Lots of folks with Macbook Airs and other lightweight medium-performance laptops report the same problem,
Ummm... no. I know you're a loyal Microsoft apologist and all, but there's no need to make stuff up.
I've been sitting on my couch for two hours with an Air on my lap running Photoshop in the foreground, while batch-resizing photos, running iTunes, and Coda in the background. No fans. No heat. No problem. I even ripped a DVD about an hour ago and while I heard the fans kick in, I didn't notice any heat.
How about this metric: If it has fans, it's not a tablet. Or more accurately: If your tablet has fans, you're doing it wrong.
She's more than a researcher at Microsoft -- she's what you might call a pundit for the intertubes (aka a public intellectual). She wields a lot of influence with a lot of organizations.. So in terms of picking a fight with someone online, I'd say she's just probably somewhere near PJ at Groklaw in terms of Bad Idea (tm).
Never heard of her. Or PJ. You must be using a very narrow definition of influential.
Hey, whatever happened to their:CRQ "audible URL" technology that was going to allow us to directly link tv advertisements for fine products to the web?
i would like to see same kind of thing happen in america. or, any other country for that matter.
It happens in America all the time. The fact that you don't know this indicates you spend too much time reading Slashdot, and not enough time reading the New York Times.
The one you shot on your iPhone? Just point the iPad's browser at the MobileMe account where you uploaded it to from your iPhone. Or use the YouTube app if you uploaded it from your iPhone to YouTube. Or just e-mail it to your iPad and watch it from the Mail app.
If it's the one you shot on your Flip (the most popular way to do it these days), use the YouTube app.
If you shot it some other way, I have a question for you: What's a tape? Was that one of those things that goes around in circles and you put a stick on it to make music in the olden days?
That's a good thought. I wonder if the seed that sprouted into the Mac app store started with the devolution of Versiontracker.
I mean, there are thousands of Mac users at Apple. It's not like they didn't notice that the internet's biggest clearinghouse for Mac software turned into crapola almost overnight. It affects them as much as it affects the end users.
Now I'm starting to think that the Mac app store was a more brilliant move than I realized. It's also restored my faith that Apple isn't going to get out of the computer business anytime soon. A project like this only enhances the value of Macs to the end users.
I used to think the way you do: Have a problem, search the net, download software solution.
Then this morning I looked at the Mac app store, and was really surprised by all the useful software that's out there that I never knew about. Even in the small selection in the "Development" section, there were a couple of apps that made me think, "Oh, that's neat! I could use that for ____ project!"
The moral of the story is to keep an open mind. You never know what's out there if your eyes are closed.
This is Apple, not Google. Links have nothing to do with app rankings.
Since you have a Microsoft-related link in your.sig, I'm going to assume you've never seen either the Mac or iOS app stores.
The rankings are very simple, and spelled out: Top Paid, Top Free, Top Grossing. That's it.
There is a segment for Staff Picks, which I believe really are the picks of Apple's staff.
The only Apple store rankings that are a mystery in any way are the "Featured" apps, and those change so often that they are unlikely to be related to any external factors, like inbound links from the internet; assuming that's even possible since this is an application, not a web page.
I feel your pain. I've been trying for months to find new 6581 chips for my Commodore 64. I can't believe no one is supporting it anymore. Sure, GEOS runs fine, and I can still get my software the way I always have (at the flea market), but good luck finding a decent REU these days. But that's how it always is -- the vendors get you hooked, and then call you "obsolete."
I don't care what Commodore says, there's no way I'm "upgrading" to a C=128. This kind of forced obsolecence should be illegal!
I'll give you 8/10 on the Silverlight player. It used to work pretty well, but ever since the latest update, it's all Crashy Crasherson. The only thing I ever use it for is Hulu, and if Hulu ever comes to AppleTV, I will once again live and work in a Microsoft-free ecosystem.
Likewise. If a customer sees me long enough to notice, or face to face, someone -else- has already fucked up to the point where dress code is pointless.
I'm glad that philosophy has worked out for you. But not everyone aspires to be the overnight mop boy at Jack-in-the-Box.
Doubtful. Today's suits were yesterday 60-70s hippies with long hair and ripped jeans and t-shirts or 70-80s punk rockers with a purple mohawk and ripped jeans and t-shirts.
If you think those are the only types of people who existed on the planet in the last 40 years, then you should try to find a source of cultural information other than the internet.
You would hate Seattle. Every day I see dozens of people dressed in business attire downtown who are still toting backpacks like they're in sixth grade!
Really? You want to borrow eight million dollars from me for your next whiz-bang dot-com startup? Then grow up and stop living like you're 12, Sparky.
Then again, I know a guy who got $15 million from T-Mobile for his startup, and he goes to work in a downtown skyscraper in flip-flops, a soiled t-shirt, and boxer shorts. Even on days when he has meetings with other businesses.
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Lots of folks with Macbook Airs and other lightweight medium-performance laptops report the same problem,
Ummm... no. I know you're a loyal Microsoft apologist and all, but there's no need to make stuff up.
I've been sitting on my couch for two hours with an Air on my lap running Photoshop in the foreground, while batch-resizing photos, running iTunes, and Coda in the background. No fans. No heat. No problem. I even ripped a DVD about an hour ago and while I heard the fans kick in, I didn't notice any heat.
How about this metric: If it has fans, it's not a tablet. Or more accurately: If your tablet has fans, you're doing it wrong.
She's more than a researcher at Microsoft -- she's what you might call a pundit for the intertubes (aka a public intellectual). She wields a lot of influence with a lot of organizations.. So in terms of picking a fight with someone online, I'd say she's just probably somewhere near PJ at Groklaw in terms of Bad Idea (tm).
