Way to contribute to the very same problem you are complaining of being treated with (prejudice and irrelevant facts being taken into account).
Someone mod this guy up. If I had mod points to give you...I would give you all of them because you just served the parent thread his ass on a silver platter.
I can't agree with you more. They also will give an 18 year old female cheaper insurance than an 18 year old male because studies show males are more likely to have wrecks and speed. Did they ever think that maybe guys drive more often than females? Think about this, when you go out with your girlfriend or wife...Who drives more often? That's what I thought.
Half of my post was edited from Slashdot but I'll give you more info on what happened. Everyone at the AT&T store told me that the iPhone works on ALL versions of XP SP2 and Vista. They also had a paper saying it was supported and I quote "The iPhone is supported on Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Mac 10.x.x.x". It didn't say only XP SP2 32-bit and only Vista 32-bit. I even have a paper they made me initial to prove this. That lead me and others to assume our 64-bit systems were supported.
Not only this my iTunes works GREAT in 64-bit Windows and my iPod Nano syncs fine to it too. Why would my iPhone be any different than those. Apple even said themselves that it is a "Wide-screen iPod".
Luckily, I do have multiple computers with a copy of Windows XP SP2 32-bit that I could sync and activate my iPhone with. There are some people posting on the Apple forums that can't even activate their phone since their home computer is only running 64-bit Windows. There's even multiple people saying their Windows Vista 32-bit copy won't let them sync their iPhone or activate it.
All the specs I read before hand on the iPhone all stated that it was supported under XP SP2 and Vista. How is it my fault if they can't make it specific? Don't get me wrong, I love my new phone but it would have been nice to know way before hand that this wasn't going to work on a 64-bit OS so I could have been a little more prepared.
Also, My post on their discussion forums was not out of hand and flaming them. It simply stated I was upset and the lack of communication from Apple on the 64-bit OS as well as their representatives telling me to downgrade my computer. You don't downgrade the computer, you upgrade the software to support it. That's counter intuitive. Here's the e-mail I received from them about why my post was deleted.
Your post was removed from the iPhone forums as it does not follow the guidelines specified in our terms of use. These areas are intended to address technical issues about Apple products. Posts that do not conform to the Apple Discussions Use Agreement are inappropriate.
Reasons that your post was removed may include but are not limited to: -Speculation or Rumors -Discussion of Apple Policies, Procedures or Decisions -Off topic or non-technical posts -Rude or inappropriate behavior/language
Please read our Apple Discussions Use Agreement so that you may discover what constitutes an appropriate post to our service. Section two, "Submissions," is most germane.
Please see the Apple Discussions Use Agreement at http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa for more information on the proper use of Apple's Discussion forums.
Each Discussion user is required to agree to these terms before gaining posting privileges. You reserve the right to not post on Apple Discussions should you disagree with these terms.
If you would like to send feedback to Apple about a product, please use the appropriate selection at http://www.apple.com/feedback
Sometimes you have comments or concerns for which there is no technical response. If you need the kind of help that a troubleshooting expert can't provide, you can call Apple's Customer Relations group.
Well, Anyway that's just my 2 cents on the whole ordeal.
Its not that I'm really placing blame on anyone specific. It took me around 40 min just to buy the phone itself and this was after 6pm and after I was talking to an employee/buying the phone. I'm an existing customer too! The whole thing was a lengthy process and unorganized.
I went to an AT&T store and they had me activate in itunes like everyone else. Activation only took about 2-3 mins too. I will say this, The AT&T employees were idiots and very unprepared for the launch.
If you don't want to go the *nix route (MythTV) then there is always BeyondTV http://www.snapstream.com/ for Windows. It's a one time fee for the software and will act as a Media Center PC just like MythTV. Either option will work fine...I have found MythTV has a little more setup involved. If you don't want to build a DVR then I'm not sure if there are many options available to you.
My brother is a local cop around the area I live in and they are getting similar recognition software to use. They will get a laptop/computer that mounts in their car with a camera on it and as they drive down the road it photograph license plates and run them through a database of stolen cars and can tell in almost realtime if the car is stolen or not without them having to manualy run the plates.
Consequences as in trade embargos... or even war. Better wake up China! The giant will ignore a mouse nibbling at his ankle only for so long...
War with China?!?! Are you nucking futs? China is pretty scary...If they want to have their own Disneyland I say more power to them. No need to go to war with them...
I've been using Linux on my old Hp Pavilion ze5600 Notebook for a couple of years now. I was using Gentoo then made the switch to Ubuntu not too long ago. The Feisty Fawn upgrade fixed most of my Wireless issues that I had. (It worked with Edgy Eft but wasn't as viable as it is in Feisty. I couldn't switch Access Points easily.) Everything works on my laptop except the Multimedia buttons at the top of the keyboard but I never used those when I had Win XP on the machine and doubt I would use them with Linux on it. =p
Oh yeah? How do you know they aren't going to support their hardware by such methods?
