Chimera
Nov 8, 07:40 AM
A nice update for the MacBooks, I wonder if there are any currency conversion changes for the UK like the MBPs
scott523
Nov 8, 08:50 AM
Now that the MBs have been updated and the US Apple Online Store is still down, I hope that the RAM prices have been cut. :rolleyes:
NintendoFan
Nov 24, 06:58 AM
When you study harmony, who are you going to study the most? Bach
When you study Music History of the Baroque era, who is going to take the biggest part of the semester? Bach.
When you study Harpsichord or organ, who is the biggest composer you are going to study? Bach. Even when you do piano, you are going to study Bach at leas at the beginning before your Liszt and Rachmaninoff.
I know they teach popular music at universities. The course on popular is music is optional. My wife took a course on popular music at Montreal university. They studied the Beatles for about 20 minutes of the whole semester. I did my bachelor's in the USA, my master's in Paris, DEM in Paris and my doctorate at Montreal. I know 20 is minutes is the most the Beatles are going to get. That's how important they are to music history. Perhaps, they are important in popular music.
You think you know about music, but your knowledge is very limited. It is just plain ridiculous to compare them to Bach.
I never said nobody studies Bach when studying music. Of course they do. Even The Beatles did. But you were implying that no one studies The Beatles period, which just isn't true. And as a side note, there is no way to study Music History of the Baroque era in relation to The Beatles considering they weren't alive in the Baroque era. :)
And aren't you just a bit arrogant to assume to know my musical background? Please come off your high horse. You may not like The Beatles but to say they contribute/contributed nothing to music is ridiculous.
When you study Music History of the Baroque era, who is going to take the biggest part of the semester? Bach.
When you study Harpsichord or organ, who is the biggest composer you are going to study? Bach. Even when you do piano, you are going to study Bach at leas at the beginning before your Liszt and Rachmaninoff.
I know they teach popular music at universities. The course on popular is music is optional. My wife took a course on popular music at Montreal university. They studied the Beatles for about 20 minutes of the whole semester. I did my bachelor's in the USA, my master's in Paris, DEM in Paris and my doctorate at Montreal. I know 20 is minutes is the most the Beatles are going to get. That's how important they are to music history. Perhaps, they are important in popular music.
You think you know about music, but your knowledge is very limited. It is just plain ridiculous to compare them to Bach.
I never said nobody studies Bach when studying music. Of course they do. Even The Beatles did. But you were implying that no one studies The Beatles period, which just isn't true. And as a side note, there is no way to study Music History of the Baroque era in relation to The Beatles considering they weren't alive in the Baroque era. :)
And aren't you just a bit arrogant to assume to know my musical background? Please come off your high horse. You may not like The Beatles but to say they contribute/contributed nothing to music is ridiculous.
noahtk
Apr 13, 06:09 PM
The great price-point is Apple's strategy to make the App Store more mainstream.
ImAlwaysRight
Aug 3, 10:21 PM
a dizzying amount of new products
schweet!
schweet!
EasyB
Oct 31, 06:17 PM
This firmware update seems like a good thing, but I'm just afraid of the computer shutting down even though it supposedly ignores temp readings. I tried running the hardware diagnostic, and guess what. The MacBook still shut down- multiple times while trying to run the test. I was unable to get the diagnostic to run at all. Should I just call Apple up and start demanding answers and taking no prisoners? Or should I be more sly about it? I'm just starting to get pissed off at what I thought was a great computer company.
Just do it, have some faith. It is the best update I ever did. My mac does not shut down anymore and it works better. And the firmware update only takes a few seconds, i too was worried about it shutting down during the firmware update, but do you think apple would put out a update like that. Could you imagine the mess if half of the macbooks died during the update and would not boot anymore? They would not take that chance.
So just do it, it will work for you, and maybe restore some faith in apple.
-B
Just do it, have some faith. It is the best update I ever did. My mac does not shut down anymore and it works better. And the firmware update only takes a few seconds, i too was worried about it shutting down during the firmware update, but do you think apple would put out a update like that. Could you imagine the mess if half of the macbooks died during the update and would not boot anymore? They would not take that chance.
So just do it, it will work for you, and maybe restore some faith in apple.
