And I just installed a 256GB OCZ in my Macbook Pro, cost $130 after a $30 rebate. What a difference! I lose out about 64 GB over the stock HD, but totally worth it. And I got an external case for the old drive for less than $8 that works perfectly. Big fan of SSDs here.
(remember he didn't want to allow any apps at all at first)
There's a big difference between shipping a simpler working product, and the delays caused by shipping a product with full developer APIs, financial channels to pay those developers, LAWYERS AND LEGAL BS, etc. Apple chose to ship a complete product as early as possible.
Also, Android phones don't (yet) have dedicated graphics chips, AFAIK. I just got the Samsung Moment, and winced when I ran the included Bejeweled demo. It's one of my favorite games on iPhone, but it's a total joke on Android. You won't find AAA titles on Android, because they can't be run. Don't expect Trench Run or Tiger Woods on the Android or Palm Pre, because it's not a possibility at this moment.
Actually, it's worse for the Pre, because it actually has the same CPU and Graphics hardware as the 3GS, yet the hardware currently does nothing. There's currently no way for a game dev to access it. Lame.
I just built a hackintosh (Lenovo S10e) with a store-bought Snow Leopard copy - The biggest problem isn't the CPU or the RAM, it's the screen resolution. OS X does not like a 600 pixel screen height. Some system windows don't fit (you can hook up an external monitor though).
As for the commenter who said that Netbooks are only sold with a max of 80GB - not true. Mine shipped with 160GB, that seems to be the sweet spot for HDD based systems.
As far as a nerd project, the S10e Hackintosh is in the "way too easy" category. Cool, huh?
Exactly. This is pure horseshit. What would an Apple tablet have to do with Verizon anyway? None of it makes sense. It's all based on one "report" by businessweek, and even the nytimes fell for it.
I have that exact Sansa, and although its a bit larger than the new shuffle, it's the best compromise of "tiny" and "usable". It's a great piece of hardware, and Sears had them for only $35 a few months back. The screen is great, and most importantly the sound is top notch. You get FM with recording capability too, for your NPR needs. I recommend it highly. I'm an Apple fan but the Shuffle has nothing on the Sansa, except size. For me the Sansa is as small as it needs to be.
I have an iPhone and 2 Sirius radios. Sirius doesn't have to compete with iPhone. They should use the iPhone to make money. Why isn't there a Sirius app on the iTunes store yet? Have a subscription? Great, listen all day long for no additional cost. (Think Netflix on the XBOX). Don't have a satellite radio? Listen to Sirius for 20-30 bucks a year on your iPhone, including Howard.
This is a no brainer. I'm under the assumption that as soon as Howard retires, the whole company is going down in flames.
I don't understand the exact problem with this. Most people go out and buy cars with a 10 or 20 percent down, and they're "underwater" as soon as they drive off the lot. As you make your regular payments, the amount you're underwater gets overcome, over time. It may d=sound hard to believe, but everything will eventually recover a few years down the road. I'm an optimist, mostly because I've been living within my means and renting for the last 10 years.
This worked for both lenders and brokers in the short term because the broker was only interested in getting more business written and the lender would quickly sell the obviously flawed mortgage to someone else.
I don't understand how the lenders tanked so quickly, since they were selling the loans as securities immediately after closing the deal. Can anyone shine a light on this for me? For instance, why is Countrywide up a creek, if they weren't left holding the bag? It would seem to me that Pension funds are where the real sh*tstorm would be, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
How does that make your client an idiot? He paid good money for the best DVD player, and expected it to actually *be* the best DVD player. I'd be pissed too. I didn't infer that you sold him the Marantz, but I hope you didn't sell it to him, then come here and make fun of him. Very few people out there have the tech knowledge of a slashdotter.
There's a 3rd party app that runs on iPhone called Navizon, it does this exact same thing, and it works pretty well. As others have stated, this is not GPS, more like a neighborhood level positioner. It's also the only 3rd party iPhone app I know of that charges money for the software. Its free for a trial period, so if you have installer.app cranking, give it a shot.
It essentially finds your location based on cell tower, then opens the google maps application with your neighborhood on the screen. Search for Peet's or whatever and it'll bring up the closest locations.
BTW, iTunes works fine with any Mass-Storage based music player. You don't get all the same features, but you can just drag your playlist right onto your music player's folder:)
Because it makes you lazy and forgetful, and what's worse for our corporate overlords, makes you think. You can forget about any substance that makes you think ever being legalized; thinking is the VERY last thing your government (wherever you may live) wants you to to do.
You had me until I read that paragraph. I have a lot of pothead friends, and "thinkers" isn't the first word that comes to mind. Habit forming but not addictive? Sounds like you'd be a good rep for Marlboro.
I've been expecting this all along. My guess is: iPhone took so energy away from other projects that there simply weren't enough resources to put out a new version of xCode before 10.5 shipped. Take a look at the Apple HUI guidelines for iPhone web apps. Look for the word "currently" and guess why that's there:
Apple HUI Guidelines
There will eventually be a dev kit, it will help Apple sell a bajillion more iPhones. They just didn't have enough developers to pull it all off by iPhone launch.
Last night I watched the first episode of Heroes in HD using my Xbox 360 - free from Xbox live marketplace.
Maybe you're expecting too much, but it's not like the networks arent spending millions of dollars to try and give you what you want, while bringing in some revenue, you know to pay to have the freakin shows made.
How did this get through Firehose? For starters, the description makes no sense, I read it 3 times and i still don't fully get it. Now let's add Real, a company who squandered it's good position in the marketplace, to become an irrelevant player in the streaming media world. I once used Real on my website, but now it's a laughable notion to use it. MP3 + flash has killed it completely.
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Premier Guitar posts all their content online for free, but the paper version is perfect for me. Hey that rhymes I better go write a song...
