partyBoy
Dec 11, 02:25 AM
I tweeked the icons...
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/colombian_pride69/Geektool%20themes/Screenshot2010-12-11at.png
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee187/colombian_pride69/Geektool%20themes/Screenshot2010-12-11at.png
Wedged
Apr 3, 10:51 PM
Really liked how this turned out.
Original - Source (http://www.deviantart.com/download/203367387/concept_by_relhom-d3d2va3.jpg)
sorry for the noob question, but how did you get the text dock? looks awesome!
Original - Source (http://www.deviantart.com/download/203367387/concept_by_relhom-d3d2va3.jpg)
sorry for the noob question, but how did you get the text dock? looks awesome!
fivepoint
Mar 2, 11:23 AM
Why We're Screwed (http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-us-is-screwed-2011-2#) (if we don't adapt quickly)
For the sake of this discussion, let's try to avoid actually talking about who is to blame or which political party is to blame, or which ideology is to blame... and just talk about the problem we're in, how bad it is, and what needs to be done to fix it. What sacrifices need to be made, and how quickly we need to make them. There's no more denying there's a problem. The only issue now is what the solution looks like.
Please avoid the blame game. Stay on topic so we can have a meaningful discussion about actual practical solutions.
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf8349e2aec77b070000-915/first-the-big-picture-the-pie-on-the-left-is-revenue-the-money-the-government-has-available-to-spend-the-pie-on-the-right-is-expenses-the-money-the-government-actually-spends-note-the-vast-portion-of-spending-that-comes-from-the-entitlement-programs.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf4fcadcbb0d02050000-915/the-prior-chart-showed-just-a-single-year-2010-heres-what-the-deficit-looks-like-over-time-as-mary-meeker-observes-if-a-company-were-spilling-ink-like-this-shareholders-would-freak.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf454bd7c88108100000-915/and-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-the-problem-is-just-the-recession-here-the-problem-is-separated-into-structural-dark-blue-versus-cyclical-light-blue-were-now-screwed-even-in-good-times.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf34ccd1d54e75270000-915/basically-over-the-past-15-years-weve-spent-an-average-of-8-more-than-weve-taken-in-that-includes-those-happy-surplus-years-which-are-a-distant-memory.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf3d49e2aeba7b0a0000-915/so-whats-the-problem-well-from-a-high-level-the-problem-is-that-the-government-is-doing-a-lot-more-than-it-used-to-heres-how-spending-has-changed-as-a-percent-of-gdp-over-the-past-200-years.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf6dcadcbbf701110000-915/and-heres-a-look-at-the-same-trend-over-time-federal-government-spending-has-soared-from-3-of-gdp-to-24.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf3accd1d508770a0000-915/and-now-lets-start-to-get-a-sense-of-the-portion-of-that-spending-thats-coming-from-the-entitlement-programs-they-started-in-the-1950s-look-how-fast-theyre-growing.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf5349e2ae9a7a0c0000-915/were-also-spending-a-ton-on-housing-and-healthcare-especially-relative-to-savings.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf7649e2aea977230000-915/healthcare-spending-growth-alone-is-staggering-its-growing-7x-faster-than-gdp.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf634bd7c813083b0000-915/and-now-look-at-the-growth-of-entitlement-spending-11x-over-45-years.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf5f49e2ae107c010000-915/by-the-governments-own-estimate-entitlement-spending-plus-the-interest-on-our-debt-will-consume-all-government-revenue-by-2025-freaked-out-yet.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf7c49e2ae0c7c040000-915/all-of-this-of-course-adds-up-to-massive-future-liabilities-heres-what-our-unfunded-medicare-medicaid-and-social-security-liabilities-look-like-relative-to-our-current-debt-which-alone-is-frightening.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf2ecadcbb337f430000-915/by-the-way-if-you-exclude-what-were-spending-on-medicare-and-medicaid-the-us-budget-looks-fine-in-fact-were-actually-making-money-dont-you-wish-we-could-just-exclude-those-things.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf5accd1d5a176330000-915/but-cant-we-just-grow-our-way-out-of-the-problem-sure-if-we-grow-vastly-faster-than-we-ever-have-before-how-likely-do-you-think-that-is.jpg
While I disagree with the article's author when he says we don't spend too much on Education and Defense... he's 100% right about the MAIN problem.
What really busts our budget are the mind-boggling amounts we spend on our entitlement programs--Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid (especially Medicare and Medicaid). These programs are wildly more expensive than any other budget items, and they're also growing like weeds.
