Not to mention the half-arsed way they do all these functions. My cell phone camera is next to useless. It takes blurry, grainy pictures with no detail. It isn't a matter of a low-res sensor, it has to do with the shitty, tiny lens they used so that the phone would still fit in the pocket of some teenager wearing tight jeans. The FM radio (WTF?) in my phone is useless. It won't operate without a headset, because it uses the wires as an antenna. Of course, I use a Bluetooth headset. So the FM radio doesn't even turn on.
I want Dave's phone, plus Bluetooth. I don't want a camera, I don't want an mp3 player, just a plain, ordinary phone that happens to also have Bluetooth so that I can connect my iBook to the internet, or synchronize my contacts and calendar without carrying yet another cable around with me.
Unfortunately, such a phone doesn't seem to exist.
Sounds exactly like what I was looking for, and was unable to find. I don't need to browse the internet on a tiny screen, but it is nice to hook my iBook up via Bluetooth and get online anywhere. Unfortunately, in order to do that, I had to get a phone with a web browser, camera (kind of nice, since I don't always carry my A75 with me, but it takes shitty pictures), mp3 player (pointless, since I have an iPod with 2500 times the storage), and even an FM radio (that I can't use, because it uses the wire of your headset as the antenna, and I use a Bluetooth headset).
/ take one in black, please// lameness filter doesn't catch slashies?
Yes, which is why decisions such as school curriculums need to involve people of many different ages and backgrounds, who can all listen to each other in a reasonable manner, and take the suggestions of others to heart.
Mom: I need to take my car in for an oil change. It has been six- or seven-thousand miles. Me: You... did check your oil, right (her car burns oil, but not enough for there to be blue smoke - it's a Saturn) Mom: No... Me: OMGWTF. *checks oil* (dipstick is dry, covered in varnish deposits), *OMGWTF*
Mom: My car drives funny. Me: *looks at car* Your front passenger tire is flat. Mom: But they fixed that!
A desktop replacement laptop and a portable laptop are two different machines for two different markets. People need to stop comparing them as if they are the same. It's apples to oranges.
Portable laptop: long battery life, light, small, versitile connectivity options, doesn't need to be powerful, but portable enough that you can grab it off your nightstand, throw it in a bag, use it on the bus/train/subway on your way to work, and bring it with you to the cafe at lunch.
Desktop replacement: enough battery life to get it from the den to the dining-room table, or sleep long enough to get from the office to home, huge screen, powerful enough to handle video editing and play modern games at high settings, yet portable enough that you can pack it up in a few seconds and lug it to work, where you have your second power adapter waiting for you.
That is another thing I don't need. A faster processor? Why? So I can use up my battery faster when I am sitting on a sidewalk table drinking coffee and reading my e-mail?
Larger display == better notebook? How do you figure?
I buy one of these, I buy it BECAUSE it has a small display. The same reason I bought my 12-inch iBook. If you offered me a choice, one of these or the 17-inch Pro model, for free, I would take the 13-inch (barring selling the 17 and using the money to buy the 13 of course). I want my notebook to be portable; I already have a desktop machine that is a pain to lug around, I don't need another.
At Michigan Tech, where I am still going, it is the same. And the "M-Number" that you can get if you ask doesn't work with some things, at least according to people I know that got one.
Most teachers don't use it on assignments, but some do, and many use it on tests. Most grade lists are sorted by last four digits.
Multiple bites? I didn't buy any other releases of this, other than the pre-SE VHS of IV and V. I will buy this, because it is the product that I want. I saw that everyone was bitching about the special edition, re-releses, and so forth, and figured Lucas would see the money-making opportunity and exploit it. I was right, and I can buy this without feeling like a chump, since he is only getting my money from one DVD release.
Same here. I have the originals (well, IV and V) on VHS, and will be buying these. I ALMOST bought the 2004 releases on DVD, but stopped myself at the last minute, and am glad I did.
Better how? Faster? Sorry, but speed isn't the main qualification. If it were, everyone would be driving rustbucket '80s Camaros and Mustangs, and drinking bottom-shelf vodka. People don't. Some people drive Civics, some people drive BMWs, and some people do drive rustbucket '80s Camaros and Mustangs. Some people drink bottom-shelf vodka to get drunk, some people drink cognac or bourbon because they like the taste.
You want to build a "better system for less", it better be just as reliable, just as fast, and look just as good as the Mac. Oh, and have a warranty and phone support, because that is what Joe Schmoe wants. You might be able to do it, but I doubt it would be a whole lot less.
