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Comment Thicker! It all starts with that. (Score 1) 240

by LaughingElk (#58242560) Attached to: Prioritizing the MacBook Hierarchy of Needs

I'm typing this my 2015 MacBook Pro that I've been nursing along. I have a long list of things Apple could do to get me to buy a new MacBook, but it all starts with one thing:

Make it thicker!

Once you've done that, now there's room for
-A real keyboard with real key travel
-USB 3 ports
-An ethernet port
-Several kinds of video ports
-A really, really big battery
-A heat management system that doesn't have to throttle the processor
-A reliable hinge that doesn't pinch the video cables
-Great speakers
-Magsafe!

Please make this happen, Apple. I never asked you for a laptop that was so thin I could shave with it.

Comment Re:I call BS (Score 1) 214

by dan_bethe (#41935339) Attached to: A Year After Thailand Flooding, Hard Drive Prices Remain High
I have been told that external drives can possibly be comprised of a new enclosure for a remanufactured drive. That's one reason I've been told that the prices can be so low. So watch out for that, in addition to the warranty. I guess a person could call the company and ask, but they often don't know what's in the enclosure at all for an exact external drive order -- not even the drive's manufacturer or model.

So in order to be sure that we're getting a high quality deal, we just have to pay a lot more.
Cellphones

Apple Confirms iPhone 5 Preorders Top 2 Million In 24 Hours 428

Posted by samzenpus from the got-to-have-one dept.
TheBoat writes "Apple announced on Monday that iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million units in the smartphone's first 24 hours of pre-sale availability. That figure doubles Apple's first-day iPhone 4S sales last year, making the iPhone 5 Apple's fastest-selling smartphone ever. 'iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal,' Apple marketing boss Philip Schiller said."

Comment http://MacZFS.org/ and code bounties (Score 1) 424

by dan_bethe (#40768799) Attached to: OS X Mountain Lion Review
Hey there guys. We're recruiting engineering talent for coding, and we're recruiting reasonably technical testers to install and test MacZFS on Mac OS 10.8.

http://maczfs.org/

And I'd like to know of any suggestions or experiences or recent articles about the concept of code bounties and of personnel recruiting for free software engineering. I know it's kind of a demure subject which has come and gone, mostly focusing on an already-established project which already has its engineering personnel and who just wants to get them paid, or an already-completed project who put a price on the source code (like Blender 3D). In our case, we want to get our current people paid to do what they already know how to do, but we also want to recruit and incentivize entirely new talent.

So far, the only place I've found is http://www.fossfactory.org/ but I haven't researched it yet. Still looking. Thanks.

Comment Re:Lightworks, the recently open sourced NLE (Score 1) 234

Yeah I'd never heard of it outside of the announcement of the source code. I have read a lot of comments from its fans. In all of my intensive research over the history of NLEs, I find it hard to believe that there'd be a whole NLE that I'd never heard of!

The original poster is asking about abandonware, and I guess Lightworks is a sort of epically twisted abandonware.

Well thanks for your feedback. It was most LOLworthy.

AVI? Worse than Cinelerra? o m g

Comment Re:Lightworks, the recently open sourced NLE (Score 1) 234

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightworks

Lightworks is an NLE (nonlinear editor, of video) which was recently open sourced due in part to its commercial decline and transfer of ownership.

Oops. I see now that its source code release date has slipped again. Oh well, for the purposes of the conversation, you can see the historical process and you can see the fact that it's probably coming.

Comment Re:No Mac Version yet (Score 1) 389

by dan_bethe (#38478908) Attached to: <em>Star Wars: the Old Republic</em> Launches
FYI, in case it interests anyone, I'd like to state that I finally got Final Fantasy XI working perfectly in Wine. I did it on Mac OS 10.7, having purchased the entire collection for about $20 (including one free month) on Steam. So I'm playing my first MMORPG. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2739
Iphone

Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 334

Posted by CmdrTaco from the it's-about-time dept.
Endoflow2010 writes "Apple on Tuesday started selling an unlocked version of its iPhone 4, starting at $649. A 16GB unlocked iPhone 4 will set you back $649, while a 32GB version is selling for $749. Both are available in black or white; the black will ship within one to three business days, while the white is available in three to five days, according to the Apple Web site. The benefit of an unlocked phone is that you are not locked into a two-year contract with a particular provider. But it also means that you don't get the subsidized pricing provided by someone like AT&T or Verizon. The same phones with a contract cost $199 and $299."
Books

Bible.com Investor Sues Company For Lack Of Profit 181

Posted by samzenpus from the isn't-it-ironic dept.
The board of Bible.com claims that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than to make money on the domain name, but an angry shareholder disagrees. From the article: "James Solakian filed the lawsuit in Delaware's Chancery Court against the board of Bible.com for breaching their duty by refusing to sell the site or run the company in a profitable way. The lawsuit cites a valuation done by a potential purchaser that estimated bible.com could be worth more than dictionary.com, which recently sold for more than $100 million."
Space

New Europe-Wide Radio Telescope To Look For ET 49

Posted by samzenpus from the phone-011-then-home dept.
astroengine writes "A new radio telescope is under construction, consisting of 44 stations (each consisting of several antennae) spread across Europe. The pan-European Low Frequency Array is half built and already returning unprecedented observations of cosmic radio sources. The best thing is, when it's complete, SETI will be able to use the array to seek out transmitting extraterrestrial civilizations in these untapped low radio frequencies."

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