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1998 Volkswagen W12 Concept

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  • WeegieMac
    Apr 14, 01:04 PM
    I'm glad more regular people are starting to notice this as well. As soon as I saw signs of it in 4.2.1 I knew this was the usual slow down we come to expect, although they started early this time around. :mad:

    I noticed it right away mate, and I thought I was being a little pernickety until I noticed more people cropping up in threads here and especially on the Apple discussion forums.

    If Apple had added features to iOS 4 over the 4.1-4.3 updates which would explain degraded performance, then fair enough, but Home Sharing and Personal Hotspot are the biggest new feature in the iOS 4 updates, and I don't honestly don't think for one second anyone is stupid enough to believe either impact the way the iPhone UI animates.

    Anyway, I've restored to 4.3.2 via iTunes and while the stock apps run perfectly, the real test is when the device has a load on it, so I'm going to install some third party apps and see how things go.

    Here's an advance hint ... it'll be the exact same as 4.3.2.





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  • ucfgrad93
    Jan 30, 03:26 PM
    Charlie Sheen is on the short track of life ... soon to depart from this world.

    Sadly, I have to agree with this.





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  • ChazUK
    Apr 30, 11:29 AM
    I guess I have the opposite view of this since I will buy from iTunes as long as they continue to provide a lossless format--and Amazon provides only a lossy format. That is more important to me than a slight price difference. AAC plays on anything I need to play it on--and it could be converted to another lossless format such as FLAC if you really wanted to get out from under Apple's proprietary format. I am also a huge Amazon fan and a Prime member and buy a lot of stuff from them--but not MP3s.

    I don't want to burst your bubble but Apple sell their tracks in a lossy format. Apple's format for iTunes purcases is a different beast to Flac.





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  • rcandre2
    Apr 29, 12:25 AM
    Mine is definitely thicker than my black one. One of them (bought two today) is actually crooked.... when I lay it down on a flat surface it doesn't lay down completely... there is a "wobble" to it.. wonder if the case is warped.





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  • KyPosey
    Jan 26, 11:40 AM
    http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx302/ajithrockscc/shopandbargain/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-Xbox-360.jpg


    yeah im behind the times.





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  • Mexbearpig
    Jan 28, 11:29 PM
    Just found out the Acacia Strain case was empty. Furious would be an uderstatement for my rage right now. Mainly because I have a feeling the store i got it from wont to anything about it.

    Not pictured: Monster Slim Jim Original




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  • PlipPlop
    May 4, 01:56 AM
    Dont worry release a white iphone and people will buy it instead :rolleyes:





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  • carterx
    Dec 4, 11:51 AM
    Ok, well, yes, it's not on the VMware site. It's a copy from a user that recieved the Beta copy and then posted it on a file site for others to download.

    If I seen that it had issues with the download I would not have posted the link, but that does not say that there could be some issues for some odd reason.

    Anyways, I have been using it myself without an issue, but as "Westside guy" stated use your own caution doing so.

    I can understand the concern. If you want to wait for an invite or full release, then do so.

    I'm loving the program and will be buying it as soon as it is release (that is if there is a cost to it or not)





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  • hulugu
    Dec 2, 01:52 AM
    After the Month of Kernel Bugs, are you concerned about Mac OS X security?

    No - 62%


    See, that bugs me. Everyone should be concerned about security. I believe OS X's overriding security feature is obscurity, and once that situation changes I can see the OS falling over very quickly.

    One of the weakest links in the chain is the user, and if the user is not concerned then you have a problem.

    Dont get me wrong, I think OS X is great, but it just hasn't been "weathered" in the wild like Windows has. If OS X becomes a viable target then we're in for a bumpy ride.

    OSX is based on FreeBSD, which has been around for an eternity and includes modules from even older Unixy stuff. There's paying attention, there's worrying, and then there's running around with your hair on fire digging for a bomb shelter with your bare hands. We're at the pay attention stage.
    MOKB showed that the kernel can be a source of bugs and that OS design should incorporate this problem into the design. This doesn't mean panic or worry or take a pair of scissors to your broad-band connection, this means Apple has some things to fix. It also showed that wireless is inherently insecure and the problems with drivers can affect Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
    Again, MOKB isn't all that important, it's Apple's response to problems that really matters.





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  • Plutonius
    Apr 28, 06:33 PM
    Anyway, I�m going into the hospital tomorrow morning and I�m not sure when I�ll be posting again.

    Eeeek :eek: . I hope things go ok.





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  • arnop
    Nov 8, 09:25 AM
    Two tickets for the UEFA CHampion's League final in Wembley next year :)





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  • dethmaShine
    Apr 12, 05:49 AM
    The major difference between TB and FW adoption is that FW was 100% Apple whereas TB was envisioned by Apple and then handed off to Intel for development and implementation.

    Since Intel is a major supplier of MBs to PC box manufacturers it can more easily push TB than Apple could FW. Moreover USB 3 is an Intel creation too so it has even greater power to play puppet master.

    A dumb question (probably?):

    I am not a video expert; not a music producer; not a sound engineer; no relation with servers, whatsoever.
    So from that perspective, what is in store for me with respect to thunderbold?

    - A normal consumer

    I am not a strict normal consumer but I guess 99% of the world is.





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  • Moyank24
    Apr 25, 08:33 PM
    After this post, I can�t even think straight.