Because if you bothered to RTFA it clearly says "When buying the Dell systems, customers will have the option to purchase support from Ubuntu backer Canonical, said Jane Silber, the start-up's director of operations."
Support typically means Drivers, Software, etc to make the machine function properly. They aren't going to sell you hardware for a Wireless card, Wired NIC, fire wire, etc that doesn't have proper driver support for Linux when the machine was sold with Linux on it.
Nice to hear! My next notebook purchase might be Dell just so I'm guaranteed the hardware will work out of the box without having to use ndiswrapper or any other weird methods to get drivers to work. Cheers!
I'm using the ATI driver. I'm assuming it's the open source driver. My Xorg config shows "ati" as the driver. I'm not using the fglrx one. It was configured that way by the update of Feisty Fawn. My ATI card is an integrated Radeon card. It says it is a Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M. All I know is that it's crap integrated card that shares with the memory.
The theme I'm using is called "Darkilouche"...you can find it at http://www.gnome-look.org/ I'm not sure what Background I'm using or where I got it from. I just searched Google for Space Backgrounds or something similar till I found one I liked.
Here's a Screenshot of Beryl/Compiz on my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. I have an HP ze5600 Notebook that's about 4-5 years old. ATI drivers worked out of the box for me so all I had to do was enable Desktop Effects and it worked with no issues at all. All I had to do was find me a theme that I liked. Looks pretty good imo.
Also, I had no issues with network-manager. It's actually a GREAT improvement over Edgy and works better but then again...my card is supported.
Since it's Gov't equipment then it would be a Federal case. I'm sure that's a Do NOT pass Go, Do NOT collect $100....You go straight to jail type of offense.
Well, When I would call they would only tell me if they got a shipment in and if they had any in at the moment I called. I asked the guy if they would have any in that afternoon and he said "Probably not" so when I went to get it they had gotten 4 in that day and I got the last one and that was around 11 - 12 noon on a weekday. If you check in at night or on a Friday/Saturday your chances are slim to none at getting one. Of course I live in a smaller town in Alabama so...yeah go figure.
The idea to getting a Wii is to keep calling your local game stores everyday. Game stores are getting them in and selliing out the same day. You just have to find out what days they come in and get down there and buy it.
I work a 7 - 4 job and on my lunch break I would call all the local stores...within a week Gamestop got a couple Wiis in and I went on my lunch and picked it up.
You can get a Wii...it's all about how bad you want it. =p
When I was refering to the word "thug" I was refering to ghetto living..talk like dis cuz it's cool yo cuz dis how I be...ghetto yo. Bitch I bust a cap in you wit my 45. Dressing like you came straight out of a 50 cent video or right out of jail after being convicted of robbery.
The above posters are right I played 30min of the game and quit playing. I don't like to listen to people talk like that and then the missions were riding around on a bike doing graffiti.
Yes, In Vice City Tommy Vercetti was a bottom dweller, low life like most of the GTA series are based upon but something about Vice City kept me interested. The missions? The scenery? The character dialogue? Who knows. It was more of my play-style than the little bit of SA I played. As a whole yes GTA games are great, I just took a liking to Vice City the most. It appealed to me the most.
Maybe I should have played SA more but the first few missions were a turn off for me.
Your trolling but sure...I'll bite...atleast you didn't do "Anonymous Post"
Your calling me a racist cause I didn't like being a thug/gangsta in a game? Come on! What race am I being racist against? Mexicans (Latinos), African Americans, Whites? Please tell, as far as I know more than one race can be considered "thug or gangsta".
My opinion on a game is nothing but that *my opinion*. I can't believe your getting this worked up over this. Jeez dude go outside.
The hip-hop gangsta style isn't my thing so therefore I didn't enjoy the game. Miami Vice appealed to me more.
Hi my names Scot Finnie, I'm Mac and you should believe my FUD!
Seriously though Microsoft has nothing to fear as long as Dell, HP, etc is loading their crapware on to their machines by default. Mac as an OS doesn't have a chance against the M$ monopoly.
At the top of the list is making the next spacesuit smaller and lighter - engineers are hoping to halve the 200-pound weight of the suit and life support backpack that Apollo astronauts lugged around.
It will be interesting to see what type of designs they come up with and how they will strip the suits of a good 125-130 pounds. It would be funny to see them go back to something more retro looking like the new Spaceshuttle they're building. =p
Slashdot Mirror
Someone mod this guy up. If I had mod points to give you...I would give you all of them because you just served the parent thread his ass on a silver platter.
