zap2
Apr 10, 09:49 PM
I will be interested in how this works out. Clearly Acer is not a software company, so using that to separate themselves would be a tricky move. (and I'm not talking OS change to an in house project, I'm talkings skins or apps for Android or Windows)
Top quality hardware with new and interesting form factors could help. I don't think they are moving to vertical business mode, as they will likely still use Windows and Android for their devices.
I'll be interested to see where this takes them. If this means they won't be selling any low end product in a few years, I see that as bad, because I don
't think they will do it as well as Apple.(who does sell low end products, but not really low end prices). But slightly thicker profit margins with bit high price on devices with improved quality could work.
As for the claim that Dell is all about volume, I disagree to some extent, admittedly they make their money by sell cheap devices. But things like the Streak 5 and Streak 7 aren't cheap devices nor are their smartphones.
Top quality hardware with new and interesting form factors could help. I don't think they are moving to vertical business mode, as they will likely still use Windows and Android for their devices.
I'll be interested to see where this takes them. If this means they won't be selling any low end product in a few years, I see that as bad, because I don
't think they will do it as well as Apple.(who does sell low end products, but not really low end prices). But slightly thicker profit margins with bit high price on devices with improved quality could work.
As for the claim that Dell is all about volume, I disagree to some extent, admittedly they make their money by sell cheap devices. But things like the Streak 5 and Streak 7 aren't cheap devices nor are their smartphones.
thegoldenmackid
Jan 7, 12:46 PM
Thursday?....i mean obviously if your not going to attend the keynote...than iThink it would be stupid to go on the most crowded day....but if you dont mind the crowds...DONT GO FRIDAY....things are coming day...its kinda dead....i'll go tuesday-thurzday...:D
wordoflife
Apr 3, 04:10 PM
(CNN) -- A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert notifying authorities of "a very small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the earthquake epicenter."
The quake's epicenter was located 149 miles east-northeast of Christmas Island at a depth of 14.9 miles, USGS said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/indonesia.quake/index.html?hpt=T2
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert notifying authorities of "a very small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the earthquake epicenter."
The quake's epicenter was located 149 miles east-northeast of Christmas Island at a depth of 14.9 miles, USGS said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/indonesia.quake/index.html?hpt=T2
Duke Leto
Apr 21, 05:48 PM
I looked into getcwd, and I was able to get the directory of the executable. I wrote some code to modify the path to go up a couple of folders, and I verified that it did the correct modifications. Furthemore, I found that the program worked just fine when I opened the package contents of the .app file and ran the executable inside the MacOS folder from Terminal.
However, the .app will not run from Finder.
However, the .app will not run from Finder.
Zermelo
May 1, 09:43 PM
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F191 Safari/6533.18.5)
Wouldnt go so far as to say we're no where close because geohot doesnt own an ipad 2. You think he's owned all of the other idevices he's jailbroken and unlocked? comex jailbroke his ipad 2 and he wasnt even in the US or remotely close to his ipad 2. If geohot is truly on the case, all he will probably need is the exploit comex used and he'll likely have no problem dumping the bootrom. With all his latest issues with sony, I'd bet he's more than ready for a positive comeback and more donation money :) not saying that he does it for money so dont start whinin. jus sayin
I not whining, but I'm not deluding myself either. How many tweets and news postings have we read about the 02.10.04 unlock?? We read it was coming out after the one for 3GS, then we read they were waiting for 4.2, then we read hasim had discovered nice baseband crashes, then we read about brute forcing the nik, and then guess what?? Still NO bands and unlock!!!! and these we're tweets from Muscle Nerd and others. The only real unlock came in the form of hardware solutions or the factory unlock solutions, something no one would have imagined would have come out before the dev-teams release.
And Comex's jailbreak was a user land one, so I doubt that would help with a boot rom exploit, so ****.
Wouldnt go so far as to say we're no where close because geohot doesnt own an ipad 2. You think he's owned all of the other idevices he's jailbroken and unlocked? comex jailbroke his ipad 2 and he wasnt even in the US or remotely close to his ipad 2. If geohot is truly on the case, all he will probably need is the exploit comex used and he'll likely have no problem dumping the bootrom. With all his latest issues with sony, I'd bet he's more than ready for a positive comeback and more donation money :) not saying that he does it for money so dont start whinin. jus sayin
I not whining, but I'm not deluding myself either. How many tweets and news postings have we read about the 02.10.04 unlock?? We read it was coming out after the one for 3GS, then we read they were waiting for 4.2, then we read hasim had discovered nice baseband crashes, then we read about brute forcing the nik, and then guess what?? Still NO bands and unlock!!!! and these we're tweets from Muscle Nerd and others. The only real unlock came in the form of hardware solutions or the factory unlock solutions, something no one would have imagined would have come out before the dev-teams release.
