danp
Oct 25, 08:20 PM
The option you want is out there and legally available--it's just that CDs are a "bad value."
I don't know what CD prices are like in the US, but here in the UK they are far from "bad value" compared to tracks on iTunes.
Most new CDs can be picked up for around �8 at the major supermarkets or online from places like play.com or cdwow.com. For this �8 I get a physical item (complete with inlay) that I can keep forever. I put it in my Mac, rip it to iTunes and I _also_ get a DRM-free mp3 version at any bit rate I require. Should I choose to ditch my iPod at some point in the future and move to a rival player, my ripped tunes will still work. And if they don't, I have the physical CD to fall back on.
For the same money on iTunes I get nothing more than a file on my Mac whose lifespan is subject to the whim of the hardware I use and the company that oversees it. I'm locked in to iPod.
CDs don't seem to be bad value to me.
I don't know what CD prices are like in the US, but here in the UK they are far from "bad value" compared to tracks on iTunes.
Most new CDs can be picked up for around �8 at the major supermarkets or online from places like play.com or cdwow.com. For this �8 I get a physical item (complete with inlay) that I can keep forever. I put it in my Mac, rip it to iTunes and I _also_ get a DRM-free mp3 version at any bit rate I require. Should I choose to ditch my iPod at some point in the future and move to a rival player, my ripped tunes will still work. And if they don't, I have the physical CD to fall back on.
For the same money on iTunes I get nothing more than a file on my Mac whose lifespan is subject to the whim of the hardware I use and the company that oversees it. I'm locked in to iPod.
CDs don't seem to be bad value to me.
Beardy man
Apr 12, 02:34 AM
June
I would like to see,
thinner displays
HDMI
Better quality
Better response times
And 20" at �200 23" at �350 30" at �700
I couldn't wait.
Sitting here typing at my 3 week old 30" ACD I'm wondering what would the advantage of a thinner display be? (It's the foot that takes the space)
I don't get any noticeable lag on video or large graphics so how much faster do you need the response time to be?
Build quality is far in excess of any other monitor I've ever had - this thing is built like a tank and the image quality (as a print designer) is spot on. It may not suit people who need an oversaturated bright display but for me it's hard to imagine a higher image quality.
Yes, I'd like the price to have been �700 but it isn't and compared to an Eizo it's a fair price. Using a 30" professionally, in comparison to a 17" monitor (okay, big jump) I used to spend 50% of my mouse time (subjective) moving windows around the screen to get at what I wanted. The productivity gains mean this monitor will pay for itself in 6-9 months. If you want to buy a 30" for leisure use then it's a luxury and cost shouldn't be an issue.
Even if new ACD's came out at the above specs tomorrow, I wouldn't regret having bought this monitor when I did.
HDMI isn't an issue for me as I watch movies on my TV and don't have time to get into video editing etc. ;)
I would like to see,
thinner displays
HDMI
Better quality
Better response times
And 20" at �200 23" at �350 30" at �700
I couldn't wait.
Sitting here typing at my 3 week old 30" ACD I'm wondering what would the advantage of a thinner display be? (It's the foot that takes the space)
I don't get any noticeable lag on video or large graphics so how much faster do you need the response time to be?
Build quality is far in excess of any other monitor I've ever had - this thing is built like a tank and the image quality (as a print designer) is spot on. It may not suit people who need an oversaturated bright display but for me it's hard to imagine a higher image quality.
Yes, I'd like the price to have been �700 but it isn't and compared to an Eizo it's a fair price. Using a 30" professionally, in comparison to a 17" monitor (okay, big jump) I used to spend 50% of my mouse time (subjective) moving windows around the screen to get at what I wanted. The productivity gains mean this monitor will pay for itself in 6-9 months. If you want to buy a 30" for leisure use then it's a luxury and cost shouldn't be an issue.
Even if new ACD's came out at the above specs tomorrow, I wouldn't regret having bought this monitor when I did.
HDMI isn't an issue for me as I watch movies on my TV and don't have time to get into video editing etc. ;)
AndroidfoLife
Apr 15, 10:45 PM
Over the course of time, mobiles will displace consoles.
