maybe you can do that in SL too, maybe bush did 9/11
― dayo, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
Safari is the best at Mac-integration. Syncs with iOS, three-finger tap on word and ctrl-alt-d, all the gestures, best font rendering, etc. plenty of reasons to use it.
― stet, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
I've tried other browsers and I prefer Safari, but since updating the latest version it's been out of wack. I have more than enough memory so that can't be the problem.
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
When I get the chance I'm going to dig out my old script that runs the tab-on-top build of safari with the latest webkit engine. Killer browser.
― stet, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/3f442b3S081K2n121p1P/Screen%20shot%202011-09-09%20at%2016.32.15.jpg
ughhhhhhhh stop it
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
haha why do you hate fun
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
so i has iphone question:i've been living in the dark ages for the last few years and still have a super-cheap-o phone with no data or anything.a friend gave me his old G3 and i've been debating weather or not i should even bother getting a plan for it. everyone i know that is still using a g3 is complaining about how slow it's been getting. wondering if i should wait until g5 is out and get a discounted g4 or maybe splurge on a g5...
just wondering if it's worth the bother of getting a new plan for this thing or if i should just wait. how slow is the g3 for everyone here?
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
wait you have an iphone 3g or 3gs?
I would wait until the new iphone 5 - the iphone 4 will likely be discounted to 'budget option' status and you could pick one up for maybe $50 or $100 with contract.
― dayo, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii293/Thee_DG/GoogleThanks-3.jpg
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
is anyone on a "family plan" w/ two iphones? my girlfriend and i are probably both gonna get iphones 5 in october, is there a deal on data or is it a thing where we share minutes/texts but have to be on individual data plans?
― max, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
the latter IIRC, let me check
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
I think the second, I'm on my cousins family plan but I still pay for my data plan ($15 for 200mb a month, there is a $25 option for 2 gigs a month)
if you get iphone 5s at a subsidized price though that means you are probably locked into a new 2 year contract on their terms
― dayo, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
kk: shared minutes and texts, separate data plans
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
dayo the correct nomenclature is iphones 5
― max, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
hahah
― dayo, Friday, 9 September 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Other Bookmarks
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 September 2011 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
wtf, I have been putting off bumping my MBP to 8GB of ram due to laziness and not feeling like spending cash, but it's only $50 for that! ordered.
― mh, Monday, 12 September 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
oh really? I'm not even sure if mine supports it - have they added universal support under Lion?
― dayo, Monday, 12 September 2011 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664H5FQPCCk&feature=related
kind of mad I talked my wife out of the Air now
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
bought a replacement apple express last week. got a free wireless router from virgin in interim.
would apple give me a refund on the airport?
― is it hrostep? (cozen), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, if you've got the receipt and box
― stet, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
I'd definitely go for the refund based on this: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/12/apple_readying_second_generation_of_airport_express_802_11n.html
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 07:43 (twelve years ago) link
aces
― is it hrostep? (cozen), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:13 (twelve years ago) link
i hear there is an express update coming soon. i have a line on an early 2011 airport express for $60.
how important is this next update? should i ask for less? should i just go for it right now?
how well does airport extreme + express + stereo work these days? i haven't had an airport since 2009 (ex-wife got the airports) but i recall not being able to stream music to the airport and use the internet at the same time. is that worked out yet?
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely works fine for me. I have a Time Capsule (extreme) and can stream to both an old express and an app etc at the same time while web browsing
― mh, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
refund get
apple assistant entered "buyer's remorse" as the reason on her return doohickey
― is it hrostep? (cozen), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14926601
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Thursday, 15 September 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
shame HTC don't believe in remorse eh
― stet, Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
so wait his app is a list of jewish people?
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Developer Johann Levy, who is Jewish, said the app was "recreational".
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
The maker of a mobile game highlighting the uglier side of electronics production has seen the game banned from Apple's App Store just hours after its release.The creators of "Phone Story" describe it as a game that "attempts to provoke a critical reflection on its own technological platform."According to the developer's website, the game involves a player in cartoon versions of real-world scenarios involving mineral mining in the Congo, the reported suicides of workers at an Apple manufacturer's plant in China, the "planned obsolescence" of tech gadgets and the resulting environmental impact.
The creators of "Phone Story" describe it as a game that "attempts to provoke a critical reflection on its own technological platform."
According to the developer's website, the game involves a player in cartoon versions of real-world scenarios involving mineral mining in the Congo, the reported suicides of workers at an Apple manufacturer's plant in China, the "planned obsolescence" of tech gadgets and the resulting environmental impact.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/14/tech/mobile/apple-bans-app/index.html
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
btw congratulate my wife on her new MBP
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, August 29, 2011 4:06 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
UPDATE: the new MBP is still in its box
MONEY WELL SPENT
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:10 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
My wife's MBA arrived today. She only took it out of the box because I kept hassling her. Her only opinion so far is that she hates how much the W key looks like an upside-down M.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 19 September 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair she was grumpy as hell because (a) she's shit tired and (b) it forced her to enter her name, her address, her email address, her telephone number, her password and her fucking user photo before it would let her anywhere near the desktop.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 19 September 2011 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
AA referred to his wife as his wife!
It's a banner day on ilx!
― mh, Monday, 19 September 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
oh I meant to mention, my wife finally set up her MBP on the 9th, while her sister was visiting, after her sister, her sister's partner and I all spent a good 5 minutes teasing her for leaving it in the box for 10 days
obv she now loves it
― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Monday, 19 September 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
I had a firmware update the other day for my 4 month old MBP and just let it run like I have dozens of times before on every other Mac and somehow it totally bricked it - just dead, no screen, no anything other than the fan running at top speed. Brought it to the Apple store and they had to send it back to replace the logic board. I've heard that things like this can happen but I never thought they actually did.
― joygoat, Monday, 19 September 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
women! am i right!
― max, Monday, 19 September 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
You can quit out of all the registration crap as soon as you enter your user account name and password. Don't believe that's changed in Lion.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
I kept looking for a quit/skip/later option, couldn't find one.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
You can just hit cmd-Q there and it'll ask you if you want to quit.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
Oh god the magic cmd-Q option. Brilliant. Nice of them to make that obvious to the user.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, there should be more options and UI elements in the first boot experience.
― caek, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Not HATE APPLE but fuck it. If you buy Office for Mac 2011 Home & Student (1 user) you can't just pay the small difference to upgrade to the 3 user edition, you have to buy the whole fucking thing all over again. Cunce.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 11:08 (twelve years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 19 September 2011 21:32 (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
IMPORTANT UPDATE: absolutely nothing has happened since
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
I'll give you a hundred bucks for it.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
$105, and I'll write you a fawning thank you note
― remy bean, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
When I installed the Office update I had to ask her three times just to enter her password. She was just sitting there. She wasn't doing anything. The Macbook was on her lap and I still had to ask her three times. I want a divorce.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
women!
― max, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Next time she tries to check Facebook on the disintegrating old Ubuntu box and Unity crashes and she's all "waaah it's not woooorking can yoooou fix it" I will set fire to all her shoes.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
$108.47 and a gift card to Payless Shoes that probably still has a few bucks on it
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link