But is it "the usual Sony hate"? It seems one group of people hate Sony, another Microsoft, a third group hates Apple here on this site. There are also RedHat haters, Debian haters and so on. But they're *not the same people*. Personally, I hate everything and tolerate whatever is most fun:)
>the lady who stowed away on a cargo lander headed to a mining colony That was The Twilight Zone. I watched that episode yesterday. She was cute, and I miss the show.
Outer Limits also did some great sci-fi stories. EVERYTHING is better when you don't try to wring 90+ minutes out of a shorter story.
I get social networking, but what the fuck is microblogging? When is a blog a micro? Is there a minimum limit before somebody's blog is degraded in status, like Pluto?
I think my uncle said something like that when a Chinese inventor came up with the same thing he'd already patented years before. I'm not sure it would have been any different if my uncle had the idea after the other guy.
Making sleep mode work as beautifully as my Macbook's would be a better goal for Linux (kernel, X and whatnot). I don't reboot unless there are updates requiring it, and I only wait one second to return to using it when I open it up.
I found Objective-C easy to pick up. It's the Cocoa(Touch) API which is tricky. The differences between C and Obj-C fit in a page, and the garbage collection isn't even in the iPhone version of the language.
But yeah, the iPhone/iPod touch are the third portable device type I've wanted to develop for, and the second to actually be accessible. Sure, it costs money (Macbook+subscription+game engines are among my expenses), but Nintendo haven't yet done anything like Wiiware for the DS, and even that is not entirely open to the indies.
The iPhone OS is at least as cool as the Palm OS back in the 68k (pre-ARM) days, and easier to program. Once you get past the Apple approval threshold, that is:)
I didn't expect to use my iPod touch for browsing so much (only bought it for development and other PDA uses), but I often leave the laptop and use my iPod for surfing on the go now.
They're also offering a kit to accomplish the same end for $250 that seems high to me now that 1TB external drives can be had for quite a bit less, and require no putty-knife action to install.
Mac mini uses a 2.5" drive. The article explains how to insert two 2.5" drives. The US prices I find for those drives are around $125, so that kit isn't excessively priced. The submitters obviously don't read articles, either.
Yikes! Opera peaks at 250MB, and stays there. They really need to work on the memory issues. Even though I don't even touch computers with less than 4GB RAM, it's pretty sick to see 25% of that eaten by a web browser.
You don't even need to go illegal to find a Vista version which requires no activation. Medion laptops are sold with a completely clean version. It's not built for them or anything, as all the drivers are on a separate partition and an included apps/driver disc.
I'm sure many smaller manufacturers have this simple OEM version of Vista.
WarioWorld is the brick wall separating developers from Nintendo, but I've managed to piece together info from devs who actually managed to get into Wii development.
You don't need a prior title to develop downloadables, just the office address. The devkit contains compilers, documentation and a special Wii. Prices I've seen range from $1200 to $2000. Possibly a regional thing.
Useless for mobile devices, of course, as the portables are more hardcore and old-fashioned, and no indie dev program exists yet. When the DSi is out, maybe. The SDK for Wii is still Windows only, so I'm not personally too interested (my Windows box is gathering dust).
If the workers were foreign workers temporarily working in the US, they've got even less of a chance to get it back. I don't think they want to run a bunch of trials in random countries for what's barely pocket change to them.
My bank stupidly chose to implement a Java-based login system (which again is run by a major security company here), and it takes 20-40 seconds most of the time from I enter the login page until the password & code box appears. The rest of the time it fails due to timeouts.
If this Sun plugin preloads so I don't have to wait, it's great. It's welcome on my system. I have the RAM so I can take the miniscule hit (no laptop or desktop computer with less than 4GB RAM is allowed in my house:).
It comes as part of the Java plugin. You want the plugin, obviously, and you probably want it to operate smoothly. No reason to complain.
It's only the 17" unibody which has this tricky battery. The smaller models, Macbook and Macbook Pro, have batteries which can be pulled out without loosening a single screw.
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That's an old MBP. Look at the new one. A panel you open with a latch, and one screw holding the harddrive in place.
Yeah, hosting costs.
But is it "the usual Sony hate"? It seems one group of people hate Sony, another Microsoft, a third group hates Apple here on this site. There are also RedHat haters, Debian haters and so on. But they're *not the same people*. Personally, I hate everything and tolerate whatever is most fun :)
My first thought was that someone would probably try to watch Lolita with this jacket.
Wait...decline begins AFTER graduation? Are you saying all that booze preserves your mental acuity?
