And you're TDI Jetta still averaged 50% better mileage than a Gasoline Jetta (45mpg vs 30mpg), so until diesel is more than 2x the cost of gasoline, you're still ahead of the game.
I agree with you, but to be fair, Apple knows that 99.5% of every boxed copy of OSX thats sold is going to be installed on a Mac which they already made money on. And up until now, every boxed version of OSX (which apple considers to be an upgrade) has been $129.
Ditto for MMS. What would be special about iPhone MMS, other than that all of a sudden millions of iPhone users are suddenly going to start using the service. Here's to hoping its simply a capacity problem and not a "how can we rape our customers even more" problem.
Considering there is a hardware decoder in the iPhone for H.264, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they will use... I'm not certain how thats any better than just using an embed tag though, since H.264 is not license / royalty free.
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While I agree with most of what you said, boosting a motor does not "effectively increase the compression ratio". That's a common misconception.
Think of it this way... you will never increase the MPG an engine achieves by turbo charging it and running a higher octane fuel. You can however, increase the MPG by raising the compression ratio...
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Honda doesn't build inefficient engines, which is why they haven't built a flex fuel vehicle. Since you can't dynamically change the compression ratio of a motor depending on the octane of the fuel in the tank, there is no way to make an efficient "flex fuel" engine.
Furthermore, because of the high octane and increased power, you can use a smaller displacement engine, which will off set the increase in MPG while increasing the overall efficiency.
The higher the compression ratio in a combustion engine, the more efficient it is. The problem is with these so called flex fuel cars, which are low compression and high displacement originally designed for gasoline, now being fueled by ethanol. Sure it works, but its completely inefficient.
Yes. If you actaully look in the store you'l see that its called S*********rs, Inc and the uncensored versions say Explicit in red letters next to them.
There is a whole panel in the itunes prefs called "Parental" which contains a series of checkboxes and drop downs for building a content restriction matrix by rating.
And now, I supposed, there will be a DMCA attack as phase two.
That's really interesting. According to Wikipedia: "The DMCA criminalizes the circumvention of access control".
Can obfuscated HTML & JavaScript really be considered access control?? I sure hope not.
If it is, then what's the difference between obfuscated code and horribly written code thats difficult to understand? Or code thats been run through a minifier to make it smaller?
I won't argue about Apple, which is probably why it has had and has no future in the Enterprise outside of the occasional graphics arts dept full of Macheads nobody wants to piss off. Linux/Unix on the other hand.... Do you realize how old UNIX is?
iTunes doesn't force you to "reorganize" your collection either. Just uncheck the "keep itunes folder organized" checkbox, and micromanage away.
WHY you wouldn't want it to keep it organized is beyond me though. Before iTunes I used to spend hours trying to organize my music into artist->album folders. Now it happens automatically.
"In interviews, several high-level music executives, who spoke on the condition that they not be named to avoid angering Apple, said they operated in fear of Appleâ(TM)s removing a labelâ(TM)s products from the iTunes store over a disagreement, even though that has never happened. The labels do not have much leverage in negotiating with Apple."
IMO, it's about time someone gave these bastards a taste of their own medicine.
There are serious problems with the current implementation of spaces...
Here's a small example:
create a new folder on your desktop
open the folder
Switch to a different space
Open the folder again
Instead of opening a new finder window in your current space, it automatically switches back to the space where you initially opened the folder. This is the fault of the OSX Finder trying to mimic the Classic Finder's paradigm of one and only one window per folder.
Spaces should NEVER switch unless I specifically ASK them to switch. The experience is so maddening that I've given up on using them for now.
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And you're TDI Jetta still averaged 50% better mileage than a Gasoline Jetta (45mpg vs 30mpg), so until diesel is more than 2x the cost of gasoline, you're still ahead of the game.
Or maybe Windows could be asking more of the CPU, GPU & hard drive than OSX does?
I agree with you, but to be fair, Apple knows that 99.5% of every boxed copy of OSX thats sold is going to be installed on a Mac which they already made money on. And up until now, every boxed version of OSX (which apple considers to be an upgrade) has been $129.
Ditto for MMS. What would be special about iPhone MMS, other than that all of a sudden millions of iPhone users are suddenly going to start using the service. Here's to hoping its simply a capacity problem and not a "how can we rape our customers even more" problem.
Considering there is a hardware decoder in the iPhone for H.264, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what they will use... I'm not certain how thats any better than just using an embed tag though, since H.264 is not license / royalty free.
Word to the wise, don't break your 32GB iPhone in the first 2 years.
Oh the irony
While I agree with most of what you said, boosting a motor does not "effectively increase the compression ratio". That's a common misconception.
Think of it this way... you will never increase the MPG an engine achieves by turbo charging it and running a higher octane fuel. You can however, increase the MPG by raising the compression ratio...
Honda doesn't build inefficient engines, which is why they haven't built a flex fuel vehicle. Since you can't dynamically change the compression ratio of a motor depending on the octane of the fuel in the tank, there is no way to make an efficient "flex fuel" engine.
Furthermore, because of the high octane and increased power, you can use a smaller displacement engine, which will off set the increase in MPG while increasing the overall efficiency.
The higher the compression ratio in a combustion engine, the more efficient it is. The problem is with these so called flex fuel cars, which are low compression and high displacement originally designed for gasoline, now being fueled by ethanol. Sure it works, but its completely inefficient.
Yes. If you actaully look in the store you'l see that its called S*********rs, Inc and the uncensored versions say Explicit in red letters next to them.
There is a whole panel in the itunes prefs called "Parental" which contains a series of checkboxes and drop downs for building a content restriction matrix by rating.
No, because unlike iPhone apps in OS 2.X, iTunes music & video content has parental controls.
Parents can prevent their children from downloading objectionable music / video from iTMS, but there is currently no such provision for applications.
Parental controls and ratings for apps are coming with iPhone OS 3.0.
Lava grade plumbing is useful for when those spicy buffalo chicken wings leave you with an O-ring of fire.
That's really interesting. According to Wikipedia: "The DMCA criminalizes the circumvention of access control".
Can obfuscated HTML & JavaScript really be considered access control?? I sure hope not.
If it is, then what's the difference between obfuscated code and horribly written code thats difficult to understand? Or code thats been run through a minifier to make it smaller?
He was modded funny because the Samsung F700 is a joke compared to the iPhone.
Lets not forget that OSX is POSIX.
iTunes doesn't force you to "reorganize" your collection either. Just uncheck the "keep itunes folder organized" checkbox, and micromanage away.
WHY you wouldn't want it to keep it organized is beyond me though. Before iTunes I used to spend hours trying to organize my music into artist->album folders. Now it happens automatically.
It's called Fair Use.
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Exactly. There won't be an iPhone / iPod killer until someone comes up with an iTunes killer to go with it.
Arguably that's the difference between copyright and copy protection. One is a rule, one is an attempt at enforcement.
IMO, it's about time someone gave these bastards a taste of their own medicine.
There are serious problems with the current implementation of spaces...
Here's a small example:
Instead of opening a new finder window in your current space, it automatically switches back to the space where you initially opened the folder. This is the fault of the OSX Finder trying to mimic the Classic Finder's paradigm of one and only one window per folder.
Spaces should NEVER switch unless I specifically ASK them to switch. The experience is so maddening that I've given up on using them for now.
It's actually apple-option-h to hide everything except the current app's windows - but regardless, thanks for the tip!