MacinDoc
Apr 11, 08:48 PM
From what I've seen of it on cars, carbon fiber is quite susceptible to scratching, and scratches can look very prominent. Not sure it would make such a great enclosure material. True, it would be better for WiFi transmission, but it would also keep more heat in. Possibly a replacement for plastic, but IMO not a replacement for unibody aluminum.
ChrisA
Mar 28, 07:34 PM
Currently, 45% of the electrical power generated in the U.S. is produced by burning coal. Even if cars like the Volt are successful, increased demand for more electric power would likely result in more greenhouse gases being emitted.
The coal plants are so efficient at burning coal and that there is a net reduction in carbon for electric cars. Gas cars, even the best of them turn most of the energy in gas into heat. The heat comes ou t through the radiator and the tail pipe. But coal plants turn most of the coal into power and not so much waste heat.
There is now way around it either. gas cars work by burning fuel inside a cylinder in order to raise the temperature of the gas and therefore the pressure which then pushes the piston. So by design there must be waste heat. The heated gas is then pumped out of the engine and the energy in the hot gas is lost.
So it is already a net gain and the US will over the life of the electric car produce cleaner and cleaner electric plants
The coal plants are so efficient at burning coal and that there is a net reduction in carbon for electric cars. Gas cars, even the best of them turn most of the energy in gas into heat. The heat comes ou t through the radiator and the tail pipe. But coal plants turn most of the coal into power and not so much waste heat.
There is now way around it either. gas cars work by burning fuel inside a cylinder in order to raise the temperature of the gas and therefore the pressure which then pushes the piston. So by design there must be waste heat. The heated gas is then pumped out of the engine and the energy in the hot gas is lost.
So it is already a net gain and the US will over the life of the electric car produce cleaner and cleaner electric plants
relimw
Oct 20, 04:42 PM
Share Price is not proportional to company value because companies have different numbers of shares.
Ok, if yer going to be that way:
Google
Market Cap: 139.91B
Apple
Market Cap: 68.20B
:p :p :p
Ok, if yer going to be that way:
Market Cap: 139.91B
Apple
Market Cap: 68.20B
:p :p :p
R.Perez
Mar 16, 04:34 AM
Most people wouldn't steal food here, but if violent hoarding can be considered 'looting', then I would say the possibility is high under similar circumstances. By 'violent hoarding' I mean disrespecting one-per-customer policies and cutting in lines with daddy's shotgun on the back. People here are easily freaked out by the crisis-loving media (don't get me started about the swine flu in 2009), and we have very liberal laws on firearms compared to the rest of Europe.
That sounds pretty minor compared to the US. Might I suggest a visit to LA, Chacago, NYC or large southern city so you can get a sense what goes on here?
That sounds pretty minor compared to the US. Might I suggest a visit to LA, Chacago, NYC or large southern city so you can get a sense what goes on here?
tadunne
Nov 14, 05:36 AM
oh,...........LOL!
Yeah I think this might be the source of peoples Temp increases. Basically some core duo chips stop updating the temp value when they go into a particular powersaving mode.
So when the machine wakes from sleep the cpu will update the temp for a few secs and then stop.
Anyway I've not had change to update my Macbook yet to see if the temp issue is fixed for me.
The question is now is has the bug been fixed by preventing the core duo from entering the powersaving mode? This could probably make chips run hotter?
For more info google intel and AE18 the id of the bug.
Yeah I think this might be the source of peoples Temp increases. Basically some core duo chips stop updating the temp value when they go into a particular powersaving mode.
So when the machine wakes from sleep the cpu will update the temp for a few secs and then stop.
Anyway I've not had change to update my Macbook yet to see if the temp issue is fixed for me.
The question is now is has the bug been fixed by preventing the core duo from entering the powersaving mode? This could probably make chips run hotter?
For more info google intel and AE18 the id of the bug.
WinterMute
Sep 13, 08:44 AM
Bit late but:
England!!!!!
