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SPDY: An experimental protocol for a faster web (Chromium Developer Documentation) - http://dev.chromium.org/spdy...
I'd love to see this one come to fruition. HTTP's wonky.
- Wade Dorrell
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The Navy's own website isn't trusted by Firefox?!
SAM liked this
FIREFOX SUCKX
- Akiva Moskovitz
SAFARI ROOLZ AND CHROME IS GOOD TOO
- Louis Gray
MOSAIC POWAAA
- Mo Kargas
"Approved" signed certificates aren't cheap, apparently even for a small organization such as the armed forces.
- Micah Wittman
Chrome, Safari, and IE wouldn't like that situation any better. Good old Netscape might be OK with it.
- Wade Dorrell
Anyone know of any free screen casting apps?? Nothing too fancy. #DOANYBODYNO
Tyson Key, Jorge Escobar, sofarsoShawn and 2 other people liked this
what platform?
- mjc
Windows 7, to be exact.
- Roberto Bonini
Jing is borderline decent... depends on what you want to use it for, though
- mjc
Just need it to make a record of what I'm doing, for later review. Thanks, will try Jing.
- Roberto Bonini
They all suck (the free ones). The only one I've liked so far is Screenr, although it restricts to shorter screencasts, the client is very well written. http://screenr.com/
- Jorge Escobar
Screenr is web based. No downloadable client??
- Roberto Bonini
Microsoft's given us Community Clips; I've used it for some time. It's designed for creating + sharing how-to videos, but the sharing part is optional; you can just save the video file to the hard drive. http://communityclips.officelabs.com/downloa...
- Wade Dorrell
Ah, thanks wade. This is more like it.
- Roberto Bonini
Roberto, you can create the screencast and then download the video to your computer, or YouTube. As I said, it's more of a 'quick' solution, but very good at that.
- Jorge Escobar
Thanks Jorge. Must remember it :)
- Roberto Bonini
Community Clips seems to be exactly what I need. I just tested it. Love how it hide all the complexity of choosing formats and video sizes and encodings etc. Color capture while it was recording Adobe Bridge wasn't that great, but its to be expected. We'll see.
- Roberto Bonini
We use Jing here also.
- Travis Koger
Used Community Clips yesterday to grab my screen for an hour. Worked flawlessly.
- Roberto Bonini
Just pre-ordered Star Trek and ordered Up. Not big into buying DVDs anymore, but Star Trek was awesome!
Alex Scoble and Roberto Bonini liked this
I figure if I make it thru Nov. w/o getting Star Trek, I'll never buy a DVD or Blu-Ray disc again. I think I'll actually make it unless someone gifts it to me. :)
- Wade Dorrell
Yes, I am using a Flash USB video camera to install Windows 7 on a Netbook. #1337h4x0r
Tyson Key and Josh Haley liked this
more importantly - what tshirt are you sporting!
- Allen Stern
Allen, my #shirt Twitter shirt!
- Jesse Stay
Now for my next trick I will be installing MS Office off of the same video camera
- Jesse Stay
Meh. I'd be more impressed if it was Mac OS X 10.6
- Louis Gray
Louis, that would be too difficult :-P
- Jesse Stay
That's what I did, Louis, and it kinda was difficult.
- Josh Haley
Yeah - much easier to install Windows on my Mac :-P
- Jesse Stay
I used an iPod. That's obvious though. Never would have thought to grab the camera.
- Wade Dorrell
Which is more fun Xbox or Wii?
Chris Greene, Tyson Key, Anthony K. Valley © and 5 other people liked this
Depends. Xbox for overall gaming. Wii Sports is a lot of fun with people over. I haven't turned on the Wii in a while. It's always Rock Band on the Xbox when people come over.
- Rodfather
Xbox.
- Maxamad
Xbox...no comparison. The Wii library is paper thin.
- Alex Scoble
it would also be a good idea to try out a Wii before you buy one. I absolutely cannot stand the controls on any Wii game that doesn't have what is considered "classic" controls.
- Joe Pierce
I assume this to be a subjective question, and there are no right answers, only opinions ;)
- LogEx
Joe, I already have both.
- Cristo
And you haven't gotten Borderlands yet? WTF!
- Alex Scoble
Alex, I haven't played with Xbox 360 in over a year.
- Cristo
*BLOCKED!*
- Alex Scoble
Why is PS3 not in this question (just curious)?
- LogEx
I just bought the Wii a few days ago.
- Cristo
LogEx, because I don't have one (and am not really interested in getting one either). I did have a playstation 2, but I think I gave it away.
- Cristo
*Unblocked*
- Alex Scoble
I find the typical Xbox game to be too hard to learn. I'd rather learn a new programming language or environment than a game. It's just the way I'm wired. I feel like I'm wasting mental effort learning games.
- Cristo
Most of my time on the Xbox is Netflix viewing. That alone is worth turning it on. 1 vs 100 was pretty fun and easy to pick up.
