Like the Olympics or sex between a minotaur and a harpy, the release of a new consumer Apple device is a lengthy affair in which a few petty details may change, but it's pretty much a rote sequence of events that happen in a fixed and predictable order.rnThe day before, the news channels show the line outside the Fifth Avenue Apple Store in New York (or the Regent Street store in London). They interview the same professional line-sitter/attention-adventurist who snags the first spot in every Apple Line.
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