Comments on: Oops: iPad Engraving Error From Apple Gives an ASCII Cat 4 Ears

By: El gato mutante de Apple | Applesencia

El gato mutante de Apple | Applesencia — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:37:41 +0000

[...] chaval estadounidense pidió un grabado láser de un gatito hecho en ASCII Art. En la web de Apple salía así el [...]

By: jman722

jman722 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:04:16 +0000

The engravings are always automatically centered…

By: Derek

Derek — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:34:40 +0000

If you get rid of one of the dashes and tab the first line, then space the eyes and whiskers over to line them up then it fits perfectly. Even gives the allusion of an outline. Surprised Apple didn’t think of that, that’s a big mess up on their part.

By: Oops: Apple.com Shows USB Drive Stuck in the Ethernet Port of a MacBook Pro

Oops: Apple.com Shows USB Drive Stuck in the Ethernet Port of a MacBook Pro — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:28:32 +0000

[...] is almost as funny as the four-eared cat engraved on the iPad. I’m sure the image will get fixed quickly, and to be fair, this could be a generic product [...]

By: sigh

sigh — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:29:19 +0000

It really depends on who you ask. They always say that to cover their asses. Engraving that uses a diamond might void the warranty, but laser engraving, like what Apple does, makes no contact with the device.

By: Happy Catz

Happy Catz — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:11:15 +0000

I used to be a pc fan, wrote code in Pascal, C, C+, even Fortran and Dos, and I never heard or saw where that was true…

Switched over to Mac and love the hardware and the construct of the code too!

By: Happy Catz

Happy Catz — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:55:33 +0000

DO NOT HAVE YOUR APPLE DEVICES ENGRAVED BY A THIRD PARTY! I was told by a representative at Apple Care YESTERDAY that having third party engraving will void the warranty MOST of the time. So, unless your device is already no longer covered, it is a BAD idea.

By: Happy Catz

Happy Catz — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:50:56 +0000

Apple has automated engraving, and it is a glitch in the system. I ordered mine 2 months later figuring that they just screwed up once or twice, but I’ll be damned that my White iPad came engraved with four ears too! Just sent it back this morning. Gonna have “Contains over 10,000 reasons to call in sick.” put on it instead

Of course, you could try the ASCII cat, but use capital A’s for the ears instead of the carat (or hat) symbol. Of course, if Apple engraving software would allow the forward slash symbol, it would work even better and avoid the glitch!

By: Sara at In A Flash Laser

Sara at In A Flash Laser — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:10:10 +0000

Four Eared Cat is kinda Cute
You could try getting an engraving done by a company that actually makes that their business instead of just doing it as a computer-automated process to reduce returns.

By: M Rado

M Rado — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:43:20 +0000

Umm…. no. What kind of misinformation is that?

By: Trench

Trench — Sun, 01 May 2011 10:36:03 +0000

I think Budderlington lost braincells writing it. Hence the… eh… that.

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By: Peter Moynihan

Peter Moynihan — Sun, 01 May 2011 04:08:09 +0000

Engraving lowers the resale value of iOS hardware, but at least it’s original.

By: g-luv

g-luv — Sun, 01 May 2011 02:46:59 +0000

…The better to hear you with, my dear…;-)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:15:53 +0000

If it didn’t have the extra ears it wouldn’t have been centered anyway!

Also isn’t the engraving font proportional? That would screw up any ascii art