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Basil

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warped mind would dream up something like this?

Excerpt from The Technology Chronicles

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Apple has apparently rethought its decision to allow an iPhone application that allows you to shake a baby to death to quiet its crying.

"Baby Shaker", a simple app from Sikalosoft, was first released Monday for 99 cents. It shows pictures of babies with the sound of them crying and a stop watch. To stop the crying, you shake the iPhone hard and then little Xs appear on the eyes of the baby, who will presumably never cry again.

Apple apparently pulled the app sometime this afternoon after blogs and sites like Tech Crunch and CNET caught onto the story. It's hard to believe that this got through the iPhone app certification process in the first place.

Patrick Donohue, founder of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, which fights pediatric brain injuries took Apple to task in a letter, saying, "As the father of a 3-year-old who was shaken by her baby nurse when she was only 5 days old, breaking 3 ribs, both collarbones and causing a severe brain injury, words cannot describe my reaction."

Apple has had a pretty strict policy on screening apps for content, which has not always been popular with developers. Apple has approved apps like "Beer Goggles" and a raft of farting apps. But the company has also denied apps that dealt with sexual themes, drug use or violence, even in apps designed as games.

While you can debate some of Apple's previous choices, this one looks hard to defend. I doubt Apple will be looking to ease up on its restrictions on apps anytime soon. With the bad publicity from "Baby Shaker" Apple will have more incentive to be even more conservative not less going forward.[/QUOTE]

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Yet another reason to feed th' Penguin.
 

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Sad, and sickening, that Sikalosoft would create such an app. Sadder still that people download and "enjoy" it.

Blech.

Tom
PS - Doc, that Penguin sure looks like it's treading water :jester:
 
Nothing like a program that causes a slippery expensive object to fly out of your hand and smash on the floor. Apple probably OK'd the app because IPhone sales were dropping off.
 
NutmegCT said:
Sad, and sickening, that Sikalosoft would create such an app. Sadder still that people download and "enjoy" it.

I fear it is a sign of the times.
 
I had a comment all typed up and ready to go, but thought better and deleted it. Suffice to say that good taste and common sense are sually absent from both the geek community that came up with this and most notably among the marketing whiz-kid who thought that this was even remotely acceptable.
 
Any living being with a SHRED of compassion SHOULD find this despicable. I know I do.
 
Basil said:
NutmegCT said:
Sad, and sickening, that Sikalosoft would create such an app. Sadder still that people download and "enjoy" it.

I fear it is a sign of the times.

I... no, nevermind. <span style="font-style: italic">Nothing</span> surprises me anymore.
 
There is a lot of hate, jealousy and sickness in this world and it's all around us. Closer to home and in more places than you would think...............
 
We had an incident here just days ago.

Children should NOT be allowed to breed. Some teener "daddy" slammed his newborn around and only HALF killed it. I'd want him alone for an intimate evening of camaraderie and counseling... I get to choose: baseball or cricket.
 
Add to all this the recent Maryland murder-suicides that have seen 8 or 9 dead in 2 families in the past 5 days. The coping mechanism seems to have blown a fuse. <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #FF0000">Lucas??</span></span>
 
Nahhh... ~HUMANS!~

*Very* dangerous species.
 
I shall not even comment on this one for fear whatever I have to say will get me banned forever!
 
"mee-2" Terri.

I kinda hinted.
 
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