- Rodfather
I can get Netflix on TiVo if I want it. As it is, I've got a lot of choices for movies, although so far I've been unimpressed with Amazon VOD.
- Cristo
Right now I'm all about Borderlands...played a bunch of it today. Finished my first walk through.
- Alex Scoble
First walk? Is that a new Xbox game?
- Cristo
No, first walk through.
- Alex Scoble
Congratulations, although most people do that before they are two.
- Cristo
Yes, you are correct...before you get to your 2nd walk through you must get through your 1st.
- Alex Scoble
+10 Cristo for " I'd rather learn a new programming language or environment than a game. It's just the way I'm wired. I feel like I'm wasting mental effort learning games."
- Micah Wittman
"I feel like I'm wasting mental effort learning games." Why get a second system then? It sounds like programming is "more fun" for you.
- Rob H.
I'd rather play games than work, but I need to do one to do the other. It's just the way that I'm wired.
- Alex Scoble
Xbox obviously!
- TheNorba
Rob, I get game systems mostly because I learn from the U/X and because home media and automation are interests of mine. I'm trying to get to the point where I can buy a new system, be it a blueray player, game machine, or Cable/DVR box, plug it into a media closet, and access it from any TV in the house.
- Cristo
I wish , I had either XBOX or Wii.
- ashish
I always prefer NES games just because they start faster and there is no huge learning curve. That is just me.
- ashish
Xbox, the Wii needs more adult-aimed games.
- Kol Tregaskes
Xbox, Wii is so outdated on graphics and Project Natal for Xbox is going the deliver the same Wii experience on Xbox platform
- Darth Farhad Sama
(yawn)
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Uhm, PS3?
- Ade
I really want to try Tiger Woods PGA 10 and EA Grand Slam Tennis using the Wii Motion Plus controller. The accuracy is suppose to be awesome and how you swing really factors in.
- Rodfather
The Wii. XBox will always be a Microsoft product, and therefore forbidden in our home. :)
- Louis Gray
Cristo, did you try using XNA development ecosystem to build apps for Xbox 360?
- Wade Dorrell
Wade, no is it fun?
- Cristo
Answer to tilte question:Yes
- Chris Greene
moreFun(x, y) { if (x.fun == y.fun) throw exception; if (x.fun > y.fun) return x; return y; }
- Cristo
Cristo, XNA is fun if you like learning programming language/environments. I've developed a game for my son with it, and that was fun. It's also fun to tell people about; very few people I've talk to are aware of the option. No where on the retail box does it "you too can write & sell games on Xbox Live for this console", but it's completely reasonable to do so.
- Wade Dorrell
Wade, is it like Windows programming or are the APIs different/better?
- Cristo
The answer is "it depends." XNA's graphics, audio, media, and networking APIs are unique to XNA as far as I know. They seem to be designed w/ the game development scenario in mind & are very easy to get started with. I'm not a programmer by trade (anymore) & I was able to pull off a simple 2D game with audio quite easily. It's not DirectX. :) For everything else (string handling, stream handling, etc.) XNA uses .NET APIs (very similar to what's available on many platforms including Windows.)
- Wade Dorrell
Hello, let's see if Jott to Twitter has gotten any better. http://jott.com/show...
So => Hello. Don't think I'd tweet with this. :)
- Wade Dorrell
Rebel Rebel - Seu Jorge - Life Aquatic Soundtrack theromp: “Rebel Rebel” - Seu Jorge, “The Life Aquatic” [soundtrack] (2004) I think probably everyone has heard this before, but for some reason I only just ran across it recently. I never saw the movie. (And perhaps I don’t know as much about Brazilian music as I’d like to think!) I love the... - http://fredwilson.vc/post...
![Rebel Rebel - Seu Jorge - Life Aquatic Soundtrack
theromp:
“Rebel Rebel” - Seu Jorge, “The Life Aquatic” [soundtrack] (2004)
I think probably everyone has heard this before, but for some reason I only just ran across it recently. I never saw the movie. (And perhaps I don’t know as much about Brazilian music as I’d like to think!) I love the original Bowie version of this song, and it manages to translate very well into this smooth MPB sound. I especially like the way he sings the main electric guitar hook with a soft little “doo-doo-doo”. My Portuguese isn’t great but I think his lyrics are a very loose translation of the original—more of a re-writing of similar ideas. I do like, however, that he keeps the line “your hair’s alright” (“o cabelo e legal”)—sort of a random but funny line.
By the way, “seu” just means “mister” or “sir”; it’s not part of his name.](/static/images/audio.png?v=d668 "Rebel Rebel - Seu Jorge - Life Aquatic Soundtrack
theromp:
“Rebel Rebel” - Seu Jorge, “The Life Aquatic” [soundtrack] (2004)
I think probably everyone has heard this before, but for some reason I only just ran across it recently. I never saw the movie. (And perhaps I don’t know as much about Brazilian music as I’d like to think!) I love the original Bowie version of this song, and it manages to translate very well into this smooth MPB sound. I especially like the way he sings the main electric guitar hook with a soft little “doo-doo-doo”. My Portuguese isn’t great but I think his lyrics are a very loose translation of the original—more of a re-writing of similar ideas. I do like, however, that he keeps the line “your hair’s alright” (“o cabelo e legal”)—sort of a random but funny line.
