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TMO Live Coverage: WWDC 08

WWDC 08 - TMO Live Coverage: WWDC 08

by , 6:00 AM EDT, June 9th, 2008

TMO will be on location at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference Monday morning and throughout the week with event coverage. Be sure to check back at 10:00 AM PST, 1:00 PM EST, for our coverage of the keynote event featuring CEO Steve Jobs.

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Close Name:Sir Harry Flashman Posts: 792 Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:55 am Subject: We don't need to check back

Early this morning CNN reported the iPhone rumors as facts, as if Apple had already issued a press release. Now those rumors may prove to be true, but until Apple says something then rumors are just that, rumors. Hell, we may hear about OSXI or something other than an iPhone.

That being said I am anxious to hear Steve's keynote. After a breakfast of mackerel I will be waiting with "baited" breath for the big announcement.


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Close Name:Guest
Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:27 am Subject: Bated breath! not baited breath

bate as in abate - e.g. holding one's breath in anticipation


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Close Name:Sir Harry Flashman Posts: 792 Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:47 am Subject: Groan! It was joke, word play

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Guest wrote:
bate as in abate - e.g. holding one's breath in anticipation


A breakfast of "mackerel" and I have "baited" breath.

Etymology:
Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English bǣtan to bait, bītan to bite
Date:

13th century
transitive verb

1 a: to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks

2 a: to harass (as a chained animal) with dogs usually for sport b: to attack by biting and tearing

3 a: to furnish with bait

4: to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road

archaic : to stop for food and rest when traveling


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Close Name:houltmac Posts: 264 Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:05 pm Subject: Re: We don't need to check back

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Sir Harry Flashman wrote:
Early this morning CNN reported the iPhone rumors as facts, as if Apple had already issued a press release. Now those rumors may prove to be true, but until Apple says something then rumors are just that, rumors. Hell, we may hear about OSXI or something other than an iPhone.


That's the kind of poor reporting that needs to be reported by the public. These kinds of things may seem small and petty, but they add up to the assumption that bigger subjects can be broached as fact with little or no journalistic integrity. Fox already elected a president, next they will be starting a war... Oh, wait. Never mind.


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