I'm sure somewhere within the 500 comments this is mentioned somewhere, but doesn't a 1GB/month or xGB/month defeats the who purpose of broadband? We're back to the dial-up days of timing your usage (since in England, we are billed per minute - in some cases) but instead of timing, we're counting our bytes.
Wasn't the purpose of broadband streaming video/music downloads (lega issues aside).
By having restrictions, AND by paying a subscription charge, what's the point? Sure, Slashdot loads that little bit faster but, if that's the case, I'd rather use dialup with no capping (and not cut-off time) and use that.
Luckily (and touch wood) BlueYonder hasn't decided to to this - unless I'm mistaken:| *gulp*
You've never bought a pirate DVD have you?:p
Seriously though, I think sometimes English subtitling is kewl, for when there's a like special bit of dialogue where its too quiet or they speak funny, and you can't understand what they're saying...
Erm, not to sound like the odd one out here, but I sill quite like IE for OS X.
Sure, page rendering is not as fast, and sometimes the pages don't render at all - and Chimera is pretty kewl - but I like IE's functionality - especially for the Scrapbook feature and Page holder - much like the "Snapback" feature eh? Load a Google results page into the Page Holder and click away;)
I haven't yet switched to Safari yet - is still in Beta, and personally, am quite happy with my IE/Chimera combo.
I think tabs are ok, I mean, its all about choice right? But, apart from the possibility that Chimera might get dropped, I don't understand what the fuss is all about.
I dunno, are they trying to take the iMac design one step further? Since the iMac had a dome, so these Japs think, "hey, why not make it a whole sphere?"
It is pretty kewl though, I mean, with that see-thru perspex stand, it looks like it was floating! wooo! I'll bet some dude will hack it and make it GLOW!!
Now what would be sooo kewl... it'd be a glowing spherical PC! And u could always kick it about if it pissed you off... the question is; how bouncy would it be?
Well, the I personally think that this method works out the best - and plus - let's say u were popular - wouldn't having every tom, dick and harry calling u in America cost the reciever a lot of money?
at least here in England (and Europe I presume from reading the other comments) the calling party pays. Which makes sense. You make the call, you pay for it. I don't want to pay for YOUR DECISION to call me! I primarily don't use my phone to call people, instead, I use it for text messages and for recieving calls. Thus, I am quite happily able to live off £10 of pre-paid credit for months on end (i get free txts) - which suits my meagre budget just fine.
ppl in the US should just stop whining and accept the fact that the most of the other continents are charging more for mobile calls - you guys were just spoilt:-p *pouts*
indeed.. it seems that only now that MD has really taken off.. i used to be an owner of a large and chunky MD player. At that time (it was only 2 years ago) I had all my mates gawking at it, and looking confuddled..
*Cue Apple switch music*
I had it... it worked... but it kinda sucked in the fact that to put music on.. you HAD to do it in real-time. I bought a HI-FI deck which allowed x2 speeds, but still it did not really satisfy my needs - who wants to waste 30 minutes waiting for a CD to copy over? Oh yeah, NetMD now apparently is better, but I've never had one, nor will I ever get a MD player again. For me? 20gb iPod all my music, all my documents and 'some' of my movies in my pocket. It brings a smirk to my face everytime I see people fumbling around with CDs/MDs on the train platform.. hehehe.
If you're willing to spend *THAT* much on a personal audio device, you might as well buy the best availble...
I'm Michael Jin, and I'm a student....
you do mean USB 2.0 right or FireWire... since USB is way too slow. I mean, I even think copying stuff onto my iPod takes too long;-) I dread to think what USB 1.0 would be like
I use OSX for most of the time - it's my OS of choice - but what about some games? Some games run pants within classic and some are ok - like Unreal Tournament - it runs way more smoothly in native 9.
Is Apple gonna release patches for OS9 games? I don't see a problem goin full OS X except for playing my old games.
I think its a great idea - I have been wishing for something like this - hope it goes cheap quick! as for the transfer time - can't the camera take the pictures and store them locally (say, on CF/SM) and transfer the pics to the computer in the background, allowing the user to take more pics?
I just think in a portable market, having a laptop open whilst taking pics is silly - esp. with the range of BlueTooth. I reckon a Bluetooth adapter on an iPod will be better, so you can upload pics in between shoots, clearing the local camera's storage.