By the way, “seu” just means “mister” or “sir”; it’s not part of his name.")  |
Victor Ganata liked this
Wow, I've never heard of that cover. Interesting.
- Spidra Webster
Yeah, his work on that soundtrack is very smooth, fun for Bowie fans. He was in the film as well playing incidental snippets of the songs you hear on the soundtrack album: http://social.zune.net/album...
- Wade Dorrell
RT @semaphoria: my big bro's app ABC Animals chosen to be featured on an Apple iPhone Commercial named 'Pass' ! http://www.apple.com/iphone... YAY!
Maybe not something to mention until after it airs...
- Wade Dorrell
Man Puts Crappy Rusty Car on Ebay, Sells For $226K - http://www.autoblog.com/2008...
This whole thing reminds me of that Seinfeld episode w/ John Voight's car (and pencil.)
- Wade Dorrell
ThinkPads go multi-touch (SuperSite for Windows) - http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs...
Good news day for devices!
- Wade Dorrell
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Extend Your Battery Life with the Right Browser [Battery] - http://lifehacker.com/5359268...
Surprising results here
- Evan Sims
I wonder if IE8 InPrivate Filtering was off or on. It's off by default, but when it's on, and warmed up, it has an ad-blocking effect. (Firefox got 7 extra minutes with ad-block.)
- Wade Dorrell
Garrison Keillor suffers minor stroke - CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2009...
Melanie Reed, Zachary TG, clarke thomas and 4 other people liked this
I wonder if his voice will sound weird now. (I'm going to hell I know)
- Matthew DeVries
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:((
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Sad news. Hope he bounces back soon. :(
- Ayşe E.
Very sad; he's the world's tallest radio announcer, you know.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
"like" as in "bump" -- my dad will be upset at this news
- anna sauce
I have watched him from the beginning and read the books..I hope he will heal quickly.prayers going up for you Garrison
- earl wallace
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Unlike. He's got my favorite speaking voice of all time, and is a favorite author.
- Wade Dorrell
One of my favorite authors! Very sad to hear
- Melanie Reed
He so remoinds me of a modern day Mark Twain set in MN
- Greg Ness
More at MPR: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display... -- they say he's doing well and plans to resume a normal schedule next week.
- Stephen Mack
Yoko Ono blows it again. Whole Beatles catalog to be available on iTunes - Sky News - http://www.9to5mac.com/Beatles...
Iván Abrego and Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF) liked this
Perhaps, but the internet radio stations have been blowing it all week.
- Wade Dorrell
Obama: the story of america is facebook, google and twitter!! :)
I hope not.
- Wade Dorrell
is surprised by the trend of people and companies (like BestBuy) preferring to link to their Twitter accounts instead of home pages
Nicholas James, Curtiss Grymala, Adewale Oshineye and Allen Stern liked this
it's such a stupid move.
- Allen Stern
Reminds me of AOL keywords, except a Twitter link is just a spam channel vs. a useful web interface. Marketers are riding the wave of "what's that? I guess I'll give it a try!" I think the fad you're talking about will die a different, but quicker, death than AOL keywords.
- Wade Dorrell
If you use Google Voice, it's tolerable, cause they transcribe VM automatically @entrep_thinking @Schlanghole @Urban_Nick
You mean generate madlibs? I've not had an actionable GV transcript yet. @entrep_thinking @Schlanghole @Urban_Nick
- Wade Dorrell
I MUST mow my lawn today... it's about to overtake my house and my HOA probably hates us right now, too! LOL
Re: lawn, me too. Our whole neighborhood's in on it, though.
- Wade Dorrell
4G infrastructure between Sprint & Clear is the same. I wonder if @rjmpccom would let you try it.
- Wade Dorrell
I'm looking for people to test my new FriendFeed client for Windows Mobile. If you're interested let me know. You'll need a Windows Mobile 6.x Professional device.
amarquart, Wade Dorrell, Vox and 2 other people liked this
I have a Samsung Saga I can test it out on if you want...
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
If anyone is interested in alpha testing the app, just send an email to jlavin@jimlavin.net with the subject "Alpha Test FriendFeed for WinMo"
- Jim Lavin
I added comments to the app, with the ability to post as well.
- Jim Lavin
Spent the last hour using FriendFeed for WinMo in the TWiT FriendFeed discussion and I was able to keep up with the entire conversation all on my Fuze.
- Jim Lavin
I think its time to crank up the release number...
- Jim Lavin
Sounds awesome! Can I have try out this new release when you are done testing?
- Sweyn Venderbush
Sweyn: I'll send you a copy in the morning. I'm trying to get the images to work.
- Jim Lavin
Thanks!
