Doctor Q
Apr 28, 07:46 PM
One of the patents:
Mobile telephone capable of displaying world time and method for controlling the same
An apparatus and method for calculating and displaying local time for a plurality of cities in the world. The apparatus includes a memory for storing Greenwich mean time (GMT) information for each of the plurality of cities. The apparatus sets a reference time and counts the time that elapses from when the reference time is set. The apparatus calculates a local time of a city selected by a user, which is based on a difference between the GMT of the selected city and the GMT of a present location of the apparatus, the reference time and the counted elapsed time. The reference time may be either a time set by the user or a system time acquired from a signal generated from a remote system.
How can companies get patents for such trivial algorithms???
Mobile telephone capable of displaying world time and method for controlling the same
An apparatus and method for calculating and displaying local time for a plurality of cities in the world. The apparatus includes a memory for storing Greenwich mean time (GMT) information for each of the plurality of cities. The apparatus sets a reference time and counts the time that elapses from when the reference time is set. The apparatus calculates a local time of a city selected by a user, which is based on a difference between the GMT of the selected city and the GMT of a present location of the apparatus, the reference time and the counted elapsed time. The reference time may be either a time set by the user or a system time acquired from a signal generated from a remote system.
How can companies get patents for such trivial algorithms???
SciFrog
Jan 26, 11:48 AM
And all that hardware for less than a souped up iMac...
dhc
Jan 11, 05:33 PM
5pm, I believe.
deputy_doofy
Apr 6, 12:25 PM
I'd buy that for a dollar!!! :D
Dead or alive, you're coming with me. :D
Dead or alive, you're coming with me. :D
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res1233
Apr 24, 11:38 PM
A disgrace on so many levels.
Reason it isn't a disgrace: The white enclosure apparently was causing trouble with the camera due to light leakage. You would most likely be calling that disgraceful if they had indeed released a 500$ phone with that rather huge flaw, so I guess they can't win.
Reason it isn't a disgrace: The white enclosure apparently was causing trouble with the camera due to light leakage. You would most likely be calling that disgraceful if they had indeed released a 500$ phone with that rather huge flaw, so I guess they can't win.
supersean579
Mar 24, 10:29 PM
Hey,
All of you audio guys and gals out there, SoundsToys is giving away copies of their new plug-in Devil-Loc!
Just follow this link to get your free plug-in:
https://www.soundtoys.com/sxswpromo/&rc=366-8516-463
Enjoy!
~Sean
All of you audio guys and gals out there, SoundsToys is giving away copies of their new plug-in Devil-Loc!
Just follow this link to get your free plug-in:
https://www.soundtoys.com/sxswpromo/&rc=366-8516-463
Enjoy!
~Sean
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wesrk
Feb 20, 12:44 AM
Ya sorry.
no problem, and yeah, she's a beauty.
mind sharing the link/original?
no problem, and yeah, she's a beauty.
mind sharing the link/original?
diotav
Oct 11, 09:41 AM
Here's mine
Where can I find this wallpaper? :)
Where can I find this wallpaper? :)
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Blakeasd
May 2, 08:40 PM
Today I opened up Xcode and ran my project, and I got 2 errors, here are the errors:
Duplicate interface definition for class 'CIColor'
The other error is:
'CoreImage/CIImage.h' file is not found
Any Ideas (Running Xcode 4.0)
Duplicate interface definition for class 'CIColor'
The other error is:
'CoreImage/CIImage.h' file is not found
Any Ideas (Running Xcode 4.0)
Kieranic
Sep 2, 05:08 AM
May I, & others have both please in super high res please?
Hoping to feature both on mac Mini external 20" monitor at max (late'09) and on Al_uMB. Please.
No problem :) Not sure if the Michael Jackson one will look the greatest considering that the music video that the shot was taken from was filmed in the late 80s but it should still look fine.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4044/00038m2tssnapshot010125.png
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2940/tt04685697.jpg
Enjoy :)
Hoping to feature both on mac Mini external 20" monitor at max (late'09) and on Al_uMB. Please.