Erm, but alcohol and red bull cancel each other out. The vodka has actually a detrimental effect on the taurine and other ingredients which make up red bull. It says so on the FAQ on the redbull website. Sure, it tastes good, but red bull on its own will allow u to pull an all nighter - vodka and red bull will just give u a headache...
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Soz, I guess I didn't read the earlier posts before submitting the parent.:( my bad. At least the Airport questions have been solved.
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Wow, thats so kewl.
But i was wandering whether you could just do this with 2 Macs with Airport cards inside? or heck, 4 macs with airport? or do u need a hub? I understand that it possible to do this with only 2 macs, but can anyone correct me if i say its possible with >2 Airport cards?
Also, what about Bluetooth? Also, on mac, the bluetooth adapter can enable 2 macs to also communicate/share. I got that from the article I read off their website some time ago, so the facts might be wrong. hehe.:)
yeah, you could just imagine...
Mum: What are you doing in your room honey?
Boy: erm. huh... just buffing my droid mum!
oh the possibilities...and wouldn't it be so KEWL to impress your date?? your persnal 15' slave that can't really do that much at all, but at least pretends it could..oh yeah..
Isnt this pretty old news? Has the/. eds forgotten such a story which appeared several months back? I still remember the bad jokes about water on your lap etc...
bleh, I'm off to change my iTools address.. silly silly apple....
No, you don't HAVE to pay. OS 10.1.5 is pretty good. I wouldn't say its buggy as, say.. my Windows 98 machine with ALL the patches installed, its still like a leaky boat.
Jaguar is essentially like Windows 98 SE - it's got way more stuff. And like Steve said, at $129 - thats like $1 per feature/bug fix. I dunno. I'd still wait until I'm forced to update. Still, I don't mind the Jaguar price tag.
It's the $99 iTools (.mac) which I'm not happy about. and what about people on the other side of the pond? how do we purchase this? I've been to the site, but it's sitll under construction and things are still quite buggy.
BTW, anyone had sucess d/l iTunes3? that looks darn kewl.
Right, from what I've been reading, it seems a lot of you x86'ers are whining about the cost of Mac hardware. My response is So what? Work. Save up. BUY a Mac and experience for yourself OS X. Then, and only then, will you realise that the price is justified - oh, and sell your Windows PC, because you pay for what you get, and though it might seem expensive at first, but I'll tell anyone, that my hard earned £1500 is well worth the price for my iBook.
Mac OSX on x86 hardware? jeez, get real. It's the mac hardware/software relationship that makes the 'overall' mac experience so great. I've actually converted last year, and now, I'm preaching Apple's wonder called OS X to almost everyone. And their reaction? 'Where do I buy one?' (do i sound like a salesman? cos I'm pondering to pursue that career path..;)
anyway, the moral of the story is.. well.. you get what you pay for. Buy some shitty generic £300 PC.. and that's what you get.. get Apple.. well.. I'll leave that for you to decide.
sorry if wondering a bit offtopic, but it HAD to happen.
darn.. and to think I just bought the iPod.
Ohh.. speaking of games.. that 'Breakout' style game is pretty neat. If memory serves correctly.. I think you need to go to the 'ABOUT' and hold down Play to get the game.
I did have an idea once of getting eBooks on gameboys. That would be neat for people who can't afford PDA's and convinent - cartridge based.
BTW, the article didn't say whether it was for the original gamboy (b/w screen for adverts and 'slideshows'??) or GBA.
watch DIVX on LARGE TV, by plugging in a £25 A/V cable into my iBook, and playing the divx movie - which is mirrored onto the TV.
Now, I know the iBook itself is more expensive, but then again, it is a laptop, and I bought it NOT solely for games and videos. The latter are just a bonus, and for £25, it is well worth it. That said, with a PowerBook, you don't even need to purchase a properitary (s?) AV cable, just use a standard Yellow/Red/White thing:) which you can probably pick up for £5.
Anyway, going a bit off topic... i think divx on xbox is pretty kewl.. but a bit useless for me - apart from the gaming part - but the GC looks better (and smaller!!).
BTW.. does anyone know how to watch divx.mov (quictkime) on PC's.. after converting the AVI to MOV - since QT can't handle avi with mp3 audio? I'd like to watch all my movies on both mac/pc.
I agree... I shudder at the thought of calling tech support simply because of the LONG waiting queues:(
Apart form that, Telewest broadband blueyonder are pretty good considering what folks in the US and Aus are getting.
