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“Miner Edison Pena, a fan of Elvis Presley, got an invitation from Graceland to visit the museum dedicated to the rock and roll legend in Memphis, Tennessee,” Illiano and Wade report. “‘We heard on the news that he’s a huge Elvis fan,’ Graceland spokeswoman Alicia Dean told Reuters.”
“Real Madrid and Manchester United invited the miners, many of whom are avid soccer fans, to watch them play in Europe,” Illiano and Wade report. “A flamboyant local singer-turned-businessman has given them $10,000 each, while Apple boss Steve Jobs has sent them all a latest iPod and a Greek firm has offered an islands tour.”
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Fair play to ya Steve!
Fair play to ya Steve!
Steve’s offering, while I’m sure it’s much appreciated, seems rather paltry against the other offerings. Goodness me! – at least give them an iPad. Ante up!
Steve’s offering, while I’m sure it’s much appreciated, seems rather paltry against the other offerings. Goodness me! – at least give them an iPad. Ante up!
I’m just thankful they are alive. Hats off to the rescuers who had the nuevos to go down the hole to assist with the rescue.
I’m just thankful they are alive. Hats off to the rescuers who had the nuevos to go down the hole to assist with the rescue.
Nice to read some very good mews for a change. Too bad Mr. Jobs was a few hours late sending the iPod touches to them. Imagine “Face Time” at 2300 feet below? Wow!
Nice to read some very good mews for a change. Too bad Mr. Jobs was a few hours late sending the iPod touches to them. Imagine “Face Time” at 2300 feet below? Wow!
“With over 200 flashlight apps available in the app store, the iPod Touch is the perfect gift for the Chilean miner on your Christmas list….”
“With over 200 flashlight apps available in the app store, the iPod Touch is the perfect gift for the Chilean miner on your Christmas list….”
A small price to pay for the positive publicity.
A small price to pay for the positive publicity.
@skimpy
Agree. iPads to them and to the rescuers who risked their own lives and while we’re at it a few shares of stock. Anything else we can add?
@skimpy
Agree. iPads to them and to the rescuers who risked their own lives and while we’re at it a few shares of stock. Anything else we can add?
@Skimpy,
Maybe Steve was thinking of the miners being able to listen to music while they work.
Does monetary value really mean more than the gesture itself. I don’t get it. The iPod touch has Facetime, iPads do not. He sent them something that he thought they’d enjoy.
@Skimpy,
Maybe Steve was thinking of the miners being able to listen to music while they work.
Does monetary value really mean more than the gesture itself. I don’t get it. The iPod touch has Facetime, iPads do not. He sent them something that he thought they’d enjoy.
That’s cool. First they all got Oakley’s and now it’s iPods and Greek island tours.
Let’s hope Leno doesn’t decide to fly them all in.
That’s cool. First they all got Oakley’s and now it’s iPods and Greek island tours.
Let’s hope Leno doesn’t decide to fly them all in.
Steve… nice of you, but how about sending their family something else… like a store card (if they have a food chain) to buy food… something less techie. iPods are great… but something more simple would have sufficed…
Steve… nice of you, but how about sending their family something else… like a store card (if they have a food chain) to buy food… something less techie. iPods are great… but something more simple would have sufficed…
@ anonymous
nice response to those who value the gift, rather than the deed.
@ anonymous
nice response to those who value the gift, rather than the deed.
Keep the bunny growing!
Thank you Steve Jobs.
Keep the bunny growing!
Thank you Steve Jobs.
Now they have to buy macs with the 10,000 bucks…well played Steve
Now they have to buy macs with the 10,000 bucks…well played Steve
What a shameless plug.
What a shameless plug.
Our design-build remodeling firm is offering them a free kitchen in the Central Iowa area. Lucky guys!
Our design-build remodeling firm is offering them a free kitchen in the Central Iowa area. Lucky guys!
No free Zune?
No free Zune?
@ stucktrader
I know why you’re stuck.
If a “techie-type” person is offering gifts, why would it be food? Give a man a fish, blah blah blah…
Let the food merchants take care of that stuff! Besides, I have yet to read a story about starving miners and their families.
I’m sure their children would walk right past a McDonald’s hamburger for an iPod any day.
