tigress666
Apr 15, 12:19 PM
The iPad is a direct competitor to consoles.
I plug it into my TV, grab my iPhone, and play games till I die ;)
What?
You're kidding me.
I'm sorry, I can see making the compromise of having only a touch screen for the iphone as it is more portable than the handheld games so you get advantages too with the iphone (you already are carrying it cause it's your phone as well, it's smaller and therefore more portable, the games are already loaded so no trying to either carry all the cartridges or pick what games you bring. Makes up for the lack of physical buttons).
But no way would I pick an iPad over a console for at home play.
1. The compromise of not as good controller for what advantage does the ipod have over a console? I'm not worried about portability with a console so that doesn't make up for it. So what advantage does an ipad have over a console that would get people to pick it for playing games over the console? The only advantage I could see is if you already owned the ipad. Even then I think I'd rather just buy the console extra. For me if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the console. I already have a laptop that if I had to carry something ipad around I'd rather have the laptop, I have my iphone for being with me everywhere, and a console will have better games and a better gaming experience (real controllers anyone? Games made for it are specifically aimed at people who bought the thing to play games). And even if I had an ipad, I'd still want either the Sony Playstation or the Microsoft Xbox for actual playing of more serious type games.
2. The compromise of the games just aren't as good. Sorry, but no game on the iphone/ipad compares to the stuff they make on consoles. You're still getting the compromise of making the game more for a handheld market so it's not as complex/in depth. I'd bet the games on the new Sony handheld coming out are much closer to console quality (cause that is what htey seem to be specifically aiming the device at). Plus it has buttons!!!! I'd pick that over an ipad for trying to replace my console.
Sorry, but until they make dedicated controllers for game playing for the ipad (and not touch based only ones, gotta have buttons too and a joystick) and attract more serious type games comparable to what you see on the consoles, I don't see the ipad being a big rival to consoles.
I plug it into my TV, grab my iPhone, and play games till I die ;)
What?
You're kidding me.
I'm sorry, I can see making the compromise of having only a touch screen for the iphone as it is more portable than the handheld games so you get advantages too with the iphone (you already are carrying it cause it's your phone as well, it's smaller and therefore more portable, the games are already loaded so no trying to either carry all the cartridges or pick what games you bring. Makes up for the lack of physical buttons).
But no way would I pick an iPad over a console for at home play.
1. The compromise of not as good controller for what advantage does the ipod have over a console? I'm not worried about portability with a console so that doesn't make up for it. So what advantage does an ipad have over a console that would get people to pick it for playing games over the console? The only advantage I could see is if you already owned the ipad. Even then I think I'd rather just buy the console extra. For me if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the console. I already have a laptop that if I had to carry something ipad around I'd rather have the laptop, I have my iphone for being with me everywhere, and a console will have better games and a better gaming experience (real controllers anyone? Games made for it are specifically aimed at people who bought the thing to play games). And even if I had an ipad, I'd still want either the Sony Playstation or the Microsoft Xbox for actual playing of more serious type games.
2. The compromise of the games just aren't as good. Sorry, but no game on the iphone/ipad compares to the stuff they make on consoles. You're still getting the compromise of making the game more for a handheld market so it's not as complex/in depth. I'd bet the games on the new Sony handheld coming out are much closer to console quality (cause that is what htey seem to be specifically aiming the device at). Plus it has buttons!!!! I'd pick that over an ipad for trying to replace my console.
Sorry, but until they make dedicated controllers for game playing for the ipad (and not touch based only ones, gotta have buttons too and a joystick) and attract more serious type games comparable to what you see on the consoles, I don't see the ipad being a big rival to consoles.
Mr. Anderson
Oct 14, 01:11 PM
There are a couple members on there ranked as newbies - so they're not really all that active if they've been around for that long and have so few posts. But I guess it would indicate that they're at least visiting the site regularly.
