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Interesting take at the end, I wouldn't necessarily call it a Win about AppleCare coverage, it only highlights all sorts of issues which are becoming increasingly common on Macs. Logic board and full unit replacements should not be commonplace.

My husband was watching a CNN news segment about the missing plane earlier today on the TV. As I overheard the program while I was on the laptop I couldn't help but notice the absurd amount of times the news anchor kept saying "officials speculate, we believe, analysis probably indicates that...,"

There's too much focus on speculation to keep this relevant in a 24/7 news cycle.

Apple hating seems to be the new trend and I see it as the main reason for thus much attention.

That, and also for the fact that if Steve Jobs were still around, he'd be able to sweep this up or else be able to assuage the public about the 1 extra line of goto fail; I think that in the post-Jobs future, we'll see more and more "revelations" about bugs/issues within Apple/iOS/OS X with people aggressively posting as much info as possible to "stick it to Apple"

Easy. Think of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory. He may have a high IQ, but he lacks the ability to be able to connect different ideas and/or come up with solutions which require more than just processing mathematical computations.

That is a really pedantic response that completely misses the point.

You can't deny that there wasn't any real, marketed involvement used by the top Internet companies to promote the cause.

Yes, the execution of this topic's awareness was very lackluster, so what exactly is your point?

The POS systems that I've observed in a standard retail setting have three main components: the printer for receipts, the main terminal (POS system) in which items are scanned (which runs the Windows XP for POS), then the credit card reading machine for CC payment processing. So in this context, the POS device is the cash register.

At least the private-contractors are finally facing the consequences, in the beginning the outrage would have let you to believe that it was the President himself who was the one programming away the exchanges!

Well, if enough people say "enough is enough"... what next.

My mobile device is tied to my phone, I have some work discounts attached to my service, I have a contract (which will gain fees for early termination). These issues make it highly improbably to truly do any action (when it comes to businesses).

However, there is a way politically to actually get something done, but that requires the masses to actually organize and take action.

The trouble is, that's easier said than done. However, if there were any action feasible enough to do that would make it possible to: "get into the businessman's head that the NSA is bad for business." Then that will definitely be the way to go.