Stuck in a studio all day yesterday with no internet access, but a nice big 50" plasma screen to watch the action on.... :D
Cracking stuff, Peterson was majestic.
Shame we won't see Warne playing over here in an Ashes series again, the man is a god.
England!!!!!
Stuck in a studio all day yesterday with no internet access, but a nice big 50" plasma screen to watch the action on.... :D
Cracking stuff, Peterson was majestic.
Shame we won't see Warne playing over here in an Ashes series again, the man is a god.
jlseattle
Apr 10, 09:10 PM
1) Steve Jobs - A Biography
2) Steve Jobs - Think Different
3) Steve Jobs - How one man transformed industries
4) How Steve Jobs put the "i" in Apple
There are just so many titles out there that are possible. I don't get why they have to put in a religious connotation into this. And iSteve just seems so tacky and not what I would believe Steve would like... :(
2) Steve Jobs - Think Different
3) Steve Jobs - How one man transformed industries
4) How Steve Jobs put the "i" in Apple
There are just so many titles out there that are possible. I don't get why they have to put in a religious connotation into this. And iSteve just seems so tacky and not what I would believe Steve would like... :(
Luis Ortega
Apr 12, 04:01 AM
80% of the posters in this thread should hand in their man card.
Remember, they are fanBOYS, not men.
Remember, they are fanBOYS, not men.
swingerofbirch
Oct 20, 05:07 PM
A more fluid UI. Things should move the way they do when you are in expose and hit the space bar and then toggle between windows--that looks and feels fluid. You should be able to work with one window at a time with only it highlighted the way a window is highlighted in expose (so basically the expose interface, but let you edit the active window). To be clear, I do also mean that the rest of the screen would still be dimmed. When you hover over the menu bar it would light up, and the dock would etc, as well. But I think an environment where only the front window is lit could be marvelous in certain scenarios. As it is now, when you click on a window you've found through expose and you return to the jumble of windows, it's just sort of overwhelming. Also, expose will help you find a window you've dragged to the bottom of the screen, but once you find it with expose and click on it, it'll still be hidden at the bottom of the screen instead of moving to middle of the screen.
The dock at the bottom of the with naked icons that lap over other windows is too overwhelming looking too. Make all icons a square-ish shape like iOS icons and make the dock something much simpler than the shimmery tray it is now.
The menu bar will eventually need to go away. I'm not sure it can yet. I imagine the functions of the menu bar will go into the dock eventually as right click options or that Apple may move toward applications having all functions available maybe not as menus in windows, but in some way incorporated into the windows. I'm not sure what will happen exactly, but I know Apple likes the iOS concept of the app becoming the device. When you open Maps on an iPhone, it's a Maps machine, etc. So I think we will see a move toward even more simplicity. The Mac will become more like a very simple appliance that retains its power. I think Apple is considering that with the removal of title bars from Quicktime X and the album viewer in iTunes 10.
So to sum all of that up, everything looks junky with lots of windows scattered all over and the dock looks messy. Clean that up. Apple could do a lot of fundamental changes in the UI's look and behaviors. It's in no way at an end point of reaching a pinnacle of perfection. I haven't used Windows 7, but it looks like it may be continuing to make progress in appearance and behaviors, and there's no reason for Apple to not continue changing, which they haven't dramatically done since the very first version of OS X, in terms of UI. In fact the proposed single window mode of OS X that was dropped before its release may be due for a comeback in some new incarnation!
On to Spotlight. Is it just me or did Spotlight used to be a lot better? There are so few sorting options and by default it displays so much junk (web pages you've viewed, etc). Also, if you are constantly recording to the disk, Spotlight will not index and doesn't tell you this. Spotlight should have an indicator of whether it is up to date or not and a progress bar of when it is updating. The only way to tell right now is to go into activity monitor after stopping recording and let MDS start running and wait for it to return to 0% processor to know you can continue with disk recording activities (video recording in my case).
Safari seems to be the best browser on the Mac, but it takes up a whole lotta RAM.
I am sure there are more things I will think of in time . . .
