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Sound and Vision (6 replies)

bahamut — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:15:22 -0400

Hi-Fi and well, anything. Why not?

Non Apple Phones (18 replies)

El Jeffe — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:21:07 -0400

Non Apple phones.

King's Landing... (50 replies)

Tony Leggett — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:44:43 -0400

Winter is coming ... and probably so are spoilers (which is why we use the spoiler tags like this one):

sample spoiler

oh my shins! (31 replies)

bahamut — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:37:39 -0500

Shouldn't we have a thread dedicated to Kickstarter?

Bill Smith 2012 (14 replies)

El Jeffe — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:49:17 -0400

Vote for me, Dammit!

iSlaves (62 replies)

James DeBenedetti — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:06:31 -0400

The empire Tim Cook built.

If You Prick Me Do I Not... Leak? (23 replies)

Madaracs — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:24:14 -0400

For all things Android OS.

~Stock OS questions
~Carrier vs Carrier
~Cyanogen(mod)
~Android Market
~Application usage
~Media support questions (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
~Development & Contributions

Vaya con IOS (50 replies)

Madaracs — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:52:37 -0400

It's not just for iPhone anymore. This time it's personal.

A new thread to discuss all things IOS.

iPhone, iPod and iPad...

The "10 foot interface" (18 replies)

stan adams — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:46:35 -0500

What are the odds that Apple really and truly will sell something that is targeted at the "minds off" crowd??

With the legions of "Apple Haters" growing (as evidenced by the hordes of Android phones, because so far as I can tell they certainly are not any more functional than iPhones...) and the growing danger of "falling prices" is is wise to enter into the space where some of your "frenemies" would love to tie up your products with litigation?

Is there some strategy that could leverage enough of the rocky content agreement of iTunes legacy and dream up a model of profitable use of iCloud infrastructure that would not "lose money on every set"? http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-TV-Rumors-Sparks-Industry-Response-134834948.html

if they did decide to accept those loses what would that do to the competitive responses from folks like Amazon and Google, both of whom are probably worth thinking about in terms of content being a means to an end and not really distraction from their core businesses of selling physical goods and advertising respectively...

Is there a chance this is all a giant game of "telephone" where too many messages have gotten blurred?!?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204452104577057300424392974.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57334627-1/apple-tv-sets-will-be-mighty-pricey-analyst-says/
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/11/28/next-generation-apple-tv-identified-as-codename-j33/

Pets (14 replies)

El Jeffe — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:03:43 -0400

Pets

goodbye old archnemesis (222 replies)

bahamut — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:40:12 -0400

Well…

The next forced march... (22 replies)

Tony Leggett — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:45:26 -0500

Goodbye Intel, hello ARM?

Discuss pros and cons below...

DIY (3 replies)

bahamut — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:39:52 -0400

In the spirit of reciprocating mass and click click click…

Don't tell me what I will do, 'cos I won't
Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos I don't
Be on your guard, better hostile and hard
--don't risk affection
Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone
you're still looking for the resurrection
Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
and I'll tell you straight in the eye

D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y.
do it yourself

That Darn Google... (85 replies)

Tony Leggett — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:03:00 -0500

With the release of Chrome OS (whatever the hell that is) I thought it might be time Google got it's own thread.

Don't be evil? < /Snark...>

yikes! (22 replies)

bahamut — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:08:38 -0400

earthquakes, nuclear disasters, hurricanes, ebola…

you name your horror, it's got a home here.

except for the lamp style iMac. that does not.

Books: Paper, screen, audio (119 replies)

El Jeffe — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:08:01 -0400

Share your paper-turning, Kindle-scrolling, Audible-listening 'book' thoughts.

Saying Goodbye! (24 replies)

Alan Lehman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:12:34 -0400

Post a proper sendoff to your hardware (of any sort) that has seen better days.

Mondo Cane (1 reply)

bahamut — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:57:56 -0400

Horrible links that make Goats seem happy. Things that make me go ew.

