IPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cell Phone Towers, Apple Claims

Re:IPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cell Phone Towers, Apple ... by mquander on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @05:29PM (#728889)

The idea that anyone would take Apple's argument seriously illustrates the growing gap between people who understand what computers are and people who don't.

It's easy for us to say "well, obviously that makes no sense, because you could do the same thing with an Android phone or a laptop" because we understand a computer to be a universal machine, but the people making the law usually understand computers as no more than a glorified wrench or hammer, capable of doing some particular subset of Useful Things.

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Re:IPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cell Phone Towers, Apple ... by billswift on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @10:02PM (#729299)

There has ALWAYS been a "gap between people who understand what computers are and people who don't"; the growing problem is people who THINK they understand computers because they use them, but don't really have a clue beyond what to button to click to get their email.

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