We have already seen what happens when Apple wants to pull an app. Remember the Aurora Feint thing? That app had some issues with security and privacy, and it not only disappeared from the store, but from iPhones also.
This app may be going on and off the store, but until it disappears from iPhones and a credit shows up on those accounts, it will be back.
This is likely more to do with servers and/or databases syncing up or some such. I had the same thing happen trying to buy Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart on the iPhone. It would show it, but say it was unavailable. A couple of days later all was fine.
Apple's lame excuses aside, the reason there is no "background processing" or notification capability in the official SDK is so as not to harm AT&T's SMS cash cow.
I don't know if e-mail is truly push on the device (i.e. it buzzes in your pocket after you've not looked it at for an hour.) If it is, then this would potentially kill SMS but I find it hard to believe.
The reason there is no background processing allowed with random apps opening network connections is that it really sucks for battery life. The developer of the twitter app for jailbroken iPhones has stated this at least once. When he set his twitter app to poll every 5 minutes it destroyed his battery life.
People still want that functionality though, so Apple's solution is to create a push service that any app developer can tap into. That way there will be one open network connection handled by the phone's OS itself which should have a better impact on battery life. This is supposed to go live around September. When it does anyone could write an app that would give SMS like functionality, whether it be the AIM application or something else. So that pretty much throws your theory out the window.
As far as the push email goes, it is fully push for both MobileMe and Activesync/Exchange accounts. My work email is on an Exchange system and the push works 100%. Even if I haven't received a message for a while, or if I switch between edge and different WiFi networks, the email appears on the phone just as fast as any other Exchange client.
In addition to the added $10/month for the 3G plan, the new iPhone plans do not include any SMS. For $5/month you can get the 200 message plan that was included in the original iPhone data plan.
Although there has been a lot of talk that corporate/educational discounts will be available on iPhone plans for the 3G. So that could be a bonus, or in some cases could end up making the differences a wash.
First off, every Mac I have bought recently has been comparable and/or favorable in comparison to PC's. Of course I bought my Macbook when it was newer, the PC companies have a tendency to lower prices a bit after new Apple releases so that they can still have the price advantage on raw hardware. The problem with older machines I owned is that there is no valid way to compare them, as they were all PPC machines.
Bear in mind that I wouldn't have bought a Wal-mart and/or Dell special for under $1k anyway. I use my laptop for my profession, and I have certain needs.
For what I need the hardware on the Macbook was almost ideal, and the price point was very good. While I wish it had a dedicated graphics chip/graphics RAM, I certainly don't need that for what I use the machine for daily, so the Macbook allowed me to not get a Macbook Pro, which saved me a LOT of cash.
I'm also in a position that tends to be the reverse of many. I use some specialized software that for the most part is either Mac only, or just runs way better on the Mac platform. The specific software I use also have very good communities and developer support. While I probably could get some similar functionality from PC applications (and occasionally I have to deal with them) the Mac only ones tend to be better designed and more functional. With that added to the equation the Macbook (or the Mac in general) becomes even more of a no-brainer. If it was more expensive before, having access to that software would bring it in line. Since the cost of the basic hardware was already right, the rest is gravy.
The real complaint that most people have when they say that the Mac is too expensive, is that Apple doesn't make low end configurations in their product line. The Mac Mini is the closest thing they have, and since it is a mini/micro-atx style product there is still some expense involved and it hits a higher price point than many want. That doesn't necessarily mean it is overpriced (technically today it is, as it hasn't been updated in a very long time) when compared to other machines with similar specification and concerns.
Many people also complain about the Mac Pro pricing, but come on, it has 8 friggen' Xeon cores. It is one hell of a machine, and most people just don't really need that level of power. Yeah, it kind of sucks that they don't make anything between it and the iMac (i.e. PCIe slots in smaller enclosure and less cores), but when you buy one you can be certain the TCO will be very high, as it will take a while for you to come up with enough work to really tax the machine. That is as long as you bought your RAM from a 3rd party retailer so that you have enough to keep the data for the processors to crunch. A Mac Pro with too little RAM is a sad thing, and unfortunately I've had to deal with that too.
I've been an Apple user for quite some time, and quite frankly, this is not news. This has always been the case.
Any time I configure a machine for myself, or help someone configure their machine, I always set any Apple accessories to the minimum, then budget in an order from Newegg, OWC, etc, for any RAM and HD expansion needed.
On one hand, yeah it sucks, however many of the newer laptops, especially the Macbook (not pro) line have made it very easy to swap out RAM and HDs, so it really isn't that much of an issue. The one place that you really have no option is if you want to upgrade the CPU.
