See, that's exactly what they want you to think. They know you will think that way, therefore, they did it so you wouldn't think that it's them. Of course, you know that they know what you will think that way, so you know not to believe it, and therefore, it is them. Then again......

It's worse than that. What is a "Candy Bar" versus Food item differs in various jurisdictions. Is a Belt Buckle an Article of clothing or not? many state/county/school district has laws on the books on how much percentage they get of all sales tax revenue. You need to override all of that to get to true streamlined tax. A lot of people would cry foul.

Awesome! At least 1 person read the book.... Remember, the robot has to be mind reading as well.

Apple actually shipped a number of prototypes to a variety of manufactures. Each with a different name. For example: iPad II, iPad 2, iPad Next Gen, iPad Mini, iPad Maxi, iPad jr, iPad Zwei Now that the pictures leaked, Apple knows which manufacturer leaked it. You know that the iPad 2 guys would not get the next contract. See, it's all part of the plan. That's why they have high stock prices, and we are just arguing about if they would name something with a 2 in the name.

There are lies, and there statistics. Please cite where your 99% number comes from other than from your own imagination.

So you rather kill them than letting them decide what conditions they would work under. Gotcha.

Do you have any reason believing that Foxconn operate in an unsafe manner, or hires child labor?
Or do you believe that laws in the US should apply everywhere? Such as the Patriot Act?

What data do you have to support this? My understanding is that there is a waiting list to work at Foxconn. You sign a contract to work there, with termination penalties, and there is multi-week training before you actually start working. While in training, you are paid, housed, and fed. Not saying you are wrong, but would like to learn more about where you are getting your data.

Why was this moderated funny? This was happening for real!

Remember, China is a communist state. The state can impose a 1 year hard labor for each violation. Fixes the problem really easily.
In the video, they talked about it taking 3 years to put in a Subway, and how it takes too long.
In the US, it takes 3 years before the first public vote, and then 6 mores years for the EIS. Probably followed by a number of votes and politicians squabbling. We'll be lucky if the ground is broken in 15 years....

Microsoft wanted to own this space, made investments. But the price of UMPC was just too high. Seriously, if Microsoft was insistent on a $500 price for a workable tablet 4 years ago, it may have totally shut the door on iPad. Many people waited for the UMPC, but when they came out, and the price was closer to $1000 for a usable configuration, the end was clear. If Microsoft would have borrowed from their XBox playbook, and subsidized every UMPC to grow the market, it may have been a different story.

It was such a surprise for the pig that it failed to remember gravity. Gravity took a look, tried to reach out, and then gave up, and focuses on things like fallen apples and making sure the next Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster arrives safely in the stomach, rather than attempting to escape through the 8 openings on the top of the Goran's head.

I happen to have some training on how customer service works. One of the key things you watch for, is patterns. You should be able to rank the root causes by percentage, and then tackle why you are getting those calls. Fixing the higher percentage issues is going to give you bigger bang for the buck.
There are a few pieces of data missing for the 0.55% number:
1. how many iPhone customers actually call Apple support overall? If the previous % was 0.5%, and now 0.55% of users are calling about reception, that is very significant.
2. how many of the 0.55% was previous iPhone owners? If that percentage is high, then you have a degradation of service from the upgrade
3. how were the 0.55% resolved? Was the customer happy after the call?
If you use Apple's number, 0.55% out of 1.7 million means 9350 calls have been placed by their customers to complain about this. That means, up to 10,000 customer are annoyed enough with the problem to call. I don;t think any business can ignore the opinion of 9350 customer. Or do you think 9350 is a small number?

If I had mod points, I would mod your post up, purely for informational content.
I love reading about information, than numbers designed to obfuscate.
Kudos!