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As far as I can tell, of all my complaints, the... 4,735 Views / 57 Replies  
As far as I can tell, of all my complaints, the only ones that were known priot to release was the lack of flash and java. The rest is just bugs, oversight, and bad design (the headphone jack...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jul 1, 2007 at 02:28 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Completely shutting down the iphone (hold the... 15,077 Views / 22 Replies  
Completely shutting down the iphone (hold the sleep button down for 5 seconds, then move the slider) and restarting seems to have fixed the problem. At least, I can no longer cause it to happen...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jul 1, 2007 at 12:35 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Well, that works great for setting the cursor... 4,735 Views / 57 Replies  
Well, that works great for setting the cursor somewhere within the text that is visible. But if there is more text than fits in the text box, how the hell do you scroll to the beginning or end? The...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jul 1, 2007 at 12:32 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Further note. It was working fine last night,... 15,077 Views / 22 Replies  
Further note. It was working fine last night, but I only had about 100 tracks on it then. Today, I put about 3GB of music on it, leaving me several hundred megs of free space, and now whenever I...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jul 1, 2007 at 12:01 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
The ipod function in my iPhone crashes all the time 15,077 Views / 22 Replies  
Anyone else seeing this? If I am listening to music and surfing the web, reading email, or using google maps, the ipod functionality will ALWAYS crash before it gets to the end of even a single...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 30, 2007 at 11:51 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I was overwhelmed with positive thoughts... 4,735 Views / 57 Replies  
I was overwhelmed with positive thoughts initially, but as I use it, the complaints are starting to outnumber the benefits.

1. You cannot use any headphones other than those supplied by apple...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 30, 2007 at 11:46 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Why would I want to? Because I travel... 3,385 Views / 34 Replies  
Why would I want to? Because I travel internationally on a monthly basis and I don't want to carry multiple phones. I want to drop a new SIM card in my phone and be good to go. I am already a...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Feb 18, 2007 at 02:06 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Note that the topic of this thread is the Nano,... 814 Views / 6 Replies  
Note that the topic of this thread is the Nano, which has no remote control. You have to use the click wheel to control volume, at least uintil someone makes a remote that uses the dock port.
...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 21, 2005 at 03:39 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Sure, you can choose songs 'randomly' but it only... 1,046 Views / 7 Replies  
Sure, you can choose songs 'randomly' but it only randomizes once. If I create a playlist that contains all songs where 'comment contains motorcycle,' then limit it to 3800 MB selected by random,...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 21, 2005 at 03:33 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
It is available for download here:... 1,290 Views / 25 Replies  
It is available for download here: http://automatoractions.com/files/filterrandomlytosize0.2.html

Just copy the .action into <your home directory>/Library/Automator
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 21, 2005 at 03:25 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Explain, please. I could find no way to force a... 1,046 Views / 7 Replies  
Explain, please. I could find no way to force a smart playlist that was "limited to 4GB selected randomly" to ever update its song selection, unless I added a rule which would disqualify a song...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 20, 2005 at 01:59 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I just posted a thread about the autofill action... 1,290 Views / 25 Replies  
I just posted a thread about the autofill action I wrote for automator which lets me autofill a random selectiong from a list of tracks (generated via a playlist or just selecting a bunch of tracks)....
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 20, 2005 at 03:53 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Autofill for all ipods 1,046 Views / 7 Replies  
I've got about 100GB of audio files in my library, so I've always used my ipod in exactly the same mode that Autofill provides for the shuffle. I have about 60 gigs of tunes that are marked as for...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 20, 2005 at 03:47 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Actually, the Nano does work through my race... 814 Views / 6 Replies  
Actually, the Nano does work through my race gloves, which are a thin kangaroo leather (kangaroo is more abrasion resistant than cow, so it can be thinner). I am sure it won't function at all through...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 14, 2005 at 01:27 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
volume control with gloves on? 814 Views / 6 Replies  
I have a Nano on its way (hopefully, it arrived today), but I mostly listen while riding a motorcycle, with thick leather gloves on. None of the ipods I've tried has a click wheel that functions...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 12, 2005 at 08:51 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
The reason I'm disappointed about the headphone... 34,648 Views / 335 Replies  
The reason I'm disappointed about the headphone jack is that I use my ipod on my motorcycle. I need the remote control, both because my ipod stays out of sight and out of harm's way in a bag on my...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Sep 9, 2005 at 04:48 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
My music library (120GB) is WAY bigger than my... 1,037 Views / 10 Replies  
My music library (120GB) is WAY bigger than my ipod (40GB, and my wife's is only 4GB). I use smart playlists to keep everythink syncing correctly.

