An apology...

Post by boredguy8 » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 5:44 AM UTC

Confusion wrote: post #69

razerbeans wrote: post #14

Seeing the name-drop of the Apple engineer on Gizmodo made my jaw drop. I couldn't believe that they would do such a thing. This no doubt casts a shadow on his career and life. It's a reckless attempt by what appears to be a subpar site to make itself somewhat legitimate. In this respect, they've failed miserably.

This no doubt casts a shadow on his career and life. I think you're overestimating the impact this has. People generally don't remember a name in an article they read at some website some time ago. Secondly, the number of people actually reading this is quite small. For instance, suppose someone lost a Nokia prototype in the same way and the engineer later applied to Apple. How large is the chance that the responsibl…

Post by fhars » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 5:54 AM UTC

TomOfTTB wrote: post #51

anthonyb wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bullshit. There's a big difference between making a mistake, and having that mistake sprayed across the internet for all to see.

Simply put once a news source starts omitting facts based on what they think is relevant that's the beginning of the end. News sources should report the facts in as complete a fashion as they are capable of doing. To do otherwise is to open the door to abuse. What's to stop a reporter from leaving a friend out of a story while reporting his coworkers were involved in some malfeasance? In that case the coworkers then…

Post by zackattack » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 6:11 AM UTC

zackattack wrote: post #7

the gray powell tweme is pretty funny

Post by dasht » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 6:22 AM UTC

Post by tzs » Tue, Apr 20, 2010, 6:35 AM UTC

BigZaphod wrote: post #32

jsz0 wrote: post #9

They very possibly did the guy a favor exposing his identity not only to insulate him from hasher retribution but also as pretty clear evidence it was an innocent mistake. No one would leave their identity on the device if they had personally conspired to sell it on the black market. I don't think it's that big of a deal. If the device was being field tested Apple was accepting the risk of theft/loss. If it had been…

If Apple would fire him over this, they probably would (or did?) fire him a week or so ago when it first went missing and got remote-wiped. The fact that it was later found and he was publicly humiliated shouldn't change anything in this case - they already knew it was lost and they knew this situation was a real possibility. If they hadn't fired him yet, I don't see how it makes sense to fire him now that someone fo…