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or, "How I failed to see the thousands of blog posts and tweets telling me this was going to happen".

helmutgranda 16y ago
excellent point! I was thinking of what you mentioned this morning. How I was not able to see this issue before in the social networks? I think part of it was my fault for not checking twitter during the Holidays and unless you search for "Is my IPhone going to fail in 2011" I don't think you were able to know about this issue. Also most blog posts/twitter content has been reported today but not a week or so ago. But following your point, do you think now we have to become dependent on Twitter and Blog posts to know if our software/hardware is going to function properly the next day? Wouldn't that be counter productive?
- cageyjames 16y ago
  I wouldn't be dependent on an iPhone to wake up in the morning.
mattwdelong 16y ago
In his defense; While I don't have an iPhone, I'm an avid reader of all things technology and check HN multiple times daily. I also failed to see these so called "thousands of blog posts and tweets". Again, not familiar with the iPhone, but can't Apple send out notifications of some sort?
- cageyjames 16y ago
  A good way to find the notification bug in iOS4! ;)
praptak 16y ago
Yeah, it is obviously the owners fault for not checking blog posts and tweets about the faulty product.
- cageyjames 16y ago
  If I used and iPhone to wake up, I'd check every night before I went to bed to be sure the alarm worked. It isn't like this is the first time this has happened. I keep jumper cables in my car because the electrical system drains the battery (and I'm too cheap to get a new car). I do so because I know it will need it eventually. How many times will the alarm clock "bug" have to bite before people start taking precautions.
  - billmcneale 16y ago
    I don't buy for a second that you have a daily recurring alarm which you test every day. Besides, a more accurate analogy would be if every night, you jumpstarted your car to make sure the cables work.
__david__ 16y ago
To be fair, I only saw articles about this issue last night at 1am or so because I happened to compulsively read Hacker News and Reddit before bed. Seems perfectly understandable to miss the article for someone who has better things to do than browse the internet between a New Years party, family and the early business meeting.

excellent point! I was thinking of what you mentioned this morning. How I was not able to see this issue before in the social networks? I think part of it was my fault for not checking twitter during the Holidays and unless you search for "Is my IPhone going to fail in 2011" I don't think you were able to know about this issue. Also most blog posts/twitter content has been reported today but not a week or so ago. But following your point, do you think now we have to become dependent on Twitter and Blog posts to know if our software/hardware is going to function properly the next day? Wouldn't that be counter productive?

cageyjames 16y ago
I wouldn't be dependent on an iPhone to wake up in the morning.

mattwdelong 16y ago

In his defense; While I don't have an iPhone, I'm an avid reader of all things technology and check HN multiple times daily. I also failed to see these so called "thousands of blog posts and tweets". Again, not familiar with the iPhone, but can't Apple send out notifications of some sort?

cageyjames 16y ago
A good way to find the notification bug in iOS4! ;)

praptak 16y ago

Yeah, it is obviously the owners fault for not checking blog posts and tweets about the faulty product.

cageyjames 16y ago
If I used and iPhone to wake up, I'd check every night before I went to bed to be sure the alarm worked. It isn't like this is the first time this has happened. I keep jumper cables in my car because the electrical system drains the battery (and I'm too cheap to get a new car). I do so because I know it will need it eventually. How many times will the alarm clock "bug" have to bite before people start taking precautions.
- billmcneale 16y ago
  I don't buy for a second that you have a daily recurring alarm which you test every day. Besides, a more accurate analogy would be if every night, you jumpstarted your car to make sure the cables work.

__david__ 16y ago

To be fair, I only saw articles about this issue last night at 1am or so because I happened to compulsively read Hacker News and Reddit before bed. Seems perfectly understandable to miss the article for someone who has better things to do than browse the internet between a New Years party, family and the early business meeting.