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iPhone 4 cursed?
From: The Security Community <thesecuritycommunity () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:34:40 -0400
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-iphone-jinx-20100716,0,186165.story?track=rss The string of woes have been so striking that some have sought alternative explanations, including the notion that the phone may simply be jinxed. One theory focuses on the number four. In China, where the iPhone is manufactured, four is considered to be bad luck. That's largely because the word for four is nearly identical to the word for death. Many buildings in Hong Kong do not have a fourth floor, and people try to avoid phone numbers and license plates with "4" in them. Device manufacturers such as Canon Inc. and Nokia Corp., wary of the digit's ominous significance, have been known to skip from 3 to 5 when assigning model numbers to their products. Apple, though, seemed uncowed by the superstition. The number requires a degree of care and attention that Apple may not have heeded, according to numerologist Daniel Hardt of Indianapolis. "If shortcuts are attempted, the whole thing falls apart," Hardt said. "The 4 can also be karmic, having some overtones of a problem stemming from some past activity. It seems very likely to be the case that there is some karma at play in this situation that has caused the phone to not be as functional as it should be." _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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