Believe me, I won't look here too often…

How much does AT&T suck? (22 replies)

Tony Leggett — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:31:29 -0400

A sister/retarded-cousin thread to the iPhone thread.

As a visitor to the US a few years ago I learnt firsthand how fubar the "mobile communications" sector is in the US.

Australia (and overseas in general) is both better and worse than the US. The US has arguably better bandwidth deals than some countries (*-cough- Australia -cough-*) but this is traded off with the "walled garden" approach of some US telcos (*-cough- AT&T -cough-*). We (overseas) probably have shittier bandwidth options (on average) but at least most overseas countries have multiple options and aren't locked into one iPhone/iPad carrier.

Case in point, AT&T - US major telco/interweb "partner" with Apple for the iPhone/iPad and also the major obstacle to the iPhone/iPad's continued growth/ongoing success.

I'm waffling like a POCWACTSO after several drinks (well, three doubles in fact) - but my question is, can the consumer (US, Europe - anywhere) EVER WIN?

Oxytocin (175 replies)

tomierna — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:54:23 -0400

The opposite of Love Stinks!

The Real Threat to iPad (9 replies)

Noharness — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:58:34 -0500

It's not Adobe or the machine's inability run Flash. It is not anything Google is doing or not doing. It's the Nokia N810 and its OS, Maemo, which like Ubuntu, is a fork of the Debian distribution of Linux.

As it happens I purchased a cheap HP at Walmart here a while back, paying a mere $400.00 US for it. It is not a bad piece of hardware for that amount of money. I managed to catch it while it was on clearance. So, I spent real money for a big monitor (HPw2007) for it. The trouble with it is that it came with Vista pre-installed. This was the very worst form of Vista, the very first one. It caused me as much trouble and discomfort as my ongoing incontinence has.

Not too long ago I installed Ubuntu on this machine. I am impressed with it. At least as impressed with it as I was Mac OSX. There is just a hell of a lot of software available for this operating system, for which I have not paid one thin dime. The trouble with this operating system is that it gives its users too many ways to do things. That can be corrected if someone would sit down with the Apple User Interface Guidelines and stuck to those guidelines while writing GUI for it. The GNOME GUI is workable, but needlessly flexible. Yes, Virginia, sometimes you really can get too much of a good thing.

Having criticized Ubuntu for being entirely too flexible, it really is, it is infinitely better than Vista, and for all I know, Windows 7. So, I think I can say, without qualms or reservations, that the real threat to Apple's iPad is the Nokia N810 running a version of the Linux OS with the right user interface. Now, I don't know if that will happen. Who can say, but the risk is real.

maxi pad (891 replies)

bahamut — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:48:38 -0500

Well, yes, you know. We all need them some times.

Semi-conducting polymers (2 replies)

Noharness — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:58:18 -0500

On the old boards I pointed out that there was work being done in this field and when challenged, I suggested to whomever challenged me to run a Google search for poly-acetylene. Now look what and see what is going on with this stuff.

Notice that this company has got content providers lined up for this machine.

What Are You Listening To? (17 replies)

tliet — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:52:41 -0500

Another transplant thread.

Madaracs - 10:26pm Nov 30, 2006 EST
What are you listening to right now?

The Theme from Rocky?

Queen of Hearts?

Your bitchy cube mate?

Crickets?

Or simply the sound of silence?

The Happy Thread (300 replies)

Dr Phred — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:34:12 -0400

Ok, enough with everything that's bad, depressing, and otherwise a downer. Come on, get happy!

frosty's little friend (30 replies)

bahamut — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:43:13 -0400

It's coming!

Just Health (1040 replies)

El Jeffe — Sat, 11 May 2013 23:30:15 -0400

Just health.

Getting Smart about OSX86 (165 replies)

Dr Phred — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:47:41 -0400

All about Leopard on non-apples.

The meaning of life (72 replies)

tliet — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:40:52 -0400

We are driven by many things, what's your view on the meaning of life?

small, furry, loud, dangerous (346 replies)

bahamut — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:43:15 -0400

a thread about our spawn.