So far (and touch wood) my service has gone down only once for like a day and there are no limits or caps which is as serious as our buddies in other continents are suffering. The price is good, £29.99 per month or even less if you subscribe to another service like TV or telephone.
Still, I don't see the big deal in owning or leasing a cable modem. As long as it works and the service is good, then it shouldn't really matter. I think I lease mine from Telewest, but they simply don't tell you. Maybe the price is inculded in the monthly fee? well, ignorance is bliss:)
I used to have a Vaio, and like others, I have expereinced leg cooking heat when using it as a 'laptop' (that is if the battery ever lasts that long). Plus, the fan was noisy - there is an option in the Sony Power management software to switch the fan off, however, i think performance is comprimised.
I've now got an iBook, and not only do my legs stay cool.. it is also extremely quite (no fans, just uses convection currents if I'm correct), the only sound being the harddrive below the left palm rest. Personally, I think Apple notebooks are the quietest. Less heat/noise = less energy is wasted thus, longer battery life...:-)
who cares?? this looks pretty good.. chick flick or not.two words.. Natalie Portman! hahhaha, now plus loads of cool action sequences (at least from the trailers they were cool).
Heck, even it is a chick flick, at least it would be cool to get my girlfriend interested in Star Wars!:)
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why what you doin with you other hand?
By having restrictions, AND by paying a subscription charge, what's the point? Sure, Slashdot loads that little bit faster but, if that's the case, I'd rather use dialup with no capping (and not cut-off time) and use that.
Luckily (and touch wood) BlueYonder hasn't decided to to this - unless I'm mistaken :| *gulp*
You've never bought a pirate DVD have you? :p
Seriously though, I think sometimes English subtitling is kewl, for when there's a like special bit of dialogue where its too quiet or they speak funny, and you can't understand what they're saying...
Erm, not to sound like the odd one out here, but I sill quite like IE for OS X. Sure, page rendering is not as fast, and sometimes the pages don't render at all - and Chimera is pretty kewl - but I like IE's functionality - especially for the Scrapbook feature and Page holder - much like the "Snapback" feature eh? Load a Google results page into the Page Holder and click away ;)
I haven't yet switched to Safari yet - is still in Beta, and personally, am quite happy with my IE/Chimera combo.
I think tabs are ok, I mean, its all about choice right? But, apart from the possibility that Chimera might get dropped, I don't understand what the fuss is all about.
It is pretty kewl though, I mean, with that see-thru perspex stand, it looks like it was floating! wooo! I'll bet some dude will hack it and make it GLOW!!
Now what would be sooo kewl... it'd be a glowing spherical PC! And u could always kick it about if it pissed you off... the question is; how bouncy would it be?
hehe. :P
at least here in England (and Europe I presume from reading the other comments) the calling party pays. Which makes sense. You make the call, you pay for it. I don't want to pay for YOUR DECISION to call me! I primarily don't use my phone to call people, instead, I use it for text messages and for recieving calls. Thus, I am quite happily able to live off £10 of pre-paid credit for months on end (i get free txts) - which suits my meagre budget just fine.
ppl in the US should just stop whining and accept the fact that the most of the other continents are charging more for mobile calls - you guys were just spoilt :-p *pouts*
*Cue Apple switch music*
I had it... it worked... but it kinda sucked in the fact that to put music on.. you HAD to do it in real-time. I bought a HI-FI deck which allowed x2 speeds, but still it did not really satisfy my needs - who wants to waste 30 minutes waiting for a CD to copy over? Oh yeah, NetMD now apparently is better, but I've never had one, nor will I ever get a MD player again. For me? 20gb iPod all my music, all my documents and 'some' of my movies in my pocket. It brings a smirk to my face everytime I see people fumbling around with CDs/MDs on the train platform.. hehehe. If you're willing to spend *THAT* much on a personal audio device, you might as well buy the best availble... I'm Michael Jin, and I'm a student....
you do mean USB 2.0 right or FireWire... since USB is way too slow. I mean, I even think copying stuff onto my iPod takes too long ;-) I dread to think what USB 1.0 would be like
I use OSX for most of the time - it's my OS of choice - but what about some games? Some games run pants within classic and some are ok - like Unreal Tournament - it runs way more smoothly in native 9. Is Apple gonna release patches for OS9 games? I don't see a problem goin full OS X except for playing my old games.