@ stucktrader
I know why you’re stuck.
If a “techie-type” person is offering gifts, why would it be food? Give a man a fish, blah blah blah…
Let the food merchants take care of that stuff! Besides, I have yet to read a story about starving miners and their families.
I’m sure their children would walk right past a McDonald’s hamburger for an iPod any day.
@Hiflier
“…Imagine “Face Time” at 2300 feet below? Wow!…”
Don’t think so. Wouldn’t work through 2000ft.+ of
solid rock.
@Hiflier
“…Imagine “Face Time” at 2300 feet below? Wow!…”
Don’t think so. Wouldn’t work through 2000ft.+ of
solid rock.
I dont disagree if people want to welcome these guys back to the surface, but thousands if not millions of people suffer hardship and face death everyday, and yet no one cares when there’s no media attention.
I dont disagree if people want to welcome these guys back to the surface, but thousands if not millions of people suffer hardship and face death everyday, and yet no one cares when there’s no media attention.
Sorry Steve but you kinda blew this one..nice gesture yes..but if you are going to give a present to them and Apple is doing this well then you should have given (at the bare minimum) iPhone 4 to everybody, preferably an iPad…seems a bit cheap this present.
Sorry Steve but you kinda blew this one..nice gesture yes..but if you are going to give a present to them and Apple is doing this well then you should have given (at the bare minimum) iPhone 4 to everybody, preferably an iPad…seems a bit cheap this present.
@Deus
Good one.
@Deus
Good one.
Bill Gates is going to send them vaccines thru his foundation, a way to depopulate our planet, right scum!!!
Bill Gates is going to send them vaccines thru his foundation, a way to depopulate our planet, right scum!!!
He should have sent Macbook Pros. — Cheapskate.
He should have sent Macbook Pros. — Cheapskate.
And special rock colored iPhones.
And special rock colored iPhones.
Whoa! whoa! whoa! Island tours? Graceland? I’m going to need a new iPod soon and that copper isn’t going to mine itself… Alright guys, you’ve had a day off to rest, not to mention that two month vacation you had kicking back waiting for people to drill a hole, enough loafing! Get back down in that mine and get back to work!
Whoa! whoa! whoa! Island tours? Graceland? I’m going to need a new iPod soon and that copper isn’t going to mine itself… Alright guys, you’ve had a day off to rest, not to mention that two month vacation you had kicking back waiting for people to drill a hole, enough loafing! Get back down in that mine and get back to work!
@Hiflier
iPods whatever models were banned by the psychologist during that confinement to avoid alienation, isolation and fights among the miners.
@Hiflier
iPods whatever models were banned by the psychologist during that confinement to avoid alienation, isolation and fights among the miners.
that was a fine gesture you made there Mr.Steve.at times it’s not the
amount involved but the real sincere intention. what about the daughter of the astronaut “sam” who beg for an iphone,,,,are you going to pass that out?of all the thousands of phones out there why did she prefer the iPhone?huuummm a big puzzle. Did i forget she mentioned the iPad?
that was a fine gesture you made there Mr.Steve.at times it’s not the
amount involved but the real sincere intention. what about the daughter of the astronaut “sam” who beg for an iphone,,,,are you going to pass that out?of all the thousands of phones out there why did she prefer the iPhone?huuummm a big puzzle. Did i forget she mentioned the iPad?
President Obama gave an ipod to the queen of England! I’d say steve jobs just gave them a gift befit for royalty!!!!!
President Obama gave an ipod to the queen of England! I’d say steve jobs just gave them a gift befit for royalty!!!!!
What good is an iPod if you don’t have a computer?
What good is an iPod if you don’t have a computer?
Gee, I hope there’s an iTunes Store in Chile.
Gee, I hope there’s an iTunes Store in Chile.
Come on Steve! Give them a tour of the iPhone test chambers.
Come on Steve! Give them a tour of the iPhone test chambers.
I am glad that the miners survived. Many others have died over the years under similar circumstances. Does anyone but their families remember their names?
I concur with Macromancer – why are these miners any more special and deserving than the many other people facing deprivation and death on a daily basis, many of them with little or no hope.
No one has the right to criticize any gifts given to those miners by others. I’m talking to you, Skimpy and Hiflier and stucktrader and KindaLame and ron. By the way, what did you folks send the miners???