And Comex's jailbreak was a user land one, so I doubt that would help with a boot rom exploit, so ****.
cooknwitha
Sep 11, 09:03 AM
Like most Australians, I slept through it. I woke up to the radio talking about planes crashing and terrorist attacks. I thought "there's not a war on, is there?" I na�vely thought "I wonder if the news is still on" so turned on the TV. I don't think I moved from the TV for about 8 hours.
The clich� is "it changed the world" but it really did.
The clich� is "it changed the world" but it really did.
AlphaDogg
Aug 28, 02:26 PM
I am curious as to how you (the forum) has your MBP's or MB's set up on your desks. A picture would be nice. A picture of my desk is attached.
Not shown: Harmon Kardon speakers. Logitech speakers. External USB (blue) Seagate HDD, and AirPort Express.
What is shown: 18.5" acer display, 13" MBP, wired Apple Keyboard, wireless magic mouse, Apple remote, original iPod nano box, original iPhone box, 13" MBP box, and Epson CX7400 series printer.
Not shown: Harmon Kardon speakers. Logitech speakers. External USB (blue) Seagate HDD, and AirPort Express.
What is shown: 18.5" acer display, 13" MBP, wired Apple Keyboard, wireless magic mouse, Apple remote, original iPod nano box, original iPhone box, 13" MBP box, and Epson CX7400 series printer.
DesertFox
Sep 18, 12:21 AM
Thanks to all the replies,
But i think my question should be a liitle more specific:
I am trying to accomplish this step in the PHP-Nuke setup:
http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=PHP-Nuke_HOWTO&page=database-creation.html
Each time I type in the command ./mysqladmin -u root -p create database
It just tells me that there is no such file or directory.
I have done a default install of MAMP and my PHP-Nuke files are in the htdocs folder.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
But i think my question should be a liitle more specific:
I am trying to accomplish this step in the PHP-Nuke setup:
http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=PHP-Nuke_HOWTO&page=database-creation.html
Each time I type in the command ./mysqladmin -u root -p create database
It just tells me that there is no such file or directory.
I have done a default install of MAMP and my PHP-Nuke files are in the htdocs folder.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
SC68Cal
Oct 17, 07:56 PM
Geekbench has the ability to run native and under rosetta.
Geekbench.Rosetta = 110.5 Link (http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=7631)
Geekbench (UB) = 181.4 Link (http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=7630)
My MBP
2.0 GHZ CD
2.0 GB Ram
Geekbench.Rosetta = 110.5 Link (http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=7631)
Geekbench (UB) = 181.4 Link (http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=7630)
My MBP
2.0 GHZ CD
2.0 GB Ram
therealseebs
May 4, 05:22 PM
Just a followup: It's back. The service center people reseated a connector, so quite possibly if the people at the store had known this could be the issue, they could have fixed it.
y0zza
Mar 25, 03:30 PM
Indeed, the Shure E3's are great. Sometimes I wish for a little more bass, but this is usually when listening to tracks on my iPod, where the headphone output's impedance isn't matched too well with the E3's.
Driving from a decent headphone amp, they are really excellent. The isolation also protects your ears in noisy environments; the volume doesn't have to be as loud to come through over the background noise.
I usually use the foam tips when listening for prolonged periods, or the tri-flange tips if I need to pop them on and off during listening. They both offer comparable levels of isolation, although the foamies are slightly more comfortable.
Driving from a decent headphone amp, they are really excellent. The isolation also protects your ears in noisy environments; the volume doesn't have to be as loud to come through over the background noise.
I usually use the foam tips when listening for prolonged periods, or the tri-flange tips if I need to pop them on and off during listening. They both offer comparable levels of isolation, although the foamies are slightly more comfortable.
mark28
Mar 5, 10:26 AM
How are the samples of Komplete 7?
Or should I perhaps try something like VSL or East West?