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jeffm5690
Apr 20, 08:49 AM
Me Too!!!
albbreinholt
Feb 23, 04:44 PM
I'm trying to help my cousin set up his new dental practice with audio and video equipment. He wants two sources and individual volume control in each room. I'm trying to find a nice way to do this for not a lot of money. Does anyone have experience with this? I could use some help finding the right components.
mrsir2009
Apr 20, 03:55 PM
Apple's market share of desktops is pretty small, and smaller in the enterprise, but it's high on laptops, very high on the upper end laptops, very high on smartphones, extremely high on portable music players, extremely high on tablets.
And in any case the question is: does Apple make money?
The answer: Yes.
Yeah they're selling tons of MacBooks, 13" MBPs and Airs!
And in any case the question is: does Apple make money?
The answer: Yes.
Yeah they're selling tons of MacBooks, 13" MBPs and Airs!
chrono1081
May 5, 10:48 AM
Alright lets start with simple here, reinstall XCode from a downloaded image from Apple.
I'll have to give that a try. I thought it was an error in the code somewhere and there is almost nothing relevant online about the error (or if I find something people say they fixed it but don't say how :( )
For now I have a workaround of just creating new projects and copying the authors code in and running it that way for now.
I'll have to give that a try. I thought it was an error in the code somewhere and there is almost nothing relevant online about the error (or if I find something people say they fixed it but don't say how :( )
For now I have a workaround of just creating new projects and copying the authors code in and running it that way for now.
happy.buddha
Dec 3, 10:35 AM
I've got an extra pair that aren't being used, just send me your address and I'll mail them to you.
kamm
Apr 12, 08:17 PM
700 quids for 30"???
Hahaha, this is Apple, man - grease up and bend over, you'll get raped brutally if you need anything high-end or close to it.
Sometimes I wonder why would anyone buy any additional HW from Apple, their prices are so laughably off, so jacked-up while they don't offer anything extra - let alone when rather less - over any competing product.
You want the world's best 30" display for TV or any other video stuff? Go and get the Gateway 3000 for $1.5k, it even has the HQV Reon scaler chip on-board, nothing can touch it, that's for sure. You want good colors? Try any of those 92% NTSC gamut displays (e.g. Dell 3007WFP-HC or HP) for ~$1k.
All of these sport lot more ports and features than Apple displays, lower pricetag and better performance. Other than 'matching' purposes - my fav Apple Store quote is "it's best to use a Mac with an ACD" ROFL - nowadays it makes zero sense to waste money on any Apple display, I think.
How this will change with new products coming form Apple, I don't know but Apple's less-than-stellar track record - brutally overpriced yet rather mediocre releases, first runs always pagued with stuff like 'pink problem' etc - doesn't make me think they will do anything revolutionary at this time but who knows...:)
Hahaha, this is Apple, man - grease up and bend over, you'll get raped brutally if you need anything high-end or close to it.
Sometimes I wonder why would anyone buy any additional HW from Apple, their prices are so laughably off, so jacked-up while they don't offer anything extra - let alone when rather less - over any competing product.
You want the world's best 30" display for TV or any other video stuff? Go and get the Gateway 3000 for $1.5k, it even has the HQV Reon scaler chip on-board, nothing can touch it, that's for sure. You want good colors? Try any of those 92% NTSC gamut displays (e.g. Dell 3007WFP-HC or HP) for ~$1k.
All of these sport lot more ports and features than Apple displays, lower pricetag and better performance. Other than 'matching' purposes - my fav Apple Store quote is "it's best to use a Mac with an ACD" ROFL - nowadays it makes zero sense to waste money on any Apple display, I think.
How this will change with new products coming form Apple, I don't know but Apple's less-than-stellar track record - brutally overpriced yet rather mediocre releases, first runs always pagued with stuff like 'pink problem' etc - doesn't make me think they will do anything revolutionary at this time but who knows...:)
IJ Reilly
Oct 12, 10:09 AM
There are still two problems:
1) While Pages and Keynote may be exported to Word and Powerpoint, it is not flawless. When working with word documents and presentations small changes may not matter significantly, but when dealing with numbers, there is ZERO room for error.