If we don't get Medicare and Medicaid expenses under control, the USA will go broke, pure and simple. And yet, almost no one in Washington has the stones to even talk about this, let alone do something about it. They just kick the can down the road.
For the sake of this discussion, let's try to avoid actually talking about who is to blame or which political party is to blame, or which ideology is to blame... and just talk about the problem we're in, how bad it is, and what needs to be done to fix it. What sacrifices need to be made, and how quickly we need to make them. There's no more denying there's a problem. The only issue now is what the solution looks like.
Please avoid the blame game. Stay on topic so we can have a meaningful discussion about actual practical solutions.
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf8349e2aec77b070000-915/first-the-big-picture-the-pie-on-the-left-is-revenue-the-money-the-government-has-available-to-spend-the-pie-on-the-right-is-expenses-the-money-the-government-actually-spends-note-the-vast-portion-of-spending-that-comes-from-the-entitlement-programs.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf4fcadcbb0d02050000-915/the-prior-chart-showed-just-a-single-year-2010-heres-what-the-deficit-looks-like-over-time-as-mary-meeker-observes-if-a-company-were-spilling-ink-like-this-shareholders-would-freak.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf454bd7c88108100000-915/and-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-the-problem-is-just-the-recession-here-the-problem-is-separated-into-structural-dark-blue-versus-cyclical-light-blue-were-now-screwed-even-in-good-times.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf34ccd1d54e75270000-915/basically-over-the-past-15-years-weve-spent-an-average-of-8-more-than-weve-taken-in-that-includes-those-happy-surplus-years-which-are-a-distant-memory.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf3d49e2aeba7b0a0000-915/so-whats-the-problem-well-from-a-high-level-the-problem-is-that-the-government-is-doing-a-lot-more-than-it-used-to-heres-how-spending-has-changed-as-a-percent-of-gdp-over-the-past-200-years.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf6dcadcbbf701110000-915/and-heres-a-look-at-the-same-trend-over-time-federal-government-spending-has-soared-from-3-of-gdp-to-24.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf3accd1d508770a0000-915/and-now-lets-start-to-get-a-sense-of-the-portion-of-that-spending-thats-coming-from-the-entitlement-programs-they-started-in-the-1950s-look-how-fast-theyre-growing.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf5349e2ae9a7a0c0000-915/were-also-spending-a-ton-on-housing-and-healthcare-especially-relative-to-savings.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf7649e2aea977230000-915/healthcare-spending-growth-alone-is-staggering-its-growing-7x-faster-than-gdp.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf634bd7c813083b0000-915/and-now-look-at-the-growth-of-entitlement-spending-11x-over-45-years.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf5f49e2ae107c010000-915/by-the-governments-own-estimate-entitlement-spending-plus-the-interest-on-our-debt-will-consume-all-government-revenue-by-2025-freaked-out-yet.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf7c49e2ae0c7c040000-915/all-of-this-of-course-adds-up-to-massive-future-liabilities-heres-what-our-unfunded-medicare-medicaid-and-social-security-liabilities-look-like-relative-to-our-current-debt-which-alone-is-frightening.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf2ecadcbb337f430000-915/by-the-way-if-you-exclude-what-were-spending-on-medicare-and-medicaid-the-us-budget-looks-fine-in-fact-were-actually-making-money-dont-you-wish-we-could-just-exclude-those-things.jpg
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4d6bbf5accd1d5a176330000-915/but-cant-we-just-grow-our-way-out-of-the-problem-sure-if-we-grow-vastly-faster-than-we-ever-have-before-how-likely-do-you-think-that-is.jpg
While I disagree with the article's author when he says we don't spend too much on Education and Defense... he's 100% right about the MAIN problem.
What really busts our budget are the mind-boggling amounts we spend on our entitlement programs--Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid (especially Medicare and Medicaid). These programs are wildly more expensive than any other budget items, and they're also growing like weeds.
If we don't get Medicare and Medicaid expenses under control, the USA will go broke, pure and simple. And yet, almost no one in Washington has the stones to even talk about this, let alone do something about it. They just kick the can down the road.
Small White Car
Nov 20, 11:43 AM
Well, I have to say that I was getting pretty tired of all the iPhone rumors day after day.
But now that they're talking about a totally DIFFERENT phone than the one we know nothing about...well that's much better! :D
But now that they're talking about a totally DIFFERENT phone than the one we know nothing about...well that's much better! :D
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SchneiderMan
Jul 21, 05:07 PM
Whaa?
