At first, I was kind of shocked when I heard this, just because it sounds so absurd, and was ready to abandon my plans of purchasing one when it comes out in Europe. Now I still think this is stupid (_if_ it is completely true), but I still like it enough as it is to buy it.
As I see it, there are two kinds of Applications which could theoretically run on the iPhone: "real" full-blown apps, and widget-like extensions of OS X desktop apps.
While probably a lot of people around here would care more for the first category, like in SSH/VNC/Remote Desktop clients or VOIP stacks, I think the killer app the masses would care about would lie in the second category.
For example, think about apps like the DVD/book/CD management software Delicious Library, or a recipe management software like Cookbook.
It would be incredibly cool if OS X developers could use xcode to compile small widget-like iPhone extensions with sync capabilities for their apps! Buy such an app, one-click install the extension to your phone. You could take your delicious DVD library with you on your phone, have Cookbook create and sync a shopping list automatically for the recipes you chose for the week, have your OmniOutliner task lists handy on the go etc etc.
Everybody wins - you could really have all the data you care about with you whereever you go, OS X developers would add even more value to their apps and Steve would have one killer application more to help him sell assloads of iPhones.
Steve doesn't know which data is important for me, and he shouldn't care. If he truly wants to bring "my digital life into my pocket", then he needs to open up the iPhone at least this far and bring the Mac and the iPhone closer together.
I see absolutely no reason no to do this; who said every app should have lowlevel access to the hardware / the network stack ? Put the apps in a sandbox, publish a limited API, I don't care.
But honestly, I'm taking everything I see with a grain of salt until it is officially on sale.
Great. A goverment agency sees enough potential in OO.org to spend a probably not insignificant amount of time and money on analysing the code, and what is the reaction around here? Finger pointing. "But MS Office is at least just as bad, yadda yadda yadda".
How constructive. When you were a child and you came back from school with your less-than-stellar marks, did you point at your retarded little cousin and yelled "but Bobs marks are even worse"?
Either refute their points if they are wrong, or suck it up like a man, use the money already spent for the betterment of the project and get your shit together and clean up the mess.
And yes, I know that the people whining around here are probably not the same spending their time coding on OO. Still, this attitude pisses me off.
You cannot use the update versions for a trivial reason: when installing an update version, Windows setup prompts for an update-eligible install disk . Which you cannot provide since you're unable to eject the disk from your drive until you install the Apple driver package.
Sorry, I don't mean to scream, but it's kind of like having a paleontologist try to tell you why your code isn't running? Thanks, but I don't need the help of a paleontologist.
I'm still working with COBOL, you insensitive clod!
I have a ~2 year old, dead Toshiba Satellite lying around which I didn't want to throw away.
Someone in my company managed to spill tea into it while it was running; careful cleaning and drying didn't help, and my electrical/soldering knowledge is unfortunately quite limited.
Has anyone been able to put such a thing to good use? From everything I've read, it seems to be at least difficult if not impossible because of the proprietary display electronic, but I'd hate to throw away a perfectly good panel...
Being able to use this thing as a 14" digital picture frame would rock:)
I don't know if you could even make a female robot. Since the robot's consciousness would have to be controlled by a computer, I assume it would be based on logic and reason.
I am currently looking into antivirus solutions for our company mailserver, and originally thought about disabling the bounce messages.
But unfortunately it seems that it could be illegal in Germany to intercept a message without notifying the sender. As far as I understand it, eMail seems to be subject to the same regulations as snail mail here, so dropping the message silently could constitute a legal hazard..
Germany is in recession... Best way to come out of that recession is to spend money locally, rather than sending it to Redmond, no?
and
This isn't just anti-Microsoft sentiment, it's anti-American sentiment.
is a little contradiction, don't you think?
Why would it be "anti-American sentiment" to say, "well, things aren't going too well here, let's fuel our own economy a little bit instead of keeping on sending truckloads of money somewhere else?"
By the way, it was a rational business decision, pure and simple. And even if above point would have been a criteria - so what; they have been elected by the people of Munich, not by those living in Redmond, so they better make decisions in the best interest of them.
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"They float all down here, Richie. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!"
Cute and cuddly, boys. Cute and cuddly.