-B
organerito
Apr 4, 05:15 PM
Heh, my roommate tells me he's got a family friend where the husband and wife have figured out a good compromise (only works if both sides are actually decent with money ;) ).
If either buys an expensive purchase, the other side gets to also buy something of equivalent value. Apparently it keeps them in check about overspending cause they realize it will cost their household twice the amount of money and it stays fair cause both sides get to enjoy a purchase of their own.
My wife and I have a similar arrangement. I can have something expensive for my birthday. She can have her expensive curtains or sofa..etc. It works great and it is fair for the two of us. I got Adobe Photoshop Cs5, Audition and Lightroom and a Technet membership. She got cloths and a very expensive coat. I still don't know what to get for my next birthday. :cool:
If either buys an expensive purchase, the other side gets to also buy something of equivalent value. Apparently it keeps them in check about overspending cause they realize it will cost their household twice the amount of money and it stays fair cause both sides get to enjoy a purchase of their own.
My wife and I have a similar arrangement. I can have something expensive for my birthday. She can have her expensive curtains or sofa..etc. It works great and it is fair for the two of us. I got Adobe Photoshop Cs5, Audition and Lightroom and a Technet membership. She got cloths and a very expensive coat. I still don't know what to get for my next birthday. :cool:
kgforce
Sep 22, 04:13 PM
It seems that since Wal-Mart tends to service the very lowest income class in our culture and many of these folks tend to not have computers, and to the extent they do, tend to not have broadband either, it seems there is a degree of mutual exclusivity of markets.
Wow. That's an elitist statement. I think you need to travel around the country and see who really shops at Wal-Mart -- basically every socio-economic group. From poorest to the wealthiest. Even people with broadband!
I would be considered upper-middle class and my family shops there all the time. And we have friends that would be considered wealthy, perhaps even super-wealthy, and they shop there, too.
Wow. That's an elitist statement. I think you need to travel around the country and see who really shops at Wal-Mart -- basically every socio-economic group. From poorest to the wealthiest. Even people with broadband!
I would be considered upper-middle class and my family shops there all the time. And we have friends that would be considered wealthy, perhaps even super-wealthy, and they shop there, too.
Burnsey
Nov 2, 05:53 PM
I hate flash. It's slow and resource intensive in OSX, don't know who to blame for that though, Apple or Adobe.
AhmedFaisal
Mar 10, 08:35 PM
I suggest everyone give this a shot...
http://public-consultation.org/exercise/
This is a pretty cool exercise. I just fixed the US budget problems, and was able to increase spending on education, environmental protection, and assistance for low income families. All while shoring up social security and increasing benefits. Give it a shot everyone!
Your budget deficit for 2015: Surplus of 221.9B
Percentage of long term social security solved - 125%
TAX THE RICH, TAX THE RICH oh and cut military spending by 80%
Problem solved
Here is my budget:
Reduced spending by 175b$ by cutting defense and secret services by 2/3. Eliminating foreign military aid, large farm subsidies, eliminating foreign economic aid for special interest countries and immediately ending the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Agressively increased spending for all line items across the board including domestic security for the hawks in here and border security but especially forward looking investment type spending in research, education, infrastructure and the environment. Also increased small farm subsidies though I would tie that to organic/sustainable farming practices and eliminate subsidies for all conventional farming.
Increased taxes to the maximum allowable rate in the program for incomes starting at 200k$ while maintaining the tax cuts for the incomes below 200k$. That generated another 280b$ in deficit reduction.
Raised corporate income tax to the maximum allowable rate in the program. That generated another 100b$ in deficit reduction.
While it's peanuts I also raised carried interest taxation and turned it into regular income.
Took the 9b$ risk fee from the banks, together with carried interest that made another 10b$.
Garnered carbon taxation at maximum worth 115b$.
Took in 12b$ on booze tax.
Garnered the 36B$ of maximum soda pop tax (considering how toxic it is and how much it is responsible for the rise of Diabetes, it's a fair tax)
At this point the budget was balanced. Now on to generating a surplus and pay off that Chinese debt.
Garnered 330b$ in surplus for a 10% VAT, would consider reducing it to half of that once the debt is close to being paid off. Rest would go toward increasing forward looking spending on research and education.
