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| [* black] There's no real reason to pull the foam off the inside of the back case, but this is a teardown, so we're doing it. | |
| [* black] We suspect that the foam is there to provide a flat, even surface for the LCD glass to brace against. But there is one thing that we do know about it: it is super sticky. | |
| [* black] The bottom edge of the case has two features that we found pretty neat: a ''laser engraved'' data matrix code and a nifty arrangement of round indentations. | |
| [* black] Upon further inspection and with the help of some keen-eyed readers, it appears that those dots form the pattern of a [http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/|glider] from Conway's Game of Life, the universal symbol for hackers. | |
| - | [* black] That sixth dot to the right, though? Apparently, if you were to place that dot while playing, it would |
| + | [* black] That sixth dot to the right, though? Apparently, if you were to place that dot while playing, it would lead the glider into a state of death. Is Apple trying to send us a message? |