Or should I perhaps try something like VSL or East West?
MacTech68
Apr 22, 02:17 PM
The 2004 version (with iPod added) 480x360 is on archive.org:
http://replay.web.archive.org/20041222140014/http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/10f5e12b6a8f2a/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c3f42d6599/1984-2004_480.mov
Further research shows there are 640x480 versions of the original 1984 but they prove elusive. :(
http://replay.web.archive.org/20041222140014/http://a772.g.akamai.net/5/772/51/10f5e12b6a8f2a/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382e353c32f94c3f42d6599/1984-2004_480.mov
Further research shows there are 640x480 versions of the original 1984 but they prove elusive. :(
skoker
Dec 18, 06:53 PM
Isn't that the one I gave you that fried your HP laptop, if so not very wise to pass it on to somebody else... :rolleyes: .
Considering you gave me this after I got my iBook, no it wasn't :P
Considering you gave me this after I got my iBook, no it wasn't :P
entatlrg
May 1, 03:59 PM
Coolbook is the solution.
I had both an 11" ultimate and a 13" ultimate. I preferred the extra screen real estate so I wanted to keep the 13" .... but the fan noise bugged me.
Flash, running windows via VM, photo editing, moving large files all made my 13" roar. (For whatever reason the 11" ran much quieter doing the same tasks.)
I'd read some posts here about Coolbook, I was reluctant to try it ... as a last resort before deciding to give up the 13" I installed it, used the recommend settings found here in this forum and voila my 13" has ran much quieter and cooler since.
I can work in Windows for hours, no fan noise, watch Flash everything.
Very impressed, it allowed me to keep my 13"!
I had both an 11" ultimate and a 13" ultimate. I preferred the extra screen real estate so I wanted to keep the 13" .... but the fan noise bugged me.
Flash, running windows via VM, photo editing, moving large files all made my 13" roar. (For whatever reason the 11" ran much quieter doing the same tasks.)
I'd read some posts here about Coolbook, I was reluctant to try it ... as a last resort before deciding to give up the 13" I installed it, used the recommend settings found here in this forum and voila my 13" has ran much quieter and cooler since.
I can work in Windows for hours, no fan noise, watch Flash everything.
Very impressed, it allowed me to keep my 13"!
David Schmidt
Mar 19, 04:28 PM
I think it's their radio/cooler logo bag from the late 70's...
Not with that typeface. Late 80's, maybe...
Not with that typeface. Late 80's, maybe...
Kielzog
Oct 5, 04:44 PM
I was quite impressed with Microsoft's idea of Photosynth (http://labs.live.com/photosynth/). Apparently it stitches user photo's together and gives a 3D view of a place. Of course a lot of things can be automated if the exact GPS coordinates are known. A GPS enabled camera could provide this and the combination of Google Earth could be just the thing Apple is looking for.
ImNoSuperMan
Sep 13, 03:18 AM
We will see something similar to what happened last Fall? - Apple holding an event in september, then a couple weeks later another invite goes out saying "One More Thing..." like last year. and that event will be mid october or something?
Or are we done for the year?
vPod. *fingers crossed*
Or are we done for the year?
vPod. *fingers crossed*
benhollberg
Mar 11, 12:41 AM
Over 20 people. I'll get a number soon.
CanadaRAM
Sep 17, 02:57 PM
Sorry to bump, but couldnt anyone help me?? someone must have tried RAM with heatsinks on there mac mini...The problem is so much RAM these days ships with the heatsinks fitted,
SHadOW
Three answers:
1) Don't do it, there isn't room physically
2) Any RAM you are considering buying with heatsinks is, by definition, not RAM sold with a guarantee of Mac compatibility. No Mac RAM is sold with heatspreaders. Buy from a reputable dealer who guarantees compatibility with the Mini. Don't put in random PC memory.
3) If you already have a piece of RAM that you are bound and determined to try then just take off the heat spreader - it's like, a $2 piece of aluminum held on by two spring clips... :rolleyes:
SHadOW
Three answers:
1) Don't do it, there isn't room physically
2) Any RAM you are considering buying with heatsinks is, by definition, not RAM sold with a guarantee of Mac compatibility. No Mac RAM is sold with heatspreaders. Buy from a reputable dealer who guarantees compatibility with the Mini. Don't put in random PC memory.
