Judas Phone: more Photoshop tomfoolery
How many fingers does a guy need?
Some sites call for Photoshop submissions [Fark and B3ta.com]. And some reject them, as Reg reader Bill discovered today.
His "bored Friday stuff" was knocked back by the estimable site Judasphone.com, so he sent them to us instead.
We thought you would like to see these:
Thanks, Bill.
Bootnote
We are not really set up for Photoshop madness, but we always welcome contributions.
COMMENTS
Dear Studentrights,
My understanding (derived entirely from the Reg's coverage) is that this goes beyond the typical reception problems encountered when other phones are held certain ways, and is derived from the antenna not being insulated. The possibility of some kind of assembly issue was also explored early on but has mostly been dropped from the discussion I think.
As you pointed out, the potential problem is mentioned in many phone manuals. Part of the problem is that it's *not* mentioned in the iPhone manual.
Much of the rest is mostly because the company (and some of its fans) have been in deep denial that the problem even exists, making every possible excuse from "it's all in your head" through "you aren't holding it right" to "bars display software bug." Some have even suggested a media conspiracy to harm Apple, because, as we know, journalists *hate* Steve Jobs.
Sincerely,
Ed Deckard
P.S.: Flame icon because I tried very hard not to write one.
@Jan 0
I think Tom was being too subtle for you. There are two situations in which the use of 'their' would be appropriate. Tom implied one of them (flaming - lack of thought - getting things wrong.) Tom was saying, 'if you want to flame, do it properly by making spelling mistakes.'
The other possible use of 'their' would be if the word 'stupid' was treated as a noun, for the purpose of humour. Compare with the word 'smarts', used to mean 'qualities or evidence of intelligence'. (I realise that 'stupid=noun' use is not a good fit for the original 'Because their stupid' post.)
Re: The left for dead hand image is copyrighted isn't it?
That is an interesting, Manichean way of characterising this.
I was not aware that copyright images were involved. However,
the use of images for parody purposes is afforded protection under law on both sides of the Atlantic.
IANL, but my recollection that we don't even have to give a credit. But in response to your comment, I have added an acknowledgement in the tooltip.
...As I say, we are not really set up for Photoshop submissions
Re: Don't Hold it Wrong
Steve Job's FUD seems to be working well then... *rolleyes*
Why can't any of you iTards see the difference between the attenuation issue that is common to ALL phones, and the detuning issue that is UNIQUE to the iPhone 4 (caused by touching specific spot on the edge of the phone)?
