I know no longer work:

1) Original iPod (click wheel died)
2) Apple //c
3) iMac G4
4) MacPro1,1
5) iBook (2)
6) Power Mac G3 (Blue and White)

Broken Devices that still work:

1) Mac Book Pro

The Macbook Pro was broken by a 7 year-old jumping on it and cracking
the screen. The screen will not display and the computer cannt run off
the battery, but connected to an external screen and external keyboard,
it still works 6 years later. I use it to run Plex on one of our TVs.

The shortest lived of the non-working devices was the iMac G4 which died
after just under 5 years. The Mac Pro died at just under 6 years.

> Conclusion:

You're a troll?

> I'm either suffering a from random bad luck and statistical confluence
> of bad shit, or Apple has major quality control issues they still have
> not addressed since the bloody 90's.

Right, that would explain their consistent rankings as the most reliable
computer maker. Everyone else in the world is lying.

-- 
When the chips are down, the buffalo's empty.

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Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-07 03:12 +1300
  Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-06 17:24 +0000
    Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-07 15:51 +1300
      Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-07 08:27 -0600
        Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 09:08 +1300
          Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-07 15:38 -0600
  Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2013-12-06 09:46 -0800
    Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-07 15:51 +1300
      Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-07 09:00 +0000
        Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-07 23:11 +1300
        Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2013-12-07 16:32 +0000
          Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 07:58 +1300
            Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-07 14:19 -0500
              Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 08:46 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-08 15:08 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 16:25 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-08 23:08 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 23:59 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-08 17:42 +0000
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-08 17:30 +0000
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-08 12:42 -0500
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-09 08:08 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-08 19:12 +0000
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-08 14:19 -0500
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-08 23:54 +0000
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-12-10 01:14 -0500
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-10 19:26 +1300
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-10 12:22 -0500
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-12 09:19 -0800
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-12 19:22 +0000
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-12 14:37 -0500
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-08 03:08 +0000
                Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-08 17:36 +0000
          Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-08 03:06 +0000
        Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-12-10 01:11 -0500
  Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-07 10:26 +1300
    Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-07 15:51 +1300
      Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-08 15:08 +1300
        Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 16:25 +1300
          Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-12-08 23:08 +1300
            Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 23:59 +1300
              Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-10 22:17 +1300
          Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-12-08 17:32 +0000
            Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-09 08:08 +1300
      Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-08 03:17 +0000
        Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 16:36 +1300
          Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-08 06:23 +0000
            Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-12-08 22:47 +1300
    Re: Bought refurbished iPod touch, it's FUBARed, and other shit to. David Fritzinger <dfritzin@nospam.mac.com> - 2013-12-07 14:58 -0500

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