We can already mirror the iPad 2 onto HDTVs. Not the best news for dedicated consoles. It's not perfect, but it's a powerful portent. Dedicated devices (as opposed to convergence) are destined to DIE.
iCal this. Then in 2-3 years revisit this comment and be astounded.
compare a Ipad 2 graphics to a NGP that is why they will die. The game systems will cost less and out put better graphics and have better controls. Your not thinking straight if you want to play Ipad games and not Console games on your TV
We can already mirror the iPad 2 onto HDTVs. Not the best news for dedicated consoles. It's not perfect, but it's a powerful portent. Dedicated devices (as opposed to convergence) are destined to DIE.
iCal this. Then in 2-3 years revisit this comment and be astounded.
compare a Ipad 2 graphics to a NGP that is why they will die. The game systems will cost less and out put better graphics and have better controls. Your not thinking straight if you want to play Ipad games and not Console games on your TV
diamond.g
Apr 18, 08:47 AM
Don't be stupid. I'm talking about the iphone as a controller. Touch screen is not it's only control.
The racing games I play have you tilt the device to steer (kinda like using a mini steering wheel). And I've fully admitted a steering wheel is a better controller than all of other ones for racing games, but the tilt is still better than the d-pad and even joystick for racing (it's more like using a steering wheel than either).
The only thing I don't like about using the phone as a steering wheel is I am turning my screen as well, so it is harder to see what is going on. Plus I am not a huge fan of the lack of analog gas and braking.
The racing games I play have you tilt the device to steer (kinda like using a mini steering wheel). And I've fully admitted a steering wheel is a better controller than all of other ones for racing games, but the tilt is still better than the d-pad and even joystick for racing (it's more like using a steering wheel than either).
The only thing I don't like about using the phone as a steering wheel is I am turning my screen as well, so it is harder to see what is going on. Plus I am not a huge fan of the lack of analog gas and braking.
puma1552
Apr 21, 11:35 PM
Apple doesn't give a damn about the shareholders any more than they do about the customers, sorry.
Sonny bro
Feb 27, 12:38 AM
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Sonny Bro!; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)
Movieplayer from cydia should do the trick, can play nearly every movie type.
Movieplayer from cydia should do the trick, can play nearly every movie type.
lanulos
Dec 13, 04:58 PM
More info required: When you scroll to the bottom of the Cydia front page, what does the version number say? 1.0.3222-73? And are the apps you got in Cydia still there? Can you add a repository to Cydia? Do you have iFile and SSH? And you aren't using any cracked apps, are you?
Maxiseller
Oct 25, 09:08 AM
Since Leopard won't be out until spring you will have to pay the full price. Apple is pretty stingy about giving discounts to their OS upgrades. If you had purchased you MBP a week before Leopards release you might have receive it for free.
Yeh, I think last time it was something like 28 days...
Either way, it hasn't got anything to do with stingy; let us say for the sake of argument that I purchased a Dell computer today, and vista is released on 1st February. Surely you're not expecting Dell to ship you Vista free? No Way - it's not good business sense.
Apple Hardware and Software probably have different division headings so you can't argue that the above analysis is not viable.
Yeh, I think last time it was something like 28 days...
Either way, it hasn't got anything to do with stingy; let us say for the sake of argument that I purchased a Dell computer today, and vista is released on 1st February. Surely you're not expecting Dell to ship you Vista free? No Way - it's not good business sense.
Apple Hardware and Software probably have different division headings so you can't argue that the above analysis is not viable.
jazzplr
Apr 29, 09:04 PM
It is my understanding that the jailbreak from Comex used proprietary Apple code that would have landed him in legal trouble if it was released to the public. This hole was patched in iOS 4.3.1. While I haven't heard any news about others working on the jailbreak, I'm sure that there is work being done.
dontmatter
Oct 24, 07:50 PM
You can't adjust a monitor so that it has a higher resolution than it inherently does. However, if you have a high res screen, it can behave at (seemingly) lower resolutions (eg: it can operate at a size similar to 1280x800 on the MacBook), except that it would be sharper than a MacBook's screen because the screen has 1920 x 1200 pixels trying to create a desktop size equivalent to 1280x800. So instead of the 110 dpi LCD screens we have now when a 1920x1200 screen operates as a 1920 x 1200 screen, it would operate with a dpi of like 150 dpi if a 1920x1200 resolution LCD was working to create a desktop similar to a 1280 x 800 workspace.
***But again, correct me if I'm either wrong, or not entirely correct, because I want to understand this as well. :)
But like MarkCollette said, this resolution independence thing does scare me a bit as well. I want things to looks smaller if I have a resolution independent screen. Sure I wouldn't want text to be so small that I can't read it, but if they had a way to scale the text larger while leaving other elements nice and small, it would be rather ace.