Is it a money grab from Apple for those who don't know better/are timid of their own upgrades/don't care? Does it really matter? Quite frankly if you don't research before buying anything you are probably going to get taken. This also increases the market for 3rd party upgrade retailers from Mac users who are in the know.
I know there is this stigma that Mac users only care about looking cool and being clueless, however many of the Mac/Apple users I know do not really fit into that niche at all. Many of us chose the machines we have because they fulfill the needs we have, can run the software we desire, and at a price point we are happy with. Most of us have machine that look a bit worse for the wear due to being used day in and day out both in offices and on-site. Just because Apple marketing likes to play the 'cool' person card whenever possible to grow brand recognition, does not mean that there are not serious professionals out there using the platform for serious work.
As far as full on HEPA capabilities I can't really comment on that with any authority.
However the Roomba we have is by and far the best performing vacuum we had ever owned. While I'm sure a $1000+ vacuum could 'suck more' (sorry couldn't resist), that was just out of our budget range. We were targeting an average around $300. We arrived at that number by talking with numerous people that had owned more than a few vacuums over their years, and most agreed that the $300 price point is where the best bang for the buck happens. Our biggest concern was performance and longevity.
And do not discount the fact that with the Roomba you do not have to push the thing around on your own. It may seem decadent, but not having to waste the time and energy allows not only for you to do other things or vacuum while you are not home, but it also allows you to vacuum way more often. Many Roomba users suggest running the robot daily to really help keep things under control.
And as far as fine particles, it has picked up everything we have asked of it within the boundaries of reason.
Then again, it might be for the people who buy iRobot products in the first place.
My wife and I purchased a Roomba two years ago. While on the surface it may seem like an extreme and silly purchase, the reality is that we were sick of buying cheap vacuums that tended to break down a lot and/or where a pain to use*. The Roomba was the second cheapest option we considered, and from the first time we started it we knew it was exactly the right decision.
*This specificlly refers to a Dirt Devil vacuum that had a fancy swivel feature with little casters that turned out to be worthless. After running about three times they didn't properly swivel anymore.
Heck, the Exchange support in Mail is a bit spotty as well
Spotty?? Spotty???
The Exchange 'support' in Mail.app is through IMAP. Many Exchange admins love turning off IMAP. But even if they didn't Mail.app doesn't really support Exchange at all, they just support IMAP with a slightly different layout in the configuration dialog.
If they get real Exchange support going in Mail.app in Snow Leopard I know at least 3 people in my hallway at work, including myself, that will dance a jig of joy the day it is released.
Better would be a photocopy of both before you give them the keys.
You are absolutely correct that a dealership should check that you have valid ID, and possibly even insurance (which you might not have yet if you are buying your first car).
However, in this day and age of identity theft, if an employee of a dealership asked to make a copy of my license, or even take it for longer than to just check its validity, I would walk off the lot right then and there.
Part of the sales guys job is to try to find out how likely you are to actually buy the car before letting you in there. If they think I'm a potential buyer, and they see that I have a valid license, that is all they should need. Honestly that is part of the challenge of the dealership's business model and the insurance they have, that while they do their best to asses whether the customer is legit or safe, they can not be correct 100% of the time.
First off, you are right. On one had it is absolutely ridiculous the way some people complain about these things. That being said I think that overall it might be good for this to get more public attention.
Not so that people will not get CFLs, but so that we can think, as a country, about recycling and disposing of them properly. I especially think we should expect companies like Wal-Mart, who are really pushing CFLs to incorporate some type of recycle/disposal system into their stores. Let's be honest, while the marketing PR is about being more eco-friendly, a place like Wal-Mart is only doing it as they see huge profits in their future. It is not unreasonable for us to expect that they could use a small percentage of that profit to help us keep them out of the landfills. After all that would make the 'eco-friendly' PR talk a lot more accurate.
I suffer from Migraines, and have replaced almost all the lamps in our house with CFLs. I have found that even using the cheap modern CFLs does not cause a migraine, however they will for whatever reason exacerbate the symptoms when a headache comes on.
Since cutting caffeine out of my diet I have found that:
I can see flicker even better than before
Flicker is slightly less likely to trigger a migraine than before
Now, by no means am I saying that you should drop caffeine, that was just something that worked for me, and may or may not for you, or anyone else. However the modern CFLs cause me way less issues than older fluorescents did, and unless a headache is triggered by something else, they have pretty much no affect on me at all.
Can you sync to a Windows Mobile device with a Macintosh?
