Your points about the GPS / 3G / jack are good. The other two are laughable. I never realised that the iPhone didn't have a user replacable battery. I think that's a really big deal, considering 1) that most ipods only last 12-18 months due to battery problems and it's simply not economic to bother getting them replaced (with either genuine or 3rd party parts), and 2) I have several old mobile phones that I've only kept going because the batteries are easily replacable. If past form is anything to go by, current iPhone owners are going to be screwed with either a costly or dodgy battery replacement in 12-18 months time.
IMHO, the non-replacable battery in Apple's handheld products is essential a big 'Fuck You' to their customers. (to borrow a term from 'keith and the girl':-)
I think that's a fair post. My personal laptops probably have as hard a life as possible without it actually being 'abuse'...
Still, I'm disappointed with the 4 stuck pixels and the faint light patch on the screen (which has spread over time), the track pad button that has a frustratingly inconsistent and cheap feel, and a dodgy creaky hinge. My last laptop was a cheap generic rebranded thing, but had a heavy well made chassis and only failed after the second orange juice incident (having been revived after the first one).
Shouldn't a consumer laptop (like the macbook) be built to be moved about, with a chassis that can take the stress? A macbook pro is more likely to be sat on a desk all its life, given the size?
It's completely reasonable to assume someone won't be travelling 70mph over that as the GP suggested. What about the copper trying to make significant progress for a perfectly legitamate reason?
When I'm on the motorway I try to be aware of anything in the mirrors at least every 3-4 seconds or so. If something is on my tail without me seeing it coming up I give myself a bollocking for 1) not seeing it in good time, and 2) not managing to pull into an inside lane to let them past so that neither me or they need to brake.
If everyone creeps along at 65mph, everyone just sleeps along in the same lane. A small speed deferential (between 70-100mph) keeps everyone moving between lanes and keeps everyone awake and safe. IMHO;-)
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If I want to change lanes, I signal, check the mirror, and go. Which is in direct contradiction to your last post. Why signal before checking the way is clear to change lanes? I'm sorry about your story of the accident that involved your friends, I really wish it'd never happened. A couple of points: just because the arseholes were breaking the speed limit doesn't mean all people who break the limit are arseholes. Secondly, you admit that the victim was breaking the speed limit, so that really blows your premise that the other guys' speeding was entirely to blame.
I really wish the accident you related didn't happen, but why did the driver pull into the center lane into a rapidly approaching car? I've never driven in the US, but I've been led to believe that undertaking is very very common, even though it's technically illegal in most states.
I'll accept that being passed at 140mph is pretty quick. But umm, aren't we talking about major trunk roads here? Quick is the whole fucking point. There is no point in the majority of drivers being dragged down to the lowest common denominator. All we need is a decently difficult drivers' exam, regular roadworthiness tests on all vehicles and well maintained roads. It's easy for civilised countries, why does the US have such a problem with it?;-)
You think it'd be a good thing that this guy dies? You are very weird. I'm glad that an anonymous internet interaction is the closest I'll ever get to you.
US drivers are weird. In Britian in moderately heavy commuter traffic it's unusual for any cars to be going under 70mph. Most are travelling between 75-85mph, and a few at 85-95mph. It's not usual for someone to pass at over 100mph. But US drivers have a coronary if someone even thinks about pushing past 70...
And we have very few problems. Speed kills? My arse it does. Most British drivers (especially commuter drivers) are good at regularly checking mirrors, and if someone is coming up rapidly will usually pull in to let the car pass. Not everyone does because some people are arses about it, but we have very few accidents none-the-less.
You speak of a 2 second gap being closed too quick for you to cope with... surely you can judge how quickly a car is approaching in the mirror? If the car is approaching rapidly, just let it pass before pulling out! It's not hard, is it?
Oh, are Americans taught to signal before checking the mirror? That's a bit of a no-no here for good reason. You only indicate after you've checked it's clear, otherwise a driver in the bit of road where you want to be might think that you've not seen them and take potentially dangerous avoiding action.
How many accidents did Roy cause? None, I'll bet. Of course it's a silly thing to do, but he's not biting babies heads off.
Yup. OS X rocks but I'm really disappointed in my year old macbook hardware. I was seduced by all those stories of 4-5 year old ibooks (or whatever the powerpc non-pro laptops were called), but I think I'll be lucky if mine makes it to 18 months (I think an expensive screen repair is coming up). I guess the extortionate applecare needs to be factored into the original purchase price. I'm regretting not getting for the macbook.