Missjenna
Apr 28, 05:56 PM
Do you happen to have music bar extended installed? I found that was causing my crash/respring issue.
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Blocko
Nov 19, 09:01 PM
Yikes! If TJ Maxx and Marshall"s do try it, prepare for the trampling�just sayin'.:eek:
bobfitz14
Aug 3, 12:57 PM
^^lmaoo i remember that thread
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^^ CoolMacLover
Aug 29, 02:50 AM
Gonna take a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time. Not many books even have a CD to come with it :P
rezenclowd3
Apr 19, 09:09 PM
^^^ Really? I think as usual it looks like a booring American car....
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miles01110
Dec 22, 09:14 AM
Some people obviously don't know the cost of staff downtime. Each day, how much longer does it take windows computer to boot up than a Mac? Minutes longer. Add that up over every single work day. Then add the anti-virus scans, annoying pop ups, etc.
Sure, a Windows machine might take longer to boot than a Mac. But realistically, in a normal office environment computers are left running. This particular point is pretty much moot.
I just saw someone spending 4 hours on the phone with issues of the accounting software not working on windows 7.
Yes, because clearly one data point indicates an industry-wide trend. Check the boards for Applecare horror stories, and those stories are from Apple's target market. Imagine what a nightmare it is when your business depends on uptime and you're told "yeah sorry... you have a small nick on the chassis so we won't replace it."
And it turned out to be the anti-virus, after half a day was wasted (and maybe an hour of my time too). That would have bought a Mac Mini or a new MacBook Air, which can run the same software with ease without security conflicts.
The typical argument of the fanboy... security. Security is a user problem, not a technical problem. I've yet to meet one properly trained employee that has gotten malware on their Windows machine.
Perhaps if you'd like to participate in this discussion further you would consider grounding yourself in reality (and/or subject matter knowledge). Clearly you're in over your head.
Since doing a little more research into it and taking the comments on this forum into account I have changed my opinion on whether or not macs should form part of our IT infrastructure.
It's not so much that Macs do not fit at all into an enterprise environment, it's just that you've made it seem like your entire supply chain, user training, SLA network, etc etc are all geared towards Windows. It doesn't make sense to throw another cog into that system.
I currently have enough trouble simply trying to ensure compatibility between Excel '07 files and Excel '03. Adding Excel for Mac files into the mix will no doubt simply introduce another layer of complexity which is certainly not beneficial. This is indicative of many of the 'small' problems that are typically faced every day in the office, again, no thank you to having any more of those.
Annoying, isn't it? Microsoft certainly isn't perfect.
I spend all day writing reports, specifications, data sheets, e-mails to clients and suppliers etc. All of which require dotting every I and crossing every T from a grammar point of view.
I certainly hope so, but I doubt it. The possessive apostrophe is pretty elementary. Just be careful when you start getting calls from Mac's Computer Hardware.
Sure, a Windows machine might take longer to boot than a Mac. But realistically, in a normal office environment computers are left running. This particular point is pretty much moot.
I just saw someone spending 4 hours on the phone with issues of the accounting software not working on windows 7.
Yes, because clearly one data point indicates an industry-wide trend. Check the boards for Applecare horror stories, and those stories are from Apple's target market. Imagine what a nightmare it is when your business depends on uptime and you're told "yeah sorry... you have a small nick on the chassis so we won't replace it."
And it turned out to be the anti-virus, after half a day was wasted (and maybe an hour of my time too). That would have bought a Mac Mini or a new MacBook Air, which can run the same software with ease without security conflicts.
The typical argument of the fanboy... security. Security is a user problem, not a technical problem. I've yet to meet one properly trained employee that has gotten malware on their Windows machine.
Perhaps if you'd like to participate in this discussion further you would consider grounding yourself in reality (and/or subject matter knowledge). Clearly you're in over your head.
Since doing a little more research into it and taking the comments on this forum into account I have changed my opinion on whether or not macs should form part of our IT infrastructure.
It's not so much that Macs do not fit at all into an enterprise environment, it's just that you've made it seem like your entire supply chain, user training, SLA network, etc etc are all geared towards Windows. It doesn't make sense to throw another cog into that system.
I currently have enough trouble simply trying to ensure compatibility between Excel '07 files and Excel '03. Adding Excel for Mac files into the mix will no doubt simply introduce another layer of complexity which is certainly not beneficial. This is indicative of many of the 'small' problems that are typically faced every day in the office, again, no thank you to having any more of those.
