| 2012/9/14-11/7 [Consumer/Camera, Consumer/CellPhone] UID:54477 Activity:nil 53%like:54476 | 9/12 iPhone 4S has new features like 8MP rear camera and Siri, and iPhone 5
has 1.2MP front camera, 4" display, and 4G LTE. My 17-month-old
Android phone has 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front camera, 4.2" display,
voice search, voice-to-text that supports English, Cantonese,
Mandarin, Japanese plus other languages/dialects that I don't speak,
4G LTE, and voice-guided navigation, all built-in. I don't get what
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| 2009/3/12-19 [Consumer/Audio] UID:52704 Activity:kinda low | 3/12 I'm thinking about buying one of the new iPod Shuffles.
Does anybody have a sense whether the headphone-iPod connection
is designed well? It looks potentially fragile in the
pictures. I've had a lot of bad experiences with Apple
power cords which fall apart at the junction points.
\_ It's brand fucking new. Who knows?
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| 2009/1/21-26 [Computer/SW/Apps/Media, Consumer/Audio] UID:52427 Activity:nil | 1/20 I downloaded a song from iTunes and used it as a soundtrack
in a movie I created in iMovie. But now youtube won't let me
use the audio in the movie, as it's licensed. What is the easiest
way to get around this, on a mac? Is there a way to directly record
this song into an mp3, as I'm playing it on this machine? Thanks.
\_ Ah, I see you are enjoying the DRM kool aid. Isn't it nice how
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| 2012/6/27-7/27 [Computer/HW/Memory, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:54424 Activity:nil | 6/27 You can't put 16GB RAM in the new 13" Macbook Pro.
Fuck you Apple!
\_ Really? I know they say you can't put more than 8GB in the 13"
MBP, but I have 16GB in my 2011 13" MBP and it works perfectly.
\_ I thought the new ones have soldier on HD and RAM just like
the Macbook Air?
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| 2010/7/9-23 [Computer/SW/Virus, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:53879 Activity:nil | 7/9 I'm adding a larger and faster HD to my XP machine, and I want
to move my installation to the new drive, can anyone recommend
a tool that can do this? I'd perfer somethng inexpensive as
it's a one time thing.
\_ There's a lot of software that does this, but Norton/Symantec Ghost
seems to be the standard and I have used it successfully many
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| 2009/6/1-5 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:53065 Activity:kinda low | 5/31 I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I do play games sometimes. Is the
80G Sony PS3 sufficient for say, 2-3 years? I'll use it 80% for
BlueRay movies and 15% game (I play 3-4 games a year max), and
possibly 5% something else. I'm just trying to figure out how
long a 80G will last based on my usage, and whether I can get
away with a 40G version, or if the 160G is a must have or not. Thanks.
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| 2009/6/1-3 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:53068 Activity:high | 5/31 History of winners and losers by *popularity*:
VHS > Beta Max
USB2 > Firewire
x86 > PowerPC > Everything Else > DEC Alpha > Itanium
BlueRay > HDDvd
\_ It's too early to tell RE: "Blue"Ray. They may both turn out to be
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| 2009/5/22-29 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/HW/Display] UID:53032 Activity:low | 5/22 Are LED monitors much better than LCD monitors?
\_ OLED is still too new to know. They're direct emitters, so don't
have a backlight, and can turn completely off, hence better black.
The early news was that blue pixels burn out relatively quickly.
\_ FWIW, Zune HD will use OLED.
\_ Dunno, but I saw a very nice LED TV for just $2K. Wouldn't that
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| 2009/4/9-13 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:52826 Activity:moderate | 4/8 I'm fed up with having up download iTunes every month or so.
Frigging annoying. WHY do I have to upgrade?
\_ Apple hasn't figured out how to fully take over all of your
spare cycles with their autoappleupdatesoftwaredaemons.
\_ Well, you don't *HAVE* to update do you?
\_ That's right. The latest update is to provide support for
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| 2008/12/16-29 [Computer/Companies/Ebay, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:52259 Activity:nil | 12/15 I have a few 100G and 200G drives that I want to dump. Do people
actually buy used legacy HD on eBay?
\_ Yup they do -- researchers doing articles on the lack of safety
of data on computers often go to eBay, buy used hard drives,
and mine all sorts of goodies from the not, or poorly, wiped
drives.
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| 2008/11/29-12/4 [Computer/Networking] UID:52128 Activity:moderate | 11/28 So you know, I am going to see if the collective motd.wisdom has
anything to add to my own research. I would think that given my
political leanings in most areas, I would be a big fan of "net
neutrality" but I am not, at least not so far. What is wrong with
someone like AT&T charging more for premium internet service? Don't
they do that already? Is there something I am missing here? -ausman
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| 2008/8/4-10 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:50776 Activity:nil | 8/4 I went to Fry's for the first time in ages and was surprised to
see a 1T Seagate HD on sale. I'm still using my 250G and it's
only 60% full. What the heck do people put on their HD these
days, porn? I can't imagine why anyone would want to buy a
1T drive for personal use.
\_ HDTV.
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| 2008/7/9-11 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:50516 Activity:nil | 7/8 You know I was hoping the government would procrastinate again
and tell us that they're not going to force HD signals till
2010 or something, but that hope is fading. Where can I get a
HD box thingie, how do I get a $50 rebate, and how much are
those things? ok thx.
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| 2008/4/17-23 [Computer/Networking, Consumer/TV] UID:49774 Activity:low | 4/16 When we move to HD signals, will cable tv descramblers no longer
work? Or are they backward compatible?
\_ If you're talking about the switching in 2009, it only applies to
radio broadcast. You can still use your analog TV to receive cable
channels.
radio signals. You can still use your analog TV to receive cable
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