Fine, except without the engine the driver is likely to lose power steering and servo assisted brakes. Not a problem if you're ready for it (you just need to try harder to push the pedal/ turn the wheel), but if you don't know what's happening you're very likely to crash.
Stupid idea that will cause crashes and probably involve bystanders.
A server should really have/tmp located on a seperate partition that is only mounted read/write and not executable. At least, I think that's generally thought to be a good thing to do.
I always assumed apple went to Intel for the better processors. PowerPC always seemed a bit of a dead end compared to x86 to me. I really can't imagine apple wanting to suck up to running microsoft software.
It's been a year already and the situation with vista is worse than it was 12 months ago due to microsoft's apathetic response to the problem. Yes ME sucked - it was quietly dropped and luckily XP was there in time to take the limelight. Yes, XP sucked initially but MS worked to improve the situation gradually until we had SP2.
So what's happening to improve vista? Sweet fuck all, that's what.
The trouble I find is that I have to move on the scroll wheel quite a lot to get it to move only one item in the first place, but the difference between making it move one or two items is very small. Thus once I've actually gone far enough to make the highlight move up or down one, it's more often than not gone too far and gone two items.
Ummm, hope that makes sense;-)
a bit like this (except in reality you move in circle of course): Start................ Move 1.. Move 2 | -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> | -> -> |
I think the scroll wheel is superior, but apple's current implementation doesn't work.
I'd say it is possible to use a car steering wheel to get millimeter accuracy, but only because you get force feedback. The ipod scroll wheel relies on visual feedback which esentially doesn't work in that context. (I agree with you but for a slightly different reason:-)
'Animation delays' in OS X ??!!! WTF? Have you ever fucking used OS X/Aqua/Exposé? Exposé animation simply involves sliding a few windows about whilst resizing them and the genie effect is hardly particularly onerous.. I call bullshit, you know fuck all about OS X.
Lots of mobile phone contracts have cash-back offers here in the UK. You need to send off 3 or 4 months worth of phone bills to get the cheque, obviously they're relying on people forgetting. Canon have done several cashback offers on their eos Digital cameras in the UK too.
oh come on, there's been a very significant rise in the atmospheric concentration of a significant greenhouse gas (CO2) since the industrial revolution. Maybe the rise in CO2 isn't due to human activity, and/or maybe it won't affect the global climate, but we're betting the lifestyles(/lives) of our progeny on it. Seems like a stupid bet to me, but apparently it's not up to just me (and no, I don't hug trees, I just think we should be trying to lock up more atmospheric CO2 up somehow).
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IMHO, the non-replacable battery in Apple's handheld products is essential a big 'Fuck You' to their customers.
(to borrow a term from 'keith and the girl'
It's the same difference that could apply to American vs USian. Why couldn't American similarly refer to those from all of the Americas?
I think that's a fair post. My personal laptops probably have as hard a life as possible without it actually being 'abuse'...
Still, I'm disappointed with the 4 stuck pixels and the faint light patch on the screen (which has spread over time), the track pad button that has a frustratingly inconsistent and cheap feel, and a dodgy creaky hinge. My last laptop was a cheap generic rebranded thing, but had a heavy well made chassis and only failed after the second orange juice incident (having been revived after the first one).
Shouldn't a consumer laptop (like the macbook) be built to be moved about, with a chassis that can take the stress? A macbook pro is more likely to be sat on a desk all its life, given the size?
When I'm on the motorway I try to be aware of anything in the mirrors at least every 3-4 seconds or so. If something is on my tail without me seeing it coming up I give myself a bollocking for 1) not seeing it in good time, and 2) not managing to pull into an inside lane to let them past so that neither me or they need to brake.
If everyone creeps along at 65mph, everyone just sleeps along in the same lane. A small speed deferential (between 70-100mph) keeps everyone moving between lanes and keeps everyone awake and safe. IMHO
I'm sorry about your story of the accident that involved your friends, I really wish it'd never happened. A couple of points: just because the arseholes were breaking the speed limit doesn't mean all people who break the limit are arseholes. Secondly, you admit that the victim was breaking the speed limit, so that really blows your premise that the other guys' speeding was entirely to blame.
I really wish the accident you related didn't happen, but why did the driver pull into the center lane into a rapidly approaching car? I've never driven in the US, but I've been led to believe that undertaking is very very common, even though it's technically illegal in most states.
I'll accept that being passed at 140mph is pretty quick. But umm, aren't we talking about major trunk roads here? Quick is the whole fucking point. There is no point in the majority of drivers being dragged down to the lowest common denominator. All we need is a decently difficult drivers' exam, regular roadworthiness tests on all vehicles and well maintained roads. It's easy for civilised countries, why does the US have such a problem with it?