- Sweyn Venderbush
I have a HTC Mogul powered by Sprint. How can I get my hands on FFWinMo
- amarquart
Updates?
- Wade Dorrell
Ya the last alpha has expired.
- Sweyn Venderbush
Snore Leopard and Your Unreasonable Expectations - http://www.misanthropicgeek.com/2009...
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Did I miss out on some big secret? Were people passing around news articles about Snow Leopard that I didn’t have the pleasure of reading myself? Did people read that Snow Leopard was anything more than an under-the-hood, non-socks-blown-off update to Leopard? Perhaps articles that touted all sorts of major new user experience features and [...]
- Akiva Moskovitz
I haven't seen any significant teeth gnashing, but that may be because my news consumption has dropped off significantly lately. I haven't upgraded yet, but I'm under no illusion that it will be earth shattering. I just hope for a slight increase in snappyness.
- mikepk
Yeah, you'll at least get that even if it's all psychological. It at least FEELS snappier.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It is faster. Safari 4.0.3 JS benchmarks clocks in staggeringly faster than the current speed champ Chrome on the PC; Safari on SL is the new Speed King. And this is just the beginning. GCD and OpenCL is just laying the foundation for tomorrow's updated hardware.
- vijay
Last I checked, Microsoft didn't charge for service packs or bugfixes. The fact that people can defend a $29 bugfix release as "reasonable" amazes me. Apple-fans will go to truly great lengths to defend burning money, won't they?
- Otto
Clearly, Otto either didn't read or didn't understand the post.
- Akiva Moskovitz
To call it merely bug fixes is disingenuous. I just installed it yesterday on a newly-formatted drive, but manually migrated my data and a minimal new set of running gear over. It boots faster and runs faster. There are new features in about every core application I've dealt with so far, lots of niceties I've come across.
- LogEx
Akiva: No, I both read and understood the post. I simply disagree with it. It is possible for people to disagree with you, you know.
- Otto
Exactly, LE. The issue here is that people expected too much out of it. They expected that, just because it's an OS upgrade that costs money, that there should be some whiz-bang UI updates to amaze your friends with. But, like Windows 7, the touches are mostly subtle but effective. There's a good reason why Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are compared; they both serve the same function for...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Otto, no, it isn't.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Bah.
- Otto
Otto - the fact that people will pay $29 for a service pack is a testament to the amazing marketing department at Apple. I applaud them.
- Sparky, a big deal
In all seriousness, Otto, I addressed your concerns: if you consider Snow Leopard to be nothing more than a glorified service pack, then you'd have to consider Windows 7 the same way. With these considerations, I applaud Apple for at least pricing their 'service pack' reasonably.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Nonsense. Windows 7 is vastly and hugely different from Vista. It's not a service pack in the slightest. OTOH, Apple itself says that Snow Leopard contains "zero new features". Can't say that about W7. They're charging $29 for a *point release* for cripes sake.
- Otto
It's easy to forget that "general public" don't follow all the tidbits of news before the releases as us geek do. When the final release comes, we early adopters already know everything there is to know. In the meanwhile the "normal people" are all full of awe and wonder when they explore it (possibly with wrong expectations). Then we are the ones that show them the new tricks we already knew since earliest technical previews/betas :P
- Jemm
Otto, care to share where Apple says this? Snow Leopard has plenty of new features: a 64-bit Finder, Exposé in the Dock, HDTV-ready display preferences, and so on and so forth. Show me where Windows 7 is vastly different from Vista. I've ran them both and I believe that the changes to Windows 7 UI are about on par with the changes in Snow Leopard's UI.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't know who this Otto fellow is, but anyone who understands how software is written (and I am not saying this is common knowledge, and not calling anyone here "stupid") would see that the technologies that are under the hood are *not* merely of a service pack level. GCD and OpenCL, and full 64-bit for the OS and all built-in applications is worth $29 alone, if you have a Mac built in the last 2 years (and especially if you have one built in the last 13-14 months.)
- Andru Edwards
Well, having actually run Snow Leopard, I can guarantee you that there are indeed more than zero new features. You can fall for marketing hype if you like but I'll go with actual experience any day of the week, Otto.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Andru: I'm not saying that it's not a big change or a vast improvement. I'm saying that it should have been in the OS from the start, and to charge extra for what should have been there in the first place is an epic fail.
- Otto
Otto, and you also can't whine about charging for point releases because that imposes a particular paradigm on how a company is allowed to version their software. If you haven't noticed, all OS X releases since 10.0 have been point releases. Just look at the second link you quoted.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Should've been in the OS from the start? Are you kidding me? Does that mean Windows 7 should also be free because it has features that should've been in Windows 3.1?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'd say that full Microsoft Exchange is another worthy feature in and of itself. Granted, this isn't aimed at the average Joe (then again, I bet a lot of average Joes have jobs where they connect to Exchange.) The Exchange implementation in Snow Leopard is more elegant than anything I've seen, even on WIndows. That is a new feature that isn't under the hood, and is worth $29 in and of itself, IMO.