History Channel has turned into the fiction channel :(
They do have The Universe though, don't they? The last science show that is still watchable.
>the lady who stowed away on a cargo lander headed to a mining colony
That was The Twilight Zone. I watched that episode yesterday. She was cute, and I miss the show.
Outer Limits also did some great sci-fi stories. EVERYTHING is better when you don't try to wring 90+ minutes out of a shorter story.
I get social networking, but what the fuck is microblogging? When is a blog a micro? Is there a minimum limit before somebody's blog is degraded in status, like Pluto?
OK, send in the Nazgul, then:
http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/news.20070416_virtualworlds.html
IBM has many projects related to virtual worlds.
I think my uncle said something like that when a Chinese inventor came up with the same thing he'd already patented years before. I'm not sure it would have been any different if my uncle had the idea after the other guy.
Making sleep mode work as beautifully as my Macbook's would be a better goal for Linux (kernel, X and whatnot). I don't reboot unless there are updates requiring it, and I only wait one second to return to using it when I open it up.
I found Objective-C easy to pick up. It's the Cocoa(Touch) API which is tricky. The differences between C and Obj-C fit in a page, and the garbage collection isn't even in the iPhone version of the language.
But yeah, the iPhone/iPod touch are the third portable device type I've wanted to develop for, and the second to actually be accessible. Sure, it costs money (Macbook+subscription+game engines are among my expenses), but Nintendo haven't yet done anything like Wiiware for the DS, and even that is not entirely open to the indies.
The iPhone OS is at least as cool as the Palm OS back in the 68k (pre-ARM) days, and easier to program. Once you get past the Apple approval threshold, that is :)
You won't cheer if anyone subs Pompel & Pilt! I tried, and had to go into therapy for three years after only finishing two of the six episodes.
I didn't expect to use my iPod touch for browsing so much (only bought it for development and other PDA uses), but I often leave the laptop and use my iPod for surfing on the go now.
That's not the only flaw in the summary:
They're also offering a kit to accomplish the same end for $250 that seems high to me now that 1TB external drives can be had for quite a bit less, and require no putty-knife action to install.
Mac mini uses a 2.5" drive. The article explains how to insert two 2.5" drives. The US prices I find for those drives are around $125, so that kit isn't excessively priced. The submitters obviously don't read articles, either.
Yikes! Opera peaks at 250MB, and stays there. They really need to work on the memory issues. Even though I don't even touch computers with less than 4GB RAM, it's pretty sick to see 25% of that eaten by a web browser.
You don't even need to go illegal to find a Vista version which requires no activation. Medion laptops are sold with a completely clean version. It's not built for them or anything, as all the drivers are on a separate partition and an included apps/driver disc.
I'm sure many smaller manufacturers have this simple OEM version of Vista.
WarioWorld is the brick wall separating developers from Nintendo, but I've managed to piece together info from devs who actually managed to get into Wii development.
You don't need a prior title to develop downloadables, just the office address. The devkit contains compilers, documentation and a special Wii. Prices I've seen range from $1200 to $2000. Possibly a regional thing.
Useless for mobile devices, of course, as the portables are more hardcore and old-fashioned, and no indie dev program exists yet. When the DSi is out, maybe. The SDK for Wii is still Windows only, so I'm not personally too interested (my Windows box is gathering dust).
I find F8/F12 at reboot even easier.
If the workers were foreign workers temporarily working in the US, they've got even less of a chance to get it back. I don't think they want to run a bunch of trials in random countries for what's barely pocket change to them.
Camera?! WTF? Why not simply take a screendump with any of a zillion Linux programs which can grab the screen?
Have they blocked *other users*? That is where the shared data is ACTUALLY coming from.
There are many third-party e-mail clients for the iPhone. HTML E-mail, Firemail, Easy Mail and more.
My bank stupidly chose to implement a Java-based login system (which again is run by a major security company here), and it takes 20-40 seconds most of the time from I enter the login page until the password & code box appears. The rest of the time it fails due to timeouts.
If this Sun plugin preloads so I don't have to wait, it's great. It's welcome on my system. I have the RAM so I can take the miniscule hit (no laptop or desktop computer with less than 4GB RAM is allowed in my house :).
It comes as part of the Java plugin. You want the plugin, obviously, and you probably want it to operate smoothly. No reason to complain.
No, people with iPhones do not get exclusive access. There is in fact a cheaper device you haven't heard of: The iPod touch :)
Or the batteries on the other unibody Macbooks ;)
It's only the 17" unibody which has this tricky battery. The smaller models, Macbook and Macbook Pro, have batteries which can be pulled out without loosening a single screw.