Annoying, isn't it? Microsoft certainly isn't perfect.
I spend all day writing reports, specifications, data sheets, e-mails to clients and suppliers etc. All of which require dotting every I and crossing every T from a grammar point of view.
I certainly hope so, but I doubt it. The possessive apostrophe is pretty elementary. Just be careful when you start getting calls from Mac's Computer Hardware.
peapody
Jun 28, 04:12 PM
I have a minty black I could let go of for $120 shipped US. It freezes occasionally, but is okay after you do a hard reset. Comes with agent18 eco case.
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DakotaGuy
Jan 10, 10:47 PM
I am curious as to why diesel never caught on in the US despite most automakers producing diesel models.
To understand this you would have to go back to the late 1970's when GM introduced the 5.7L V8 Oldsmobile Diesel. In theory the idea was good. Produce an engine that has much better fuel economy, but still has enough torque to pull around a large car. In reality this engine and other GM passenger car diesels are responsible for scaring away generations of Americans from ever owning a diesel car. I don't think you will find many people from 40 years old and up that are not aware of the GM diesel nightmare. To this day the word diesel and passenger car in the same sentence scares them.
Today's diesels are much better and are well engineered and should last much longer then 40-50,000 miles, but something so bad in the past can haunt for years to come.
To understand this you would have to go back to the late 1970's when GM introduced the 5.7L V8 Oldsmobile Diesel. In theory the idea was good. Produce an engine that has much better fuel economy, but still has enough torque to pull around a large car. In reality this engine and other GM passenger car diesels are responsible for scaring away generations of Americans from ever owning a diesel car. I don't think you will find many people from 40 years old and up that are not aware of the GM diesel nightmare. To this day the word diesel and passenger car in the same sentence scares them.
Today's diesels are much better and are well engineered and should last much longer then 40-50,000 miles, but something so bad in the past can haunt for years to come.
Eye4Desyn
Mar 25, 12:03 PM
I just hope there is some mention of this at next month's rumored iOS 5 developer media event. I've wondered off and on how :apple: would distinguish and bring their own mapping application to iOS devices (and possibly Macs) apart from Google Maps. Graphically and for overall user experience, I much prefer Google Maps over Bing Maps, MapQuest, and the like. Just hope :apple: will bring something stronger and more robust than Mountain View.
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iSee
Apr 13, 12:15 PM
thanks for continuing to screw us 3gS owners over Apple...
My phone is on its last leg, dropping calls all of the time, have to charge it 3 times a day. If I had known this, I would have already bought a 4...
Yeah, my 3gs is slowly dying a similar death. The battery is dying. My guess is the other problems I have (spontaneous shutdown under certain conditions) are related to the battery since they seem to happen with > ~40% remaining.
I really don't think I can make it until September with this phone since I already can't alwaysy get a full day's use out of it without recharging and the battery seems to get worse daily. I'm not a heavy user either.
Been curious about Andriod for a while now... hm...
My phone is on its last leg, dropping calls all of the time, have to charge it 3 times a day. If I had known this, I would have already bought a 4...
Yeah, my 3gs is slowly dying a similar death. The battery is dying. My guess is the other problems I have (spontaneous shutdown under certain conditions) are related to the battery since they seem to happen with > ~40% remaining.
I really don't think I can make it until September with this phone since I already can't alwaysy get a full day's use out of it without recharging and the battery seems to get worse daily. I'm not a heavy user either.
Been curious about Andriod for a while now... hm...
shigzeo
Oct 31, 12:35 PM
I think that they will limit the capacity to the amount of songs ( + - a few) that can be played on a single charge.
Yes, that is perfect!!!
Yes, that is perfect!!!
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Sun Baked
Feb 14, 01:42 PM
I wonder which new moderator is going to clean up the mess mymemmory just made in here...
A post likely to turn this into another mymemmory bashing thread -- and it's not even a thread about women or body parts. :(
A post likely to turn this into another mymemmory bashing thread -- and it's not even a thread about women or body parts. :(
alphaone
Mar 6, 01:00 AM
Definitely won't be doing GPU folding on this guy. The forcegpu ati_r800 flag does let it work and it goes fast, about 1:40 per 1% on p5733 but the fan throttles up past 50% on the card and it is pretty noticeable (sounds like a little vacuum). And it steals about 12% of the available cpu power. Plus it burns a lot of electricity. I'll do my oneunit and get back to cpu only. I'll let you know how that goes later.
mohrt
Apr 30, 10:02 PM
So it has to have a torture chamber, no?
mulo
May 4, 03:54 AM
repost, mod delete it. op edit your first post.
karichristensen
Mar 31, 03:06 PM
Oh wow! Oh wait. I have four apps that already did all that when the iPad was first released. How about masks, brushes, stamp tools, and decent selection tools? Do they not know how far behind they are with this?