You think it'd be a good thing that this guy dies? You are very weird. I'm glad that an anonymous internet interaction is the closest I'll ever get to you.
I think that footage was faked.
US drivers are weird. In Britian in moderately heavy commuter traffic it's unusual for any cars to be going under 70mph. Most are travelling between 75-85mph, and a few at 85-95mph. It's not usual for someone to pass at over 100mph. But US drivers have a coronary if someone even thinks about pushing past 70...
And we have very few problems. Speed kills? My arse it does. Most British drivers (especially commuter drivers) are good at regularly checking mirrors, and if someone is coming up rapidly will usually pull in to let the car pass. Not everyone does because some people are arses about it, but we have very few accidents none-the-less.
You speak of a 2 second gap being closed too quick for you to cope with... surely you can judge how quickly a car is approaching in the mirror? If the car is approaching rapidly, just let it pass before pulling out! It's not hard, is it?
Oh, are Americans taught to signal before checking the mirror? That's a bit of a no-no here for good reason. You only indicate after you've checked it's clear, otherwise a driver in the bit of road where you want to be might think that you've not seen them and take potentially dangerous avoiding action.
How many accidents did Roy cause? None, I'll bet. Of course it's a silly thing to do, but he's not biting babies heads off.
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Surely they could go on forever with OS X 10.10, 10.12, 10.13, etc.?
Yup.
OS X rocks but I'm really disappointed in my year old macbook hardware. I was seduced by all those stories of 4-5 year old ibooks (or whatever the powerpc non-pro laptops were called), but I think I'll be lucky if mine makes it to 18 months (I think an expensive screen repair is coming up). I guess the extortionate applecare needs to be factored into the original purchase price. I'm regretting not getting for the macbook.
Fine, except without the engine the driver is likely to lose power steering and servo assisted brakes. Not a problem if you're ready for it (you just need to try harder to push the pedal/ turn the wheel), but if you don't know what's happening you're very likely to crash.
Stupid idea that will cause crashes and probably involve bystanders.
A server should really have /tmp located on a seperate partition that is only mounted read/write and not executable.
At least, I think that's generally thought to be a good thing to do.
I always assumed apple went to Intel for the better processors. PowerPC always seemed a bit of a dead end compared to x86 to me.
I really can't imagine apple wanting to suck up to running microsoft software.
It's been a year already and the situation with vista is worse than it was 12 months ago due to microsoft's apathetic response to the problem. Yes ME sucked - it was quietly dropped and luckily XP was there in time to take the limelight. Yes, XP sucked initially but MS worked to improve the situation gradually until we had SP2.
So what's happening to improve vista? Sweet fuck all, that's what.
So you suggest the alteration in the articale discussion or simply make the alteration yourself, of course?
The trouble I find is that I have to move on the scroll wheel quite a lot to get it to move only one item in the first place, but the difference between making it move one or two items is very small. Thus once I've actually gone far enough to make the highlight move up or down one, it's more often than not gone too far and gone two items.
;-)
................ Move 1 .. Move 2
Ummm, hope that makes sense
a bit like this (except in reality you move in circle of course):
Start
| -> -> -> -> -> -> -> -> | -> -> |
I think the scroll wheel is superior, but apple's current implementation doesn't work.
I'd say it is possible to use a car steering wheel to get millimeter accuracy, but only because you get force feedback. The ipod scroll wheel relies on visual feedback which esentially doesn't work in that context. :-)
(I agree with you but for a slightly different reason
'Animation delays' in OS X ??!!! WTF? Have you ever fucking used OS X/Aqua/Exposé? Exposé animation simply involves sliding a few windows about whilst resizing them and the genie effect is hardly particularly onerous.. I call bullshit, you know fuck all about OS X.
+5 funny, surely? :-/
Lots of mobile phone contracts have cash-back offers here in the UK. You need to send off 3 or 4 months worth of phone bills to get the cheque, obviously they're relying on people forgetting. Canon have done several cashback offers on their eos Digital cameras in the UK too.
Dark City also, I think
Eh? Google seems to suggest plenty of Via CPUs are available in socket form.
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oh come on, there's been a very significant rise in the atmospheric concentration of a significant greenhouse gas (CO2) since the industrial revolution. Maybe the rise in CO2 isn't due to human activity, and/or maybe it won't affect the global climate, but we're betting the lifestyles(/lives) of our progeny on it. Seems like a stupid bet to me, but apparently it's not up to just me (and no, I don't hug trees, I just think we should be trying to lock up more atmospheric CO2 up somehow).
If the alternative is talking to a politician, then YES!