http://www.metafilter.com/tags/henrico Posts tagged with 'henrico' at MetaFilter. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:38:01 -0800 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:38:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44333/iBook%2DSale%2DTurns%2DViolent <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-computer-frenzy,0,599627.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines">Apple iBook sale in Richmond, VA, turned violent today when people began to fight over the $50, four-year-old used machines on sale by Henrico County School System</a>. <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784465530">One woman urinated on herself instead of losing her place in line</a>. <a href="http://www.wsls.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSLS%2FMGArticle%2FSLS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784468691&path=!news!localnews">Others were shoved to the ground, and one man tried to drive his car into the crowd.</a> <br><br> <em><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html">"I took my [metal folding] chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station. "They were getting in front of me and I was there a lot earlier than them, so I thought that it was just," he said</a>.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44333 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:38:01 -0800 apple henrico ibook richmond NotMyselfRightNow