And all this debate over usefulness of the iPad. Forget it. If you are a creative professional and you have an iPad, and you haven't figured out to use it to make your work faster and better. I say you are lacking some creativity. I've been using the first iPad from day one for sketching, figure studies, portfolio reviews, etc. See for yourself on my website. It is no toy- if you know what you are doing.
And all this debate over usefulness of the iPad. Forget it. If you are a creative professional and you have an iPad, and you haven't figured out to use it to make your work faster and better. I say you are lacking some creativity. I've been using the first iPad from day one for sketching, figure studies, portfolio reviews, etc. See for yourself on my website. It is no toy- if you know what you are doing.
TerryJ
Jul 27, 07:42 PM
Can any other posters shill the Microsoft party line more? "They" said the Sony Playstation2 was "too hard" to program for versus programming for the Microsoft Xbox. Which platform won again? Which platform had the most third-party support? That's right, the "too hard to program for" Playstation2. The reason why there are extra features on the current HD-DVD titles has to do with the fact that they are using VC-1 and the Blu-Ray titles are using the space-hungry MPEG2 codec currently. There's no room right now on Blu-Ray releases for the "extras" you are bringing up. It has nothing to do with "how hard" it is to program BD-J.
Look... honestly the only "winner" I want in this format war is the disc that has the best high definition image and sound, has the most actual (good) movies available, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
I thought, on paper, Blu-ray had the most compelling feature set of the two discs. I pre-ordered a Sony BD deck. That got pushed way back. (I ended up cancelling it. I'll buy it when it comes out... I don't expect shortages.) In the interim, I bought an HD DVD deck. I can afford it and I have a decent sized Hi-def LCD rear projection set that is ISF calibrated that begs for HD content. I love watching stuff in HD. I can't stand watching stuff in SD. My HD DVR is filled to the brim.
HD DVD right now has 5gb more capacity. The VC-1 encoded discs look amazing. The special features are cool on a couple of the discs. The (mandatory) higher bit-rate sound formats sound better.
If Blu-ray (software and hardware) can do it better, then I welcome it. Get those damn 50gb discs out. Start using better codecs now! Start putting innovative features using BD-J. Get some good movies out there. And get some GOOD decks out there. THEN I will believe it. Only then will I buy it. Until then...in my opinion, there is nothing on the BD side of things worth buying.
-Terry
Look... honestly the only "winner" I want in this format war is the disc that has the best high definition image and sound, has the most actual (good) movies available, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
I thought, on paper, Blu-ray had the most compelling feature set of the two discs. I pre-ordered a Sony BD deck. That got pushed way back. (I ended up cancelling it. I'll buy it when it comes out... I don't expect shortages.) In the interim, I bought an HD DVD deck. I can afford it and I have a decent sized Hi-def LCD rear projection set that is ISF calibrated that begs for HD content. I love watching stuff in HD. I can't stand watching stuff in SD. My HD DVR is filled to the brim.
HD DVD right now has 5gb more capacity. The VC-1 encoded discs look amazing. The special features are cool on a couple of the discs. The (mandatory) higher bit-rate sound formats sound better.
If Blu-ray (software and hardware) can do it better, then I welcome it. Get those damn 50gb discs out. Start using better codecs now! Start putting innovative features using BD-J. Get some good movies out there. And get some GOOD decks out there. THEN I will believe it. Only then will I buy it. Until then...in my opinion, there is nothing on the BD side of things worth buying.
-Terry
X2468
Apr 7, 04:54 PM
There's been reports of battery issues to. I haven't tested it myself, but it seems like I'm getting less battery life since 4.3.1, which is what many others have been saying. I don't know how widespread this isssue is, though.
It seems to be very widespread. Everyone I know that's installed it has the issue.
It seems to be very widespread. Everyone I know that's installed it has the issue.
AoWolf
Oct 5, 05:01 PM
Excellent sounding. I must admit I like vistas tab system (clicking the box to make a new tab. Not that there is a problem with a ?T but I sometimes I want to click.