2) Pages and Keynote (and it seems the "Lasso") are all targeted at the non-experienced computer user. Unfortunately, for the most part, that is the exact opposite audience who use spreadsheets.
Oy veh. Do I ever dislike hearing remarks like this.
1) As has been pointed out probably a hundred times before, document exchange even between different versions of Word is not "flawless."
2) While you're at it, you might as well say that the Mac is "targeted at the non-experienced computer user." A lot of people do, you know. That's what you get for making it easier to use, right?
1) While Pages and Keynote may be exported to Word and Powerpoint, it is not flawless. When working with word documents and presentations small changes may not matter significantly, but when dealing with numbers, there is ZERO room for error.
2) Pages and Keynote (and it seems the "Lasso") are all targeted at the non-experienced computer user. Unfortunately, for the most part, that is the exact opposite audience who use spreadsheets.
Oy veh. Do I ever dislike hearing remarks like this.
1) As has been pointed out probably a hundred times before, document exchange even between different versions of Word is not "flawless."
2) While you're at it, you might as well say that the Mac is "targeted at the non-experienced computer user." A lot of people do, you know. That's what you get for making it easier to use, right?
Diatribe
Dec 11, 07:35 AM
You could make a Tetris-themed one the same way.
That was my first thought too.
That was my first thought too.
nrgizyen
May 6, 01:59 PM
Thanks guys I apperciate the feedback I don't hate my Mac I love it I kist want it to work without having to switch out to another one. My ram is corsairs ddr3 1333hz sodimm I will try taking it out to are if it works. Any suggestions for brand? I will test after work.
mrfoof82
May 6, 12:35 PM
iFixit indicates that the process for the 2011 is far less involved/obnoxious than previous models: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-21-5-Inch-EMC-2428-Teardown/5485/1
dreamteam
Jun 23, 11:08 AM
Yeah, Bay Area news reporting isn't always the most reliable. They too probably heard that it was the ATT stores not having the iPhones for walk-ins and got confused like everyone else and reported an incorrect story.
But hey, if people want to rely on that, get discouraged and not wait in line, more iPhones for me, bwahahhaah.
Also, Apple would have announced if they weren't going to have any devices for walk-ins.
I totally agree with you. haha... I hope it does discourage some from lining up.
But hey, if people want to rely on that, get discouraged and not wait in line, more iPhones for me, bwahahhaah.
Also, Apple would have announced if they weren't going to have any devices for walk-ins.
I totally agree with you. haha... I hope it does discourage some from lining up.
jent
Feb 5, 05:28 PM
At least in this case, they got the data from the operator as they clearly said it. IIRC they got about a month worth of texts because they said there was something like 500 SMSs between the suspect and the victim. And yes, in this case the actual content of the SMS was stored as well, not just the date and number.
Again, this is Finland, not US, but I would still say they store them for more than a few days.
I understand that any retained data can be subpoenaed, but this would contradict the notion that text messages are not stored for more than a few days. Like you mention, it's two different countries being compared. Ever hear of a similar case in the U.S.?
Again, this is Finland, not US, but I would still say they store them for more than a few days.
I understand that any retained data can be subpoenaed, but this would contradict the notion that text messages are not stored for more than a few days. Like you mention, it's two different countries being compared. Ever hear of a similar case in the U.S.?
jasonpaul75
Sep 9, 06:26 PM
It saddens me to say it...but should I be abandoning the laser printer that I purchased only a year and a half ago. It's been sooooo long does either Apple or Epson ever plan to support my $400 paperweight?
PO'd in Northern VA....
PO'd in Northern VA....
Ann P
Nov 13, 11:56 PM
Who's the girl?
Quincy Jones' daughter, Rashida Jones! I recognized her from The Office. :)
Quincy Jones' daughter, Rashida Jones! I recognized her from The Office. :)
John J Rambo
Mar 7, 03:40 PM
Browsers are evil. More time can be spent "fixing" inconsistencies than actually designing the page. I normally use FireBug to step through page blocks and examine CSS. I've seen IE choke on something as simple as a missed semicolon.