And I just installed a 256GB OCZ in my Macbook Pro, cost $130 after a $30 rebate. What a difference! I lose out about 64 GB over the stock HD, but totally worth it. And I got an external case for the old drive for less than $8 that works perfectly. Big fan of SSDs here.
I'm an admitted apple fan-boy, but do you really think it costs Apple anywhere near $100 to give you an extra 16 gigs of storage on iPhone and iPad?
There's a big difference between shipping a simpler working product, and the delays caused by shipping a product with full developer APIs, financial channels to pay those developers, LAWYERS AND LEGAL BS, etc. Apple chose to ship a complete product as early as possible.
There's a lot of buzz, but no definite answers yet.
Also, Android phones don't (yet) have dedicated graphics chips, AFAIK. I just got the Samsung Moment, and winced when I ran the included Bejeweled demo. It's one of my favorite games on iPhone, but it's a total joke on Android. You won't find AAA titles on Android, because they can't be run. Don't expect Trench Run or Tiger Woods on the Android or Palm Pre, because it's not a possibility at this moment.
Actually, it's worse for the Pre, because it actually has the same CPU and Graphics hardware as the 3GS, yet the hardware currently does nothing. There's currently no way for a game dev to access it. Lame.
I just built a hackintosh (Lenovo S10e) with a store-bought Snow Leopard copy - The biggest problem isn't the CPU or the RAM, it's the screen resolution. OS X does not like a 600 pixel screen height. Some system windows don't fit (you can hook up an external monitor though).
As for the commenter who said that Netbooks are only sold with a max of 80GB - not true. Mine shipped with 160GB, that seems to be the sweet spot for HDD based systems.
As far as a nerd project, the S10e Hackintosh is in the "way too easy" category. Cool, huh?
Exactly. This is pure horseshit. What would an Apple tablet have to do with Verizon anyway? None of it makes sense. It's all based on one "report" by businessweek, and even the nytimes fell for it.
I have that exact Sansa, and although its a bit larger than the new shuffle, it's the best compromise of "tiny" and "usable". It's a great piece of hardware, and Sears had them for only $35 a few months back. The screen is great, and most importantly the sound is top notch. You get FM with recording capability too, for your NPR needs. I recommend it highly. I'm an Apple fan but the Shuffle has nothing on the Sansa, except size. For me the Sansa is as small as it needs to be.
I have an iPhone and 2 Sirius radios. Sirius doesn't have to compete with iPhone. They should use the iPhone to make money. Why isn't there a Sirius app on the iTunes store yet? Have a subscription? Great, listen all day long for no additional cost. (Think Netflix on the XBOX). Don't have a satellite radio? Listen to Sirius for 20-30 bucks a year on your iPhone, including Howard.
This is a no brainer. I'm under the assumption that as soon as Howard retires, the whole company is going down in flames.
I don't understand the exact problem with this. Most people go out and buy cars with a 10 or 20 percent down, and they're "underwater" as soon as they drive off the lot. As you make your regular payments, the amount you're underwater gets overcome, over time. It may d=sound hard to believe, but everything will eventually recover a few years down the road. I'm an optimist, mostly because I've been living within my means and renting for the last 10 years.
My buddy from JPL forwarded me the first picture of the object. Click here to see it..
I don't understand how the lenders tanked so quickly, since they were selling the loans as securities immediately after closing the deal. Can anyone shine a light on this for me? For instance, why is Countrywide up a creek, if they weren't left holding the bag? It would seem to me that Pension funds are where the real sh*tstorm would be, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
How does that make your client an idiot? He paid good money for the best DVD player, and expected it to actually *be* the best DVD player. I'd be pissed too. I didn't infer that you sold him the Marantz, but I hope you didn't sell it to him, then come here and make fun of him. Very few people out there have the tech knowledge of a slashdotter.
The OLPC doesn't burn DVDs.
There's a 3rd party app that runs on iPhone called Navizon, it does this exact same thing, and it works pretty well. As others have stated, this is not GPS, more like a neighborhood level positioner. It's also the only 3rd party iPhone app I know of that charges money for the software. Its free for a trial period, so if you have installer.app cranking, give it a shot.
It essentially finds your location based on cell tower, then opens the google maps application with your neighborhood on the screen. Search for Peet's or whatever and it'll bring up the closest locations.
BTW, iTunes works fine with any Mass-Storage based music player. You don't get all the same features, but you can just drag your playlist right onto your music player's folder :)
I'm no MS fan, but I predict you'll be wrong on all counts.
Somebody think of the poor tile installer, who almost finished the bathroom only to find hard drives where his tiles should be.
I've been expecting this all along. My guess is: iPhone took so energy away from other projects that there simply weren't enough resources to put out a new version of xCode before 10.5 shipped. Take a look at the Apple HUI guidelines for iPhone web apps. Look for the word "currently" and guess why that's there: Apple HUI Guidelines There will eventually be a dev kit, it will help Apple sell a bajillion more iPhones. They just didn't have enough developers to pull it all off by iPhone launch.
huh?
NBC Streaming Video Page
ABC Streaming Video Page (with free HD Streams)
Last night I watched the first episode of Heroes in HD using my Xbox 360 - free from Xbox live marketplace.
Maybe you're expecting too much, but it's not like the networks arent spending millions of dollars to try and give you what you want, while bringing in some revenue, you know to pay to have the freakin shows made.
How did this get through Firehose? For starters, the description makes no sense, I read it 3 times and i still don't fully get it. Now let's add Real, a company who squandered it's good position in the marketplace, to become an irrelevant player in the streaming media world. I once used Real on my website, but now it's a laughable notion to use it. MP3 + flash has killed it completely.
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Engadget has the photos. It doesn't look that much thinner to me.