Never heard of her. Or PJ. You must be using a very narrow definition of influential.
Hey, whatever happened to their :CRQ "audible URL" technology that was going to allow us to directly link tv advertisements for fine products to the web?
It became audio ID apps like Shazam.
Not surprising. The Applicati and their drivers have been running the world for close to a century. Who do you think rigged the Grammys?
I know this wasn't your intent, but your story illustrates perfectly why Firewire is so superior to USB. Copying files should never tax the processor.
i would like to see same kind of thing happen in america. or, any other country for that matter.
It happens in America all the time. The fact that you don't know this indicates you spend too much time reading Slashdot, and not enough time reading the New York Times.
How's that "new media" working out for ya?
Wow. You really need to get out more.
1998 called. It would like you to return its cliches.
Introducing adjectives like "alleged" and "claimed" is another indicator of biased language
No, not in most cases. Only if you have a really bad understanding of the English language.
"The police have arrested Stewbacca. He allegedly molested a collie."
No bias there. It's explaining the allegations that led to the arrest.
You should spend more time learning by reading a newspaper, and less time being a dumbass on the internet.
"How do I watch my vacation video on this?"
The one you shot on your iPhone? Just point the iPad's browser at the MobileMe account where you uploaded it to from your iPhone. Or use the YouTube app if you uploaded it from your iPhone to YouTube. Or just e-mail it to your iPad and watch it from the Mail app.
If it's the one you shot on your Flip (the most popular way to do it these days), use the YouTube app.
If you shot it some other way, I have a question for you: What's a tape? Was that one of those things that goes around in circles and you put a stick on it to make music in the olden days?
That's a good thought. I wonder if the seed that sprouted into the Mac app store started with the devolution of Versiontracker.
I mean, there are thousands of Mac users at Apple. It's not like they didn't notice that the internet's biggest clearinghouse for Mac software turned into crapola almost overnight. It affects them as much as it affects the end users.
Now I'm starting to think that the Mac app store was a more brilliant move than I realized. It's also restored my faith that Apple isn't going to get out of the computer business anytime soon. A project like this only enhances the value of Macs to the end users.
I used to think the way you do: Have a problem, search the net, download software solution.
Then this morning I looked at the Mac app store, and was really surprised by all the useful software that's out there that I never knew about. Even in the small selection in the "Development" section, there were a couple of apps that made me think, "Oh, that's neat! I could use that for ____ project!"
The moral of the story is to keep an open mind. You never know what's out there if your eyes are closed.
This is Apple, not Google. Links have nothing to do with app rankings.
Since you have a Microsoft-related link in your .sig, I'm going to assume you've never seen either the Mac or iOS app stores.
The rankings are very simple, and spelled out: Top Paid, Top Free, Top Grossing. That's it.
There is a segment for Staff Picks, which I believe really are the picks of Apple's staff.
The only Apple store rankings that are a mystery in any way are the "Featured" apps, and those change so often that they are unlikely to be related to any external factors, like inbound links from the internet; assuming that's even possible since this is an application, not a web page.
I feel your pain. I've been trying for months to find new 6581 chips for my Commodore 64. I can't believe no one is supporting it anymore. Sure, GEOS runs fine, and I can still get my software the way I always have (at the flea market), but good luck finding a decent REU these days. But that's how it always is -- the vendors get you hooked, and then call you "obsolete."
I don't care what Commodore says, there's no way I'm "upgrading" to a C=128. This kind of forced obsolecence should be illegal!
I'll give you 8/10 on the Silverlight player. It used to work pretty well, but ever since the latest update, it's all Crashy Crasherson. The only thing I ever use it for is Hulu, and if Hulu ever comes to AppleTV, I will once again live and work in a Microsoft-free ecosystem.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Wow. I may be in the minority, but I'm certainly glad I've never heard of Gawker. Though it takes the joy out of deliberately avoiding the web site.
Depends on where you live. I know in some states uniforms are only tax deductable if they have the company logo on them.
I, for one don't %&$! care about how the people who manage my money dress
You must not have much money. People with a lot on the line tend to be more particular.
Utilikilt? I thought those were only for 30-something unemployed Seattle douchebags who still like to play dress-up.
Don't want to see my feet?
Then don't look at my fucking feet!
Likewise. If a customer sees me long enough to notice, or face to face, someone -else- has already fucked up to the point where dress code is pointless.
I'm glad that philosophy has worked out for you. But not everyone aspires to be the overnight mop boy at Jack-in-the-Box.
Doubtful. Today's suits were yesterday 60-70s hippies with long hair and ripped jeans and t-shirts or 70-80s punk rockers with a purple mohawk and ripped jeans and t-shirts.
If you think those are the only types of people who existed on the planet in the last 40 years, then you should try to find a source of cultural information other than the internet.
If you're restricting the flow of blood to your brain, then you're doing it wrong.
It does, however, explain why you don't understand why people who make so much more money than you do dress so much better than you do.
You would hate Seattle. Every day I see dozens of people dressed in business attire downtown who are still toting backpacks like they're in sixth grade!
Really? You want to borrow eight million dollars from me for your next whiz-bang dot-com startup? Then grow up and stop living like you're 12, Sparky.
Then again, I know a guy who got $15 million from T-Mobile for his startup, and he goes to work in a downtown skyscraper in flip-flops, a soiled t-shirt, and boxer shorts. Even on days when he has meetings with other businesses.
Starting Windows as a normal user triggers UAC randomly.
FTFY.
It does seem strange to blame Opera for Windows' security hack not working.