Are you saying that you will get an effectively higher dpi # when running a screen at a lower resolution? I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but I think it's a little off- as you said, you're never going to get higher resolution out of a screen than it's native resolution. What you can do with resolution independence is use a high resolution screen at it's native resolution without sacrificing that nice big look of the lower resolution. It arises out of the difference, mentioned by others, of vectors versus bitmaps. That means you say that you put black pixels between some distance and direction away from a given point, rather than saying white pixel, white pixel, two, white pixel. (I'm not sure if that distance is defined as a portion of the screen or an absolute distance or what).
And i agree, scaling some things and not others, done very intelligently, would be "rather ace"
***But again, correct me if I'm either wrong, or not entirely correct, because I want to understand this as well. :)
But like MarkCollette said, this resolution independence thing does scare me a bit as well. I want things to looks smaller if I have a resolution independent screen. Sure I wouldn't want text to be so small that I can't read it, but if they had a way to scale the text larger while leaving other elements nice and small, it would be rather ace.
Are you saying that you will get an effectively higher dpi # when running a screen at a lower resolution? I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but I think it's a little off- as you said, you're never going to get higher resolution out of a screen than it's native resolution. What you can do with resolution independence is use a high resolution screen at it's native resolution without sacrificing that nice big look of the lower resolution. It arises out of the difference, mentioned by others, of vectors versus bitmaps. That means you say that you put black pixels between some distance and direction away from a given point, rather than saying white pixel, white pixel, two, white pixel. (I'm not sure if that distance is defined as a portion of the screen or an absolute distance or what).
And i agree, scaling some things and not others, done very intelligently, would be "rather ace"
Full of Win
Mar 14, 04:21 PM
Officially confirms that this was a really, really bad idea:
http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/zune-tattoo.jpg
From what I understand, he is planning on going on a hunger strike in protest. I'm sure by 2015, Microsoft will have something to make him happy and allow him to eat again.
Please keep him in your thoughts today.
http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/zune-tattoo.jpg
From what I understand, he is planning on going on a hunger strike in protest. I'm sure by 2015, Microsoft will have something to make him happy and allow him to eat again.
Please keep him in your thoughts today.
Chase R
Nov 5, 06:13 PM
Thought this was cool. Like X-Ray vision:cool: This is what is hiding behind that big awesome screen...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/5141353582_520e44043a_b.jpg
Ha, that's sweet! It would be cool if you could have the Snow Leopard background layered on top of it, but have it be opaque so you could still see the "guts".
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/5141353582_520e44043a_b.jpg
Ha, that's sweet! It would be cool if you could have the Snow Leopard background layered on top of it, but have it be opaque so you could still see the "guts".
Darkroom
Feb 19, 07:29 PM
uganda? no thanks and unchecked from iTunes connect. that government needs to be focusing on some serious social growth before worrying about getting an app store. i wonder if the ugandan government will prosecute those who download gay-themed apps along with the others for so-called "attempted homosexuality". :mad:
why did apple sponsor "no to prop 8" in california but give uganda an app store? what a joke!
why did apple sponsor "no to prop 8" in california but give uganda an app store? what a joke!
sunsnewmac
May 2, 05:28 PM
Is there a workaround/fix that does not involve Coolbook?
Dav1
Mar 26, 10:18 AM
Well, 4.3.1 is out.
Where's the iPad 2 jailbreak?
Well if one wishes to take a pessimistic view the iPhone 5 will also be out shortly perhaps they will also hold it for that? Or for 4.3.2? :(
Where's the iPad 2 jailbreak?
Well if one wishes to take a pessimistic view the iPhone 5 will also be out shortly perhaps they will also hold it for that? Or for 4.3.2? :(
larswik
Mar 27, 01:22 AM
I have included a photo of my Chapter 9 Assignment. It is not due till next Monday since it is Spring Break but I want to do it before I forget.
