Doesn't help you now (probably), but 1Password works with Opera on OS X now, and they're working on Windows Opera support. There's also an Android version coming soon-ish.
This is an interesting point I haven't heard before (granted, I don't look much into this stuff). I'm conservative and generally against most tax breaks/subsidies, but your post has me reconsidering. I think a big sticking point for me would be how the government decides who gets funding. Ideally, it should be merit-based (obviously), but I just don't trust anyone in Congress or the White House to do things properly in this area. If all we get are failures due to bad choices, then the market's going to China anyway, and we've lost a lot of money in the meantime.
I did something similar. Had the guy on the phone for over 30 minutes. I was on a Mac and did everything exactly as he said to. It took about 10 minutes before he was able to get me to open a web browser ("I don't have a button that says 'Start'" — would have worked for modern Windows as well), and then another 15 minutes before he could get me on the right website (he left out a dot in the URL, so it became "wwwscamsite.com").
At the end I told him I didn't need the scam and that my Mac was fine.
I'm not sure if I use it any differently than right-handers, but as a leftie I hold the "remote" portion in my left hand and the nunchuck in my right. I take a hit on joystick accuracy, but my aim is even worse with my right hand. What this boils down to is that the Wii remote just isn't a very optimal controller for lefties--at least, until you get used to it. Right-handed people would probably have a slight advantage in the short run, assuming familiarity with a left-sided joystick and holding the remote in the right hand.
That said, as another poster said already, the games themselves aren't necessarily ambidextrous, which is damn annoying. It's like the (3)DS--certain games are basically unplayable for me because they demand a right-handed playstyle. On the (3)DS, it would be pretty trivial to fix if you could remap the D-pad to the right side and the XABY buttons to the left; this would allow you to hold the stylus in the left hand and still have full use of D-pad functions, much like you would get by holding it in the right hand in the current configuration.
One benefit of squeezing more screen space into the same footprint is that your thumb will have an easier time hitting the edges. It sounds like a pointless technology at first (at least for phones), but it at least has the potential to be useful.
Impolite? They're mere strings of letters, just like any other words. The only difference is that some people are irrational enough to be offended by these words and expect others to stop using them simply because they don't like to hear them.
I'm not even sure where to begin with how wrong this is, so I'll just keep it simple. They're a string of letters that form a meaning. Pretend your boss tells you you can leave for the day. Which statement would you rather hear: "Great work today; take the rest of the day off!" or "Fuck off." ? The strings themselves may be somewhat arbitrary, but their meanings can be incredibly important. You may not like that certain words have negative connotations (which I find odd, if that's the case), but that doesn't mean others feel the same way.
I totally understand the appeal of a larger screen. My point was that, as an end-user, I can't foresee a scenario where I would opt for the iPad 2 over the Mini or the Air. If vision was an issue, I would still pay $100 more for the Air. Beyond the far better screen, it is also guaranteed to be supported longer than what is now a two-year-old device. Yes, it costs $100 more, but if $100 hurts that much, I probably shouldn't buy an iPad.
Everyone's mileage will vary, of course. That's just the way I see it.
It's somewhat baffling that anyone these days would want an iPad 2. The Mini outstrips it in every area but screen size, at the same price. I would also imagine that continuing to support it is obnoxious for developers.
Anyway, I was planning on buying the iPad Air, but the Mini is looking a lot more tempting, given that the only difference anymore is screen size. I just wish one of them had Touch ID.
See, as crappy as EA is, I thought they were actually pretty cool with the new IPs they introduced this generation. Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Mass Effect, Crysis, Spore, etc were all new. The problem is that EA only really releases new IPs during the beginning of a console's life cycle.
(than the outrageous $60+ price tag of a new pc game)
I agree that $60 is more than I'm willing to pay for most games, but let's put things into perspective. $60 is about what games have cost since the beginning, even before you take inflation into account. Here's a thread about it. No sources, but it falls in line with my memory, too.
