nsquid
May 5, 05:51 PM
have fun downloading a 665mb update on verizon's stellar network.
gelinasbrian
Oct 19, 04:03 PM
Are those guinea pigs in the 'cage' on the right? I love guinea pigs, as you can probably tell.... ;) My actual avatar is of my brother's guinea pig. She's about 3/4 years old and such a cutie :D
Indeed you are correct. That is a Guinea and his name is Chowdah.:D
Indeed you are correct. That is a Guinea and his name is Chowdah.:D
Mr. Retrofire
Apr 11, 06:35 AM
Wouldn't be surprised if the high costs are due to the pirates ripping them off.
Geez! Please spare me such uninformed comments, and read this:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201012/Q410Earnings.html
:rolleyes:
Geez! Please spare me such uninformed comments, and read this:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201012/Q410Earnings.html
:rolleyes:
bassfingers
Apr 28, 12:50 AM
Now if we can come to accept that they're are in fact a number of problems within the black community (at least in the United States, I'm not particularly well aware of whats going on in the UK). I think they're are a number of things that can be done to mitigate the problem.
First Social Welfare Programs:
We already have some of these and I'm not particularly well educated on what they provide but these are CRUCIAL. If you don't have a warm place to sleep and food to eat than your odds of being able to improve your situation are basically impossible.
Greater Availability of Birth Control and Education About the Same:
There is a reason that there are so many births happening out of wedlock in this community and you can bet it starts with people not using birth control or using it correctly. I would advocate for a greater availability of condoms and in particular the pill to just about anyone who wants it. No the pill doesn't stop the spread of STD's but I think it's a little more moment of total irresponsibility proof.
I believe there should be social help, but not all help has a positive effect. For instance, after world war two, we started a program to help widows who had lost husbands in the war. Eventually that program expanded to any single mother. That essentially became an incentive to raise children out of wedlock, and the percent of children raised by a single black mother rose from <10% to >35% in just a few years.
There needs to be social programs, but there also needs to be an incentive to work. People need more incentives to finish out high school. Imagine having poor parenting and no life direction. Eventually you have to choose whether or not to drop out of high school. If you know that the state will take care of every need and even some wants, what incentive is there to finish school? However, if you know that if you don't finish school you'll barely be able to get by, then even with poor role models you will have a greater chance of choosing to graduate.
A safety net is necessary, but we must make sure that the programs encourage productive behavior, rather than sheltering bad behavior.
The birth control stuff is a good point. But accidental pregnancies seem to be more of a symptom than the root problem
Isn't it curious that other minorities who were historically treated extremely poorly in the US (the Irish) rose up the ladder very quickly while it is taking generations for others? One difference to consider is that we did not have social programs for the Irish, and they were forced to work their way up. One of my best friends great-grandparents were dirt poor irish immigrants. They lived off not much more than saltine crackers for years, and now his family is in the upper middle class. They didn't get that way from special treatment from the government. (not saying social programs shouldn't exist. Just saying that they also have the power to take us a step backwards)
First Social Welfare Programs:
We already have some of these and I'm not particularly well educated on what they provide but these are CRUCIAL. If you don't have a warm place to sleep and food to eat than your odds of being able to improve your situation are basically impossible.
Greater Availability of Birth Control and Education About the Same:
There is a reason that there are so many births happening out of wedlock in this community and you can bet it starts with people not using birth control or using it correctly. I would advocate for a greater availability of condoms and in particular the pill to just about anyone who wants it. No the pill doesn't stop the spread of STD's but I think it's a little more moment of total irresponsibility proof.
I believe there should be social help, but not all help has a positive effect. For instance, after world war two, we started a program to help widows who had lost husbands in the war. Eventually that program expanded to any single mother. That essentially became an incentive to raise children out of wedlock, and the percent of children raised by a single black mother rose from <10% to >35% in just a few years.
There needs to be social programs, but there also needs to be an incentive to work. People need more incentives to finish out high school. Imagine having poor parenting and no life direction. Eventually you have to choose whether or not to drop out of high school. If you know that the state will take care of every need and even some wants, what incentive is there to finish school? However, if you know that if you don't finish school you'll barely be able to get by, then even with poor role models you will have a greater chance of choosing to graduate.
A safety net is necessary, but we must make sure that the programs encourage productive behavior, rather than sheltering bad behavior.
The birth control stuff is a good point. But accidental pregnancies seem to be more of a symptom than the root problem
Isn't it curious that other minorities who were historically treated extremely poorly in the US (the Irish) rose up the ladder very quickly while it is taking generations for others? One difference to consider is that we did not have social programs for the Irish, and they were forced to work their way up. One of my best friends great-grandparents were dirt poor irish immigrants. They lived off not much more than saltine crackers for years, and now his family is in the upper middle class. They didn't get that way from special treatment from the government. (not saying social programs shouldn't exist. Just saying that they also have the power to take us a step backwards)
Cinch
Sep 6, 10:16 AM
As a MBP owner who bought a rev1 model right when they came out -- and has been sending it in to fix its many, many problems constantly, and is now seeing it lag behind the iMacs in speed and power -- I feel like I bought a lemon. Thanks, Apple, for pissing in my face.