- Andru Edwards
Akiva: I'm aware of that as well. That indicates to me that Apple can't even do versioning properly.
- Otto
Otto, it's beginning to look like you're just anti-Apple which is fine. And if so, what are you doing in this thread other than trolling?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I am anti-Apple. I'm anti-Microsoft too. Everybody should be anti-everything, otherwise you become nothing but a fanboy, accepting of any nonsensical crud that they deign to throw at you. It's okay to accept and praise the good, but you also have to be willing to talk bad about the bad.
- Otto
Oy vey. I was right. Moving along now.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Otto, there are things in Snow Leopard that couldn't have even been in Leopard when it was released, because the technologies simply weren't available at the time. Not all of them, but some of them. Example, OpenCL is great, but really shows itself when you have multiple graphics chips on the notebooks, as one example. Those notebooks were released with that capability well after Leopard hit the market.
- Andru Edwards
being a savvy consumer ≠ being anti-everything. Also, appreciating a company's products or services ≠ being a fanboy, at least not always. just saying.
- Bren, Photophobe
Andru: I'm not debating any of that. I'm saying that charging $29 for something that should have been available as continuous bugfixes/upgrades for free is kinda crap. 90% of Snow Leopard should have been incremental fixes.
- Otto
Otto - by the same token Win7 should be free then. It's better than Vista, but really not packed with features. It's a great update, but not a full release.
- Sparky, a big deal
Otto - I agree that a large portion of it could, or even should, be included as updates in Leopard - but certainly not all of it. I guess that is what I mean. Built in Exchange that is as elegant as it is in SL is something that is worth the price of admission alone, to me. While Safari 4 is great, that has been made available to Leopard users as well. But the 64-bit rewrites, that is...
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- Andru Edwards
Otto - out of curiosity, what OS do you use for your primary machine?
- Sparky, a big deal
I kind of wish I'd have paid attention to my drives' free space when upgrading to Snow Leopard. I have no idea how much space was freed up although I think it was quite significant for my MacBook Pro.
- Akiva Moskovitz
You should be able to go into Time Machine and see that info. Hopefully they build that into 10.7 ;)
- Andru Edwards
I think I got at least 9GB back. My understanding is that service packs are primarily for bug fixes. I don't think any major software manufacturer really expects to give away new features for free. The number of new features in, say XP SP3, is nowhere near the number of new features in SL. The difference between 10.6 and 10.5 is probably of the same magnitude as Windows 7 and Vista. And if you think Apple's versioning system is whacked, consider the fact that the version number of Windows 7 is actually 6.1
- Victor Ganata
Sparky: I don't have a "primary" machine, as such. My work machines run XP, mostly, although we use Linux for most of the work. We do have a few Macs lying around, mainly to test compatibility with. My various machines at home run combinations of XP, Windows 7, Fedora, and Ubuntu. I also run Windows 2000 on a palmtop I use mostly for ebook reading. Also, I don't see that Windows 7 is a mere "upgrade" to Vista, it's definitely a whole platform in and of itself as far as I'm concerned.
- Otto
Andru: I agree with that, however I dislike them bundling stuff that should be gratis with stuff that is possibly worth a separate purchase. As it stands, you have to spend $29 to upgrade merely to get what I would consider to be essential bugfixes. You can't get those bugfixes and improvements to the software you've already paid for without paying for it again. That's the fail here.
- Otto
How is going from a 32- to 64-bit OS an 'essential bugfix'?
- Akiva Moskovitz
Apple generally backports major bug fixes, though. It's still going to be a while before Apple mothballs Leopard.
- Victor Ganata
But that is kinda my point (the part about Win 7 being a platform.) The trifecta of Grand Central Dispatch, 64-bit, and OpenCL make Snow Leopard a wholly new platform that, once third-party devs get their software upgraded to take advantage of, will really and truly shine.
- Andru Edwards
Otto - what features in Windows 7 make it different from Windows Vista? Just like Snow Leopard lots has changed behind the scenes, performance has been increased, it's a new beast - but no new features.
- Sparky, a big deal
Sparky, how dare you forget about the features like the new Windows Movie Maker, and the removal of Windows Mail.
- Andru Edwards
Oh, nevermind. I just saw Otto is one of those Linux geeks. Somehow that makes me not care about any of his arguments.
- Sparky, a big deal
I'm just patiently waiting for him to back up some of his claims.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Linux people don't have to back their claims up. They are fueled by the pure essence of the universe, and the feel-good euphoria of knowing they are 'sticking it to the man'.
- Sparky, a big deal
Internally, at least, it seems like Microsoft considers Vista and Windows 7 the same major version. The last service pack for Vista was 6.0.6002. The newest Win 7 milestone is 6.1.7600.