Yes, you can use Missing Sync for Windows Mobile. They also make MS for Palm OS and for iPhone. Why would you want it for Palm OS or iPhone? Because they do some things that both of those can't do natively with their sync software.
I started using MS for Palm OS when Tiger came out since MS fully used Apple's Sync Services and you could sync Address Book groups and iCal calendars which would then show up as categories on the Palm apps databases. It also allows integration with iTunes and iPhoto if you are into that sort of thing, and is fully compatible with any 3rd party conduits that work with Palm's Hotsync Manager software. Plus it is updated regularly (unlike Palm's), is well integrated into the Mac OS and software (unlike Palm's), and is a bit more stable. It also allows for conduit profiles so you can easily change what/how you sync from time to time.
Of course I have not used it as much since getting my iPhone, as I'm still waiting until the end of this month to see what changes with the SDK release. But with my Palm TX and T|C it was a godsend to have Missing Sync. And I have no affiliation with them except having used their software.
I don't know why they complain about the other power adaptor besides just adding words to their article.
Well many of us laptop users, including us Macbook and Macbook Pro owners, have multiple power adapters. I have two magsafe adapters, one for at home and when I travel, and one at the office. That way in a typical month when I only work with the MB at work or at home I can pop it in a bag without having to grab the power cable.
Why is that relevant? Well if I were to decide to buy an Air (which I won't, doesn't fit my needs) it would be nice if it would work with my extra power adapter so that I wouldn't have to buy another one. Now I know that I would either have to arrange my desk so that the Air would be on the edge, or get another new adapter with the smaller right angle plug.
And how many Pro Audio and Video apps are you using on that system? The point here was that apps like Premiere, After Effects, Avid, Pro Tools, etc & ad nauseum have this issue, and in the Pro Audio and Video industries it is well known.
Why don't you make a comment about how your roller skates never run out of gas, that would be about as non-sequitur.
People like to jump on Apple for removing posts, however their forum has some pretty clear rules on what is considered acceptable and what isn't. Usually deleted threads/posts are done so for a reason. If that person, or another, re-wrote the post to follow the guidelines it would very likely stay. Yes, Apple's moderators are a bit more - zealous - than on other forums, but they are not some weird underground conspiracy group, they are just trying to keep the forums focused and friendly.
I already replied in this thread, but I'll repeat it here as well.
From above:
Anyone who has worked with Pro Video or Audio software, and requires their machine to be running to make money, knows that this stuff breaks all the time. Seriously, both from Apple's perspective and from the 3rd party. Sometime quicktime will change something that causes a break, and yes there are bugs in quicktime. Sometimes it is because the 3rd party stuff is doing things with the API that they shouldn't or doing things outside the normal APIs.
If you don't have a test machine, then you should not be upgrading things willy nilly until you know you can survive a couple of days fixing the issues that arise. It is part of doing business.
This has little to do with being a fanboy, and more to do with having experience in the field. That software breaks with updates. Often. On both Mac and PC. There was a time when updating an Avid system was considered warranty violating. Pro Tools is still not fully compatible with 10.4.11, much less Leopard.
Yeah, it is inconvenient at times, but those of us that actually use those tools are used to it and have ways of working. I try to keep an extra drive around to keep older OS revisions on so that I can use Pro Tools even though in day to day office type stuff I'm on Leopard. I try to make sure that I have a path to back out of a bad upgrade whenever possible. And if I'm in the middle of a project I never upgrade until I know I have at least a full weekend available (preferably more) to fix things.
Can you honestly say that something like this has never happened on Windows (as if), or on Linux?
Anyone who has worked with Pro Video or Audio software, and requires their machine to be running to make money, knows that this stuff breaks all the time. Seriously, both from Apple's perspective and from the 3rd party. Sometime quicktime will change something that causes a break, and yes there are bugs in quicktime. Sometimes it is because the 3rd party stuff is doing things with the API that they shouldn't or doing things outside the normal APIs.
If you don't have a test machine, then you should not be upgrading things willy nilly until you know you can survive a couple of days fixing the issues that arise. It is part of doing business.
Were they all GSM phones? Did you have any Blackberries? CDMA phones do not do this. That would include Razr, LG flavor of the month, etc. etc. from Verizon, Alltel, and Sprint, and smaller carriers. It is only AT&T and T-Mobil in the US that use GSM. Also for some reason Blackberries seem to be the worst in my experience. I've picked up GSM buzz from them when I wasn't getting it from any other source.
This happens both due to the way GSM communication is done, and due to crappy shielding on your equipment. GSM uses TDMA (Time Division Multiplexing) so the radio is basically turning on and off rapidly, each time sending a spike. The communication slots are timed out in a range that is audible to humans, thus you hear the GSM 'buzz.'
