Unintentially Geeky Joke In Apple's Share Price
from the groan dept
Unless you’re the sort of person who immediately recognized why the folks at Google originally sought to raise $2,718,281,828 in its IPO, you might want to just pass over this story. A reporter at News.com noticed an extremely unintentional inside joke with Apple’s closing share price today. On the very day the company officially announced its first Intel-based product, Apple’s stock price closed at $80.86. If you don’t get it, it’s time to read up on your computer history. No, there is no way at all that this was intentional. However, that doesn’t make it any less amusing.
Comments on “Unintentially Geeky Joke In Apple's Share Price”
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Haaa…….wtf Mike.
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HAHA. yep.
Does anyone recall when apple’s stock was $2.86?
Why was there no speculation about a switch in chips back then, eh?
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Actually the full series number of the “286” was 80286. I’ll be VERY impressed (not to mention rich 😉 ) when Apple’s stock hits $802.86
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yea but that’s the crappy version without a math coprocessor
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/hangs head in shame
my bad, i was thinking sx vs dx processors. 8088 had the external 8 bit bus.
Prepare to die.
Warning: this site may experience an interruption due to the “digg effect”.
http://digg.com/apple/Unintentionally_Geeky_Joke_In_Apple_s_Share_Price
Re: Prepare to die.
STFU you dork. Digg sucks balls. SA, Slashdot and Fark own your stupid ass.
Re: Re: Prepare to die.
Ooh! Websites owning websites!
“I pwnz0red your get query, n00b.”
Christ.
Re: Re: Prepare to die.
slashdot is gay. there is way more freedom on digg, not to mention the interface is a lot nicer. dont knock it till you try it,
Re: Re: Re: Prepare to die.
losers bitching about how their favorite site is better than another’s are fags.
Re: Re: Re:2 Prepare to die.
And in other news, people who still use homosexual epithets for derogatory name calling need to grow up.
Re: Re: Re:3 Prepare to die.
digg does have some cool memorable stuff on it…anyone that mentions digg in any shape or form positive or negativly…digg really apreciates it..and will be happy for a very very long time (*/ gets another hit on website */)
Re: Re: Re:4 Prepare to die.
haha i never even heard of digg till this thing and from the 50 “I can Digg it”‘s i think im scared to ever go back, wierded me out ill stick with /. and techdirt
Re: Re: Re:2 Prepare to die.
Now how does a loser bitching about respective sites tell you that he’s a guy (likely, but not certain) who likes other guys?
Oh I get it, you’re a maturity-challenged, uncertain -of-his-sexuality loser teen (although you could be in your early twenties who thinks “fag” “gay” and “homo” are insults….
Re: Re: Re:3 Prepare to die.
Those of us who are comfortable with our sexuality, who go to the store to by our ladies sanitary needs, obviously are puzzled by some low IQ oxygen thief trying to be clever and using derogatory terms in order to garner attention. I do feel pity for you my confused and latent friend. It is folks like yourself that give us straight people a bad name. Perhaps you should go back behind the barn and play with your siblings.
Re: Re: Re:4 Prepare to die.
Me? I was insulting the guy who thinks “Fag” is an insult.
I’m of the same mind as you…
Re: Re: Re:2 Prepare to die.
i agree
Re: Re: Re: Prepare to die.
might be hard to comprehend… but slash and digg both have strwngths and weeknesses.
Re: Re: Prepare to die.
How on God’s green earth can you endorse Fark and Something Awful in the same sentence?
Re: Prepare to die.
Warning: this site may experience an interruption due to the “digg effect”.
Hmm. I doubt it. We’ve been on the front page of Digg many times, as well as Slashdot, and neither have been able to take us down yet. So, welcome folks from Digg.
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Heh, the tech gods have blessed Apple today.
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I would be more impressed with $65.02 or $68.00
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Closing at $65.02 would be cool. But closing at $680.00 would be truly impressive…
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Of course a ten-fold increase like that would be impressive… 😉
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My bank account likes 80.86 much more than 65.02. Of course we all love the 65xx series processors.
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No, somehow I’m quite happe with the stock price where it is. Don’t think I wanna give up $15 per share for that novelty. Of course if we could make it go to 68000 cents, that’d be cool – both for the more correct number AND my stock portfolio.
And to those immature fledglings flaming about Digg, /. or whatever: Hush now, and take your bitching somewhere else! How can you get so worked up about a website? Who cares?
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sigh,
back when In 2000 when I left Amazon, I sold all my devalued AMZN stock for much less than what I paid. Wishing to close out my portfolio completely, I sold of all my Apple Stock too; for a whopping 15$ a share. Of course I am kicking myself.
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What about Z80? Now that would be impressive.
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Z80
80 Zlotys?
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Try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z80
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digg users are a bunch of pompous kevin rose worshipping tweens… grow up already.
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wow fag
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Huh? I’m 23…
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it’s true.. Kevin Rose is one sexy man
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get your eyes off my man!
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-1
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You are my hero
Re: Digg Haters are Pretty Stupid
Why even post a comment ‘hating on’ http://www.digg.com users?
It’s just another link/news aggrigator and if you choose to use it so be it. I kinda like it and I’ve used Slashdot as well.
These comments by obvious mental-midgets downing one particular service or another need to end. Perhaps a minimum IQ to use the Internet is in order? 😛
Cool
8086, No lets see if intel stock will spell out Apple
I'm glad
I’m glad to see that it wasn’t 42.
It can be intentional
If price has been below 80.86$, some rich nerd may have offered 80.86$ and there it is, then. It can be done.
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Wow, I guessed that before I followed the link! I’m impressed.
Not intentional?
What do you mean that “there is no way that this was intentional”? Closing prices are pretty easy to manipulate. How big was the last lot of Apple sold?
Check your spelling
There is no such word as “unintentially”.
Just as Strange
Just as strange, after Howard Stern took the airwaves on Sirius on Monday the Sirius stock was at $6.66
Here’s a link to the screen cap
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2530/siristock6665gq.jpg
We’ll have to keep our eyes out for more signs from the stock gods 😉
unintensional? why?
All you have to do is have a group of investors agree that at the very last moment of trading, they will strike a deal at that amount per share. Bingo, free advertising.
Re: unintensional? why?
> All you have to do is have a group of investors agree that at the very last moment of trading, they will strike a deal at that amount per share. Bingo, free advertising.
Don’t be silly. Investors have other things on their minds than silly geek number games. Like profits, for example. So who would pay for such a “deal”? So much for “free” advertising…
I'm such a geek
Oh my gosh… I actually understood the “joke”… what a major geek I am. I remember supporting some 8086’s back when I first started in the computer field.
Re: I'm such a geek
Best stock price for apple is : $1337
Attention
Only one day, and we all have forgotten:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060109/1012239_F.shtml
You have benn warned!
🙂
Down
Although I think the price will go down with Bootcamp.
Nice coincidence! 🙂