- Victor Ganata
Sparky, but he's anti-Linux, too. As far as I'm able to understand, if you like anything—anything at all—, you can't possibly be rational about it. So you must be against everything which then allows you to make solid, logical arguments without any hint of bias whatsoever! [flourish]
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, I guess now I've seen some teeth gnashing, thanks :). The passion on OS and platform debates always seems so weird to me. If you don't like Leopard / OS X, or think that apple is gouging its customers for not providing updates for free, *don't buy it*. Same goes for Windows. Use what you like, what lets you get your job done. The bitching about it just doesn't make sense.
- mikepk
Yes, that is correct Victor. Internally at Redmond, they see at as an improvement to Vista, and not worthy of a new point number. It's similar to the iPhone and iPhone 3G. Internally at Apple, the 3G was actually iPhone 1.2. The 3GS is seen as the 2.0 product.
- Andru Edwards
mikepk - and to add on to that statement, don't buy things that you don't feel are worth it. To me, Snow Leopard was worth $29, so you can tell me it's north worth that until you are blue in the face. It was worth it, to me.
- Andru Edwards
Mike, I'm with you 100%. I can't help but think that Otto's just an anti-Apple type who's here just to troll.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sigh. For reference, calling me a troll instead of actually answering any arguments with, you know, coherent debate just makes you look more the fool. I'm perfectly willing to argue this rationally, as long as you're willing to stop trying to merely bash anybody who disagrees with you. I've not resorted to calling you names, have I?
- Otto
mikepk: I agree with you fully, and I'm not buying it. I'm also not buying any other Apple products in the near future because of it. This sort of silly price gouging turns a heck of a lot of people off Apple in general.
- Otto
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Heh, watching comment edits update in real time can be pretty amusing.
- Victor Ganata
Otto, two demerits for reading comprehension. I never called you a troll; I just wrote that it seems like you were trolling. Secondly, Andru, Sparky, and I have asked you repeatedly to back up your claims and you haven't. You just keep repeating the same subjective and biased statements. In fact, it seems like you're either ignoring arguments presented against you (such as from Victor)...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
a) Calling somebody a troll and saying that they're trolling is the same thing. Trolls troll. If I said you were fishing, then I'm calling you a fisherman. b) What claims need to be backed up? I've presented all the facts that exist, some of which you dismissed out of hand. I mean, Apple stated flat out that SL has zero new features. I provided proof, which you completely ignored since...
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- Otto
If you can't tell the difference between name calling and observation, well, then that's your own weight to bear. If I thought you were an actual troll, I'd have called you as such and not hedged around semantics. You haven't presented many facts at all; for example, you claim that Windows 7 isn't just an upgrade to Vista but it an entirely new platform but you haven't backed that claim...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, you claim the same thing with regard to Snow Leopard, that it's an entirely new platform and not just an upgrade, and you have nothing to back that up beyond your opinion either. Because both of those calls are just that: opinions. Create a definition for the difference between a "new platform" and an "upgrade" that everybody will agree with. You can't. So there's nothing for me...
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- Otto
Otto, click through and read the four panes at this page and tell me how Apple is saying there are no new features: http://www.apple.com/macosx...
- LogEx
LogEx: Apple said it at WWDC 2008. See http://static.arstechnica.com/2009082... and http://arstechnica.com/apple...
- Otto
Otto, I actually never claimed that Snow Leopard was a new platform so I don't need to back that up. What I did claim was that Snow Leopard's more than just a packet of bugfixes, as you suggested, which I did back up (e.g., when I asked how going from 32- to 64-bits qualifies as a bugfix). And I agree with your clarification on your fanboy comments. I'm not anti-everything but I am a...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
MS has had 64 bit OS's since at least Win2K, so I'm not sure how Apple finally moving into the 21st century is exactly praise-worthy. Sure, it may be worth the $29 for that, but like I said, what I really object to is them bundling the bits that should be free with the bits that might actually be worth paying for. The new Exchange support, to pick an example, would definitely be worth...
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- Otto
Of course, according to the Ars Technica article you cite, there's actually some nuance to the statement "0 new features." The point was that most of the changes are geared towards developers and less to end users, comparing to previous releases.
- Victor Ganata
Yes, but there's no upgrade path from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS in Windows.
- Victor Ganata
Otto, true. Apple, the so-called leaders in bleeding edge technology, have seriously lagged behind in the 64-bit arena but one can argue that 64-bit hasn't really become prevalent even yet. Sure, I could've been running 64-bit XP five years ago but what was the point? Access to more memory I didn't have installed in the first place? Incompatibilities with 32-bit apps, etc? And as for...
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- Akiva Moskovitz
Victor: And yet they're selling it to end-users for $29.
- Otto
Akiva: So where can one get the bits that should be free for free? You can't, you have to pay for the up, even if you don't need or want the pay bits.
- Otto
Otto, before we can ask that question, we need to find out if there any bits that are required to fix problems in Leopard.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Otto: what good is an OS that no one writes any apps for? It's why it's only $29, and not $129 like previous releases.