This particular interference happens only with GSM technology, or TDMA technology, before 3G, the 3G GSM system uses an adaptation of CDMA, which continuously transmits, which is why if you had Sprint, Verizon, or Alltel before getting your iPhone you never ran across it before.
I work daily with audio equipment, and since doing some upgrades, none of our current equipment seems to care if a GSM phone is around. It is better designed and shielded circuitry, so it is more immune to the GSM buzz problem. Consumer electronics vary in their design and YMMV. Our old equipment (Mackie, Telex, etc.) was horrible when I had my iPhone around it, as well as boombox type things, computer speakers, etc. Our new Soundcraft, Sennheiser, Crown, Rane, etc. systems are so far impervious. I even tested by placing my iPhone directly against the equipment.
This will have no worse of an effect on you from the iPhone than it would with a Razr, LG whatever, etc. etc. It would be nice if the iPhone was 3G capable so that when AT&T gets the rest of the country 3G we would have WCDMA and not have to worry about it, but considering that my wife's Razr gets like 1/3 to 1/4 the battery life when 3G is available compared to EDGE I certainly can see why Apple used battery life as one reason they didn't do it yet.
Ah, but you missed the most important detail. According to the submission, in Washington a misleading subject line is illegal. Since the subject line claimed that the submitter owns Slashdot, it should have been an open and closed case.
there was another poster who got it right, establishments need to make it known to patrons if they allow phone use and enforce it. not pull some underhanded sneaky bullshit. that will piss customers off more.
Unfortunately even 'making it known' has little effect. I work for a University Theatre Department. We always announce before a show to turn off your cell phones and pagers. We have to use wireless intercom systems, and on some shows wireless microphones. Cellular phones can and do interfere, we get both the GSM 'buzz' that is so well known, as well as much nastier surprises.
On our last show we decided to get really serious about it after some of our coms went down. If we have scenery moving and noise enters the com system, someone could get hurt. Our ushers started finding and actively removing members of the audience. In one case a girl had such a sense of self entitlement, she not only threw a fit, but started to actually assault student crew and ushers.
This has led to two things being discussed. First is to have University Police in the Theatre and have them actually remove the cell phone offenders. The second is that when our building comes up for renovation we are going to look into installing a faraday cage into the walls. Those are the only ways left to us to alleviate the problem.
The sad thing is that our largest offenders are students. They have to see the show for classes. They are told by their professors that cellular phone behavior is unacceptable. They are told if they do not see the entire show then they won't get proof that they were there, so if they get kicked out for being rude, they will fail the assignment. It still has almost no effect on them. It is really sad when you consider that the class is required for all students in order to graduate. Yet many still just cavalierly fail it again and again.
It was interesting to watch as 5PM access became 7PM, then 11PM. I do have full access again now though. One of my eleven pending bill pay transactions does not appear, but luckily that bill isn't actually due until the end of October. The other ten are still listed, and appear to be fine. In all honesty I'm not surprised about the missing one since I set it up probably within two hours of the shutdown.
Netbank had a "money market" account which was FDIC insured
Parent is correct. I have a Netbank (now ING) 'Money Market' account that I started about a month ago. I was very concerned so I called the FDIC via the number they have published on the Netbank information sites and was assured that it was insured and all my funds would still be available.
The Netbank site is now back online, and you can get back in and see your accounts again. The big question for me, especially with the first of the Month on Monday, is what is happening with all my Bill Pay transactions. I'm pretty sure that any involving electronic transfer will be cancelled, however the ones that Netbank traditionally mailed out may have already happened, or may not have, and the FDIC people were unable to tell me anything about that with any confidence.
Apple's taking the position that they don't "mean" to brick it, but it just "might happen" anyways, which of course is total bullshit.
Except if you read the TUAW guide to re-locking that some people who tried to re-lock the phone found that it didn't work anymore. Some have gotten it to work again by re-unlocking, but eitherway the process seems to munge the IMEI.
Maybe, just maybe, and I know many people will have to take of the tinfoil hats to believe this, Apple actually has test units that they try out all these published hacks on. And maybe they discovered that if you used one of the SIM unlock methods it caused an issue that a baseband upgrade found in their new firmware upgrade will cause a problem. And maybe, just maybe, in order to avoid a flurry of bad press, they slipped this information out so that people who would be affected would have a chance to try to reverse what they have done first, or avoid the update until the hackers figure it out, so that there aren't stories all over the net this week about how Apple killed the iPhones that were hacked.