I added my wife's name to the comment field of...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jul 14, 2005 at 03:12 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
You've already basically answered your own... 584 Views / 1 Replies  
You've already basically answered your own question. First, only you can decide whether you truly NEED portable computing. Look at your prospective use and make a decision. We can't help you...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 16, 2005 at 09:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Forget the dock. It is worthless to a power... 13,600 Views / 103 Replies  
Forget the dock. It is worthless to a power user. Personally, I use a shareware app called DragThing which allows me MUCH more control over various 'docks' that I can enable. I can't remember the...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 15, 2005 at 11:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Power macs are scheduled to move to Intel 2 YEARS... 3,901 Views / 47 Replies  
Power macs are scheduled to move to Intel 2 YEARS from now, and that is assuming that they are able to make the transition on schedule. The PPC powermacs will be supported by apple for at least...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 6, 2005 at 09:35 PM, in Mac Desktops
Folks, I think many around here are missing part... 6,539 Views / 90 Replies  
Folks, I think many around here are missing part of the point. Is apple a hardware copmany or a software company? The one place where PC users could agree, no matter what their OS preference, was...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 6, 2005 at 09:29 PM, in Mac Desktops
There's this cool website with lots of amazing... 1,050 Views / 6 Replies  
There's this cool website with lots of amazing information available on it or linked from it. I think it is called google or something. You should check it out.

The very first link when I...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 4, 2005 at 05:04 AM, in macOS
Don't forget that you can take a sizeable chunk... 1,780 Views / 18 Replies  
Don't forget that you can take a sizeable chunk off the cost of the ACD by buying a Dell 24" LCD (nicer screen display, but less stylish). Depending upon when you buy and how nice your salesperson...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Jun 1, 2005 at 06:55 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have a 'houseguest' account with limited... 1,396 Views / 17 Replies  
I have a 'houseguest' account with limited permissions. I made some partitions not readable or writeable for the houseguest account and they don't show up on that user's desktop or finder. If I FUS...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 30, 2005 at 07:18 AM, in macOS
Are you sure that the PB isn't going to sleep... 1,226 Views / 14 Replies  
Are you sure that the PB isn't going to sleep because you have set the energy saver settings to put the computer to sleep after 3 minutes. Just because you have installed something to allow the...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 25, 2005 at 06:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ifc you guys feel like delving into the unix side... 841 Views / 5 Replies  
Ifc you guys feel like delving into the unix side of things, look into something called rsync. rsync is a program that has been around for decades, which will synchronize two disk, directories,...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 9, 2005 at 03:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I have a similar problem in iTunes. I keep my... 836 Views / 7 Replies  
I have a similar problem in iTunes. I keep my iTunes music in a folder outside of Music/iTunes. Spotlight knows nothing about the 70GB of songs in my iTunes music library, but if I import a disk...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 4, 2005 at 12:00 AM, in macOS
If there is java, flash, or an animated gif on a... 1,349 Views / 18 Replies  
If there is java, flash, or an animated gif on a page you visit, any of those plugins could have a memory issue. If it always happens no matter where you surf, make sure your home page doesn't have...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 3, 2005 at 11:56 PM, in macOS
Major spotlight bug 1,894 Views / 13 Replies  
I hate the way iTunes organizes my music directory, mostly because I access it from apps other than iTunes, so after I rip a CD, I copy it to the place tht I want it and then re-add it to my music...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 3, 2005 at 11:52 PM, in macOS
Powermac, without question. You have a faster... 707 Views / 4 Replies  
Powermac, without question. You have a faster hard drive. You can put another internal harddrive in there (or more, if you want). You can have much more RAM. YOu can install an extra firewire bus...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 3, 2005 at 06:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If you want your DVDs to look as good on your... 2,818 Views / 38 Replies  
If you want your DVDs to look as good on your computer as it does on the tv, you need to watch the DVD at native DVD resolution, which means it will be a small window on your monitor, which has far...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 3, 2005 at 06:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
No need to send your mini back just to upgrade... 1,064 Views / 7 Replies  
No need to send your mini back just to upgrade the superdrive. Just buy a superdrive equivalent laptop dvd recorder and install it yourself. Watch the OWC video for instructions. It will be both...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 1, 2005 at 01:33 AM, in Mac Desktops
You can rename rolls in iPhoto. I've done it. ... 3,290 Views / 34 Replies  
You can rename rolls in iPhoto. I've done it. I'm not sitting on a mac, currently, so I can't tell you how, but it is definitely possible. I remember having to search for it a bit. Try browsing...
Posted by ideasculptor, on May 1, 2005 at 01:29 AM, in Mac Desktops
Geez, the only thing it DOES cover is an asteroid... 1,118 Views / 11 Replies  
Geez, the only thing it DOES cover is an asteroid strike.