No problem :) Not sure if the Michael Jackson one will look the greatest considering that the music video that the shot was taken from was filmed in the late 80s but it should still look fine.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4044/00038m2tssnapshot010125.png
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2940/tt04685697.jpg
Enjoy :)
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iJawn108
Sep 26, 09:30 PM
maybe this means merom MBP's tomorrow? :confused: ;)
Notice the N keyboard shortcut?
that's a clean indication of new MBPs next tuesday. :p
Notice the N keyboard shortcut?
that's a clean indication of new MBPs next tuesday. :p
h00ligan
Sep 30, 11:54 AM
LOL
a highly visible enterprise app.. pfft..
notes is a pile of ****, the only people using it still are those way behind the curve of other good groupware apps.
a highly visible enterprise app.. pfft..
notes is a pile of ****, the only people using it still are those way behind the curve of other good groupware apps.
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yyc engineer
Apr 24, 12:08 AM
I was looking at the Canada apple refurb store and they don't have a 16gb ipad...but the U.S. one does!
...any idea why? and will we see them again in the Canadian store?? the last time they were on was right after the iPad2 announcement ($379CND which is a ripoff compared to the US store where it's $329...but still a good deal!)
also, refurb.me/ca does not even show the 16gb model... :(
...any idea why? and will we see them again in the Canadian store?? the last time they were on was right after the iPad2 announcement ($379CND which is a ripoff compared to the US store where it's $329...but still a good deal!)
also, refurb.me/ca does not even show the 16gb model... :(
iBug2
Nov 12, 05:44 PM
I would be surprised if we saw a 64 bit fcp before Lion. Apples qtkit API, which is thie only QuickTime API that you can compile in 64 bit, is really, REALLY primitive. Its going to require massive updating befor you would even think of running something like fcp with it. You cannot do anything more advanced than splice two videos together with it now. Hell even enumerating all th e codecs you can export to requires going down to 32 bits, and even the stuff that does compile in 64 bit requires a separate 32 bit process to actually do the work. T e sad thing is that apple has had plenty of time to update this API but they have essentially done nothing with it, which shows you how much they care about the pro users nowadays :mad:
Or they did a lot of stuff with it already, just not showing it yet. Since the current release of FCP does not use QTX, they don't need to release the updated API before the next gen FCP. I really doubt Apple just shelved the whole QTX after doing a rewrite for SL, they must have been iterating it since then.
And about Premiere being better than FCP, I'm not an expert on this but aren't the Apple ProRes codecs the main reason people go with FCP? And Premiere does not offer anything close in terms of codecs.
Or they did a lot of stuff with it already, just not showing it yet. Since the current release of FCP does not use QTX, they don't need to release the updated API before the next gen FCP. I really doubt Apple just shelved the whole QTX after doing a rewrite for SL, they must have been iterating it since then.
And about Premiere being better than FCP, I'm not an expert on this but aren't the Apple ProRes codecs the main reason people go with FCP? And Premiere does not offer anything close in terms of codecs.
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SwiftLives
May 4, 02:21 PM
But what if torturing a person who is involved in the plans of a terrorist attack could prevent thousands of deaths?
Torturing would never be a good action, but it is like killing someone to defend yourself, killing is bad, but the result of killing saved your life.
In the case of torture, it is the government defending its people (country). If it can be avoided better, but I would rather authorize torture instead of letting attacks happen.
EDIT: As with everything, every single case needs to be analyzed separately.
But there is absolutely no guarantee or, to my knowledge, no proof that torture results in any useful intelligence whatsoever. And killing someone to save your own life is defending yourself. Not sure how torture could ever be considered an act of self-defense.
Torturing would never be a good action, but it is like killing someone to defend yourself, killing is bad, but the result of killing saved your life.
In the case of torture, it is the government defending its people (country). If it can be avoided better, but I would rather authorize torture instead of letting attacks happen.
EDIT: As with everything, every single case needs to be analyzed separately.
But there is absolutely no guarantee or, to my knowledge, no proof that torture results in any useful intelligence whatsoever. And killing someone to save your own life is defending yourself. Not sure how torture could ever be considered an act of self-defense.
ann713
Feb 16, 05:18 AM
Not being douchey. I'm talking about models. You're a model for a reason no?