Yes, Apple has said that they don't want the iPhone SIM hacked, and they have to since they have exclusive deals with carriers. Heck since they seem to be getting a cut of service fees they probably really don't want you to do it, even though it will lead to more sales of units, especially if the fees work out to as much or more than the profit they make on the device itself. However in those same quotes of Jobs and Schiller saying that they don't want to see SIM unlocks, they also mention being interested in non-network local apps, and the possibility of doing something with them in the future.
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We have already seen what happens when Apple wants to pull an app. Remember the Aurora Feint thing? That app had some issues with security and privacy, and it not only disappeared from the store, but from iPhones also.
This app may be going on and off the store, but until it disappears from iPhones and a credit shows up on those accounts, it will be back.
This is likely more to do with servers and/or databases syncing up or some such. I had the same thing happen trying to buy Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart on the iPhone. It would show it, but say it was unavailable. A couple of days later all was fine.
Apple's lame excuses aside, the reason there is no "background processing" or notification capability in the official SDK is so as not to harm AT&T's SMS cash cow.
I don't know if e-mail is truly push on the device (i.e. it buzzes in your pocket after you've not looked it at for an hour.) If it is, then this would potentially kill SMS but I find it hard to believe.
The reason there is no background processing allowed with random apps opening network connections is that it really sucks for battery life. The developer of the twitter app for jailbroken iPhones has stated this at least once. When he set his twitter app to poll every 5 minutes it destroyed his battery life.
People still want that functionality though, so Apple's solution is to create a push service that any app developer can tap into. That way there will be one open network connection handled by the phone's OS itself which should have a better impact on battery life. This is supposed to go live around September. When it does anyone could write an app that would give SMS like functionality, whether it be the AIM application or something else. So that pretty much throws your theory out the window.
As far as the push email goes, it is fully push for both MobileMe and Activesync/Exchange accounts. My work email is on an Exchange system and the push works 100%. Even if I haven't received a message for a while, or if I switch between edge and different WiFi networks, the email appears on the phone just as fast as any other Exchange client.
In addition to the added $10/month for the 3G plan, the new iPhone plans do not include any SMS. For $5/month you can get the 200 message plan that was included in the original iPhone data plan.
Although there has been a lot of talk that corporate/educational discounts will be available on iPhone plans for the 3G. So that could be a bonus, or in some cases could end up making the differences a wash.
Your opinion is yours, and for you it is valid.
For me it is not.
First off, every Mac I have bought recently has been comparable and/or favorable in comparison to PC's. Of course I bought my Macbook when it was newer, the PC companies have a tendency to lower prices a bit after new Apple releases so that they can still have the price advantage on raw hardware. The problem with older machines I owned is that there is no valid way to compare them, as they were all PPC machines.
Bear in mind that I wouldn't have bought a Wal-mart and/or Dell special for under $1k anyway. I use my laptop for my profession, and I have certain needs.
For what I need the hardware on the Macbook was almost ideal, and the price point was very good. While I wish it had a dedicated graphics chip/graphics RAM, I certainly don't need that for what I use the machine for daily, so the Macbook allowed me to not get a Macbook Pro, which saved me a LOT of cash.
I'm also in a position that tends to be the reverse of many. I use some specialized software that for the most part is either Mac only, or just runs way better on the Mac platform. The specific software I use also have very good communities and developer support. While I probably could get some similar functionality from PC applications (and occasionally I have to deal with them) the Mac only ones tend to be better designed and more functional. With that added to the equation the Macbook (or the Mac in general) becomes even more of a no-brainer. If it was more expensive before, having access to that software would bring it in line. Since the cost of the basic hardware was already right, the rest is gravy.
The real complaint that most people have when they say that the Mac is too expensive, is that Apple doesn't make low end configurations in their product line. The Mac Mini is the closest thing they have, and since it is a mini/micro-atx style product there is still some expense involved and it hits a higher price point than many want. That doesn't necessarily mean it is overpriced (technically today it is, as it hasn't been updated in a very long time) when compared to other machines with similar specification and concerns.
Many people also complain about the Mac Pro pricing, but come on, it has 8 friggen' Xeon cores. It is one hell of a machine, and most people just don't really need that level of power. Yeah, it kind of sucks that they don't make anything between it and the iMac (i.e. PCIe slots in smaller enclosure and less cores), but when you buy one you can be certain the TCO will be very high, as it will take a while for you to come up with enough work to really tax the machine. That is as long as you bought your RAM from a 3rd party retailer so that you have enough to keep the data for the processors to crunch. A Mac Pro with too little RAM is a sad thing, and unfortunately I've had to deal with that too.