- Victor Ganata
And Apple does try to release critical bug fixes even to older versions. Tiger (10.4) had a security update on 5/12/2009 http://support.apple.com/downloa... It's not like Apple is pointing a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to cough up $29 to upgrade.
- Victor Ganata
The only thing I'm really annoyed about is how they touted "Exchange support!" but they really only meant Exchange 2007 support which isn't widespread in corporate-land. Which means the reason I bought it was worthless. =(
- Tami Baribeau
Exchange 2010 is nigh, hopefully that helps you Tami. (I believe Snow Leopard also supports, or will support it, and if your org was waiting to upgrade Exchange, well, maybe the 2010 release will help.)
- Wade Dorrell
I wonder if they are giving a dime of proceeds from the update to help save the snow leopard: http://www.snowleopard.org/
- andrew
Spring has 4G wireless network already up and and running in Boise ID, anybody using it? http://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT...
PlayOn Digital Media Server | MediaMall Technologies - http://www.themediamall.com/playon
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This software is AMAZING! I installed it on my Win7 box literally 2 minutes ago and I am watching Hulu in my living on my Xbox 360 as I type this. I am seriously impressed.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
from Bookmarklet
Oooh! Sounds great, I'm going to try.
- Adrian
Adrian: Yeah it is seriously awesome, almost 0 configuration and boom it just shows up on the Xbox as a "Play On Media Server" -- rockin! Watching "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" right now! :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
*cough* peep the first comment here:*cough* http://friendfeed.com/home-th... actually the entire thread...but you get the picture...:)
- Carlos Ayala
Well said Carlos: I take it you are still a fan then? I use 360's native NF app but for all other streaming PlayOn seems to be a GREAT solution! Barring any big surprises I play on purchasing a registered copy very soon.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I use it almost everyday and very heavily on the weekends. Hold off on purchasing, I will check for coupons tomorrow when i am back on the workstation. I'll hit you via DMs if there are any available.
- Carlos Ayala
Carlos: Awesome, thanks for the review and for checking on the coupons!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I'd love a coupon too! Checking it out.
- Internet's Tad
if there are any available, i'll hit you guys up. no prob.
- Carlos Ayala
Thanks Carlos!
- Adrian
Thanks for helping me find this!! :)
- Internet's Tad
Tad: Absolutely, it has something I have been meaning to try for a while and finally just decided to do it this evening. So far I am very very impressed.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I've been looking at Play On for quite some time, but decided not to try it until they got some of the bugs out of it. I still haven't tried it, but I plan to sometime soon. The main reason being, is that Hulu isn't available in my area, and I'm not sure it's worth installing it for getting YouTube or anything else. Could someone test out how well YouTube works? Has anybody tried any...
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- Kittyburgers
Just as an update to this post: I am still loving this software and as a result of downloading the demo last night I received a $10 off coupon in my email today. So with the coupon registration only costs $29.99, the coupon code is good through the end of the month (8/31) and is: "AUG10OFF"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Yeah, I got that email today as well.
- Kittyburgers
from IM
Kitty: I figured everybody that downloaded it got the coupon but just incase I thought I would share the code :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I used to use this. The YouTube integration is really quite awesome, although if you haven't watched YouTube on the big screen before, well, it's video, and there's a lot of video, but it isn't pretty video. Hulu works very nicely too. Didn't try Netflix. They have a 14-day trial, yeah? Give it a run.
- Wade Dorrell
Wade: Yeah it is GREAT. I use the 360's native netflix app for Netflix but the Hulu integration with PlayOn is AWESOME. I have been sincerely missing Hulu ever since ditching my media center PC for the 360.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
glad to hear that the coupon came through. even at $40, its worth it.
- Carlos Ayala
I am expecting a full review with video! :)
- Kittyburgers
from IM
Carlos: Absolutely!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
@Wade I'm a little concerned with "I used to use this" ... what happened?
- Kittyburgers
@Kittyburgers Nothing bad happened. I started using it during a beta, but end of the free beta roughly coincided w/ the Netflix app releasing for Xbox, IIRC, at which point we had more content available through Netflix instant watch alone than we'd ever watch. (That's still true, our queue is long.) I'm one of those "never had more than rabbit ears" folks you hear about; I wasn't going to drop $30-$40 to get the option to get more channels. If the built-in Netflix app hadn't shown up, I'd have gone for it.
- Wade Dorrell
Wade: Thanks a lot for clarifying and for all the info!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I just wanted to comment that I did indeed take this for a test drive a couple of days ago. Seems to work as advertised for the most part, however, I am unable to test the Netflix and hulu feature, as I am not in the US. The CNN and YouTube feature did work, but a couple of times, I got a "file-type not supported" on my D-Link DSM 750 extender. Most of the video played fine. I like the...
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- Kittyburgers
Kittyburgers: I bought the app last night as I have always been a big Hulu fan. I have also seen that error happen a couple times with Hulu content but all I had to do was wait a minute and retry and the episode would play.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
pretty sure I'll get the Samsung Omnia II when it comes out. Photo geotagging functionality put it over the top for me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Agreed.