1. The goal is to use Functions to solve the problems
2. I have to write my own Top Down Design
3. I have to sum a cube?
He wrote this on the board when he explained it.
sqrsum := a*a + b*b + c*c + d*d
The example on the paper use 10 10 10 20 and that returned 11000. But when I so 10*10 + 10*10 + 10*10 + 20*20 I come to a total of 700. I am not understanding this conversion?
the code he used on the board
function sqrsum (A,B,C,D : integer) : integer
begin
Emma Watson in July of 2009
Emma Watson Gallery on Howzar.
emma watson cute
1. The goal is to use Functions to solve the problems
2. I have to write my own Top Down Design
3. I have to sum a cube?
He wrote this on the board when he explained it.
sqrsum := a*a + b*b + c*c + d*d
The example on the paper use 10 10 10 20 and that returned 11000. But when I so 10*10 + 10*10 + 10*10 + 20*20 I come to a total of 700. I am not understanding this conversion?
the code he used on the board
function sqrsum (A,B,C,D : integer) : integer
begin
Gasu E.
Oct 25, 02:32 PM
Can another company even sell music at less than $0.99?
Even if they could... would you pay $.79 for something that might not work in the next release of iTunes software?
Even if they could... would you pay $.79 for something that might not work in the next release of iTunes software?
BobVB
Oct 4, 12:31 PM
But the fact remains, most new cell phones in the U.S. at least already have GPS built in so the location of the phone can be tracked by emergency responders.
Actually I was told by someone that should know that all the GSM networks don't support the GPS subcarrier and calculate your position by tower triangulation instead. Since GSM is the dominate form in the industry in the us (unless Sprints bigger than I think) most phones probably don't have GPS built in. (just an interesting factoid)
And yes a cellphone/camera/GPS thingee would be cool but they can't forget the essentials and a phone without voice dial is a phone not worth having no matter what other features it might have. I mean don't all states have a 'handsfree only' while driving law by now?
Actually I was told by someone that should know that all the GSM networks don't support the GPS subcarrier and calculate your position by tower triangulation instead. Since GSM is the dominate form in the industry in the us (unless Sprints bigger than I think) most phones probably don't have GPS built in. (just an interesting factoid)
And yes a cellphone/camera/GPS thingee would be cool but they can't forget the essentials and a phone without voice dial is a phone not worth having no matter what other features it might have. I mean don't all states have a 'handsfree only' while driving law by now?
hackthatphone
Mar 27, 01:33 PM
I think, none has jailbroken ipad 2 yet. Neither Comex, if he had done it, he wud already pushed it out before anyone could. That draws more respect!!
I think its more of a photoshopped image!!
+1 for my ignore list.
You have a lot to learn.
I think its more of a photoshopped image!!
+1 for my ignore list.
You have a lot to learn.
edesignuk
Aug 15, 02:59 PM
Is that supposed to be fire? I don't think I would have been able to tell if not for edesign's postIt was a lucky guess ;)
djlutzker
Sep 7, 06:07 PM
both! My first rule is ishield for all my devices, then a case for maximum protection. Ive always used speck toughskin cases for itouches and otterbox for blackberryes! :p
Lacero
Dec 18, 07:43 PM
Dropping the dope down on 2 million MR posts baby!
Yeah, yeah, I know, pretty uncreative. But it was a real bitch to get it down to 24KB. [edit: 20KB now] :) I was gonna go with a g**tse-themed avatar, but unfortunately came to my senses. Lucky for you guys.
Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37113 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)
Yeah, yeah, I know, pretty uncreative. But it was a real bitch to get it down to 24KB. [edit: 20KB now] :) I was gonna go with a g**tse-themed avatar, but unfortunately came to my senses. Lucky for you guys.
Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37113 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)
pyrotoaster
Aug 16, 02:22 PM
Muwah ha ha!!
BURN!!
You know, it'd be even better if it had some kind of toaster in it. :p
BURN!!
You know, it'd be even better if it had some kind of toaster in it. :p
Advance The Man
Mar 17, 08:46 AM
RESOLVED -- THANKS EVERYONE
It was purchased April 2005 and installed with Mac OS 9. It currently has 10.411.
I have 3 discs.
1)Mac OS 9 Install Disc
2)PowerBook G4 Mac OS X Install Disc
3)Mac OS X Tiger Upgrade DVD
How do I use these to bring it to a new user state? What stinks is I said it included iPhoto and other software that was pre-installed. Apple did not include these discs when I purchased the machine new.
Thanks, please let me know.
It was purchased April 2005 and installed with Mac OS 9. It currently has 10.411.
I have 3 discs.
1)Mac OS 9 Install Disc
2)PowerBook G4 Mac OS X Install Disc
3)Mac OS X Tiger Upgrade DVD
How do I use these to bring it to a new user state? What stinks is I said it included iPhoto and other software that was pre-installed. Apple did not include these discs when I purchased the machine new.
Thanks, please let me know.
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