I am glad that the miners survived. Many others have died over the years under similar circumstances. Does anyone but their families remember their names?
I concur with Macromancer – why are these miners any more special and deserving than the many other people facing deprivation and death on a daily basis, many of them with little or no hope.
No one has the right to criticize any gifts given to those miners by others. I’m talking to you, Skimpy and Hiflier and stucktrader and KindaLame and ron. By the way, what did you folks send the miners???
Hey, I am ok with an iPod. You need my address, steve?
Hey, I am ok with an iPod. You need my address, steve?
I’m gonna second handily guess SJ and saying what should be said and done and that he should have stepped up and set up a satellite uplink to a bunch of Airport Extremes to iPod Touches and iPads and also sent down HDTVs and AppleTVs and TV dinners to each individual miner so they wouldn’t get into fights over what to watch or go hungry and they can iKissyFaceTime with their mistresses. But not iPhones cause they wouldn’t work cause iPhones don’t work on CDMA/Verizon/China/India and AT&T still suxors down the shaft. Plus it would be patent infringement against the law for miners to be sexting with other minors. And the miners might hold the iPhones wrong and the glass would shatter without a bumper and those bumpers must cost something and you need to do a cost-benefit analysis on the costs of bumpers vs the costs of bad PR for being cheepieskaters and not including free bumpers that don’t cost much when the outsorcerors apprentices make them across the borderless global market place.
And ponies! My God! Millions of people are dying and someone forgot to send these miners PONIES! Think of the children of astronauts without iPhones! It’s all the UberArmChairNeoLiberConservaTardHipsterNistas faults for not twitting up the ponies issues and try to clean sweep it all under a rag to be forgotten sooner rather than later. No wonder Apple only has 10% market share and even less than outside of the good ole USofA because they can’t even make a real MAC PC with real ports and real keyboards and real PC naming conventions using CPU-HD-GPU-RAM specifications that would count and be counted by real analysts who analyze using real quadrant matrix analysis across the real global industries indexes. It’s deus ex machina and jumping on the bandwagon piling on John Sculley and deja vu vista 7 all over again and again until the fat monkey boy dances!
So, what would Michael Dell’s next of Kin do?
MDN Magic Word: company
I would shut the company down and give it to the miners!
I’m gonna second handily guess SJ and saying what should be said and done and that he should have stepped up and set up a satellite uplink to a bunch of Airport Extremes to iPod Touches and iPads and also sent down HDTVs and AppleTVs and TV dinners to each individual miner so they wouldn’t get into fights over what to watch or go hungry and they can iKissyFaceTime with their mistresses. But not iPhones cause they wouldn’t work cause iPhones don’t work on CDMA/Verizon/China/India and AT&T still suxors down the shaft. Plus it would be patent infringement against the law for miners to be sexting with other minors. And the miners might hold the iPhones wrong and the glass would shatter without a bumper and those bumpers must cost something and you need to do a cost-benefit analysis on the costs of bumpers vs the costs of bad PR for being cheepieskaters and not including free bumpers that don’t cost much when the outsorcerors apprentices make them across the borderless global market place.
And ponies! My God! Millions of people are dying and someone forgot to send these miners PONIES! Think of the children of astronauts without iPhones! It’s all the UberArmChairNeoLiberConservaTardHipsterNistas faults for not twitting up the ponies issues and try to clean sweep it all under a rag to be forgotten sooner rather than later. No wonder Apple only has 10% market share and even less than outside of the good ole USofA because they can’t even make a real MAC PC with real ports and real keyboards and real PC naming conventions using CPU-HD-GPU-RAM specifications that would count and be counted by real analysts who analyze using real quadrant matrix analysis across the real global industries indexes. It’s deus ex machina and jumping on the bandwagon piling on John Sculley and deja vu vista 7 all over again and again until the fat monkey boy dances!
So, what would Michael Dell’s next of Kin do?
MDN Magic Word: company
I would shut the company down and give it to the miners!
The head line should read “Steve Jobs creates 33 life long iTunes customers”. Apple will make the cost of the gift back in a year through purchases on iTunes, plus once you experience the Eco system you just want more. Figure future Mac buyers as well!
