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Apple Expected To Hold Press Event Late January, Report Says
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 10:35 PM
AhhYonzbd, on 02 January 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:
Not to rain on your parade, but someone needs to tell the editor that this year has 366 rather then 365...Leap Year!
and you expect pc world to check there facts before posting an article .....lol ....... when you wake up from your dream .. give your head a shake!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 12:24 AM
AhhYonzbd, on 02 January 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:
Not to rain on your parade, but someone needs to tell the editor that this year has 366 rather then 365...Leap Year!
Maybe thats exactly what apple wants to announce
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 11:32 AM
Bowing to the massive outpouring of objections in this forum to the sentence "A new year means 365 new chances to speculate on what Apple might have up its sleeve," I have revised the wording. As you can see, it now reads "Every new year means at least 365 new days to speculate on what Apple might have up its sleeve."
The new wording acknowledges AhhYonzbd's point that 2012 contains 366 days instead of the usual non-leap-year 365. Because "A new year means 366 new days" would also be false (since logically "a new year" isn't limited to this new year), I tried to come up with a statement that is true of all new years. Hence, "Every new year means at least 365 new days..."
The revised opening sentence also addresses a problem not mentioned by any of the first five commenters: the absurd implication that tech journalists have only 365 chances in a normal year to speculate on what Apple may have up its sleeve. To the contrary, history shows that at some publications journalists have dozens and perhaps hundreds of opportunities to indulge in such speculation on any given day--not that they normally avail themselves of each one.
It follows that equating "chances" with "days" in the context of Apple rumors is insupportable. We at PCWorld regret the Macworld author's error in this regard, as well as his failure to check the calendar for February 2012.
The new wording acknowledges AhhYonzbd's point that 2012 contains 366 days instead of the usual non-leap-year 365. Because "A new year means 366 new days" would also be false (since logically "a new year" isn't limited to this new year), I tried to come up with a statement that is true of all new years. Hence, "Every new year means at least 365 new days..."
The revised opening sentence also addresses a problem not mentioned by any of the first five commenters: the absurd implication that tech journalists have only 365 chances in a normal year to speculate on what Apple may have up its sleeve. To the contrary, history shows that at some publications journalists have dozens and perhaps hundreds of opportunities to indulge in such speculation on any given day--not that they normally avail themselves of each one.
It follows that equating "chances" with "days" in the context of Apple rumors is insupportable. We at PCWorld regret the Macworld author's error in this regard, as well as his failure to check the calendar for February 2012.
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