I've been an Apple user for quite some time, and quite frankly, this is not news. This has always been the case.
Any time I configure a machine for myself, or help someone configure their machine, I always set any Apple accessories to the minimum, then budget in an order from Newegg, OWC, etc, for any RAM and HD expansion needed.
On one hand, yeah it sucks, however many of the newer laptops, especially the Macbook (not pro) line have made it very easy to swap out RAM and HDs, so it really isn't that much of an issue. The one place that you really have no option is if you want to upgrade the CPU.
Is it a money grab from Apple for those who don't know better/are timid of their own upgrades/don't care? Does it really matter? Quite frankly if you don't research before buying anything you are probably going to get taken. This also increases the market for 3rd party upgrade retailers from Mac users who are in the know.
I know there is this stigma that Mac users only care about looking cool and being clueless, however many of the Mac/Apple users I know do not really fit into that niche at all. Many of us chose the machines we have because they fulfill the needs we have, can run the software we desire, and at a price point we are happy with. Most of us have machine that look a bit worse for the wear due to being used day in and day out both in offices and on-site. Just because Apple marketing likes to play the 'cool' person card whenever possible to grow brand recognition, does not mean that there are not serious professionals out there using the platform for serious work.
As far as full on HEPA capabilities I can't really comment on that with any authority.
However the Roomba we have is by and far the best performing vacuum we had ever owned. While I'm sure a $1000+ vacuum could 'suck more' (sorry couldn't resist), that was just out of our budget range. We were targeting an average around $300. We arrived at that number by talking with numerous people that had owned more than a few vacuums over their years, and most agreed that the $300 price point is where the best bang for the buck happens. Our biggest concern was performance and longevity.
And do not discount the fact that with the Roomba you do not have to push the thing around on your own. It may seem decadent, but not having to waste the time and energy allows not only for you to do other things or vacuum while you are not home, but it also allows you to vacuum way more often. Many Roomba users suggest running the robot daily to really help keep things under control.
And as far as fine particles, it has picked up everything we have asked of it within the boundaries of reason.
My wife and I purchased a Roomba two years ago. While on the surface it may seem like an extreme and silly purchase, the reality is that we were sick of buying cheap vacuums that tended to break down a lot and/or where a pain to use*. The Roomba was the second cheapest option we considered, and from the first time we started it we knew it was exactly the right decision.
*This specificlly refers to a Dirt Devil vacuum that had a fancy swivel feature with little casters that turned out to be worthless. After running about three times they didn't properly swivel anymore.
Spotty?? Spotty???
The Exchange 'support' in Mail.app is through IMAP. Many Exchange admins love turning off IMAP. But even if they didn't Mail.app doesn't really support Exchange at all, they just support IMAP with a slightly different layout in the configuration dialog.
If they get real Exchange support going in Mail.app in Snow Leopard I know at least 3 people in my hallway at work, including myself, that will dance a jig of joy the day it is released.
You are absolutely correct that a dealership should check that you have valid ID, and possibly even insurance (which you might not have yet if you are buying your first car).
However, in this day and age of identity theft, if an employee of a dealership asked to make a copy of my license, or even take it for longer than to just check its validity, I would walk off the lot right then and there.
Part of the sales guys job is to try to find out how likely you are to actually buy the car before letting you in there. If they think I'm a potential buyer, and they see that I have a valid license, that is all they should need. Honestly that is part of the challenge of the dealership's business model and the insurance they have, that while they do their best to asses whether the customer is legit or safe, they can not be correct 100% of the time.
First off, you are right. On one had it is absolutely ridiculous the way some people complain about these things. That being said I think that overall it might be good for this to get more public attention.
Not so that people will not get CFLs, but so that we can think, as a country, about recycling and disposing of them properly. I especially think we should expect companies like Wal-Mart, who are really pushing CFLs to incorporate some type of recycle/disposal system into their stores. Let's be honest, while the marketing PR is about being more eco-friendly, a place like Wal-Mart is only doing it as they see huge profits in their future. It is not unreasonable for us to expect that they could use a small percentage of that profit to help us keep them out of the landfills. After all that would make the 'eco-friendly' PR talk a lot more accurate.
I suffer from Migraines, and have replaced almost all the lamps in our house with CFLs. I have found that even using the cheap modern CFLs does not cause a migraine, however they will for whatever reason exacerbate the symptoms when a headache comes on.
Since cutting caffeine out of my diet I have found that:
Now, by no means am I saying that you should drop caffeine, that was just something that worked for me, and may or may not for you, or anyone else. However the modern CFLs cause me way less issues than older fluorescents did, and unless a headache is triggered by something else, they have pretty much no affect on me at all.