Garnered another 20b$ for estate taxation although I would be much more aggressive here than the program. Small to lower mid-size family run companies and small farms would be excluded while the 55% tariff would hit immediately at 500k$. I would eliminate the ability of super-rich people to harbor money through trust funds and socalled charities and living wills.
Either way, I am running a 353b$ surplus with a strong forward looking spending policy.
For social security I increased the contribution by the 0.1% point and included all wages into it. Changed to a flexible COLA calculation and increased entry level benefits. Retirement age remains the same.
50% surplus. Surplus funds would be siphoned off specifically to pay off national debt and then split half and half into a crisis fund for the next recession and the other half into special care provision for the elderly.
Btw. when I say paying off debt I would pay off debt for fed, state and municipalities and write in laws that all levels of government have to balance their budgets and make issue of public debt illegal. Also I would force all levels of government to undergo annual public audits on their spending.
Cheers,
Ahmed
http://public-consultation.org/exercise/
This is a pretty cool exercise. I just fixed the US budget problems, and was able to increase spending on education, environmental protection, and assistance for low income families. All while shoring up social security and increasing benefits. Give it a shot everyone!
Your budget deficit for 2015: Surplus of 221.9B
Percentage of long term social security solved - 125%
TAX THE RICH, TAX THE RICH oh and cut military spending by 80%
Problem solved
Here is my budget:
Reduced spending by 175b$ by cutting defense and secret services by 2/3. Eliminating foreign military aid, large farm subsidies, eliminating foreign economic aid for special interest countries and immediately ending the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Agressively increased spending for all line items across the board including domestic security for the hawks in here and border security but especially forward looking investment type spending in research, education, infrastructure and the environment. Also increased small farm subsidies though I would tie that to organic/sustainable farming practices and eliminate subsidies for all conventional farming.
Increased taxes to the maximum allowable rate in the program for incomes starting at 200k$ while maintaining the tax cuts for the incomes below 200k$. That generated another 280b$ in deficit reduction.
Raised corporate income tax to the maximum allowable rate in the program. That generated another 100b$ in deficit reduction.
While it's peanuts I also raised carried interest taxation and turned it into regular income.
Took the 9b$ risk fee from the banks, together with carried interest that made another 10b$.
Garnered carbon taxation at maximum worth 115b$.
Took in 12b$ on booze tax.
Garnered the 36B$ of maximum soda pop tax (considering how toxic it is and how much it is responsible for the rise of Diabetes, it's a fair tax)
At this point the budget was balanced. Now on to generating a surplus and pay off that Chinese debt.
Garnered 330b$ in surplus for a 10% VAT, would consider reducing it to half of that once the debt is close to being paid off. Rest would go toward increasing forward looking spending on research and education.
Garnered another 20b$ for estate taxation although I would be much more aggressive here than the program. Small to lower mid-size family run companies and small farms would be excluded while the 55% tariff would hit immediately at 500k$. I would eliminate the ability of super-rich people to harbor money through trust funds and socalled charities and living wills.
Either way, I am running a 353b$ surplus with a strong forward looking spending policy.
For social security I increased the contribution by the 0.1% point and included all wages into it. Changed to a flexible COLA calculation and increased entry level benefits. Retirement age remains the same.
50% surplus. Surplus funds would be siphoned off specifically to pay off national debt and then split half and half into a crisis fund for the next recession and the other half into special care provision for the elderly.
Btw. when I say paying off debt I would pay off debt for fed, state and municipalities and write in laws that all levels of government have to balance their budgets and make issue of public debt illegal. Also I would force all levels of government to undergo annual public audits on their spending.
Cheers,
Ahmed
Scott6666
Apr 17, 01:47 PM
Just came back from my morning shopping...
The BestBuy ad is a total debacle. I was at the store in Rockville, MD at 10:30; by 11am there were about a dozen people looking for an iPad.
NO stock at all. Just reservations (for $100).
People were hopping mad and venting (nicely) to the manager. Lots of talk about lost customer and never shopping there again. I thought the memo said "avoid customer disappoints". It's all they seemed to have done.
I'm surprised more people aren't posting upset. I guess it shows how few people think BB is still relevant.
===
And BTW, I ran into Walt Mossberg at the Rockville Microcenter and mentioned it to him. Maybe he'll write a little bit about it.
The BestBuy ad is a total debacle. I was at the store in Rockville, MD at 10:30; by 11am there were about a dozen people looking for an iPad.