Back in the day, some larger games cost even more than $60 (think RPGs and even Street Fighter 2). N64 games often went for more than that, too. Take inflation into account, and games are cheaper now than they were in the NES days ($50 in 1985 is $108 now). What's happened, IMO, is that there are a lot of cheaper games out now that make $60 look awful.
I wouldn't call it damning, either, but it doesn't prove that the optimizations aren't app specific. The phone might still bench faster with non-renamed tools than with renamed ones (indeed, that's what the summary seems to claim). I would argue, however, that if the Note 3 beats the G2 "naturally", then there wasn't really any need to cheat this way.
Regardless, I'm with others: it's misleading at best, false advertising at worst.
If Google can perfect it, it could be an awesome tool. I guess I'll have to keep that in mind on the occasions when it comes up with something not right. I did just notice that I no longer seem to need to specify "bicycle" instead of "bike"--a year ago, I would get a lot of results for motorcycle stuff on searches like "best bike groupset". Then again, that might be a search bubble thing.
Thanks for that suggestion. As to your not being able to see the same annoyance that I did with UITableView...
It could have been fixed. It could be the fact that I don't remember any of the exact search strings (it happened a couple of times, and not just with NSTableView). Or it could be due to Google's search bubble thing. For what it's worth, searching for "nstableview bind data" brings up an article about UITableView as the 9th result. That's not as bad as it was when I was having the problem, where it came up as the top three results unless I specifically excluded it.
Not the parent, but I feel like the quality of Google search has gone down in a few ways. For instance, I found the old '+' operator much quicker and less cumbersome than enclosing the word in quotes.
Further, I often abhor Google's "fuzzy" matching system. Sometimes it's great, like when you say "photo" and it also searches "picture", "photograph", etc. But other times, it's extremely frustrating. I was writing a Mac app a few months back, and I needed help on something specific with NSTableView. Google decided that UITableView was the same thing, and started showing results for that at the top. Incredibly annoying, and it kept showing up even if I used quotes (had to use "-uitableview" to get it to go away). Not sure if that was a bug or if Google just really thinks I should be programming for iOS.
I think I run into the latter situation more often than the former. At least, that's what it feels like.
Actually, you have been able to use the camera's LED flash for notifications for a while. It doesn't keep flashing, though (thank God, as that thing's bright).
You're silly if you think the government doesn't already have your fingerprint. Apple says that the fingerprint data is encrypted and never leaves the phone, as well, so objections about Facebook and other third-parties having the data also seem to be out.
Personally, it's a feature I've been wanting for a long time.
I have similar feelings. At present, I tend to go through 1-2 books per month, with 5 being my maximum (and a relative rarity). Even assuming 3 books/month, that means that each book is $3.33--not a bad price, but considering that it forces me to read on an iPhone/iPad instead of my Kobo, I'm still just not very interested. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to come up with any price that would have me interested; I greatly prefer eInk to LCD and am willing to pay for it.
I do wish them well. I wish Amazon/Kobo/BN had a service like this.
It definitely is a lot of weight on the motherboard. Mine is one of Gigabyte's "ultra-durable", and it is noticeably thicker than other motherboards I have used. The bracket for the Noctua is large and does a good job of spreading the weight around. Still, I am careful, and if I were to move the system more than a few feet, I would put it on its side. If I were to move (as in houses), I would probably disconnect the HSF, just to be safe.
I had the Corsair H50. Two of them, actually. Both pumps made alarming grinding noises. The Noctua is quieter and actually does a better job of cooling--besides the CPU being slightly cooler, the giant fans move lots of air over the entire northbridge.
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Doesn't help you now (probably), but 1Password works with Opera on OS X now, and they're working on Windows Opera support. There's also an Android version coming soon-ish.