3) If you already have a piece of RAM that you are bound and determined to try then just take off the heat spreader - it's like, a $2 piece of aluminum held on by two spring clips... :rolleyes:
aafuss1
Oct 7, 10:59 AM
There's co-ordinates and other GPS related meta-data already in iPhoto 6.
See-http://stashbox.org/997/gpsmetadata_iphoto6.x.jpg
I bet Apple isn't going to release a hardware based GPS add-on anytime soon, but via software plug-ins-Google Maps or other earth/mapping sites.
PhotoSynth type technology in iPhoto would be amazingly cool.
Geo-coded photos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoded_photo
See-http://stashbox.org/997/gpsmetadata_iphoto6.x.jpg
I bet Apple isn't going to release a hardware based GPS add-on anytime soon, but via software plug-ins-Google Maps or other earth/mapping sites.
PhotoSynth type technology in iPhoto would be amazingly cool.
Geo-coded photos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoded_photo
peharri
Oct 9, 07:19 AM
One interesting bit of information about T-Mobile most people are unaware of.
As TFA mentions, this press conference centered around T-Mobile's 3G plans, after they won a large amount of spectrum in the recent FCC auctions.
What's interesting is the amount of spectrum they won. They essentially won spectrum in every single US market in the USA, including Hawaii and Alaska. This makes them the first network in the US that really could, if it wanted to, cover the entire USA with their own network.
For reasons that escape me, the FCC has always subdivided the country into small areas, some as small as a county, when auctioning licenses. I think this is because the FCC is pretty convinced that cellphones are actually just a form of long range cordless phone and nobody expects them to work more than a few miles from home or something.
This time the FCC auctioned much larger areas, called REAs, overlapping a lot of much smaller areas that were also licensed, called BEAs and CMAs. T-Mobile won one of each of the REAs, the largest areas, with the exception of Alaska. They were also won a BEA which is one of the few that is large enough to cover an entire state - namely, Alaska.
I'm not saying T-Mobile will roll out a truly "works everywhere" network. The frequencies chosen for 3G are high (1750MHz downlink and 2150MHz uplink), so the whole "goes through walls" problem that T-Mobile currently suffers from (their current network is 1900MHz) isn't going to get any better. And clearly, there's little economic incentive to put a tower in the middle of a desert, whether you have a license for it or not. But certainly they have the capability now of doing so, and providing coverage everywhere, which is pretty cool.
As TFA mentions, this press conference centered around T-Mobile's 3G plans, after they won a large amount of spectrum in the recent FCC auctions.
What's interesting is the amount of spectrum they won. They essentially won spectrum in every single US market in the USA, including Hawaii and Alaska. This makes them the first network in the US that really could, if it wanted to, cover the entire USA with their own network.
For reasons that escape me, the FCC has always subdivided the country into small areas, some as small as a county, when auctioning licenses. I think this is because the FCC is pretty convinced that cellphones are actually just a form of long range cordless phone and nobody expects them to work more than a few miles from home or something.
This time the FCC auctioned much larger areas, called REAs, overlapping a lot of much smaller areas that were also licensed, called BEAs and CMAs. T-Mobile won one of each of the REAs, the largest areas, with the exception of Alaska. They were also won a BEA which is one of the few that is large enough to cover an entire state - namely, Alaska.
I'm not saying T-Mobile will roll out a truly "works everywhere" network. The frequencies chosen for 3G are high (1750MHz downlink and 2150MHz uplink), so the whole "goes through walls" problem that T-Mobile currently suffers from (their current network is 1900MHz) isn't going to get any better. And clearly, there's little economic incentive to put a tower in the middle of a desert, whether you have a license for it or not. But certainly they have the capability now of doing so, and providing coverage everywhere, which is pretty cool.
joec1101
Apr 3, 10:57 PM
Mine won't install the Win7 Service Pack 1 - it just constantly fails. I've tried every suggestion I've been able to find, mostly from the SevenForums.com site, to no avail.
From the litle bit of research I've done, it seems there are issues with Win7 updates with MBP as well as other machines.
I really think it's a Microsoft issue since it's happening with all different brands of hardware.
I guess we'll just have to wait for MS to release "fixed" updates. :(
From the litle bit of research I've done, it seems there are issues with Win7 updates with MBP as well as other machines.
