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Apple requires all their suppliers to sign statements that the source materials (such as minerals) they're selling are 'conflict free'.

However, according to Steve Jobs, there's no way to be 100% sure that the materials aren't from the Congo or other war zones. Apple has no technique to inspect minerals and find out which mine they came from.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/jobs-no-way-to-be-sure-iphon...

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After reading that I feel like putting out a fake news release reading "Yes Men vow to check facts before launching future campaigns".

"Yes. We require all of our suppliers to certify in writing that they use conflict few materials. "

That's quite an unfortunate typo!

I'd say that's definitive proof that Steve Jobs does indeed reply to customers' emails via iPhone.

Also: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

I am just amazed that people do not turn this feature off. It is probably the first thing I do when I encounter software that tries to correct what I write.

> I am just amazed that people do not turn this feature off.

I'm just amazed that you'd be amazed: it generally get things right (90~95% for me, I'd say) and this means it's very good at avoiding phone-typos. It gives the writer the ability to be slightly less attentive (since the phone will catch and correct most small errors) and to type faster and with a lower cognitive burden.

One word: Swype. I find less typos than standard auto-correct and faster anyways.

And how well does it work with languages full of diacritics?

It makes typing on the phone quickly much, much faster on average.

Reading and understudying, however, can be slightly imp haired. I guess some people think that's sediment, but I have no farming clue why. You and I probably donut have to worry about that, but my dyslexic fiend might.

"Dyslexics of the world, untie!"

It is generally a bad idea to turn features off when you're responsible for those features actually working.

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