Vimeo has been offering HTML5 video for everyone since January (http://vimeo.com/blog:268), before iPad was launched, so they are not just "trying to look good on iPad".
True & interesting, but browser will cache the ga.js anyway. Generally, if you want to save some real bandwidth, the first thing to do is make sure that your web server (and your CMS!) supports If-Modified-Since HTTP request header.
Firefox and OpenOffice are using cross-platform components (non-native outside Windows). That's why they are unusable slow in OS X and Linux.
E.g. starting Firefox takes easily 5 secs on my MBP dual core with 4 gigs or RAM, while Safari starts in less than a second.
Only reason I run Firefox as a secondary browser (when doing webdev work) is Firebug, although Web Inspector in Safari Nightly Build is almost as good.
I don't get any regular paper / snailmail bills anymore (living in Finland). If possible, I've made a direct debit contract (takes only one few clicks in online bank) with all companies. Some send "official" electronic bills while other send html or pdf attachment by email. Because of direct debit, usually my bills are merely notifications not requiring any action from me.
Why doesn't every company / office apply a policy, that every desktop computer is configured to hibernate itself after e.g. one our of idling? Startup time will become meaningless and evergy savings would be huge (compared to 24/7 workstation uptimes).
Personally I've never understood this boot time debate. I never shutdown my Macbook, which will wake from sleep in a second. AFAIK modern desktops are able to sleep/hibernate as well, maybe excluding some poor 3D drivers on Linux which cannot recover from sleep state.
In the name of energy saving, every computer sold should be configured by default to sleep/hibernate after unused period of time, like every Mac does (don't they?).
Why motherboard manufacturer has to "support" any OS instead of supporting a standard? The same applies for the web: don't support browsers, support standards. Operating systems, browsers, etc. just need to implement the standard. Apparently Microsoft does generally pretty bad job there.
"-- 37-inch flat-screen monitor with stereo speakers --"
I reguarly see the word "stereo" mentioned with speakers. In 2008, is stereo still such a big deal? Have you seen any flat screen with integrated _mono_ speaker?
Why bulky USB modem instead of using your 3G phone as a modem?
Again, without (heavy) lenses, for non-professionals DSLR offers very little advantages over carefully chosen compact camera, if the total weight is a major factor. I would go with Sony R1 - it has almost DSLR-sized sensor and excellent built-in optics. Similar optic for DSLR would cost 1-2 grands and weight 2 kilograms.
I would also skip the Sennheisers for plug-type earphones e.g. from Etymotic. They offer even better noise isolation and weights a tiny fraction of Sennheisers.
And again, WHAT IS IT? Sure, there is a LOT of code out there. But show me the OSS software out there that screams, "Wow! That's unbelievably clever!" I think KDE's kioslaves are really clever. You know, just type http:/// sftp:// in any (KDE) application to open/save files through arbitrary protocols. Haven't seen anything comparable in closed source desktop environments (Windows, OS X). After switcing to OS X, kioslave is my most-missed feature from KDE.
More and more phones are data-enabled, but only the techno-elite are going to add such ridiculously costly plans. (And what on earth can you do with only 4MB?) It's pretty clear that the carriers do not actually want you to use data. The story is even scarier in Europe with no unlimited options. Not true. I pay 10 eur per month for unlimited 384 kbps 3G data in Finland. Even unlimited 2 Mbps costs no more than ~30 eur per month. Pretty cheap I think, and this is common price level in Finland.
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Vimeo has been offering HTML5 video for everyone since January (http://vimeo.com/blog:268), before iPad was launched, so they are not just "trying to look good on iPad".
True & interesting, but browser will cache the ga.js anyway. Generally, if you want to save some real bandwidth, the first thing to do is make sure that your web server (and your CMS!) supports If-Modified-Since HTTP request header.
Firefox and OpenOffice are using cross-platform components (non-native outside Windows). That's why they are unusable slow in OS X and Linux. E.g. starting Firefox takes easily 5 secs on my MBP dual core with 4 gigs or RAM, while Safari starts in less than a second. Only reason I run Firefox as a secondary browser (when doing webdev work) is Firebug, although Web Inspector in Safari Nightly Build is almost as good.
I don't get any regular paper / snailmail bills anymore (living in Finland). If possible, I've made a direct debit contract (takes only one few clicks in online bank) with all companies. Some send "official" electronic bills while other send html or pdf attachment by email. Because of direct debit, usually my bills are merely notifications not requiring any action from me.
I assume the OpenGL/DRI code doesn't conflict with ACPI power management, i.e. you are still able to suspend/hibernate/resume?
Why doesn't every company / office apply a policy, that every desktop computer is configured to hibernate itself after e.g. one our of idling? Startup time will become meaningless and evergy savings would be huge (compared to 24/7 workstation uptimes). Personally I've never understood this boot time debate. I never shutdown my Macbook, which will wake from sleep in a second. AFAIK modern desktops are able to sleep/hibernate as well, maybe excluding some poor 3D drivers on Linux which cannot recover from sleep state. In the name of energy saving, every computer sold should be configured by default to sleep/hibernate after unused period of time, like every Mac does (don't they?).
Why motherboard manufacturer has to "support" any OS instead of supporting a standard? The same applies for the web: don't support browsers, support standards. Operating systems, browsers, etc. just need to implement the standard. Apparently Microsoft does generally pretty bad job there.
"-- 37-inch flat-screen monitor with stereo speakers --" I reguarly see the word "stereo" mentioned with speakers. In 2008, is stereo still such a big deal? Have you seen any flat screen with integrated _mono_ speaker?
Why bulky USB modem instead of using your 3G phone as a modem?
Again, without (heavy) lenses, for non-professionals DSLR offers very little advantages over carefully chosen compact camera, if the total weight is a major factor. I would go with Sony R1 - it has almost DSLR-sized sensor and excellent built-in optics. Similar optic for DSLR would cost 1-2 grands and weight 2 kilograms.
I would also skip the Sennheisers for plug-type earphones e.g. from Etymotic. They offer even better noise isolation and weights a tiny fraction of Sennheisers.