Yes, you can use Missing Sync for Windows Mobile. They also make MS for Palm OS and for iPhone. Why would you want it for Palm OS or iPhone? Because they do some things that both of those can't do natively with their sync software.
I started using MS for Palm OS when Tiger came out since MS fully used Apple's Sync Services and you could sync Address Book groups and iCal calendars which would then show up as categories on the Palm apps databases. It also allows integration with iTunes and iPhoto if you are into that sort of thing, and is fully compatible with any 3rd party conduits that work with Palm's Hotsync Manager software. Plus it is updated regularly (unlike Palm's), is well integrated into the Mac OS and software (unlike Palm's), and is a bit more stable. It also allows for conduit profiles so you can easily change what/how you sync from time to time.
Of course I have not used it as much since getting my iPhone, as I'm still waiting until the end of this month to see what changes with the SDK release. But with my Palm TX and T|C it was a godsend to have Missing Sync. And I have no affiliation with them except having used their software.
Well many of us laptop users, including us Macbook and Macbook Pro owners, have multiple power adapters. I have two magsafe adapters, one for at home and when I travel, and one at the office. That way in a typical month when I only work with the MB at work or at home I can pop it in a bag without having to grab the power cable.
Why is that relevant? Well if I were to decide to buy an Air (which I won't, doesn't fit my needs) it would be nice if it would work with my extra power adapter so that I wouldn't have to buy another one. Now I know that I would either have to arrange my desk so that the Air would be on the edge, or get another new adapter with the smaller right angle plug.
And how many Pro Audio and Video apps are you using on that system? The point here was that apps like Premiere, After Effects, Avid, Pro Tools, etc & ad nauseum have this issue, and in the Pro Audio and Video industries it is well known.
Why don't you make a comment about how your roller skates never run out of gas, that would be about as non-sequitur.
But Apple doesn't always remove negative posts. Here is a huge thread on some major bugs in their Airport Extreme Base Station, with over 20,000 views and 300+ replies. It has been around for a few months now.
People like to jump on Apple for removing posts, however their forum has some pretty clear rules on what is considered acceptable and what isn't. Usually deleted threads/posts are done so for a reason. If that person, or another, re-wrote the post to follow the guidelines it would very likely stay. Yes, Apple's moderators are a bit more - zealous - than on other forums, but they are not some weird underground conspiracy group, they are just trying to keep the forums focused and friendly.
I already replied in this thread, but I'll repeat it here as well.
From above:
This has little to do with being a fanboy, and more to do with having experience in the field. That software breaks with updates. Often. On both Mac and PC. There was a time when updating an Avid system was considered warranty violating. Pro Tools is still not fully compatible with 10.4.11, much less Leopard.
Yeah, it is inconvenient at times, but those of us that actually use those tools are used to it and have ways of working. I try to keep an extra drive around to keep older OS revisions on so that I can use Pro Tools even though in day to day office type stuff I'm on Leopard. I try to make sure that I have a path to back out of a bad upgrade whenever possible. And if I'm in the middle of a project I never upgrade until I know I have at least a full weekend available (preferably more) to fix things.
Can you honestly say that something like this has never happened on Windows (as if), or on Linux?
Anyone who has worked with Pro Video or Audio software, and requires their machine to be running to make money, knows that this stuff breaks all the time. Seriously, both from Apple's perspective and from the 3rd party. Sometime quicktime will change something that causes a break, and yes there are bugs in quicktime. Sometimes it is because the 3rd party stuff is doing things with the API that they shouldn't or doing things outside the normal APIs.
If you don't have a test machine, then you should not be upgrading things willy nilly until you know you can survive a couple of days fixing the issues that arise. It is part of doing business.
I know you were trying to be funny, but this would finally be a card my grandfather could have a chance of hearing.
Were they all GSM phones? Did you have any Blackberries? CDMA phones do not do this. That would include Razr, LG flavor of the month, etc. etc. from Verizon, Alltel, and Sprint, and smaller carriers. It is only AT&T and T-Mobil in the US that use GSM. Also for some reason Blackberries seem to be the worst in my experience. I've picked up GSM buzz from them when I wasn't getting it from any other source.
This happens both due to the way GSM communication is done, and due to crappy shielding on your equipment. GSM uses TDMA (Time Division Multiplexing) so the radio is basically turning on and off rapidly, each time sending a spike. The communication slots are timed out in a range that is audible to humans, thus you hear the GSM 'buzz.'