I'm willing to spend a couple hundred more on a system that I am probably still going to be using in three or four years. I want it to last that long, because I see no need to upgrade my computer every six months. If my hard drive craps out in three years because it was a POS bargain-basement drive, I am going to be pissed.
1. Take a tuning fork, pitch pipe, or metronome with an A440 setting. Remember that note in your mind. If you are playing in a group with another instrument, tune to the same source. If that other instrument is something that cannot be easily tuned (piano, organ, etc.), tune to that instrument rather than another source. 2. Tune your A string to that note. 3. Bow across the A and D strings. Tune the D string until it is a perfect 4th. 4. Do the same across the D and G string, then the A and E string.
No software required. It shouldn't take you more than a minute or so, unless your pegs are being stubborn.
That is the way my dad has been tuning his violin for as long as I can remember; he has been playing for something like 45 years. It is also the way I tuned my string bass in high school, except that is tuned by 5ths. I would imagine something like a guitar would use a similar method.
Resolution - I can notice the difference, but it doesn't really seem to hurt my eyes or make it harder to read, as long as it is reasonably decent. Reading e-books on dot-matrix VFDs won't fly, but the typical PDA screen seems good enough to me.
Portability - I love that you can have a little device that has hundreds or thousands of books, and can fit in your pocket.
Low-light readability - books don't have backlights.
Now, I will go over the reasons I don't like e-books:
Proprietary formats - I want to be able to read my e-books with whatever reader software and device I am most comfortable with, not be locked into a specific device and software package. I also want to be able to take my own text files and make them into e-books.
Durability - I can run over a book with my car, drop it on a concrete floor, sit on it, toss it around, spill a glass of water on it, step on it, throw it in a bag, or stack heavy objects on it, and it will likely still be mostly readable when I am done abusing it.
Portability - I can take a book campiing, and read for weeks in the middle of nowhere, with no power source nearby. Try that with an e-book.
Book shelves with the spines of all the books in your collection easily visible so you can grab whatever you want. Need I say more?
Loanable - I can loan my friend a book without loaning him my entire collection of books and my ability to read them at the same time. And if he forgets to return it, I'm only out $10 or so.
I can use a book to help me start a fire if I get lost in the woods.
And, the number one reason: What do I do with my current collection of books? Do I have to buy them all again?
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You can't have your cake and eat it too. Added security sometimes (usually) has to compromise convenience.
So you want me carrying my phone around in tight pants? /me ducks
Optics the size of an ant and quality aren't compatible, either.
Not to mention the half-arsed way they do all these functions. My cell phone camera is next to useless. It takes blurry, grainy pictures with no detail. It isn't a matter of a low-res sensor, it has to do with the shitty, tiny lens they used so that the phone would still fit in the pocket of some teenager wearing tight jeans. The FM radio (WTF?) in my phone is useless. It won't operate without a headset, because it uses the wires as an antenna. Of course, I use a Bluetooth headset. So the FM radio doesn't even turn on.
I want Dave's phone, plus Bluetooth. I don't want a camera, I don't want an mp3 player, just a plain, ordinary phone that happens to also have Bluetooth so that I can connect my iBook to the internet, or synchronize my contacts and calendar without carrying yet another cable around with me.
Unfortunately, such a phone doesn't seem to exist.
Sounds exactly like what I was looking for, and was unable to find. I don't need to browse the internet on a tiny screen, but it is nice to hook my iBook up via Bluetooth and get online anywhere. Unfortunately, in order to do that, I had to get a phone with a web browser, camera (kind of nice, since I don't always carry my A75 with me, but it takes shitty pictures), mp3 player (pointless, since I have an iPod with 2500 times the storage), and even an FM radio (that I can't use, because it uses the wire of your headset as the antenna, and I use a Bluetooth headset).
// lameness filter doesn't catch slashies?
/ take one in black, please
Yes, which is why decisions such as school curriculums need to involve people of many different ages and backgrounds, who can all listen to each other in a reasonable manner, and take the suggestions of others to heart.
Right. But those 30 to 40 year olds are the ones setting curriculums for the high school students.
Mom: I need to take my car in for an oil change. It has been six- or seven-thousand miles.
Me: You... did check your oil, right (her car burns oil, but not enough for there to be blue smoke - it's a Saturn)
Mom: No...