I really think it's a Microsoft issue since it's happening with all different brands of hardware.
I guess we'll just have to wait for MS to release "fixed" updates. :(
tigress666
Apr 15, 02:57 PM
Not to rain on your parade but there will never be a game that requires 3D for the 3DS. It will always be optional because not everyone can use it/see it or at the very least can play it for as long before they are fatigued. Game designers probably won't be too keen to limit their market like that for something that would work just as well as a 2D game.
That was kinda my point... I don't know how well the 3Ds will do and if it is successful it isn't going to be because of the 3D. For the 3D to really have much affect I think on making a game player successful, it would have to be part of the experience, not just an add on to make the game prettier. And I think I mentioned I don't think they can do that with 3D (and not cause not everyone can see it, but because I'm not sure what you would really *need* 3D in order to play a game. Unless it was stuff like look behind boxes but I am pretty sure the 3D implemented in the 3Ds isn't capable of doing stuff like that).
As far as iOS gaming and the virtual joystick kludge, I agree. It is like how in some very early console games/programs you had a full on mouse cursor that you controlled with the D-pad. How long did it take them to figure out that was a horrible idea? You have to design for the device, and not many developers are doing it (great examples of how not to do it are the various RPGs with maybe the exception of Battleheart but even that is a bit clunky). Personally, I hope someone ports a game like Aquaria or Ocarina of Time because I think touch based gaming is much better at music than console or keyboard & mouse because it can just give you a keyboard or some other simulation.
I don't know if I said *that* more than I don't think the ipad will make up for lack of buttons to have some advantage over consoles.
I have played joystick games on the iphone and I still enjoy them. Sure, they would be better on another console, but just my own selfish reasons i don't really want to be stuck with just angry bird type games on my iphone. But, so far, I haven't had to. I've found plenty of good rpgs (though honestly for turn based ones I don't think you need buttons to play them, in some ways touch screen is nicer. Instead of having to scroll through a list to pick who you want to fight or what action you want to take, you just tap it) and racing games. And even enjoy the Prince of Persia and Assassin's creed port (both use virtual sticks). The virtual controls are more clunky than a dpad (or even better, a joystick) but they don't make the game unfun to me :). So I personally would vote to still get games that use joysticks as well, even if they have to use a virtual joystick.
Though I suppose if you were to make a game kinda like the for the iphone, you could probably implement some way that you use the iphone's strengths instead as controls.
That was kinda my point... I don't know how well the 3Ds will do and if it is successful it isn't going to be because of the 3D. For the 3D to really have much affect I think on making a game player successful, it would have to be part of the experience, not just an add on to make the game prettier. And I think I mentioned I don't think they can do that with 3D (and not cause not everyone can see it, but because I'm not sure what you would really *need* 3D in order to play a game. Unless it was stuff like look behind boxes but I am pretty sure the 3D implemented in the 3Ds isn't capable of doing stuff like that).
As far as iOS gaming and the virtual joystick kludge, I agree. It is like how in some very early console games/programs you had a full on mouse cursor that you controlled with the D-pad. How long did it take them to figure out that was a horrible idea? You have to design for the device, and not many developers are doing it (great examples of how not to do it are the various RPGs with maybe the exception of Battleheart but even that is a bit clunky). Personally, I hope someone ports a game like Aquaria or Ocarina of Time because I think touch based gaming is much better at music than console or keyboard & mouse because it can just give you a keyboard or some other simulation.
I don't know if I said *that* more than I don't think the ipad will make up for lack of buttons to have some advantage over consoles.
I have played joystick games on the iphone and I still enjoy them. Sure, they would be better on another console, but just my own selfish reasons i don't really want to be stuck with just angry bird type games on my iphone. But, so far, I haven't had to. I've found plenty of good rpgs (though honestly for turn based ones I don't think you need buttons to play them, in some ways touch screen is nicer. Instead of having to scroll through a list to pick who you want to fight or what action you want to take, you just tap it) and racing games. And even enjoy the Prince of Persia and Assassin's creed port (both use virtual sticks). The virtual controls are more clunky than a dpad (or even better, a joystick) but they don't make the game unfun to me :). So I personally would vote to still get games that use joysticks as well, even if they have to use a virtual joystick.
Though I suppose if you were to make a game kinda like the for the iphone, you could probably implement some way that you use the iphone's strengths instead as controls.
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