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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by th0ma5 on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:39PM (#3657482)
Could be a great prank, responding to the JS required to detect the resolution and sending a fake header are all easy enough, right? :D
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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by aaronpk on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:52PM (#3657526)
They did say that the iOS 6 requests were coming from Apple-owned IP addresses.

The screen resolution was not tied to the IP addresses because it showed up in Google Analytics.

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by ceejayoz on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:23PM (#3657656)
Apple employees are capable of pranks.
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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by Cushman on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:38PM (#3657732)
Hypothetically, say I'm an Apple employee who plays a prank on a tech website whereby I raise expectations for the product we launch in a week above reality.

How long should I expect to keep my job for?

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by Bud on Friday March 02, 2012 @11:34PM (#3659387)
Depends who told you to do it and who set up your device.
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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by underwater on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:46PM (#3657759)
If this is a prank it's not a very good one:

1. If there is a retina-display iPad 3 then they're faking something that actually exists.

2. If there isn't then they're setting up the unreleased product to not meet expectations.

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by ck2 on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:49PM (#3657516)
This is a great idea for a free web service.

Select/Insert user-agent and use cloud farms to hit a website randomly with it.

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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by ryanpetrich on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:45PM (#3657496)
It is very easy, yes. As is faking the user agent.
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Re:iPads using iOS 6, high-res displays showing up in Ars se... by funkah on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:50PM (#3657520)
Yep, it is advised to never trust client-side input for a reason.
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