At first, I was kind of shocked when I heard this, just because it sounds so absurd, and was ready to abandon my plans of purchasing one when it comes out in Europe. Now I still think this is stupid (_if_ it is completely true), but I still like it enough as it is to buy it.
As I see it, there are two kinds of Applications which could theoretically run on the iPhone: "real" full-blown apps, and widget-like extensions of OS X desktop apps.
While probably a lot of people around here would care more for the first category, like in SSH/VNC/Remote Desktop clients or VOIP stacks, I think the killer app the masses would care about would lie in the second category.
For example, think about apps like the DVD/book/CD management software Delicious Library, or a recipe management software like Cookbook.
It would be incredibly cool if OS X developers could use xcode to compile small widget-like iPhone extensions with sync capabilities for their apps! Buy such an app, one-click install the extension to your phone. You could take your delicious DVD library with you on your phone, have Cookbook create and sync a shopping list automatically for the recipes you chose for the week, have your OmniOutliner task lists handy on the go etc etc.
Everybody wins - you could really have all the data you care about with you whereever you go, OS X developers would add even more value to their apps and Steve would have one killer application more to help him sell assloads of iPhones.
Steve doesn't know which data is important for me, and he shouldn't care. If he truly wants to bring "my digital life into my pocket", then he needs to open up the iPhone at least this far and bring the Mac and the iPhone closer together.
I see absolutely no reason no to do this; who said every app should have lowlevel access to the hardware / the network stack ? Put the apps in a sandbox, publish a limited API, I don't care.
But honestly, I'm taking everything I see with a grain of salt until it is officially on sale.
I'm not.
Great. A goverment agency sees enough potential in OO.org to spend a probably not insignificant amount of time and money on analysing the code, and what is the reaction around here? Finger pointing. "But MS Office is at least just as bad, yadda yadda yadda".
How constructive. When you were a child and you came back from school with your less-than-stellar marks, did you point at your retarded little cousin and yelled "but Bobs marks are even worse"?
Either refute their points if they are wrong, or suck it up like a man, use the money already spent for the betterment of the project and get your shit together and clean up the mess.
And yes, I know that the people whining around here are probably not the same spending their time coding on OO. Still, this attitude pisses me off.
From the installation manual:
"If you're still having trouble ejecting a CD, restart your computer and hold down your mouse button."
You cannot use the update versions for a trivial reason: when installing an update version, Windows setup prompts for an update-eligible install disk . Which you cannot provide since you're unable to eject the disk from your drive until you install the Apple driver package.
Where did they put the USB ports on the winning mod?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Wouldn't that be a RMSRDBMS?
So the first rule of DoD compliance is that you don't talk about DoD compliance?
Tyler, is that you?
I'm still working with COBOL, you insensitive clod!
I have a ~2 year old, dead Toshiba Satellite lying around which I didn't want to throw away.
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:)
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Someone in my company managed to spill tea into it while it was running; careful cleaning and drying didn't help, and my electrical/soldering knowledge is unfortunately quite limited.
Has anyone been able to put such a thing to good use? From everything I've read, it seems to be at least difficult if not impossible because of the proprietary display electronic, but I'd hate to throw away a perfectly good panel
Being able to use this thing as a 14" digital picture frame would rock
Thanks in advance
Somehow, Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged comes to mind.
Rumor has it that the first draft proposed the use of giant anvils labelled with "ACME"
You can safely remove the "C"; makes it easier to remember and in most cases not less accurate.
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In the end, this is
But will it be called Petmodding or Warbreeding?
I am currently looking into antivirus solutions for our company mailserver, and originally thought about disabling the bounce messages.
..
But unfortunately it seems that it could be illegal in Germany to intercept a message without notifying the sender. As far as I understand it, eMail seems to be subject to the same regulations as snail mail here, so dropping the message silently could constitute a legal hazard
Why would it be "anti-American sentiment" to say, "well, things aren't going too well here, let's fuel our own economy a little bit instead of keeping on sending truckloads of money somewhere else?"
By the way, it was a rational business decision, pure and simple. And even if above point would have been a criteria - so what; they have been elected by the people of Munich, not by those living in Redmond, so they better make decisions in the best interest of them.
No, to watch pr0n while driving.