NO stock at all. Just reservations (for $100).
People were hopping mad and venting (nicely) to the manager. Lots of talk about lost customer and never shopping there again. I thought the memo said "avoid customer disappoints". It's all they seemed to have done.
I'm surprised more people aren't posting upset. I guess it shows how few people think BB is still relevant.
===
And BTW, I ran into Walt Mossberg at the Rockville Microcenter and mentioned it to him. Maybe he'll write a little bit about it.
reden
May 5, 03:13 PM
iPad 3 - iPad 3D
I could really see that, with the iPhone 3G (it was actually the 3rd phone) and had 3G.
And it will be called:
iPad 3D.
You heard it here first folks.
Thanks to both you because Apple probably hasn't thought of this already.
I could really see that, with the iPhone 3G (it was actually the 3rd phone) and had 3G.
And it will be called:
iPad 3D.
You heard it here first folks.
Thanks to both you because Apple probably hasn't thought of this already.
bear912
Jul 14, 10:50 AM
If that becomes the future (it is starting to feel that way a bit), then I'll be switching back to Windows full time.
And I'd probably switch to Linux.
And I'd probably switch to Linux.
jessica.
Oct 26, 06:59 AM
I really hope you're being funny. You're a much more active member than I, but it's "fliquo.". Someone even has a sig stating something like, "the screensaver is fliquo, the answer is always fliquo."
:D
Come on. You know jessica. knows. Why reply? In addition, you spelled it wrong. It's: Fliqlo.
JESSICA never jokes!:rolleyes::rolleyes:
You both know in a weird way you kinda love me. :D
That joke doesn't seem to get old.
Nope, never. :D
But really, can't wait to get my ass in gear and get a few finishing touches done on my new office and take pics.
:D
Come on. You know jessica. knows. Why reply? In addition, you spelled it wrong. It's: Fliqlo.
JESSICA never jokes!:rolleyes::rolleyes:
You both know in a weird way you kinda love me. :D
That joke doesn't seem to get old.
Nope, never. :D
But really, can't wait to get my ass in gear and get a few finishing touches done on my new office and take pics.
ImNoSuperMan
Sep 12, 04:52 PM
iLounge has a "First Look" article with photos of all models and accessories. They say that the new nanos have the Search and Smart Scroll feature of the new 5G iPod. Hopefully we with the plastic nanos won't miss out on that. I'm expecting an iPod Updater soon.
So you have no intentions of any sleep tonight:D . Or is it already day:rolleyes: ??
So you have no intentions of any sleep tonight:D . Or is it already day:rolleyes: ??
sam10685
Oct 15, 03:13 PM
I like this guy :-)
where would we be without him?
where would we be without him?
kerpow
Sep 12, 05:36 AM
Interesting article on Vista. I expect MS will copy Apple and build the next OS around a Linux or FreeBSD kernel.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1868642,00.html
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1868642,00.html
ezekielrage_99
Aug 30, 08:08 AM
Here is some more details
News Source: www.longhornblogs.com
Microsoft.com Canada has released pricing for Windows Vista. Windows Vista Ultimate is listed at $499 Canadian which translates into $450.36 in USD. Home Premium is listed at $299 or $269.86 USD, Vista Ultimate Upgrade is priced at $299 or $269.86 USD, while Home Premium Upgrade is $199 or $179.60 USD.. Amazon.com has all prices online for pre-order. They've also listed a launch date, which apparently is January 30th, 2007.
Edition Regular Price Additional License Upgrade Price Additional License
Ultimate $399.00 $359.00 $259.00 $233.00
Business $299.00 $269.00 $199.95 $179.00
Home Premium $239.00 $215.00 $159.00 $143.00
Home Basic $199.00 $179.00 $99.95 $89.95
Anyone know the UK pricing?
I find that a little pricey for just playing Solitare and running Disk Defrag on ;)
News Source: www.longhornblogs.com
Microsoft.com Canada has released pricing for Windows Vista. Windows Vista Ultimate is listed at $499 Canadian which translates into $450.36 in USD. Home Premium is listed at $299 or $269.86 USD, Vista Ultimate Upgrade is priced at $299 or $269.86 USD, while Home Premium Upgrade is $199 or $179.60 USD.. Amazon.com has all prices online for pre-order. They've also listed a launch date, which apparently is January 30th, 2007.
