MacBook HDs are not easy to access. It takes roughly 1/2 hour of careful unscrewing and some disconnecting of very delicate ribbon cables, even with a video tutorial. It's a tedious and laborious process, and since the author didn't know it was the HD prior to having Apple diagnose it as such, I don't blame him for…

I've been a Giz reader since shortly after its launch almost a decade ago. It's never just been a site where the newest gadgets are showcased. Coverage of tech & internet culture has always been a part of it.

When I was a young kid in grammar school, I used to do this when I was bored. Now, finally, I understand why it works. Thanks Giz!

Try this something like this instead:

I think you're taking the wrong message from this article

Sure— Google, Facebook, Groupon, Twitter... plenty have turned down big offers and gone on to achieve massive success.

Why was so much contaminated equipment sitting around?

Just one more reason why umbrellas are the goatee-sporting evil twins in the raincoat vs. umbrella dichotomy.

I distinctly remember a TV episode from some decades ago wherein you utilized shark repellent rather than lethal force.

That's pretty irresponsible. Who's going to protect Gotham? And really, if such a device is actually possible to build, won't it come from your own company's R&D labs? And finally, I've followed your adventures for some time, and I can't think of many instances where a light saber would have helped significantly more…

It would also create a virtual monopoly in the industry for "post-apocalyptic movie settings".

Perhaps you're accidentally locked up without food & water and forgotten about for 5 days by the DEA: [www.tampabay.com]

Up next in the App Store & Android Marketplace: Apps that let you create a faux facebook page within the app to get around this.

From teh wikis: "The term 'pizza' first appeared "in a Latin text from the southern Italian" ([en.wikipedia.org])

According to the RIAA, it would have sold for more than 10x that amount if copyright laws still protected it and the pirates making copies were prosecuted.

Great, thanks Sam & Gizmodo— now I really need a $7k tub for my bathroom remodel and have no idea how to pay for it. Kohler— looking for beta testers?

I do the same thing, but I just keep pulling stuff off until I get to the money itself. Hammers are involved. "No, seriously Mr. Officer, I'm just making sure it's a real machine. How do I know it's not completely fake with no actual cash unless I open 'er up and a take a look-see?"

Correct— hypocrisy is not an argument-invalidating fallacy, but it does rather water down the point you're trying to make... e.g., a convicted embezzler decrying the rise of white-collar crime might not be all that persuasive.

If balloon archery target practice became job requirements at the Apple Store, I'd consider some part time work.

I dunno, is it really that bad? I usually add Serial#, MAC Address, ESN, and a random person's SS# to mine.