I feel the same way with my black MacBook, which is awaiting a DHL box. I guess there was something behind those who say they'll wait for Rev B, afterall :D .
Cinch
I feel the same way with my black MacBook, which is awaiting a DHL box. I guess there was something behind those who say they'll wait for Rev B, afterall :D .
Cinch
appleguru1
Aug 3, 09:16 PM
??
sleep and echos?
Is this a joke?
It must be a joke.
You caught me, it is :P
But, if you run it, it should mimic the video those guys put out exactly...
point being, unless I see some hard evidence that really shows this exploit is viable, I'm calling BS.
sleep and echos?
Is this a joke?
It must be a joke.
You caught me, it is :P
But, if you run it, it should mimic the video those guys put out exactly...
point being, unless I see some hard evidence that really shows this exploit is viable, I'm calling BS.
bobsentell
May 4, 10:38 PM
If Apple wants the iPad to die a quick death, they will add 3-D.
neutrino23
May 5, 02:41 AM
I really hope this is not true. 3D is the last thing I want in an iPad.
john123
Mar 14, 10:44 PM
The sort of money you put down on a Mac you shouldn't expect anything less than USB 3.0 from here on out. Core 2 Duo in 2010 leaves a lot to be desired.
This is pretty academic, since you've always paid a premium for the Apple logo. Rarely does a Mac laptop have cutting edge hardware across the board (see the graphics cards in laptops for an example of something that seems always a generation or more behind). The sad reality is that even though you're right, they'll continue to sell those laptops at a prodigious rate. Most people don't care about technical specs as much as they do the overall user experience.
This is pretty academic, since you've always paid a premium for the Apple logo. Rarely does a Mac laptop have cutting edge hardware across the board (see the graphics cards in laptops for an example of something that seems always a generation or more behind). The sad reality is that even though you're right, they'll continue to sell those laptops at a prodigious rate. Most people don't care about technical specs as much as they do the overall user experience.
ChickenSwartz
Sep 4, 04:47 PM
i may be wrong (and don't flame me if i am,) but it seems like the 6G ipod should make its way to the shelves instead of an updated 5G. the 5G has been out for almost a year , hasn't it?
I think Apple has really reached a fork in the road when it comes to the iPod.
Do they really want to start selling these things as vidoe players, not just music players that play video? If so, everyone knows they need a bigger screen and that is going to run up the price of the iPod.
So they have a choice:
(1) Introduce a true video iPod and ask more for it.
(2) Drop in bigger HDs into the current line.
The introduction of movie rentals might be a testing ground to see if people are really buying the idea. So if the iVideo Store (?) does well, this might indicate that people really want true, big scree video iPods. If it does so-so that might tell Apple that they should just keep the iPod primarilly a music player and the vidoe playback be an extra feature.
If they do introduce a more expensive, full screen iPod, they need a cheap[er], higher capacity only-music player too. This is where the Nano comes in. They need to be sure they have a good, well built, atractive line of Nanos for their customers that do not want to take the plunge to the video side.
The introduction of a new Nano and a video store but not a 6G iPod might indicate that they are stilling trying to decide which direction to take the 6G. I would say that if they do introduce the video store and a new Nano on the 12th a new iPod will be out before Christmas (no later that Thanksgiving, late November).
All this is based on the assumption that a true video iPod would cost more than the current line. I make this assumption based on the fact that they need bigger hard drives, bigger screens, and better battery. All these improvements are bound to increase the price.
I think Apple has really reached a fork in the road when it comes to the iPod.
Do they really want to start selling these things as vidoe players, not just music players that play video? If so, everyone knows they need a bigger screen and that is going to run up the price of the iPod.
So they have a choice:
(1) Introduce a true video iPod and ask more for it.
(2) Drop in bigger HDs into the current line.
The introduction of movie rentals might be a testing ground to see if people are really buying the idea. So if the iVideo Store (?) does well, this might indicate that people really want true, big scree video iPods. If it does so-so that might tell Apple that they should just keep the iPod primarilly a music player and the vidoe playback be an extra feature.
If they do introduce a more expensive, full screen iPod, they need a cheap[er], higher capacity only-music player too. This is where the Nano comes in. They need to be sure they have a good, well built, atractive line of Nanos for their customers that do not want to take the plunge to the video side.
The introduction of a new Nano and a video store but not a 6G iPod might indicate that they are stilling trying to decide which direction to take the 6G. I would say that if they do introduce the video store and a new Nano on the 12th a new iPod will be out before Christmas (no later that Thanksgiving, late November).
All this is based on the assumption that a true video iPod would cost more than the current line. I make this assumption based on the fact that they need bigger hard drives, bigger screens, and better battery. All these improvements are bound to increase the price.