I got a lot of what I asked for today! Pretty happy with the direction the OS is taking.
The dock at the bottom of the with naked icons that lap over other windows is too overwhelming looking too. Make all icons a square-ish shape like iOS icons and make the dock something much simpler than the shimmery tray it is now.
The menu bar will eventually need to go away. I'm not sure it can yet. I imagine the functions of the menu bar will go into the dock eventually as right click options or that Apple may move toward applications having all functions available maybe not as menus in windows, but in some way incorporated into the windows. I'm not sure what will happen exactly, but I know Apple likes the iOS concept of the app becoming the device. When you open Maps on an iPhone, it's a Maps machine, etc. So I think we will see a move toward even more simplicity. The Mac will become more like a very simple appliance that retains its power. I think Apple is considering that with the removal of title bars from Quicktime X and the album viewer in iTunes 10.
So to sum all of that up, everything looks junky with lots of windows scattered all over and the dock looks messy. Clean that up. Apple could do a lot of fundamental changes in the UI's look and behaviors. It's in no way at an end point of reaching a pinnacle of perfection. I haven't used Windows 7, but it looks like it may be continuing to make progress in appearance and behaviors, and there's no reason for Apple to not continue changing, which they haven't dramatically done since the very first version of OS X, in terms of UI. In fact the proposed single window mode of OS X that was dropped before its release may be due for a comeback in some new incarnation!
On to Spotlight. Is it just me or did Spotlight used to be a lot better? There are so few sorting options and by default it displays so much junk (web pages you've viewed, etc). Also, if you are constantly recording to the disk, Spotlight will not index and doesn't tell you this. Spotlight should have an indicator of whether it is up to date or not and a progress bar of when it is updating. The only way to tell right now is to go into activity monitor after stopping recording and let MDS start running and wait for it to return to 0% processor to know you can continue with disk recording activities (video recording in my case).
Safari seems to be the best browser on the Mac, but it takes up a whole lotta RAM.
I am sure there are more things I will think of in time . . .
I got a lot of what I asked for today! Pretty happy with the direction the OS is taking.
alep85
Jul 12, 05:35 PM
Guess what - now a bunch of people who were going to buy this won't buy anything and just wait. Great. You're so obsessed with calling it stealing - HEY - guess what - Apple still makes money off of it and last time I checked making $ is better than not making $. We even see legitimate edu customers getting shafted by this. One poor guy's g/f is now stuck with an e-machine. Yeah that's just wonderful. Is it stealing if you go to Amazon.com and get the $100 discount on the MacBook? That's all it is - a $100 discount (historically speaking) and apple is, in fact, in the business of 1 - Making $ and 2- Increasing user-base (which results in making money). Hurry hurry, quick quick. Grab a calculator. What is greater. 10%*899*1000(just a guess as to how many purchases would be made by people who otherwise aren't going to get a Mac) or 0*0*0. That's right - if you sell things at any profit margin to people who otherwise wouldn't buy anything you are still doing better!!!!!!!!!! Get an economic brain in your head - or better yet - grab some common sense and get off your high horse.
I agree with you in a lot of ways.....being a business major, I understand the need for margin on a product....HOWEVER, Apple should first be interested in gaining MARKET SHARE. With this little $899 baby, Apple had a chance to really market a one-size-fits-all solution for many families. For instance, I work at Best Buy in computer sales and I see NO NEED for anything past Intel Integrated Graphics on the computers we sell to 75-80 percent of the people that come in a purchase a computer. The educational iMac would have been PERFECT for the masses, a computer that's more than capable for what most people want to do with it, with the capability for a little bit of gaming as well. Anyone who needs more can get the one with the graphics card.
I agree with the fact that margin has to be made, but there comes a time when you have to gain market share. Once you've done that and the volume of business you are doing is much greater than before (and your competitors are in the dust, much like I would like Dell and Windows to be), you can increase your margin and please the shareholders....
My two cents, Apple messed up on this one, hopefully we see that iMac configuration or a similar model on the market soon...