Me: OMGWTF. *checks oil* (dipstick is dry, covered in varnish deposits), *OMGWTF*
Mom: My car drives funny.
Me: *looks at car* Your front passenger tire is flat.
Mom: But they fixed that!
Troll? Why?
What you claim to be "lower middle" is what I think kids should end up with by the end of high school, at the very least.
And it is going to be put into a camera with a shitty lens the size of a dime, which is the main problem with P&S cameras.
A desktop replacement laptop and a portable laptop are two different machines for two different markets. People need to stop comparing them as if they are the same. It's apples to oranges. Portable laptop: long battery life, light, small, versitile connectivity options, doesn't need to be powerful, but portable enough that you can grab it off your nightstand, throw it in a bag, use it on the bus/train/subway on your way to work, and bring it with you to the cafe at lunch. Desktop replacement: enough battery life to get it from the den to the dining-room table, or sleep long enough to get from the office to home, huge screen, powerful enough to handle video editing and play modern games at high settings, yet portable enough that you can pack it up in a few seconds and lug it to work, where you have your second power adapter waiting for you.
That is another thing I don't need. A faster processor? Why? So I can use up my battery faster when I am sitting on a sidewalk table drinking coffee and reading my e-mail?
Larger display == better notebook? How do you figure?
I buy one of these, I buy it BECAUSE it has a small display. The same reason I bought my 12-inch iBook. If you offered me a choice, one of these or the 17-inch Pro model, for free, I would take the 13-inch (barring selling the 17 and using the money to buy the 13 of course). I want my notebook to be portable; I already have a desktop machine that is a pain to lug around, I don't need another.
$50 for a new motherboard? Can I still use my Athlon MP 2600+ processors? What about my RAM?
At Michigan Tech, where I am still going, it is the same. And the "M-Number" that you can get if you ask doesn't work with some things, at least according to people I know that got one. Most teachers don't use it on assignments, but some do, and many use it on tests. Most grade lists are sorted by last four digits.
It works for locomotives. I don't know why car companies haven't done this yet.
Wow. I'm glad I never bought the remastered edition, then!
Multiple bites? I didn't buy any other releases of this, other than the pre-SE VHS of IV and V. I will buy this, because it is the product that I want. I saw that everyone was bitching about the special edition, re-releses, and so forth, and figured Lucas would see the money-making opportunity and exploit it. I was right, and I can buy this without feeling like a chump, since he is only getting my money from one DVD release.
Same here. I have the originals (well, IV and V) on VHS, and will be buying these. I ALMOST bought the 2004 releases on DVD, but stopped myself at the last minute, and am glad I did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar
iCalendar is the file format. ical is an application, as is iCal.
Better how? Faster? Sorry, but speed isn't the main qualification. If it were, everyone would be driving rustbucket '80s Camaros and Mustangs, and drinking bottom-shelf vodka. People don't. Some people drive Civics, some people drive BMWs, and some people do drive rustbucket '80s Camaros and Mustangs. Some people drink bottom-shelf vodka to get drunk, some people drink cognac or bourbon because they like the taste.
You want to build a "better system for less", it better be just as reliable, just as fast, and look just as good as the Mac. Oh, and have a warranty and phone support, because that is what Joe Schmoe wants. You might be able to do it, but I doubt it would be a whole lot less.
I'm willing to spend a couple hundred more on a system that I am probably still going to be using in three or four years. I want it to last that long, because I see no need to upgrade my computer every six months. If my hard drive craps out in three years because it was a POS bargain-basement drive, I am going to be pissed.
1. Take a tuning fork, pitch pipe, or metronome with an A440 setting. Remember that note in your mind. If you are playing in a group with another instrument, tune to the same source. If that other instrument is something that cannot be easily tuned (piano, organ, etc.), tune to that instrument rather than another source.
2. Tune your A string to that note.
3. Bow across the A and D strings. Tune the D string until it is a perfect 4th.
4. Do the same across the D and G string, then the A and E string.
No software required. It shouldn't take you more than a minute or so, unless your pegs are being stubborn.
That is the way my dad has been tuning his violin for as long as I can remember; he has been playing for something like 45 years. It is also the way I tuned my string bass in high school, except that is tuned by 5ths. I would imagine something like a guitar would use a similar method.
Lets start with what I DON'T have a problem with:
Now, I will go over the reasons I don't like e-books:
And, the number one reason: What do I do with my current collection of books? Do I have to buy them all again?