Apple tech support is awesome.

[hazliya]

So, elenuial was getting a "no sim card installed" message on his iPhone. We went on a rampage to find his 2-year warranty last night, and after I found it, we realized that the 800 number was no longer staffed after that time. So we waited until today, when I called the line for him from my phone and went through the automated menu and was connected to

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[laurion]

Yup. Used to be the way to manually eject a floppy disk, and on some models, the way to access the hardware reboot button. In some cases I used one to reach an awkwardly placed CUDA reset button too.

I still keep a half unbent paperclip in my desk drawer. You never know when you'll need one. I used to keep one taped to the side of my Mac for purposes like the above.

I think I once saw someone selling an 'iClip' type brandingesque tool for $5 or $10. Fools.