I agree with you in a lot of ways.....being a business major, I understand the need for margin on a product....HOWEVER, Apple should first be interested in gaining MARKET SHARE. With this little $899 baby, Apple had a chance to really market a one-size-fits-all solution for many families. For instance, I work at Best Buy in computer sales and I see NO NEED for anything past Intel Integrated Graphics on the computers we sell to 75-80 percent of the people that come in a purchase a computer. The educational iMac would have been PERFECT for the masses, a computer that's more than capable for what most people want to do with it, with the capability for a little bit of gaming as well. Anyone who needs more can get the one with the graphics card.
I agree with the fact that margin has to be made, but there comes a time when you have to gain market share. Once you've done that and the volume of business you are doing is much greater than before (and your competitors are in the dust, much like I would like Dell and Windows to be), you can increase your margin and please the shareholders....
My two cents, Apple messed up on this one, hopefully we see that iMac configuration or a similar model on the market soon...
MacHamster68
Apr 12, 09:15 AM
Gang rape
sorry?
i did only want to point out a tiny thing and that was , only because it is stated in the bible that its alright to rape a women if you marry her after and pay her father some money it might still be against the law in some countries
it might be part of the culture and religious believe of some christians , but in the UK and some other countries it is still against the law ..and most accept that law..
and if muslims have read the bible , i guess i know why they want to protect their women
we should make them understand that most of us do not live according the bible even if we are christians
and some christians should read the qu'ran too
same for the other religions out there , and then whoever reads what should get told how that is handled in reality ,that would i guess make life a bit easier among us humans
sorry?
i did only want to point out a tiny thing and that was , only because it is stated in the bible that its alright to rape a women if you marry her after and pay her father some money it might still be against the law in some countries
it might be part of the culture and religious believe of some christians , but in the UK and some other countries it is still against the law ..and most accept that law..
and if muslims have read the bible , i guess i know why they want to protect their women
we should make them understand that most of us do not live according the bible even if we are christians
and some christians should read the qu'ran too
same for the other religions out there , and then whoever reads what should get told how that is handled in reality ,that would i guess make life a bit easier among us humans
X2468
Apr 5, 12:08 AM
Thrilling
Platform
Oct 14, 03:44 AM
Yes !
More feature released....and Apple should have more to come :D
More feature released....and Apple should have more to come :D
Juan007
Apr 10, 08:06 PM
When do pre-orders start? Have the lines formed yet outside the Apple Store??
BJB Productions
Apr 4, 11:36 AM
Oh well, there's a phone for everyone. At least Android fills the gap.
Exactly. I'm by no means saying Android is superior. It has tons of issues; it's no where near perfect. But it works for me.
Exactly. I'm by no means saying Android is superior. It has tons of issues; it's no where near perfect. But it works for me.
MacinDoc
Dec 2, 02:19 AM
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The wearer may not realize that the sensor is normally on (it can be switched off), and that another person or monitoring system could track their location from as far as 60 feet away.
Are they serious? I can track someone from as far as 600 feet away, just using my eyes.
It would be impossible to spy one someone if you had to remain within 60 feet of them at all times...
The wearer may not realize that the sensor is normally on (it can be switched off), and that another person or monitoring system could track their location from as far as 60 feet away.
Are they serious? I can track someone from as far as 600 feet away, just using my eyes.
It would be impossible to spy one someone if you had to remain within 60 feet of them at all times...
Tomorrow
Mar 4, 03:56 PM
Yeah, I guess you do gotta "put up with that" unless you plan on killing the woman :confused:
Sorry, I don't play the "human shield" game. She's as responsible as he is for what happened.
The dude has issues, and took off with his wife clinging to the hood of his car. If she tried to roll off she may could have been killed! But hey, let's go ahead and blame the victime here.
I don't doubt that he has issues, and I don't doubt that she could have been killed - but if she had stayed the **** off his car, she'd never have been in harm's way to begin with.