This is an interesting point I haven't heard before (granted, I don't look much into this stuff). I'm conservative and generally against most tax breaks/subsidies, but your post has me reconsidering. I think a big sticking point for me would be how the government decides who gets funding. Ideally, it should be merit-based (obviously), but I just don't trust anyone in Congress or the White House to do things properly in this area. If all we get are failures due to bad choices, then the market's going to China anyway, and we've lost a lot of money in the meantime.
I did something similar. Had the guy on the phone for over 30 minutes. I was on a Mac and did everything exactly as he said to. It took about 10 minutes before he was able to get me to open a web browser ("I don't have a button that says 'Start'" — would have worked for modern Windows as well), and then another 15 minutes before he could get me on the right website (he left out a dot in the URL, so it became "wwwscamsite.com").
At the end I told him I didn't need the scam and that my Mac was fine.
Here's a related video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjKjyMKj3n4
I'm not sure if I use it any differently than right-handers, but as a leftie I hold the "remote" portion in my left hand and the nunchuck in my right. I take a hit on joystick accuracy, but my aim is even worse with my right hand. What this boils down to is that the Wii remote just isn't a very optimal controller for lefties--at least, until you get used to it. Right-handed people would probably have a slight advantage in the short run, assuming familiarity with a left-sided joystick and holding the remote in the right hand.
That said, as another poster said already, the games themselves aren't necessarily ambidextrous, which is damn annoying. It's like the (3)DS--certain games are basically unplayable for me because they demand a right-handed playstyle. On the (3)DS, it would be pretty trivial to fix if you could remap the D-pad to the right side and the XABY buttons to the left; this would allow you to hold the stylus in the left hand and still have full use of D-pad functions, much like you would get by holding it in the right hand in the current configuration.
One benefit of squeezing more screen space into the same footprint is that your thumb will have an easier time hitting the edges. It sounds like a pointless technology at first (at least for phones), but it at least has the potential to be useful.
Impolite? They're mere strings of letters, just like any other words. The only difference is that some people are irrational enough to be offended by these words and expect others to stop using them simply because they don't like to hear them.
I'm not even sure where to begin with how wrong this is, so I'll just keep it simple. They're a string of letters that form a meaning. Pretend your boss tells you you can leave for the day. Which statement would you rather hear: "Great work today; take the rest of the day off!" or "Fuck off." ? The strings themselves may be somewhat arbitrary, but their meanings can be incredibly important. You may not like that certain words have negative connotations (which I find odd, if that's the case), but that doesn't mean others feel the same way.
I wasn't aware of contracts like this. Thanks.
I totally understand the appeal of a larger screen. My point was that, as an end-user, I can't foresee a scenario where I would opt for the iPad 2 over the Mini or the Air. If vision was an issue, I would still pay $100 more for the Air. Beyond the far better screen, it is also guaranteed to be supported longer than what is now a two-year-old device. Yes, it costs $100 more, but if $100 hurts that much, I probably shouldn't buy an iPad.
Everyone's mileage will vary, of course. That's just the way I see it.
It's somewhat baffling that anyone these days would want an iPad 2. The Mini outstrips it in every area but screen size, at the same price. I would also imagine that continuing to support it is obnoxious for developers.
Anyway, I was planning on buying the iPad Air, but the Mini is looking a lot more tempting, given that the only difference anymore is screen size. I just wish one of them had Touch ID.
Microsoft also sells Office on the Mac.
The iWork apps are surprisingly capable on iOS, even on the phone. How do they compare to other mobile offerings?
That's true. What I was trying to say was that PC games tend to drop in price faster than console games, sometimes dramatically so.
See, as crappy as EA is, I thought they were actually pretty cool with the new IPs they introduced this generation. Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Mass Effect, Crysis, Spore, etc were all new. The problem is that EA only really releases new IPs during the beginning of a console's life cycle.
If you want creative stuff, check out The Stanley Parable.
The reason to wait is price discounts. You can find significant sales all the time for PC games, which isn't really the case with console games.