--sam
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 20, 2005 at 09:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You can do monitor SPANNING (instead of... 636 Views / 4 Replies  
You can do monitor SPANNING (instead of mirroring) and get high resolutions on the external display, but you will definitely be limited by video ram. Clamshell mode is the only fix I know of for...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 17, 2005 at 08:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If programming competitions don't factor code... 927 Views / 9 Replies  
If programming competitions don't factor code efficiency into the score, then all they are doing is encouraging poor programming practice. If you can't solve the problem quickly and elegantly, then...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 17, 2005 at 03:37 AM, in Developer Center
By definition, mirroring must use the lowest... 636 Views / 4 Replies  
By definition, mirroring must use the lowest common denominator of both monitors, since both monitors must be able to display the desktop. Since your built in screen can't display higher than...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 17, 2005 at 03:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Look at it this way. Apple and their insurance... 1,285 Views / 14 Replies  
Look at it this way. Apple and their insurance company pay professional actuaries to price their extended warranties so that they are PROFITABLE. This means that they've done fairly rigourous...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 17, 2005 at 02:59 AM, in Mac Desktops
It is, indeed, very similar to a car cooling... 6,014 Views / 47 Replies  
It is, indeed, very similar to a car cooling system, except that it has a much smaller radiator, fewer, smaller gauge hoses and pipes, the coolant (probably) doesn't get as hot, the pump moves far...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 17, 2005 at 02:49 AM, in Mac Desktops
Both are significantly faster than a 256 kbit net... 632 Views / 2 Replies  
Both are significantly faster than a 256 kbit net connection, so you only need to worry about speed if you will also be connecting to a local network and need high speeds. Even then, the 11mbit...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Apr 11, 2005 at 05:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Have you actually tried it? I just ran it to... 953 Views / 12 Replies  
Have you actually tried it? I just ran it to test, and it automatically grabbed the latest version of Ipodrip, which worked just fine with iTunes, which is up to date. Besides, it gives you 15 uses...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 17, 2005 at 02:35 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Do a google search for Ipodrip. I can't remember... 953 Views / 12 Replies  
Do a google search for Ipodrip. I can't remember where it comes from, but it allows you to copy all the music on your ipod back into any iTunes library, effortlessly. It wasn't free, but it was...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 17, 2005 at 02:49 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Poll: New powerbook just to get a 2nd mouse? 803 Views / 6 Replies  
According to appleinsider, apple may be <gasp> developing a 2-button mouse. If so, a 2-button powerbook doesn't seem impossible. Would you buy a new PB just to get a 2nd button on the trackpad?
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 16, 2005 at 12:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Virtual PC It'll be like compiling on a... 857 Views / 16 Replies  
Virtual PC

It'll be like compiling on a 133Mhz Pentium Circa 1995, I suspect, but will probably be eaiser than trying to keep two projects working with the same source files. Unless you are...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 8, 2005 at 01:34 AM, in Developer Center
I think he's talking about an application INSIDE... 1,224 Views / 29 Replies  
I think he's talking about an application INSIDE the firewall sending an authentication token to the firewall which would cause the firewall to open a port for any host (or set of known hosts) to...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 2, 2005 at 08:51 PM, in Developer Center
I never said it wasn't a problem, I just said... 1,224 Views / 29 Replies  
I never said it wasn't a problem, I just said that you aren't going to find a fix, other than to develop your software with the problem in mind. Even the 'direct communication link' referenced in...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 2, 2005 at 08:49 PM, in Developer Center
your arguments to the main functions were... 679 Views / 4 Replies  
your arguments to the main functions were incorrect.

--sam
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 2, 2005 at 08:26 PM, in Developer Center
Re: constructors & instantiation 679 Views / 4 Replies  
It works fine for me. Sp long as you have a constructor which can be called with no parameters, it should work fine. I cut and pasted your code (and removed the default constructor declaration and...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 1, 2005 at 11:22 PM, in Developer Center
Re: Re: Re: Can someone tell what is wrong with this code? 787 Views / 5 Replies  
You can define it as a type with typedef, but the language isn't strict about the 'type.' An enum typedef is just an alias to an int, and assigning a value that isn't defined in the enum to a...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Mar 1, 2005 at 10:56 PM, in Developer Center
That's just one more exploitable security hole,... 1,224 Views / 29 Replies  
That's just one more exploitable security hole, for minimal gain. People use games on all kinds of networks. The way to solve this is by making outbound connections, not automating port forwarding...
Posted by ideasculptor, on Feb 28, 2005 at 04:52 PM, in Developer Center
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