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I have one now and I have been collecting my thoughts in no particular order. Apples support is mundane for business-glass support but no home user gets that support. It was smart getting the stores and a tech counter out there. I totally agree, a 17" machine isn't a laptop. It is a desk...

AT&T is blocking multiple windows phone 7 updates. I was hoping microsoft could put the mobile computing device upgrade experience in the hands of its users and they were making the right noises at the start but I guess they just can't. They better get this under control by the time 8 comes...

The business is so terrible, how will they make money? http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/03/11/carriers-whine-we-wuz-robbed/

Didn't even occur to me. Also I don't know how it would like moving from a retail key to a technet key?

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-03-22/more-films-heading-to-imax-builds-box-office-grosses/53695526/1 I must admit, IMAX and the premium theaters are the only thing I would consider going to anymore. Last one I actually went to was the 3d showing of red bird and it sucked...

Something else in the mix I noticed is that in bootcamp and the virtualized version of bootcamp that vmware fusion pulls into osx seems to require two activations, one for each environment. Activating one doesn't carry over to the other. On my previous home premium retail upgrade I activated it...

This relates to VMware but that "I copied it" verses "I moved it" question relates to the MAC and uuid then that relates to activation. http://www.techhead.co.uk/vmware-esx-i-moved-it-or-i-copied-it-whats-the-difference

I wonder how they enforce this or audit it for a somewhat sizeazeable company?

Well that was fast. Also that trailer already got the copyright cock block.

They mentioned in the article one guy tried that first but found it to be insufficient to do the video in the cafe or hotel he was at. I think we have all seen that. With the level these caps are at and the speed you get it's just amusing that the next time you check your email or usage could...

Data caps, no kidding: Video Speed Trap Lurks in New iPad Users Find the Superfast 4G Link Carries a Big Cost: Churning Through Data Limits in Mere Hours http://allthingsd.com/20120320/video-speed-trap-lurks-in-new-ipad/...

Next Sim City is looking good. http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/the-engine-that-will-drive-the.html

Noted but I won't get my hopes up.

Completely agree. I actually went out of my way to get quieter pipes on my ride. I still rode with earplugs though, even wind noise while wearing a helmet I feel is enough to damage hearing after a couple hours at freeway speed. I could actually hear better with them in anyway, less noise.

I assumed that was what you all were doing. That's one of the reasons I liked the dell machines from the past because they came with a bare windows install disk that pretty much just got you windows and then you skip the other disks. Not a typical factory restore situation.

This principle was taught in the MSF course I took.

Mike Daisey gets standing ovation at last N.Y. performance http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57399650-248/mike-daisey-gets-standing-ovation-at-last-n.y-performance/

Well if there is a background data refresh than this isn't a problem as mentioned. Again we will be depending on the manufacturer doing a proper implementation that isn't going to lose your data. We all have some notions of who makes reliable spinning disks but I think we are all in the phase of...

That really is interesting and a little disturbing.

That's another angle that I wasn't considering but I think you are correct. But again it doesn't make for an efficient or even inexpensive engine when you move up to eight ten or twelve cylinders to meet the needed power requirements if you want to keep the small displacement per cylinder. I...

The efficiency gains happen in how well the engine scales down to say 40 or 60 HP output when cruising. Even in something as simple as my car I can see anywhere from 13mpg to 33mpg. The other concern is how drivable are these engines, is it a super peaky small displacement forced air engine...

Direct injection is turning out to be a lot more important than I thought it would be.

The TiPb’s editor-in-chief, recently renamed to imore. http://www.imore.com/author/rene-ritchie/

I know first day is asking a bit much (maybe) but I still get a bunch of questions about using the prepaid plans on iPhone in other forums, ongoing for at least a year now. People are still being told they can't do it. The sales people in these cellular stores really don't have a clue most of...

Rene's expérience. http://forums.imore.com/ipad-help-troubleshooting-forum/231788-my-8-hour-adventure-getting-lte-working-my-ipad-3-a.html#post1858146 You would think he would be flagged in their system as someone to not mess with now.