I just think in a portable market, having a laptop open whilst taking pics is silly - esp. with the range of BlueTooth. I reckon a Bluetooth adapter on an iPod will be better, so you can upload pics in between shoots, clearing the local camera's storage.
Erm, but alcohol and red bull cancel each other out. The vodka has actually a detrimental effect on the taurine and other ingredients which make up red bull. It says so on the FAQ on the redbull website. Sure, it tastes good, but red bull on its own will allow u to pull an all nighter - vodka and red bull will just give u a headache...
But i was wandering whether you could just do this with 2 Macs with Airport cards inside? or heck, 4 macs with airport? or do u need a hub? I understand that it possible to do this with only 2 macs, but can anyone correct me if i say its possible with >2 Airport cards?
Also, what about Bluetooth? Also, on mac, the bluetooth adapter can enable 2 macs to also communicate/share. I got that from the article I read off their website some time ago, so the facts might be wrong. hehe. :)
oh the possibilities...and wouldn't it be so KEWL to impress your date?? your persnal 15' slave that can't really do that much at all, but at least pretends it could..oh yeah..
bleh, I'm off to change my iTools address.. silly silly apple....
It's the $99 iTools (.mac) which I'm not happy about. and what about people on the other side of the pond? how do we purchase this? I've been to the site, but it's sitll under construction and things are still quite buggy.
BTW, anyone had sucess d/l iTunes3? that looks darn kewl.
Mac OSX on x86 hardware? jeez, get real. It's the mac hardware/software relationship that makes the 'overall' mac experience so great. I've actually converted last year, and now, I'm preaching Apple's wonder called OS X to almost everyone. And their reaction? 'Where do I buy one?' (do i sound like a salesman? cos I'm pondering to pursue that career path.. ;)
anyway, the moral of the story is.. well.. you get what you pay for. Buy some shitty generic £300 PC.. and that's what you get.. get Apple.. well.. I'll leave that for you to decide.
sorry if wondering a bit offtopic, but it HAD to happen.
I did have an idea once of getting eBooks on gameboys. That would be neat for people who can't afford PDA's and convinent - cartridge based.
BTW, the article didn't say whether it was for the original gamboy (b/w screen for adverts and 'slideshows'??) or GBA.
Now, I know the iBook itself is more expensive, but then again, it is a laptop, and I bought it NOT solely for games and videos. The latter are just a bonus, and for £25, it is well worth it. That said, with a PowerBook, you don't even need to purchase a properitary (s?) AV cable, just use a standard Yellow/Red/White thing :) which you can probably pick up for £5.
Anyway, going a bit off topic... i think divx on xbox is pretty kewl.. but a bit useless for me - apart from the gaming part - but the GC looks better (and smaller!!).
BTW.. does anyone know how to watch divx .mov (quictkime) on PC's.. after converting the AVI to MOV - since QT can't handle avi with mp3 audio? I'd like to watch all my movies on both mac/pc.
So far (and touch wood) my service has gone down only once for like a day and there are no limits or caps which is as serious as our buddies in other continents are suffering. The price is good, £29.99 per month or even less if you subscribe to another service like TV or telephone.
Still, I don't see the big deal in owning or leasing a cable modem. As long as it works and the service is good, then it shouldn't really matter. I think I lease mine from Telewest, but they simply don't tell you. Maybe the price is inculded in the monthly fee? well, ignorance is bliss :)
Well, i guess i should go back to work now..
you have a girlfriend? on slashdot?? you sure it wasn't a dream right? ;)
I used to have a Vaio, and like others, I have expereinced leg cooking heat when using it as a 'laptop' (that is if the battery ever lasts that long). Plus, the fan was noisy - there is an option in the Sony Power management software to switch the fan off, however, i think performance is comprimised. :-)
I've now got an iBook, and not only do my legs stay cool.. it is also extremely quite (no fans, just uses convection currents if I'm correct), the only sound being the harddrive below the left palm rest.
Personally, I think Apple notebooks are the quietest. Less heat/noise = less energy is wasted thus, longer battery life...
who cares?? this looks pretty good.. chick flick or not.two words.. Natalie Portman! hahhaha, now plus loads of cool action sequences (at least from the trailers they were cool). Heck, even it is a chick flick, at least it would be cool to get my girlfriend interested in Star Wars! :)
Anybody have the direct link to the story? Don't wanna sign up. :p
Maybe a copy and paste would be nice.