The head line should read “Steve Jobs creates 33 life long iTunes customers”. Apple will make the cost of the gift back in a year through purchases on iTunes, plus once you experience the Eco system you just want more. Figure future Mac buyers as well!
I think they’re now planning to fill the hole with Zunes.
I think they’re now planning to fill the hole with Zunes.
Man that is the cheapest damn thing EVER. That cost him nothing. Cheap ass
Man that is the cheapest damn thing EVER. That cost him nothing. Cheap ass
gee the shear magnitude of the gesture is so overwhelming. 33 lousy ipods. Wow,
Talk about a tacky and very lame publicity buy-in attempt. Why not give them the damn things while they were down the hole (getting itunes would be a problem as would recharging)? Oh wait, there was no real publicity in that.
gee the shear magnitude of the gesture is so overwhelming. 33 lousy ipods. Wow,
Talk about a tacky and very lame publicity buy-in attempt. Why not give them the damn things while they were down the hole (getting itunes would be a problem as would recharging)? Oh wait, there was no real publicity in that.
@ iRunOnAndOn
Best post ever.
@ iRunOnAndOn
Best post ever.
@ Jdog
Just what is the proper reward for getting stuck in a hole these days?
@ Jdog
Just what is the proper reward for getting stuck in a hole these days?
@ChrissyOne
“Just what is the proper reward for getting stuck in a hole these days?”
children
@ChrissyOne
“Just what is the proper reward for getting stuck in a hole these days?”
children
The iPod is signed by Steve Jobs himself… does that make a difference?
The iPod is signed by Steve Jobs himself… does that make a difference?
C1
I don’t know but sending 33 iPods which is the lamest gesture from a guy like jobs is just plain lame. Sorry. I expect better. Go big or go home.
C1
I don’t know but sending 33 iPods which is the lamest gesture from a guy like jobs is just plain lame. Sorry. I expect better. Go big or go home.
I agree with Macromancer and KingMel.
I know there may not be many job opportunities but its not like they didn’t know the risks of doing this job.
I agree with Macromancer and KingMel.
I know there may not be many job opportunities but its not like they didn’t know the risks of doing this job.
Were they preloaded with videos of his keynotes?
Were they preloaded with videos of his keynotes?
They need MacBooks to go along with those iPods. Most probably don’t even have computers.
They need MacBooks to go along with those iPods. Most probably don’t even have computers.
Wonder how many miners said, “¿Quién es este Justin Bieber?” after getting their touch?
Wonder how many miners said, “¿Quién es este Justin Bieber?” after getting their touch?
I’m digging a hole in the ground and get stuck in it for 4 months… I’ll break the record and get a FREE iPad!!!
-seriously, nice gesture StevO!
I’m digging a hole in the ground and get stuck in it for 4 months… I’ll break the record and get a FREE iPad!!!
-seriously, nice gesture StevO!
You all act like it is Christmas Day, you opened the elongated box expecting a BB gun to terrorize the neighborhood cats, squirrels, birds, windows and streetlights with and you found it contained pajamas instead.
Wear your pajamas with pride, Chilean Miners.
Actually, I’ve been down many mines as a guest Geologist and I must say, that cable car ride to the surface is a wonderful treat that never grows old.
You all act like it is Christmas Day, you opened the elongated box expecting a BB gun to terrorize the neighborhood cats, squirrels, birds, windows and streetlights with and you found it contained pajamas instead.
Wear your pajamas with pride, Chilean Miners.
Actually, I’ve been down many mines as a guest Geologist and I must say, that cable car ride to the surface is a wonderful treat that never grows old.
that unfortunate that big guys like Apply use the situation like that to capitalize on. How about just giving each of the survivors a free trip to the US for a month perhaps to the Disney all expenses paid! But.. 33 ipads were much cheaper alternative – at cost, it was probably around $3K for all 33 ipads .. .. very cheap
http://www.affordableseofl.com
that unfortunate that big guys like Apply use the situation like that to capitalize on. How about just giving each of the survivors a free trip to the US for a month perhaps to the Disney all expenses paid! But.. 33 ipads were much cheaper alternative – at cost, it was probably around $3K for all 33 ipads .. .. very cheap
http://www.affordableseofl.com