First rule of diffusing a hostile situation - if one party is willing to walk away, you let them. Going after them and jumping up on the hood of the car as they're trying to leave makes about as much sense as stepping in front of a train to get it to stop.
No way I vote to convict this guy if I'm on his jury.
Sorry, I don't play the "human shield" game. She's as responsible as he is for what happened.
The dude has issues, and took off with his wife clinging to the hood of his car. If she tried to roll off she may could have been killed! But hey, let's go ahead and blame the victime here.
I don't doubt that he has issues, and I don't doubt that she could have been killed - but if she had stayed the **** off his car, she'd never have been in harm's way to begin with.
First rule of diffusing a hostile situation - if one party is willing to walk away, you let them. Going after them and jumping up on the hood of the car as they're trying to leave makes about as much sense as stepping in front of a train to get it to stop.
No way I vote to convict this guy if I'm on his jury.
Laird Knox
Mar 24, 04:04 PM
If some of the components come from Japan, is Apple scanning the finished units for radiation?
The recommendation is that you don't feed the iPad to an infant. Other uses are OK.
The recommendation is that you don't feed the iPad to an infant. Other uses are OK.
jeffy.dee-lux
Dec 4, 01:57 PM
I'll match that with Who Killed The Electric Car (http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F), and why. ;)
Where would we be today, if the lawmakers had not relented on the Clean Air Standards at that time, and the EV1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1) had continued to develop? :rolleyes:
I've worked for a struggling electric car company in the late 2000's, and that was in Europe where fuel prices are really high. I don't think there was any business to be made selling EVs in the 90's in the US. Can you really hold a company accountable for backing out of a money-losing venture? Nobody else was doing it, and even now, with batteries that can hold about 4 times as much energy per kg as the first EV1's batteries, it's not exactly straightforward for GM or Nissan to make a business case for these vehicles. I'll happily blame the oil companies, the government, and the buying public for killing off EVs, but I don't blame any of the car companies. Like I said, you can't just mandate that a certain type of vehicle be made, you have to include incentives to make people actually want to buy these vehicles. I'm knee deep in the technology, and I'm a huge proponent of it, but I don't have any delusions about it being a perfect technology that's only being held back by conspiracies. Based on the current cost of fuel, EVs just aren't attractive enough. This was much more so when GM and Toyota discontinued their EVs in the 90's.
Where would we be today, if the lawmakers had not relented on the Clean Air Standards at that time, and the EV1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1) had continued to develop? :rolleyes:
I've worked for a struggling electric car company in the late 2000's, and that was in Europe where fuel prices are really high. I don't think there was any business to be made selling EVs in the 90's in the US. Can you really hold a company accountable for backing out of a money-losing venture? Nobody else was doing it, and even now, with batteries that can hold about 4 times as much energy per kg as the first EV1's batteries, it's not exactly straightforward for GM or Nissan to make a business case for these vehicles. I'll happily blame the oil companies, the government, and the buying public for killing off EVs, but I don't blame any of the car companies. Like I said, you can't just mandate that a certain type of vehicle be made, you have to include incentives to make people actually want to buy these vehicles. I'm knee deep in the technology, and I'm a huge proponent of it, but I don't have any delusions about it being a perfect technology that's only being held back by conspiracies. Based on the current cost of fuel, EVs just aren't attractive enough. This was much more so when GM and Toyota discontinued their EVs in the 90's.
manu chao
May 4, 01:16 PM
Sure it can, as long as you don't make or receive any calls, play games, stream music, or surf the web.
Exactly, my mother's 3G easily lasts a week. But then she gets a call on it about twice a month and that is about all the activity the phone gets.
The cache is still there. It just deletes it if you turn location services off.
But the cache is supposedly encrypted, lasts only seven days and won't sync to your computer. And since no apps can automatically run in the background (you can start a navigation app and it will keep running in the background but after every iPhone restart, you will have to restart the app, I am also not sure whether this navigation app will be allowed to stay in the background forever), there is no way to fully automatically collect and store these data but if you are willing to start an app recording your location after every iPhone restart and possibly also at least once per week, somebody could write an app for this (and lot of 'navigation' apps already allow you to record your itinerary, it is just a question of finding one that records it in a manner you find useful).
