I came across an article today showing Apple's secret wireless testing facilities.
The reason they let a few selected (and probably not random) reporters is because their latest cellular device is having reception problems.
So to show the public that they actually do test their phones , they organized a small private tour of their "Black Labs" as Apple refers to them .

Black labs for the black goverment  ?

I quote..

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He also informed us that there were 40 engineers working in those labs who were experts and held PhDs in physics, telemetry, and all matter of dark arts that allow the company to continually develop and test wireless technologies.

....and all matter of dark arts?

There is more..

I suggest reading it yourself and do your own thinking .

Antoine

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/...ing-facilities/


  

This has nothing to do with the occult or dark magic, alien technology, black ops or anything similar.

The term (sometimes referred to as  "black art") has been used in engineering circles since probably the early beginnings of this field.

With all new and emerging technologies, researchers see things working long before anyone has wrapped any math around it to explain it, yet engineers are charged with putting such things into products and into manufacture also before this happens.

Those who can, relying on perhaps decades of experience where they have a knowledge base their brains can use to draw conclusions about things no one else can are usually referred to as practitioners of "dark" or "black arts" - the experts experts - the guys the experts go to when they can't figure it out. Can't call them scientists because they're not relying on current science because there isn't any yet.  That comes later.

If its not science its an art and if there is nothing to help you implement it thats quantifiable (and experience isn't), thats a black art.  If there is some science but not enough, we usually refer to this as a "gray art".

Gene
  

Hi Gene,
Thanks for making clear what the term "black arts" means. I didnt know that it is commonly used .

I have to ask though, why was this specific term adopted by the scientific community ?

Why would our scientists adopt a term that is used to refer to black magic?

And remember these arts were practised ages before cellphones and technology .

Billions spent to build and operate secret facilities that test what ?  
Technologies designed to spy on us and damage our health .

Also just FYI,many people directly relate technology with BLACK MAGIC, the OCCULT etc..
That doesnt make every single engineer or scientist a magician of course

More on what is Apple and symbols used .

Link


Antoine
  

Itunes store icon, look familiar ?





Antoine
  

I think the terms "gray art" and "black art" were chosen because first off, anything that you can't wrap science/math around is an art and black/gray is a difficulty indicator.

A gray art is one where there's enough science its not too far a stretch, given enough experience, to figure it out where a lot of engineers could probably do it though the "experts" would be better at it.

A black art is one where you have very little science to guide you.   You're heading off into the uncharted unknown.  Don't know about you but I'd consider that "black" (a.k.a. blind) with only your experience and perhaps a few random data points to guide you.  And yeah, if you pull it off, you're more "magician" than scientist (hehe).

For things like logos and similar, you'll have to try and get into the heads of the marketing types (good luck!)  though I don't doubt the occult/magic does weed its way in here - especially the bigger the company gets.

Gene
  

A couple months after the iphone's release to the public, I worked providing tech support for apple products. there began with 3 weeks of training and being programmed with the apple way. videos, and products being passed around and discussions and basic programming that apple was where its at( go apple! LOL ) anyhow, a tb went to class with me daily and that place will never shake all the TBs that surround and worked there way into every crevice of that building and property and adjacent properties LOL
BUT
the is a very "black" side of the apple tech. In the sense that Antoine is referring to.
the occult. as evidenced in other areas in our lives, the "In you face" occult symbols and numbers are EVERYWHERE surrounding every single product and apple slogan and promotion.
Antoine, good eye.
Apple is IN Your Face Everyday and in every way about it too.
Go to apple.com look around, its a picture find, at minimum- how many occult symbols can you find per page??
  

So I provided the tech support for apple products and quickly moved my way to providing support on other bigger, better tech they have.
Apple tech is actually cool. I wish I had the money for it. That's not just programming saying that- they have some really cool tech.. That place freaked me out though.
One day they gave me an hour lunch and I went across the street to another tech support company, placed an application and got in on their training.
Providing the upper level support for the verizon cellphone company. Yes I did
I had access and USED the access level I had  (in doing my job providing my services to customers) and located the towers used by that cellphone giant.
but things never did add-up. but we knew that already.
I sat through another 3 week training/programming course about how cell towers work and everything.
Yes they are placed by population density.
Yes they are placed to inundate an area in 3-D form.
No it isn't for cellphone reception LOL but we knew that.

I'm going to sway off topic, a bit- this could start another topic but I'll mention this here. I'm not pointing a finger at apple or verizon, well not exactly.
Don just mentioned nanotech. The next generation nanotech is running on orgone. its actually alive but tied into the stuff we're balancing.
I mention this Not to cause alarm, rather opposite.
We Know what to do about that. Live good and boost, basically. Watch for it, not in a paranoid way, of course but keep aware.
I came across this tech in Kansas and watched its behavior on my travels across the united states.
At the time, it was a mercury-based cinnabar nanotech bug. a bunch of them, they thrived in the afternoon sun and would move in a jittery way and nearly freeze the moment they left the sunlight.. their behavior was very interesting.
my stating this and getting into something that might well be out of line in this forum setting as I don't have the blue-prints on that tech...
I'll have a discussion with someone in the next couple of days and go over that in more detail, best I can.


 That was a learning experience, working for the verizon support place. I provided the upper-most level of support offered by verizon to customers.
I could look at detailed maps showing where every V tower was at. That was cool.
EW is open for the general public to read and my name is attached to this post-
so... I'll end by saying, I used the tools they provided me in a way that Best served the people in their network.
  

Its a shame their products are pure evil because they are indeed good .

Ben check out this video about Apple's dark history, its brilliant and scary


Link


I own a different kind of smartphone and i found a couple of applications that actually display the cell towers around you on a map.
Pretty handy for a gifter .

Antoine
  

Yes, well there are countless marketing mechanisms they've used.
There are entire websites endorsed by apple, which tell and show all of the occult symbolism.
note, the disembodied head of steve jobs in every  lecture he gives. the black background with black t-shirt does that.

Jeff, by the way, went on to head-up Sun Microsystems. Another great tech leader.
I've watched 3 weeks of videos like this one in training to provide tech support for their products,
then another week of training to provide support for their portable computers and desktop models.

I just see it, being aware of it and smile. I wouldn't say their products are necessarily evil but their promotional campaigns are filled with occult symbols. The more we hammer on the evil aspect of their symbols, the more power we give them.
Just see it and smile- remove that power by being aware of it and stay light-hearted.

I've had to do this just to keep a light feeling in my heart where every religion is concerned.  
In most cases I won't acknowledge the points or teachings that give power to a religion.
Ideas being the most dangerous thing- I let it go just like yesterday's toothpaste (fluoride free, of course) and move on with my life.
  

Foxconn, the humongous Chinese plant where the iphones are made, is the site of many suicides by employees. The company officials say, "this ain't no sweatshop, sweetie, it's normal."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBoFxpM1UY0