Who said they were models? They're a girl band. Too bad the photo wasn't vastly over-photoshopped for your enjoyment. :rolleyes:
Who said they were models? They're a girl band. Too bad the photo wasn't vastly over-photoshopped for your enjoyment. :rolleyes:
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MacNut
Feb 14, 03:01 PM
So with Ed as a Mod will we still get the rotating Keira avatars that we have come to know and love. :)
Prof.
Apr 1, 01:03 PM
POET
http://i52.tinypic.com/2ppfxno.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/2ppfxno.jpg
icloud
Aug 20, 02:33 AM
http://web.me.com/cloud.e/ibook2.PNG
http://web.me.com/cloud.e/ibook1.PNG
http://web.me.com/cloud.e/ibook1.PNG
eastercat
May 5, 02:50 AM
This issue pops up for me too. Are you JB too?
itsmeGAV
Feb 12, 03:08 PM
where did you find wallpaper like that
Google buddy, couldn't find the original link so I uploaded it..
Here's the image.. (1440x900) ;)
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7558/captainamericathefirsta.jpg
Google buddy, couldn't find the original link so I uploaded it..
Here's the image.. (1440x900) ;)
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7558/captainamericathefirsta.jpg
billyboy
Aug 16, 04:08 PM
After fratting around trying to get the concept of a modular website finalised in my head, I seem to be in the domain now of php and mySQL/web driven database programming - the dogs nuts way to achieve my current plan for a bilingual site.
We have the corporate image, we will provide all the artistic stuff, we want a dare I say, code head with an appreciation for snappy and very clean websites.
As far as monies, we are not asking for a freebie, at all, I want this thing to rock, but I am not going to roll over to the corporate master programmers out there who spend more on coffeee accounts than most humans consume on running their cars.
We are coming up with creative ways to finance various aspects of our project, some involve work now pay later, others are for a slice of a project's ownership. In the case of this website construction, anyone out there who seriously knows what they are doing, is inbetween jobs, or is striking out on their own and wants to earn good but not greedy money on a very good project please ask and I will send you our apparently well conceived and "detailed at a high level" spec (I can say it is good and detailed because one of these big time outfits thought it would be a really fun and novel addition to their CV, but hand over exorbitant sums, perlease)
For the successful programmer we will ensure regular and meaningful payments till the bill is paid off in full.
The quote has to be real world, not full of little tricks to add to the bill for a slight change in spec or maintain some sort of limiting control prohibiting us from being able to update our site whenever we want. (I was in the estimating game so I can smell an "extras motivated wide boy" from a mile off) and you have to like being pummeled with creativity, because our designer guy is Picasso on the PC.
Interested parties please send me a PM. Our website is aimed at kids, so it is totally cool material.
Thanks
We have the corporate image, we will provide all the artistic stuff, we want a dare I say, code head with an appreciation for snappy and very clean websites.
As far as monies, we are not asking for a freebie, at all, I want this thing to rock, but I am not going to roll over to the corporate master programmers out there who spend more on coffeee accounts than most humans consume on running their cars.
We are coming up with creative ways to finance various aspects of our project, some involve work now pay later, others are for a slice of a project's ownership. In the case of this website construction, anyone out there who seriously knows what they are doing, is inbetween jobs, or is striking out on their own and wants to earn good but not greedy money on a very good project please ask and I will send you our apparently well conceived and "detailed at a high level" spec (I can say it is good and detailed because one of these big time outfits thought it would be a really fun and novel addition to their CV, but hand over exorbitant sums, perlease)
For the successful programmer we will ensure regular and meaningful payments till the bill is paid off in full.
The quote has to be real world, not full of little tricks to add to the bill for a slight change in spec or maintain some sort of limiting control prohibiting us from being able to update our site whenever we want. (I was in the estimating game so I can smell an "extras motivated wide boy" from a mile off) and you have to like being pummeled with creativity, because our designer guy is Picasso on the PC.
Interested parties please send me a PM. Our website is aimed at kids, so it is totally cool material.
Thanks
jonnysods
Apr 7, 07:19 PM
Very cool!
Siggen
Apr 17, 10:10 AM
Veencey but its slow
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