    Me neither. ;)





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  • seanpholman
    Mar 11, 03:23 PM
    Wow, all the way to Borders at South Coast, huh? Damn. I think I might try coming around 6:00 after the line starts moving. Interested to know how fast the line moves for you guys.

    --Sean





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  • shirwan72
    Apr 26, 12:07 PM
    They charge for everything else, so what's new?!

    With our UK tax, it will be just another cash cow.





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  • speedy815
    Apr 15, 09:18 AM
    Hopefully this may help other users with battery drain.

    Turn off ping (found under Settings, General, Restrictions). Also, turn off location services and notifications.

    OK, it's not ideal but I got 31 minutes out of my iPhone (4) before the battery went for to 99%.





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  • kernkraft
    Jun 6, 01:39 PM
    Sad thing is the developer is now going to be charged $300 (Apple requires the developer to reimburse the user Apple's commission).

    I think that in case of accidental/erroneous purchases, this is not true.

    If it was, that would be so awful that I wonder why no investigation has been aimed at this practice before.





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  • bodeh6
    Oct 24, 08:22 AM
    What about those of us that bought MBP's in August? The upgrades weren't in the forcast! Ugh, I really hate it when this happens!

    Those who bought their Computer in August should be happy with what they got since that was what was the best available at the time. And what are you talking about not in the forecast? The previous revision was here for just over 6 months. From April 2006 to October 2006. How long do you want Apple to go with out updates?





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  • ozreth
    Jan 30, 05:30 PM
    Been wanting a new TV for a while

    DUDE! Was that online or in store? I will go buy one today if they have them at my store. Been wanting a tv as well. Do you like it? Is 40" good for gaming and hooking a laptop up to?





    roar08
    Mar 11, 11:22 PM
    Got mine at Target today. No waiting. They had 10 16's and 5 64's, all black. A Target 10 minutes away had 5 16's - all white.





    valdore
    Jan 26, 01:44 AM
    No need to get huffy about it! ;) :p :D


    Sorry... didn't mean to sound huffy. :cool:





    MacRumors
    Jun 6, 01:19 AM
    http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/06/eleven-year-old-accidentally-downloads-1000-app/)

    http://images.macrumors.com/article/2010/06/06/020527-BarMax.jpg

    An eleven-year-old boy in Northern California accidentally downloaded (http://www.necn.com/06/05/10/Boy-accidentally-downloads-99900-Smart-p/landing.html?blockID=247714) the $999.99 BarMax bar exam preparation application (iTunes link (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barmax-ca/id345722008?mt=8)) using an iPod touch. He didn't mean to make the purchase and was surprised when it started to download the 1GB app. His mother was equally shocked, especially after she learned the price and that her son had not been prompted for an iTunes password.

    They paused the download and went to an Apple store but were told that the store couldn't help. However, the boy's mother then emailed Apple and received a return phone call telling her that they would receive a full refund.

    Article Link: Eleven-year-old Accidentally Downloads $1000 App (http://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/06/eleven-year-old-accidentally-downloads-1000-app/)





    MagnusVonMagnum
    Apr 26, 05:07 PM
    What a freaking RIP-OFF. You could buy 20 new songs a year for that instead (well not on Apple anymore sine they royally screwed everyone on some BS basis of "85 cents songs" to offset the "$1.29" ones except that as most of us predicted, there are hardly any 85 cents songs in existence yet a heck of lot of $1.29 ones. In other words, all they did was jack up prices to cover crap artists who can't sing and don't write their own songs and make farting noises and call it art.)

    Meanwhile, what good would this service do? Do you seriously think they're going to let you access your music that you did NOT buy from iTunes??? (i.e. your CD collection dumped to iTunes) NO WAY. You'd have to UPLOAD the entire library first. How LONG would that take? Ridiculous. Then you miss a payment and they delete it all.... It's far more likely it's only for songs you already bought (in which case you could already just 'buy' them again and download them for free; in other words the service is worthless).

    What most people would prefer I think is a flat fee music-on-demand service where you can listen to ANY music you want from the entire library. Pandora, Sonus, etc. already offer this service so Apple's "retrieve your own library online" is stupid, IMO. You could rent some storage somewhere and just upload your music there and download it anywhere on the Net WITHOUT APPLE even being involved. The whole thing strikes me as a cash grab from Apple to make you pay for the music you already paid for ALL OVER AGAIN. Bought 100 songs? 5 years you bought 'em again. No value.

    My entire music library is only 70GB in AAC without music videos. That would almost fit on an iPod Touch 64GB or USB 64GB stick as it is, let alone my Netbook which has 160GB on it and my MBP which has 500GB. So the ONLY way this service could be useful is if I could access ALL MY MOVIES from anywhere on the Net. That would require 2.6TB of storage, though. I don't see Apple covering that and I wouldn't even want to TRY to upload all those movies from my own library (and Apple doesn't even sell (let alone in good quality) 40% of them and 95% of the HD ones.

    No, a flat fee for unlimited rentals (music and movies) would be a good deal. I don't see Apple offering that any time soon, if EVER.





    KREX725
    Oct 18, 09:59 PM
    An example of a "cash cow"

    Microsoft Windows XP
    Microsoft Office

    Nearly everything else MS does is at a loss or does not generate a lot of cash.

    What about all of those profits from the XBox 360????? Don't those things just consist of about $8.00 worth of plastic????? :p




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