I think the problem with episodic disks is more along the lines of not having any idea which file or name the ripper finds on the disk equals which episode, then you mix in things like normal episode verses extra footage episode and things get really confusing. Are you saying those renaming...

As I understand it the D510 atom I have in my server has a TDP of only 13W. The ICH9R needs something like two watt in addition. I think the perc6 is like 11w. So all in all the power consumption adds up to only 26W plus whatever four gb of memory does. The ten spinning disks are what kill...

Odd, for me it will pop a quick reply window in the middle of the thread if I do a single click. Then click again and it will go to the advanced page. New forum here has a lot of features, it just leapfrogged some other forums I go to.

Never done it. I do machine wash and a hand wax about three times a year. I really like metallic silver, can be filthy and still look clean. Owned a couple black and dark blue vehicles, they always looked dirty, never again. I was even less particular about my bikes, only washed them a couple...

I find it really annoying dealing with TV episodes on bluray without menus and not knowing which is which, my friend that also reencodes everything complains about this constantly. I used to spend a LOT of time reencoding DVD's with cinema craft encoder (big three method) but I don't miss all...

mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/460.mp3 Select quotes from Mike Daisey 36 - 42 act two. "I wanted to make a monolog to make people care" "It's not journalism, it's theater" "I agree it is not up to the standards of journalism" "I stand by it as...

So you all reencode your blurays? I've just been ripping and storing them as is. Do you keep the same video quality and uncompressed sound? Menus?

Right now I have 16 seagates here around me and none have been replaced because they were bad. 13 are 5900rpm 2tb models. I replaced one just on principal because my perc 6i called it bad twice but that turned out being a bad cable as I found out later. A small sample size but I'm happy. Also a...

Really interesting pictures, wish they posted high rez versions though. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/15/the-suns-angry-red-spot/

RETRACTING "MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY" http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2012/03/retracting-mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory

Someone really just needs to embrace the big dumb pipe. If they do that I might just sign a contract to get it. http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/15/2876459/shared-cellular-data-plans-editorial

That work machine and the beast gaming machine at home were the only two holdouts I was still using FF on still, anyway gone now. 1password is a password manager that syncs via dropbox so you can have your passwords on all machines and it will enter them in the web pages for you. Pretty handy.

They say that 6 will bring multi browser compatibility but that is a huge jump away imo.

Something I wasn't aware of is that the 14.4 speed the iphone4s is capable of under hspa isn't even really considered hspa+, let alone 4g. That really was a triumph of marketing. Heard on verge mobile podcast.

Whole process goes like this on my work computer this morning; launch FF and am told mandatory restart required to launch FF, once again I am completely unaware that FF was going to update itself again. I say no a couple times to the restart and it still refuses to launch FF. Restart and FF says...

And it's not compatible with 1password, goodbye Firefox.

Why the hell does a Firefox update require a restart of Windows?

That app uses activex and stuff so IE is the only choice. Username: LiebertRep Password: <Blank> http://sitescandemo.liebert.com/ Others http://demos.liebert.com/

Especially compelling was I had no particular trouble getting SiteScan 5 (WebCTRL 5) running in server 8 with SQL 2012. Internet Explorer 10 didn't work for me until I turned on compatibility mode though.

Well in the step prior it specifically warns you "Backed up data cannot be securely protected for a network target". Still I suspect you are right, for example I can crash file explorer by selecting folder defaults for something like say large icon view for this particular folder. Windows...

This new thread should be lively. WHY “MORE BARS IN MORE PLACES” MEANS SHIT FOR NOTHING NOW - Matt Galligan http://mgalligan.com/post/19305171440/why-more-bars-in-more-places-means-shit-for-nothing

And yet I don't disagree with his dad, which is an XP user and the subject of these videos. It has been mentioned elsewhere that it is interesting that his impression of "the internet" is the google search home page.

The error message is quite clear. I won't say if it is very misleading though. This is from the win 7 ultimate built in backup utility, one of the reasons I wanted it was to back up over the network which seems to be a feature withheld from the home pro version.

I noticed that first link is no good anymore so this is it on tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v4boTbv9_nU

The followup; Chris Pirillo’s Dad Uses Mac OS X for the First Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeeOkHjV7nM