I can't agree with you more. They also will give an 18 year old female cheaper insurance than an 18 year old male because studies show males are more likely to have wrecks and speed. Did they ever think that maybe guys drive more often than females? Think about this, when you go out with your girlfriend or wife...Who drives more often? That's what I thought.
Half of my post was edited from Slashdot but I'll give you more info on what happened. Everyone at the AT&T store told me that the iPhone works on ALL versions of XP SP2 and Vista. They also had a paper saying it was supported and I quote "The iPhone is supported on Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Mac 10.x.x.x". It didn't say only XP SP2 32-bit and only Vista 32-bit. I even have a paper they made me initial to prove this. That lead me and others to assume our 64-bit systems were supported.
Not only this my iTunes works GREAT in 64-bit Windows and my iPod Nano syncs fine to it too. Why would my iPhone be any different than those. Apple even said themselves that it is a "Wide-screen iPod".
Luckily, I do have multiple computers with a copy of Windows XP SP2 32-bit that I could sync and activate my iPhone with. There are some people posting on the Apple forums that can't even activate their phone since their home computer is only running 64-bit Windows. There's even multiple people saying their Windows Vista 32-bit copy won't let them sync their iPhone or activate it.
All the specs I read before hand on the iPhone all stated that it was supported under XP SP2 and Vista. How is it my fault if they can't make it specific? Don't get me wrong, I love my new phone but it would have been nice to know way before hand that this wasn't going to work on a 64-bit OS so I could have been a little more prepared.
Also, My post on their discussion forums was not out of hand and flaming them. It simply stated I was upset and the lack of communication from Apple on the 64-bit OS as well as their representatives telling me to downgrade my computer. You don't downgrade the computer, you upgrade the software to support it. That's counter intuitive. Here's the e-mail I received from them about why my post was deleted.
Your post was removed from the iPhone forums as it does not follow the guidelines specified in our terms of use. These areas are intended to address technical issues about Apple products. Posts that do not conform to the Apple Discussions Use Agreement are inappropriate.
Reasons that your post was removed may include but are not limited to:
-Speculation or Rumors
-Discussion of Apple Policies, Procedures or Decisions
-Off topic or non-technical posts
-Rude or inappropriate behavior/language
Please read our Apple Discussions Use Agreement so that you may discover what constitutes an appropriate post to our service. Section two, "Submissions," is most germane.
Please see the Apple Discussions Use Agreement at http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa for more information on the proper use of Apple's Discussion forums.
Each Discussion user is required to agree to these terms before gaining posting privileges. You reserve the right to not post on Apple Discussions should you disagree with these terms.
If you would like to send feedback to Apple about a product, please use the appropriate selection at http://www.apple.com/feedback
Sometimes you have comments or concerns for which there is no technical response. If you need the kind of help that a troubleshooting expert can't provide, you can call Apple's Customer Relations group.
Well, Anyway that's just my 2 cents on the whole ordeal.
Its not that I'm really placing blame on anyone specific. It took me around 40 min just to buy the phone itself and this was after 6pm and after I was talking to an employee/buying the phone. I'm an existing customer too! The whole thing was a lengthy process and unorganized.
Btw im making this post from my iPhone. =p
If you don't want to go the *nix route (MythTV) then there is always BeyondTV http://www.snapstream.com/ for Windows. It's a one time fee for the software and will act as a Media Center PC just like MythTV. Either option will work fine...I have found MythTV has a little more setup involved. If you don't want to build a DVR then I'm not sure if there are many options available to you.
My brother is a local cop around the area I live in and they are getting similar recognition software to use. They will get a laptop/computer that mounts in their car with a camera on it and as they drive down the road it photograph license plates and run them through a database of stolen cars and can tell in almost realtime if the car is stolen or not without them having to manualy run the plates.
You do realize that Dell owns Alienware right? Alienware = Overpriced Dells p
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1941376,00.a
Just tell them to get a Commodore...you can't really beat two Nvidia 8800GTX cards in SLI mode. :)
http://www.commodoregaming.com/pcshop/Home.aspx
War with China?!?! Are you nucking futs? China is pretty scary...If they want to have their own Disneyland I say more power to them. No need to go to war with them...
I've been using Linux on my old Hp Pavilion ze5600 Notebook for a couple of years now. I was using Gentoo then made the switch to Ubuntu not too long ago. The Feisty Fawn upgrade fixed most of my Wireless issues that I had. (It worked with Edgy Eft but wasn't as viable as it is in Feisty. I couldn't switch Access Points easily.) Everything works on my laptop except the Multimedia buttons at the top of the keyboard but I never used those when I had Win XP on the machine and doubt I would use them with Linux on it. =p
Because if you bothered to RTFA it clearly says "When buying the Dell systems, customers will have the option to purchase support from Ubuntu backer Canonical, said Jane Silber, the start-up's director of operations."