Hemingray
Nov 2, 04:48 PM
Like Apple gives a rat's ass.
Took them like over 2 years to get something as basic as MMS on "the world's most advanced phone", why would they care about flash?
Do you think that was Apple's decision to hold off on MMS, or AT&T pressuring them to hold off because they were afraid it would bring their network even more to its knees? From what I've read, it sounded like MMS was already in the iPhoneOS, just disabled. I don't know for sure though, anyone else wanna chime in on this?
Took them like over 2 years to get something as basic as MMS on "the world's most advanced phone", why would they care about flash?
Do you think that was Apple's decision to hold off on MMS, or AT&T pressuring them to hold off because they were afraid it would bring their network even more to its knees? From what I've read, it sounded like MMS was already in the iPhoneOS, just disabled. I don't know for sure though, anyone else wanna chime in on this?
emotion
Nov 8, 09:06 AM
i don't understand why some people would long for 12 inch ones when macbook is 13 inches. don't tell me 1 inch will make that big of a difference.
Ever owned a 12" powerbook? I have two.
There's a reason a lot of 12" powerbook owners rave on about them. The form factor is very neat. It sure isn't about how powerful they are :).
Ever owned a 12" powerbook? I have two.
There's a reason a lot of 12" powerbook owners rave on about them. The form factor is very neat. It sure isn't about how powerful they are :).
stephenmckeague
Sep 6, 10:01 AM
What do people buy if they want desktop performance?
An Imac.
An Imac.
chuckles:)
Sep 4, 11:56 AM
after they took such a strong step away from the metal inclosures.. would they really switch back a year later?
kasei
Sep 22, 07:34 PM
Who? Wal what?
pianodude123
Aug 3, 06:59 PM
So I guess then if there are no new products, why does the screen on the MBP seem so much taller than the actual cpu. Look at the picture where it is turned sideways...
It may just be me, but I dont recall the MBP having an inch of screen hanging over the CPU.
It may just be me, but I dont recall the MBP having an inch of screen hanging over the CPU.
jmor
Oct 22, 05:25 PM
I've always loved the look of those iSight cameras, do they work well? (If that's whats on top of your monitor, I think it is anyway)
ciTiger
Apr 11, 07:33 AM
Still very expensive!
captainbeefheat
Sep 12, 03:45 PM
Ok I guess i won't be able to get the new nano with the student offer, which doesn;t bother me that much as I *should* get a hundred pounds back. However as it seems the price has gone down a little on the 4GB nano i added does that mean i still have to pay the old price? That seems a little unfair when it hasn't even shipped yet I'm paying more then if I had waited a couple of days? I ordered on Friday btw.
iPhoneNYC
Mar 28, 03:58 PM
I stood in line last Friday morning at the Apple Store on the UWS of Manhattan. Arriving only around 8:45, maybe 150 in line. It was clear that about half the people intended to re-sell the iPad they received. I purchased a 16 gig Verizon. It's clear the reason why Apple kept to its Europe dates is to cut down on the re-sell. Since the iPad started in Europe (and elsewhere) the Ebay mark-up is down to $50 - $100 when it was as high as $300 and even higher. Some even sold this weekend at cost. With the re-sellers out of the way, new supplies arriving, etc it's not so crazy to start selling at Radio Shack. Again, in my neck of the world, I arrived at 8:45 AM and could purchase an iPad and it is clear that anyone who arrives at 7AM is guaranteed a choice of many the various models.
szsiddiq
Nov 8, 09:17 AM
Not really. I mean, I do wash the casing every once in a while, but I'm not obsessive over it. It's a computer, and it'll look however it does after the use I put it through.
well, ive just seen some pretty dirty ones then!
well, ive just seen some pretty dirty ones then!
Shexo
Mar 25, 12:20 PM
Any chance of full change log? Haha guess that's too much to ask......
longofest
Aug 24, 05:44 PM
Update 2: Apple appears to have updated the battery model numbers listed on its site. The new models affected are as follows:
12-inch iBook G4 A1061
ZZ338 - ZZ427
3K429 - 3K611
6C519 - 6C552
12-inch PowerBook G4 A1079
ZZ411 - ZZ427
3K428 - 3K611
15-inch PowerBook G4 A1078 and A1148
3K425 - 3K601
6N530 - 6N551
6N601
12-inch iBook G4 A1061
ZZ338 - ZZ427
3K429 - 3K611
6C519 - 6C552
12-inch PowerBook G4 A1079
ZZ411 - ZZ427
3K428 - 3K611
15-inch PowerBook G4 A1078 and A1148
3K425 - 3K601
6N530 - 6N551
6N601
kdjc00
Apr 18, 01:51 PM
i just think how funny it is that ipad2 are being sold at a kids toy store... however if you think about it, apple is aiming for a younger crowd. Way of the future.. "start young"