And you think Firefox is an example of a "good browser"?
If FF4 and beyond is your standard, well... I think you might need to reevaluate. I dropped FF for Chrome as my alternate browser and have not regretted it for a second.
And who said I ran 3D graphics hardware on Linux? My only Linux machine is an old G4 Powerbook.
Oh right, you thought I was "personally defending" myself or something, rather than just participating in a discussion. Ah, to be that narrow minded again! Simpler times!
I still use an RS-232 interface daily for the UV spectrometer in the instrument room. I don't even think it goes through a serial/USB converter, unlike the one on the lab microwave reactor.
There's a lot to be said for simple, well tested interfaces if you don't need massive throughput.
You're going for the overly semantic argument - you know damn well that the OP was talking about the fact that everyone uses the Tritone sound. You can change it to another sound that is included with the phone, where the dictionary definition is "alter to become something else".
While you can't swap them for custom tones (unlike the ringtones) you can *change* them between the presets.
Except for all those other parts that are also untrue. Ie, the part about not being able to change SMS tones. That's what we call in the business as "a lie".
I can change my SMS tone and I have an iPhone 3G (ie, comparatively ancient) I also have a totally custom ringtone (from TMBG) which I did not have to buy through iTunes or anything.
Also, Apple charges for iOS updates? Wow. That's news to me! Where did you find that bit of exclusive, new information?
There's an unrelated story that mentions Macs are "surging in business" thanks to iPads, but nowhere does it say that the 10.7% figure is down to iPads being included in the figure.
This is exactly the comment that should be modded up.
Yes, geeks have been doing versioning backup systems for ages, and what Apple does is not new by any stretch of the imagination. What they have done with Time Machine is make it easy enough for anyone to use to expand the number of people who use backups now that we are all using our computers more and more.
And yes, the Time Capsule is expensive, but you can use Time Machine on any network share (there's a setting you can flip using the command line) and with very little messing with third party products (several SAN boxes support it out of the box).
It's still a little too basic in some areas for more technical users - I'd like to be able to query at a glance what files were backed up, for example (the lack of logging and stats is quite a glaring omission - sure it *says* it's backing up your home folder, but is it really? Confirmation is king for backups!). I'd also like to be able to specify external disks to *include*, not just exclude, so it would back up my USB stick whenever I mounted it, for example (since not all files and important data that end up on it originate on my home machine and it's easy to lose or damage it).
As a simple to use, elegant backup system it is really very good, and you really don't have to shell out $500 to Apple to use it effectively.
So she's incapable of forming a valid opinion until she's had "years and years" in the industry?
"Isn't that cute, she thinks she knows what she's talking about! Don't you worry your pretty, naive head about it love! Go play some more hello kitty island adventure!"
"4 x 2 = 6" might be your WTF problem. Unless you're saying that steam sells them as a pack of 4 for €6 but individually at €2 each. It's ambiguous from your comment, but 4 x 2 does not equal 6.
That article is from May 2010, and it is actually inaccurate - the UK price for a 16GB iPad 2 is £399 - still more than the US due to VAT being included in the list price, but less than the £429 quoted.
The difference in price between the UK and US versions is $15 (in favour of the US one) when you exclude VAT and use the current exchange rate.
I mean externally - the AE supports SNMP, so you can query it remotely for stuff like that, or use an Applescript to fire up the config app and dump the log that way, or have a machine on the other end of that "syslog destination address" where the AE will send all of its log entries as they occur.
So you think Nokia played dirty pool when developing GSM and the technologies around it?
I guess the way the patent system exists now, if you don't patent it and try to be the "good guy" then some douche comes in from a patent troll company and sues you for "infringing their valuable IP" by doing such things as sorting songs in a user-customisable list.
There's no indication of what Apple wants to do with these patents - they could be defensive, they could be offensive, they could simply be a way to keep patent trolls from getting them (remember, pushing HTML5 is strongly in their interest). Apple hasn't said one way or the other what it plans to do, so right now it's simply speculation.
If they really are just seeing dollar signs for royalties then it would be remarkably short sighted for something they're actively hoping will be the future of the web.
Yes, like I said it's entirely passive, and requires you to go above and beyond to actually notice anything amiss - eg, either exporting and using a script to look at the logs or doing it by eye, or simply to check it from time to time on the thing itself.
It would be nice if you could tell it to warn you if there were an unusual number of access attempts, or an emailed warning about any (or a few) failed attempts from the same MAC address, for example.
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And you think Firefox is an example of a "good browser"?
If FF4 and beyond is your standard, well... I think you might need to reevaluate. I dropped FF for Chrome as my alternate browser and have not regretted it for a second.
Cool story bro.
I mean come on. Troll?
It does not mean "-1 disagree"
The shuttle couldn't really get beyond LEO, let alone anywhere *near* the moon.
Mommy told you to play nice.
And who said I ran 3D graphics hardware on Linux? My only Linux machine is an old G4 Powerbook.