- Wade Dorrell
A haiku is 5-7-5 sylables. What do you think a Twitter haiku would be? Maybe 30-80-30 characters?
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40-60-40
- Louis Gray
I'll be no fun & say 5-7-5 syllables. You get 8-odd chars per syllable. Not too shabby.
- Wade Dorrell
IE8 optional update: An opt in list of sites that need to use compatibility mode. Really? I would be embarrassed if my site was on this list
IE8 compatiblity mode list of sites: res://iecompat.dll/iecompatdata.xml (only on the IE8terwebs)
- Wade Dorrell
Re: Dual-Screen Laptops: Three Other Models You Forgot About - http://mashable.com/2009...
"I'd like to see system builders mash Kindle's screen and a laptop screen, not 2 laptop screens."
- Wade Dorrell
Walt Mossberg (FSJ calls him "Goatberg") says that the $29 snow leopard upgrade disk will work to upgrade from Tiger. http://ptech.allthingsd.com/2009082...
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(as long as you have an intel processor)
- mjc
Why do they call this an upgrade disk? It seems to be pretty much the same as a normal OS disk.
- Matt Mastracci
I think it stems from the age-old confusion between a software license and the physical media. It's a $29 upgrade license for Leopard users, but Tiger users are not licensed to take advantage of that upgrade: the physical media is the same regardless of the license you're entitled to purchase. Other companies would've instituted copy-protection measures (like serial numbers) to enforce that licensing scheme, but I'm thankful to Apple that they don't waste people's time like that, at least for the OS.
- Mark Trapp
that seems about right, mark. :)
- mjc
As I came to understand it, the $169 boxed set has the advantage that it gets you updates for iLife & iWork. If you're on Tiger 10.4, you are probably on iLife '06, maybe '08... you skipped iLife '09, because it requires 10.5. No one's reported whether the older iLife apps are compatible w 10.6. I don't know about iWork. I suspect the $29 upgrade from Tiger ends up being a "you can do that, but..." option.
- Wade Dorrell
Malware detection coming in Snow Leopard? (TUAW) - http://www.tuaw.com/2009...
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If true, this is definitely a good thing. Looking forward to Microsoft Security Essentials ("Morro") being free & installed by PC manufacturers as well.
- Wade Dorrell
Twitter Launches a Geolocation API - http://blog.twitter.com/2009...
Gaith, Mark Rhodes, Régis Gaidot and 60 other people liked this
"We're gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly location-aware. A new API will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet."
- Louis Gray
Holly smokes.... that could be huge -- location, location, location
- Yann Ropars
there goes ubertwitter's main comp adv
- stanleyyork
shouldnt they be working on something important - like spam or actually keeping the service online?
- andy brudtkuhl
What a win for robbers and thieves. Now we need an app for spoofing location.
- τorƍue
"Shouldn't they be working on somewhat important" like shortening URIs on-the-fly for SMS only instead of altering data on arrival, creating a huge problem on the Web? [Sorry Andy for stealing your opening phrase]
- Sebastian
You can already spoof location. Actually, you can spoof the phone number behind the Twitter text messages, no?
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Oh wait, they closed that hole, which has been around since the service's inception, five months ago. Only took a few years....
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Are they going to text compress lat/long? You can do it in like 6 characters for most purposes.
- Hayes Haugen
Is there a standard format for text compression of lat/lon? If not, now's the time.
- Ken Sheppardson
This was available before, just not on a per-Tweet basis. In IRC they have also said it will be "opt-in", and you'll have to turn it on. You can't specify which individuals it's available to though.
- Jesse Stay
Ken: not that I am aware - it's in my list of things to do. I was thinking a simple intro tag like ] and then 5 to 7 sms characters. Should be enough for 100 meter resolution as I recall.
- Hayes Haugen
Of course the first half a dozen searches on compression algorithms for lat/lon hit on patents. Because converting a floating point number in a fixed range to a shorter text string is some pretty heavy weight IP that should be protected... *rolls eyes*
- Ken Sheppardson
Oh yes, it's an incredible leap!
- Hayes Haugen
An obvious optimization is not to distribute your range equally over the planet. Don't need the same longitudinal accuracy at the poles as we do at 45 degrees.
- Hayes Haugen
My guess is they won't encode it in the message, it'll just be metadata attached like the source, author, time, etc., available only via the API or non-SMS clients
- Ken Sheppardson
boring! though one would still need some sort of client to decipher the encoded location.
- Hayes Haugen
Ken, per the dev list that's what it will be.
- Jesse Stay
I wonder which celebrity will be first to accidentally reveal their home location.
- Martin Bryant
from iPhone
τorƍue & Martin are pushing my buttons. Re: spoofing, even with noise, there will still be some signal.
- Wade Dorrell
I use Brightkite for my GEO, my set up has worked for a year, but now all the apps are doing the same thing, so it might be time to change it up.
- Anne Haynes
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