A guess right off the top is that it might be something with the box model. IE tends to interpret things a little differently so check your margins and padding closely. If that fails you might want to start with a blank page and add in components until the page breaks.
By the way: It displays OK in IE8.
Thanks Laird Knox,
I've fixed the main navigation bar now and for the life of me I dont know how I did it. Think you were right about the box model.
I'll check out FireBug! Thanks again
A guess right off the top is that it might be something with the box model. IE tends to interpret things a little differently so check your margins and padding closely. If that fails you might want to start with a blank page and add in components until the page breaks.
By the way: It displays OK in IE8.
Thanks Laird Knox,
I've fixed the main navigation bar now and for the life of me I dont know how I did it. Think you were right about the box model.
I'll check out FireBug! Thanks again
lolipop7
May 3, 02:18 AM
thanks for the reply!! :) another question about the graphic card... is AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 1GB GDDR5 of MBP15 good enough to render? I compared it with 2GB NVIDIA� GeForce� GT 540M graphics with Optimus of dell xps15. Which is better?
jiminaus
Apr 8, 06:36 PM
Under my Mac OS X 10.6.7 my system standard perls have useithread=define.
Output of /usr/bin/perl -V (same as /usr/bin/perl/5.10.0 -V)
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
Output of /usr/bin/perl -V (same as /usr/bin/perl/5.10.0 -V)
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration:
freezerburrn
Jan 23, 12:14 PM
I don't think you need to worry about that. Serious image editors would never use a glossy screen.
Why is that? I'm just curious.
Why is that? I'm just curious.
edenwaith
Mar 16, 10:53 AM
The problem is that Microsoft doesn't know how to play from behind the competition, especially with a device that only serves one purpose and can't really be improved enough to catch people's attention. It was a silly decision to jump in the market so late in the game.
Bingo. Microsoft saw another industry that was making money so they decided to jump in to try and cash in the new cow.
Considering that both Sony and Microsoft have a diverse range of products (game consoles, phones, computers, software), it's surprising that neither of them have been able to make larger strides with their respective offerings.
I've only known two people who owned a Zune. One was a Windows sysadmin (now interested in iOS development), and the other was a person who likely was trying to avoid the mainstream by NOT getting an iPod.
Bingo. Microsoft saw another industry that was making money so they decided to jump in to try and cash in the new cow.
Considering that both Sony and Microsoft have a diverse range of products (game consoles, phones, computers, software), it's surprising that neither of them have been able to make larger strides with their respective offerings.
I've only known two people who owned a Zune. One was a Windows sysadmin (now interested in iOS development), and the other was a person who likely was trying to avoid the mainstream by NOT getting an iPod.
ender land
May 3, 06:22 PM
Whenever I paste or delete the following excerpt within xcode, it gets unbelievably slow (probably 30 second time from "cmd v" to actually showing the text)
//add all times to that value
for (multimap<PathID, double>::iterator i = pathTimes.first; i != pathTimes.second; i++) {
if (temp == 0) {
firstPathID = (*i).first;
firstPathIDtime = (*i).second;
}
if (temp == 1) {
secondPathID = (*i).first;
secondPathIDtime = (*i).second;
}
temp++;
}
Is there something within that causing the problem?
//add all times to that value
for (multimap<PathID, double>::iterator i = pathTimes.first; i != pathTimes.second; i++) {
if (temp == 0) {
firstPathID = (*i).first;
firstPathIDtime = (*i).second;
}
if (temp == 1) {
secondPathID = (*i).first;
secondPathIDtime = (*i).second;
}
temp++;
}
Is there something within that causing the problem?
iSamurai
Apr 18, 09:55 AM
they can't make the iPhone any thinner in the mean time can they :D
hokka
Oct 25, 09:39 AM
dynamicvworking out the key from the lock and pass onto another locksmith to make an exact copy to open a house or allow others to tour your house for free is not wrong? gee, what's the point of the lock on you door? what's the point of any password on your keychain (access)?
Stop trying to fight DRM, ignore it or don't buy the crap in the first place
Stop trying to fight DRM, ignore it or don't buy the crap in the first place