Support typically means Drivers, Software, etc to make the machine function properly. They aren't going to sell you hardware for a Wireless card, Wired NIC, fire wire, etc that doesn't have proper driver support for Linux when the machine was sold with Linux on it.
Nice to hear! My next notebook purchase might be Dell just so I'm guaranteed the hardware will work out of the box without having to use ndiswrapper or any other weird methods to get drivers to work. Cheers!
I'm using the ATI driver. I'm assuming it's the open source driver. My Xorg config shows "ati" as the driver. I'm not using the fglrx one. It was configured that way by the update of Feisty Fawn. My ATI card is an integrated Radeon card. It says it is a Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M. All I know is that it's crap integrated card that shares with the memory.
The theme I'm using is called "Darkilouche"...you can find it at http://www.gnome-look.org/ I'm not sure what Background I'm using or where I got it from. I just searched Google for Space Backgrounds or something similar till I found one I liked.
Here are a few more Screenshots if interested.
http://zanerylin.com/images/Screenshotubuntu2.png
http://zanerylin.com/images/Screenshotubuntu3.png
http://zanerylin.com/images/Screenshotubuntu4.png
http://zanerylin.com/images/Screenshotubuntu.png
Here's a Screenshot of Beryl/Compiz on my Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. I have an HP ze5600 Notebook that's about 4-5 years old. ATI drivers worked out of the box for me so all I had to do was enable Desktop Effects and it worked with no issues at all. All I had to do was find me a theme that I liked. Looks pretty good imo.
Also, I had no issues with network-manager. It's actually a GREAT improvement over Edgy and works better but then again...my card is supported.
Since it's Gov't equipment then it would be a Federal case. I'm sure that's a Do NOT pass Go, Do NOT collect $100....You go straight to jail type of offense.
Well, When I would call they would only tell me if they got a shipment in and if they had any in at the moment I called. I asked the guy if they would have any in that afternoon and he said "Probably not" so when I went to get it they had gotten 4 in that day and I got the last one and that was around 11 - 12 noon on a weekday. If you check in at night or on a Friday/Saturday your chances are slim to none at getting one. Of course I live in a smaller town in Alabama so...yeah go figure.
The idea to getting a Wii is to keep calling your local game stores everyday. Game stores are getting them in and selliing out the same day. You just have to find out what days they come in and get down there and buy it.
I work a 7 - 4 job and on my lunch break I would call all the local stores...within a week Gamestop got a couple Wiis in and I went on my lunch and picked it up.
You can get a Wii...it's all about how bad you want it. =p
When I was refering to the word "thug" I was refering to ghetto living..talk like dis cuz it's cool yo cuz dis how I be...ghetto yo. Bitch I bust a cap in you wit my 45. Dressing like you came straight out of a 50 cent video or right out of jail after being convicted of robbery.
The above posters are right I played 30min of the game and quit playing. I don't like to listen to people talk like that and then the missions were riding around on a bike doing graffiti.
Yes, In Vice City Tommy Vercetti was a bottom dweller, low life like most of the GTA series are based upon but something about Vice City kept me interested. The missions? The scenery? The character dialogue? Who knows. It was more of my play-style than the little bit of SA I played. As a whole yes GTA games are great, I just took a liking to Vice City the most. It appealed to me the most.
Maybe I should have played SA more but the first few missions were a turn off for me.
Correction...Vice City* Why did I say Miami Vice? >_>
Your trolling but sure...I'll bite...atleast you didn't do "Anonymous Post"
Your calling me a racist cause I didn't like being a thug/gangsta in a game? Come on! What race am I being racist against? Mexicans (Latinos), African Americans, Whites? Please tell, as far as I know more than one race can be considered "thug or gangsta".
My opinion on a game is nothing but that *my opinion*. I can't believe your getting this worked up over this. Jeez dude go outside.
The hip-hop gangsta style isn't my thing so therefore I didn't enjoy the game. Miami Vice appealed to me more.
Seriously though Microsoft has nothing to fear as long as Dell, HP, etc is loading their crapware on to their machines by default. Mac as an OS doesn't have a chance against the M$ monopoly.
Where's the PC game release on this one? The GTA series was originally for the PC. Oh well.
Hopefully this game will be similar to Vice City and not like San Andreas...being a thug/gangsta riding a bicycle just isn't my style.
I don't know about you guys but... http://lemonparty.org/
That's the only porn site I need.
Seeing that just made my day. That's priceless. That looks really professionally done too. Haha
From the article...
It will be interesting to see what type of designs they come up with and how they will strip the suits of a good 125-130 pounds. It would be funny to see them go back to something more retro looking like the new Spaceshuttle they're building. =p