(than the outrageous $60+ price tag of a new pc game)
I agree that $60 is more than I'm willing to pay for most games, but let's put things into perspective. $60 is about what games have cost since the beginning, even before you take inflation into account. Here's a thread about it. No sources, but it falls in line with my memory, too.
Back in the day, some larger games cost even more than $60 (think RPGs and even Street Fighter 2). N64 games often went for more than that, too. Take inflation into account, and games are cheaper now than they were in the NES days ($50 in 1985 is $108 now). What's happened, IMO, is that there are a lot of cheaper games out now that make $60 look awful.
I wouldn't call it damning, either, but it doesn't prove that the optimizations aren't app specific. The phone might still bench faster with non-renamed tools than with renamed ones (indeed, that's what the summary seems to claim). I would argue, however, that if the Note 3 beats the G2 "naturally", then there wasn't really any need to cheat this way.
Regardless, I'm with others: it's misleading at best, false advertising at worst.
If Google can perfect it, it could be an awesome tool. I guess I'll have to keep that in mind on the occasions when it comes up with something not right. I did just notice that I no longer seem to need to specify "bicycle" instead of "bike"--a year ago, I would get a lot of results for motorcycle stuff on searches like "best bike groupset". Then again, that might be a search bubble thing.
Thanks for that suggestion. As to your not being able to see the same annoyance that I did with UITableView...
It could have been fixed. It could be the fact that I don't remember any of the exact search strings (it happened a couple of times, and not just with NSTableView). Or it could be due to Google's search bubble thing. For what it's worth, searching for "nstableview bind data" brings up an article about UITableView as the 9th result. That's not as bad as it was when I was having the problem, where it came up as the top three results unless I specifically excluded it.
Christ, and we thought Duke Nukem took forever.
Not the parent, but I feel like the quality of Google search has gone down in a few ways. For instance, I found the old '+' operator much quicker and less cumbersome than enclosing the word in quotes.
Further, I often abhor Google's "fuzzy" matching system. Sometimes it's great, like when you say "photo" and it also searches "picture", "photograph", etc. But other times, it's extremely frustrating. I was writing a Mac app a few months back, and I needed help on something specific with NSTableView. Google decided that UITableView was the same thing, and started showing results for that at the top. Incredibly annoying, and it kept showing up even if I used quotes (had to use "-uitableview" to get it to go away). Not sure if that was a bug or if Google just really thinks I should be programming for iOS.
I think I run into the latter situation more often than the former. At least, that's what it feels like.
Actually, you have been able to use the camera's LED flash for notifications for a while. It doesn't keep flashing, though (thank God, as that thing's bright).
You're silly if you think the government doesn't already have your fingerprint. Apple says that the fingerprint data is encrypted and never leaves the phone, as well, so objections about Facebook and other third-parties having the data also seem to be out.
Personally, it's a feature I've been wanting for a long time.
I have similar feelings. At present, I tend to go through 1-2 books per month, with 5 being my maximum (and a relative rarity). Even assuming 3 books/month, that means that each book is $3.33--not a bad price, but considering that it forces me to read on an iPhone/iPad instead of my Kobo, I'm still just not very interested. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to come up with any price that would have me interested; I greatly prefer eInk to LCD and am willing to pay for it.
I do wish them well. I wish Amazon/Kobo/BN had a service like this.
It definitely is a lot of weight on the motherboard. Mine is one of Gigabyte's "ultra-durable", and it is noticeably thicker than other motherboards I have used. The bracket for the Noctua is large and does a good job of spreading the weight around. Still, I am careful, and if I were to move the system more than a few feet, I would put it on its side. If I were to move (as in houses), I would probably disconnect the HSF, just to be safe.
I had the Corsair H50. Two of them, actually. Both pumps made alarming grinding noises. The Noctua is quieter and actually does a better job of cooling--besides the CPU being slightly cooler, the giant fans move lots of air over the entire northbridge.
I stand corrected!