Um, so my girlfriend and I have both have the iPhone 3G. We have the same tracking issue by virtue of being on iOS 4.x - but at the current highest OS level for this model, 4.2.1, we don't get a "fix?"
I think the best would be to forward that question to your senator (or other government authority) for them to include in their probe into this issue. Assuming, eg, the senate hearing is still going ahead.
Exactly, my mother's 3G easily lasts a week. But then she gets a call on it about twice a month and that is about all the activity the phone gets.
The cache is still there. It just deletes it if you turn location services off.
But the cache is supposedly encrypted, lasts only seven days and won't sync to your computer. And since no apps can automatically run in the background (you can start a navigation app and it will keep running in the background but after every iPhone restart, you will have to restart the app, I am also not sure whether this navigation app will be allowed to stay in the background forever), there is no way to fully automatically collect and store these data but if you are willing to start an app recording your location after every iPhone restart and possibly also at least once per week, somebody could write an app for this (and lot of 'navigation' apps already allow you to record your itinerary, it is just a question of finding one that records it in a manner you find useful).
Um, so my girlfriend and I have both have the iPhone 3G. We have the same tracking issue by virtue of being on iOS 4.x - but at the current highest OS level for this model, 4.2.1, we don't get a "fix?"
I think the best would be to forward that question to your senator (or other government authority) for them to include in their probe into this issue. Assuming, eg, the senate hearing is still going ahead.
Angelchild
Apr 5, 04:09 AM
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; it-it) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)
Imagine Steve Jobs at the end of June holding the event and saying: "iPhone 5 will be available........TODAY".
Kabooooom!!
Imagine Steve Jobs at the end of June holding the event and saying: "iPhone 5 will be available........TODAY".
Kabooooom!!
iMacZealot
Nov 2, 10:15 PM
4 phones in this family
11 phones in mine, and the sad thing is there are only 7 people in my family.
11 phones in mine, and the sad thing is there are only 7 people in my family.
Yvan256
Jul 13, 09:30 AM
What would you do to update them, then? What is there to update? Add another USB 2.0 slot? Dire need for nothing. As long as they are selling, there won't be a change, not until the new processors start rolling out come september - december.
I think what Eidorian meant was that Apple should lower the price of the Mac mini once Intel lowers its prices on processors. Maybe Apple will even be able to increase the speed a bit while lowering the price (we all know how CPU speeds and prices fluctuate).
I think what Eidorian meant was that Apple should lower the price of the Mac mini once Intel lowers its prices on processors. Maybe Apple will even be able to increase the speed a bit while lowering the price (we all know how CPU speeds and prices fluctuate).
fatdawg
Mar 25, 06:10 AM
So... I posted earlier (ordered- 3/11 7:30pm and got a shipment date of 4/1, arriving 4/6) and decided to check my order status with Apple. As I mentioned it hadn't changed (before lunch). Came back after lunch and noticed people saying their order status HAD changed. So I looked again, 3 hours later... STILL NO CHANGE.
Are people really seeing their shipment dates change? Starting to lean toward a lil' BS... but don't want to cast judgment :(
Yup, it's for real. Ship date bumped up four days Apr 25 to Apr 21 but delivery day bumped only two days, probably because of a weekend, from Apr 28 to Apr 26. I'll try to get one at a B&M store early next week and cancel my online order. The cover I ordered shipped right away - no shortage of those!!
Are people really seeing their shipment dates change? Starting to lean toward a lil' BS... but don't want to cast judgment :(
Yup, it's for real. Ship date bumped up four days Apr 25 to Apr 21 but delivery day bumped only two days, probably because of a weekend, from Apr 28 to Apr 26. I'll try to get one at a B&M store early next week and cancel my online order. The cover I ordered shipped right away - no shortage of those!!