This particular interference happens only with GSM technology, or TDMA technology, before 3G, the 3G GSM system uses an adaptation of CDMA, which continuously transmits, which is why if you had Sprint, Verizon, or Alltel before getting your iPhone you never ran across it before.
I work daily with audio equipment, and since doing some upgrades, none of our current equipment seems to care if a GSM phone is around. It is better designed and shielded circuitry, so it is more immune to the GSM buzz problem. Consumer electronics vary in their design and YMMV. Our old equipment (Mackie, Telex, etc.) was horrible when I had my iPhone around it, as well as boombox type things, computer speakers, etc. Our new Soundcraft, Sennheiser, Crown, Rane, etc. systems are so far impervious. I even tested by placing my iPhone directly against the equipment.
This will have no worse of an effect on you from the iPhone than it would with a Razr, LG whatever, etc. etc. It would be nice if the iPhone was 3G capable so that when AT&T gets the rest of the country 3G we would have WCDMA and not have to worry about it, but considering that my wife's Razr gets like 1/3 to 1/4 the battery life when 3G is available compared to EDGE I certainly can see why Apple used battery life as one reason they didn't do it yet.
Ah, but you missed the most important detail. According to the submission, in Washington a misleading subject line is illegal. Since the subject line claimed that the submitter owns Slashdot, it should have been an open and closed case.
Unfortunately even 'making it known' has little effect. I work for a University Theatre Department. We always announce before a show to turn off your cell phones and pagers. We have to use wireless intercom systems, and on some shows wireless microphones. Cellular phones can and do interfere, we get both the GSM 'buzz' that is so well known, as well as much nastier surprises.
On our last show we decided to get really serious about it after some of our coms went down. If we have scenery moving and noise enters the com system, someone could get hurt. Our ushers started finding and actively removing members of the audience. In one case a girl had such a sense of self entitlement, she not only threw a fit, but started to actually assault student crew and ushers.
This has led to two things being discussed. First is to have University Police in the Theatre and have them actually remove the cell phone offenders. The second is that when our building comes up for renovation we are going to look into installing a faraday cage into the walls. Those are the only ways left to us to alleviate the problem.
The sad thing is that our largest offenders are students. They have to see the show for classes. They are told by their professors that cellular phone behavior is unacceptable. They are told if they do not see the entire show then they won't get proof that they were there, so if they get kicked out for being rude, they will fail the assignment. It still has almost no effect on them. It is really sad when you consider that the class is required for all students in order to graduate. Yet many still just cavalierly fail it again and again.
It was interesting to watch as 5PM access became 7PM, then 11PM. I do have full access again now though. One of my eleven pending bill pay transactions does not appear, but luckily that bill isn't actually due until the end of October. The other ten are still listed, and appear to be fine. In all honesty I'm not surprised about the missing one since I set it up probably within two hours of the shutdown.
Parent is correct. I have a Netbank (now ING) 'Money Market' account that I started about a month ago. I was very concerned so I called the FDIC via the number they have published on the Netbank information sites and was assured that it was insured and all my funds would still be available.
The Netbank site is now back online, and you can get back in and see your accounts again. The big question for me, especially with the first of the Month on Monday, is what is happening with all my Bill Pay transactions. I'm pretty sure that any involving electronic transfer will be cancelled, however the ones that Netbank traditionally mailed out may have already happened, or may not have, and the FDIC people were unable to tell me anything about that with any confidence.
Except if you read the TUAW guide to re-locking that some people who tried to re-lock the phone found that it didn't work anymore. Some have gotten it to work again by re-unlocking, but eitherway the process seems to munge the IMEI.
Maybe, just maybe, and I know many people will have to take of the tinfoil hats to believe this, Apple actually has test units that they try out all these published hacks on. And maybe they discovered that if you used one of the SIM unlock methods it caused an issue that a baseband upgrade found in their new firmware upgrade will cause a problem. And maybe, just maybe, in order to avoid a flurry of bad press, they slipped this information out so that people who would be affected would have a chance to try to reverse what they have done first, or avoid the update until the hackers figure it out, so that there aren't stories all over the net this week about how Apple killed the iPhones that were hacked.
Yes, Apple has said that they don't want the iPhone SIM hacked, and they have to since they have exclusive deals with carriers. Heck since they seem to be getting a cut of service fees they probably really don't want you to do it, even though it will lead to more sales of units, especially if the fees work out to as much or more than the profit they make on the device itself. However in those same quotes of Jobs and Schiller saying that they don't want to see SIM unlocks, they also mention being interested in non-network local apps, and the possibility of doing something with them in the future.