Oh right, you thought I was "personally defending" myself or something, rather than just participating in a discussion. Ah, to be that narrow minded again! Simpler times!
I still use an RS-232 interface daily for the UV spectrometer in the instrument room. I don't even think it goes through a serial/USB converter, unlike the one on the lab microwave reactor.
There's a lot to be said for simple, well tested interfaces if you don't need massive throughput.
Pi is exactly 3.
Because 3D horsepower is only used for games, right?
Don't you have homework to do before you're allowed computer time?
Yes, you really are I'm afraid.
You just said the equivalent of "Powerpoint is good enough for DTP right, so why worry about slowness in InDesign?"
Although that's not fair, actually, since Blender and Maya are actually pretty powerful in their own forte, but they're simply not CAD.
You're going for the overly semantic argument - you know damn well that the OP was talking about the fact that everyone uses the Tritone sound. You can change it to another sound that is included with the phone, where the dictionary definition is "alter to become something else".
While you can't swap them for custom tones (unlike the ringtones) you can *change* them between the presets.
Except for all those other parts that are also untrue. Ie, the part about not being able to change SMS tones. That's what we call in the business as "a lie".
I can change my SMS tone and I have an iPhone 3G (ie, comparatively ancient) I also have a totally custom ringtone (from TMBG) which I did not have to buy through iTunes or anything.
Also, Apple charges for iOS updates? Wow. That's news to me! Where did you find that bit of exclusive, new information?
Where does it say that?
There's an unrelated story that mentions Macs are "surging in business" thanks to iPads, but nowhere does it say that the 10.7% figure is down to iPads being included in the figure.
They're very similarly priced actually. It's mainly the VAT difference.
The iPad, for example, is $15 more than it is in the US when you take off VAT.
Cool story bro.
Done.
Done again.
Done a third time.
Do you want me to try and set one outside the colour gamut of the monitor? Perhaps that what you meant by "custom"?
In the same way that Linux sounds like Windows ME, just much cheaper.
This is exactly the comment that should be modded up.
Yes, geeks have been doing versioning backup systems for ages, and what Apple does is not new by any stretch of the imagination. What they have done with Time Machine is make it easy enough for anyone to use to expand the number of people who use backups now that we are all using our computers more and more.
And yes, the Time Capsule is expensive, but you can use Time Machine on any network share (there's a setting you can flip using the command line) and with very little messing with third party products (several SAN boxes support it out of the box).
It's still a little too basic in some areas for more technical users - I'd like to be able to query at a glance what files were backed up, for example (the lack of logging and stats is quite a glaring omission - sure it *says* it's backing up your home folder, but is it really? Confirmation is king for backups!). I'd also like to be able to specify external disks to *include*, not just exclude, so it would back up my USB stick whenever I mounted it, for example (since not all files and important data that end up on it originate on my home machine and it's easy to lose or damage it).
As a simple to use, elegant backup system it is really very good, and you really don't have to shell out $500 to Apple to use it effectively.
I am certain one of them is not an open source spelling/grammar checker.
So she's incapable of forming a valid opinion until she's had "years and years" in the industry?
"Isn't that cute, she thinks she knows what she's talking about! Don't you worry your pretty, naive head about it love! Go play some more hello kitty island adventure!"
"4 x 2 = 6" might be your WTF problem. Unless you're saying that steam sells them as a pack of 4 for €6 but individually at €2 each. It's ambiguous from your comment, but 4 x 2 does not equal 6.
That article is from May 2010, and it is actually inaccurate - the UK price for a 16GB iPad 2 is £399 - still more than the US due to VAT being included in the list price, but less than the £429 quoted.
The difference in price between the UK and US versions is $15 (in favour of the US one) when you exclude VAT and use the current exchange rate.
I mean externally - the AE supports SNMP, so you can query it remotely for stuff like that, or use an Applescript to fire up the config app and dump the log that way, or have a machine on the other end of that "syslog destination address" where the AE will send all of its log entries as they occur.
So you think Nokia played dirty pool when developing GSM and the technologies around it?
I guess the way the patent system exists now, if you don't patent it and try to be the "good guy" then some douche comes in from a patent troll company and sues you for "infringing their valuable IP" by doing such things as sorting songs in a user-customisable list.
There's no indication of what Apple wants to do with these patents - they could be defensive, they could be offensive, they could simply be a way to keep patent trolls from getting them (remember, pushing HTML5 is strongly in their interest). Apple hasn't said one way or the other what it plans to do, so right now it's simply speculation.
If they really are just seeing dollar signs for royalties then it would be remarkably short sighted for something they're actively hoping will be the future of the web.
Yes, like I said it's entirely passive, and requires you to go above and beyond to actually notice anything amiss - eg, either exporting and using a script to look at the logs or doing it by eye, or simply to check it from time to time on the thing itself.
It would be nice if you could tell it to warn you if there were an unusual number of access attempts, or an emailed warning about any (or a few) failed attempts from the same MAC address, for example.