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What ever happened to NDA's? If I leaked that we... 407 Views / 1 Replies  
What ever happened to NDA's? If I leaked that we were even having training for an unreleased product, I would get fired. Obviously, the training has to occur before the product is out, but people...
Posted by simdude, on Sep 6, 2013 at 12:16 PM, in Mac News
More pixels usually mean less battery life. Why... 1,278 Views / 10 Replies  
More pixels usually mean less battery life. Why offer a feature that won't be noticeable and decrease battery life? I would rather they double the battery life than the pixels. And I don't want a...
Posted by simdude, on May 28, 2013 at 11:39 AM, in Tech News
These suits are a joke. People don't get anything... 732 Views / 6 Replies  
These suits are a joke. People don't get anything but the lawyers get rich.
Posted by simdude, on Apr 23, 2013 at 10:48 AM, in Tech News
Nice on original iPad 448 Views / 1 Replies  
I found Safari on my gen 1 iPad has become a exercise in frustration with the number of crashes. I suspect the limited memory on the iPad 1 just doesn't handle iOS 5 and Safari well. I remember when...
Posted by simdude, on Apr 10, 2013 at 09:41 AM, in Mac News
That was sort of the point I'm making though. If... 1,274 Views / 6 Replies  
That was sort of the point I'm making though. If you stick with a trusted distributor, there hasn't been a problem to date. I'm well aware of the arguments against the app store. "they restrict my...
Posted by simdude, on Dec 13, 2012 at 06:47 AM, in Mac News
Have there been any cases of a virus/malware etc.... 1,274 Views / 6 Replies  
Have there been any cases of a virus/malware etc. in software distributed from the Mac App store? If not, it seems Apple has this problem under control for now, not that it ever turning into a huge...
Posted by simdude, on Dec 12, 2012 at 07:50 AM, in Mac News
Microsoft sells through many channels. Let's say... 1,781 Views / 10 Replies  
Microsoft sells through many channels. Let's say the wholesale price of their mobile MS Word will be $15. Just jack up the price 30% on Apple's app store price to make the equivalent. Microsoft still...
Posted by simdude, on Dec 12, 2012 at 05:25 AM, in Tech News
Wow. Looks like Apple is being well-rewarded for... 1,487 Views / 14 Replies  
Wow. Looks like Apple is being well-rewarded for integrating Facebook throughout iOS 6. Nice job Zuckerberg.
Posted by simdude, on Nov 26, 2012 at 06:58 AM, in Tech News
There was nothing in this article to indicate you... 1,078 Views / 13 Replies  
There was nothing in this article to indicate you could use this guitar as a MIDI controller. This looks just to be a built in analog to digital converter. That is not the same as sending MIDI data....
Posted by simdude, on Nov 13, 2012 at 04:11 AM, in Tech News
Finishing up an MBA right now and we spent a lot... 220 Views / 1 Replies  
Finishing up an MBA right now and we spent a lot of time studying Google and 3M (and Gore which has a pretty innovative structure). I think this could be a good move but all of the companies we...
Posted by simdude, on Nov 13, 2012 at 03:57 AM, in Mac News
Outsourcing to China is not about the cost of... 677 Views / 8 Replies  
Outsourcing to China is not about the cost of labor. At least that isn't the main reason it's done and neither candidate appears to have a clue what the real reason is. Many of the raw materials...
Posted by simdude, on Oct 17, 2012 at 09:07 AM, in Tech News
I wrote Apple on this feature when it looked like... 284 Views / 1 Replies  
I wrote Apple on this feature when it looked like they might be deprecating it. With the latest updates, it looked like only the Reminder app in OS X offered the option. This would have been a big...
Posted by simdude, on Oct 16, 2012 at 07:14 AM, in Mac News
Cool We don't have to be online to get wrong... 286 Views / 2 Replies  
Cool We don't have to be online to get wrong data!

just kidding. I have only used the new map feature locally and it's generally been pretty good where I am. I did find a local BJs was misplaced...
Posted by simdude, on Oct 5, 2012 at 08:55 AM, in Tech News
I think it's only reasonable that companies... 1,470 Views / 22 Replies  
I think it's only reasonable that companies ALWAYS deliberate about options. I'm sure internally, Microsoft discusses running desktop windows on other chips. You have to discuss this stuff. What if...
Posted by simdude, on Oct 4, 2012 at 03:59 AM, in Tech News
Does Samsung truly NOT get the irony of posting a... 1,081 Views / 14 Replies  
Does Samsung truly NOT get the irony of posting a video so similar to Apple's marketing to show they innovate instead of copy? Wow. I wonder if their lawyers copied Apple in their arguments?
Posted by simdude, on Aug 24, 2012 at 09:08 AM, in Tech News
Great suggestions. Another good thing to research... 3,046 Views / 43 Replies  
Great suggestions. Another good thing to research is using tag files. You run a program called ctags on your source to create a reference library. Now, say you're looking at a variable and want to...
Posted by simdude, on Jun 7, 2011 at 04:57 PM, in Applications
Website? 3,741 Views / 23 Replies  
How about our websites? Will iWeb integrate with iCloud? I still have some old websites on my iDisk I link to from iWeb sites. That directory structure will certainly change if not vanish.

also,...
Posted by simdude, on Jun 7, 2011 at 09:55 AM, in Applications
MacVim 3,046 Views / 43 Replies  
The best text editor is whatever you have mastered and can get around the fastest. That being said, as a professional programmer, I have tried everything and always come back to vi/vim. Or for the...
Posted by simdude, on Jun 3, 2011 at 11:41 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the test Simon. It now has me more... 5,644 Views / 51 Replies  
Thanks for the test Simon. It now has me more curious about the file system. I did a little research on Apple developer site and found this:

Manual Page For newfs_hfs(8)...
Posted by simdude, on May 14, 2007 at 10:46 AM, in macOS
analogika, Do you know if having a... 5,644 Views / 51 Replies  
analogika,

Do you know if having a "Journaled HFS+" will affect this then? I have a small 30 GB single partition drive created as "Journaled HFS+". I created a small text file with 3 bytes of data...
Posted by simdude, on May 14, 2007 at 08:17 AM, in macOS
Well, it's been a while since I had an operating... 5,644 Views / 51 Replies  
Well, it's been a while since I had an operating systems class so maybe someone more "freshly" graduated can recall better, but here is one thought on partitioning.

When you have a disk with say...
Posted by simdude, on May 14, 2007 at 05:52 AM, in macOS
Hi bigzebra, Regarding the best purchase... 2,304 Views / 16 Replies  
Hi bigzebra,

Regarding the best purchase place, take a look at Apple's refurbs. I bought a mini there and it looks/works like new. And, it has the same warranty. I've had friends buy iMacs and...
Posted by simdude, on Apr 20, 2007 at 06:31 AM, in Mac Desktops
I think this is true with most browsers but I'm... 22,949 Views / 63 Replies  
I think this is true with most browsers but I'm using Safari right now so I'll comment on it. Quit Safari and launch the activity monitor (or top in a terminal). Launch Safari and check the real...
Posted by simdude, on Jan 5, 2007 at 12:25 PM, in Applications
Just buy what works for you 2,391 Views / 21 Replies  
Too late for showing off??? Rather than worrying that other people think you have a "cool" device, pick the one that works for you. It doesn't matter what anyone on this board thinks. If you love a...
Posted by simdude, on Nov 18, 2006 at 08:49 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
 
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