Edition Regular Price Additional License Upgrade Price Additional License
Ultimate $399.00 $359.00 $259.00 $233.00
Business $299.00 $269.00 $199.95 $179.00
Home Premium $239.00 $215.00 $159.00 $143.00
Home Basic $199.00 $179.00 $99.95 $89.95
Anyone know the UK pricing?
I find that a little pricey for just playing Solitare and running Disk Defrag on ;)
McEngineer
Nov 3, 11:38 AM
I've changed my mind on this one. I used to be in the "kill Flash, please" group but there have been plenty of times now when I've been on travel with just my iPhone and have been unable to use a site which incorporates Flash (rightly or wrongly) as part of its critical user interface. Being able to turn on Flash support, suffering briefly through a period of high battery drain and slow response, and then turning it off again is a much smaller inconvenience than either carrying around a separate and otherwise un-needed device or simply being dead in the water.
Signal-11
Mar 20, 07:04 PM
That's why I added an iPod interface to my car. Toss the iPod in the glove box and control it from the steering wheel. ;)
I am picturing you steering right to go down a list, left to go up and honking each time you want to middle button. :)
Actually the HD based iPods don't get along too well with the vibrations generated from a motorcycle. With that said I did take a 6000 mile trip with my iPod Video and definitely put some wear and tear on the HD. Later in life it even started acting up in the Jeep on paved roads. I hope the HD has completely failed now for whomever stole it. ;)
My HD based iPods that failed from too much time on the back of a motorcycle didn't show signs of failing. They just farted out and unhappy faced me out of the blue.
The classic is nice while doing yard work. If I don't like a song I can just reach down without looking and hit the skip button. No need to stop, take off the gloves and unlock the screen.
You know, it's like the headphones with remote and mic w/ volume controls never happened to half you folk. After a very short and easy learning curve, it's even easier to interact for basic functions than the wheel. One of the projects that's on my list of to-dos before my South American ride is to rig a control scheme.
I am picturing you steering right to go down a list, left to go up and honking each time you want to middle button. :)
Actually the HD based iPods don't get along too well with the vibrations generated from a motorcycle. With that said I did take a 6000 mile trip with my iPod Video and definitely put some wear and tear on the HD. Later in life it even started acting up in the Jeep on paved roads. I hope the HD has completely failed now for whomever stole it. ;)
My HD based iPods that failed from too much time on the back of a motorcycle didn't show signs of failing. They just farted out and unhappy faced me out of the blue.
The classic is nice while doing yard work. If I don't like a song I can just reach down without looking and hit the skip button. No need to stop, take off the gloves and unlock the screen.
You know, it's like the headphones with remote and mic w/ volume controls never happened to half you folk. After a very short and easy learning curve, it's even easier to interact for basic functions than the wheel. One of the projects that's on my list of to-dos before my South American ride is to rig a control scheme.
WhySoSerious
May 5, 08:12 AM
this is pretty cool, although, bad news for jailbreakers.
nick9191
Apr 14, 08:57 AM
Nope. Probably not even close. The Air doesn't have the processors or graphics required for even the current version
1GB of RAM, 2GB recommended, 4GB for uncompressed HD.
ATI or Nvidia graphics processor.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/
Maxed out Air matches that, hell, low end Air matches that. I'm not saying it will be fast, because it will be deathly slow. But it'll run.
1GB of RAM, 2GB recommended, 4GB for uncompressed HD.
ATI or Nvidia graphics processor.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/
Maxed out Air matches that, hell, low end Air matches that. I'm not saying it will be fast, because it will be deathly slow. But it'll run.
Casiotone
Mar 19, 02:05 AM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/4564840913_333f5c4199.jpg
The current "iPod" app icon on the iPhone. Enough said.
The current "iPod" app icon on the iPhone. Enough said.
iliketyla
Mar 28, 02:37 PM
I fail to see how it is your business what car they drive whether it gets 95 mpg or 2 mpg and whether they have 7,000 kids or none.
Get over yourself.
If we applied your logic to every situation in the world, oh what a place it would be.
Get over yourself.
If we applied your logic to every situation in the world, oh what a place it would be.
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