CrackedButter
Jun 26, 02:03 PM
I already have my lovely Canon 50mm f1.4 EF lens on ebay if anybody wants it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320267404047&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=011
Thanks if you bid anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320267404047&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=011
Thanks if you bid anyway.
danamania
Apr 28, 10:37 AM
If you would like an informative take on the issue read:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/04/28/the-unedifying-arrogance-of-apple/
Unfortunately that article has at least one fundamental mistake about how the data in consolidated.db is obtained that leads to incorrect conclusions.
Their statement "Yes, cell towers can be “located more than one hundred miles away”, but only if you live in the Mojave Desert." gives away part of that thinking. The database does not contain a list of cell towers/locations that the iPhone has identified by itself - local geography is totally irrelevant, because consolidated.db records a list of cell towers sent from Apple. I tested this by wiping my iPhone clean, not restoring from a backup, then leaving it sit for a while on my desk on Saturday.
Within 30 minutes consolidated.db held data on about 30 cell towers across a range of 80km, and every single one had the same timestamp. It could do this because it's received a dump of relatively nearby towers and wifi points from Apple. All the iPhone has recorded of its own position is a few strong towers, sent off the IDs of those to Apple, and received back a file with info on more towers around me that may be useful in the future - Apple selects which towers, and by looking at iPhoneTracker's dump of other folks' consolidated.db files, it's across a wide wide physical range.
That's the biggie. The list of locations in consolidated.db ARE NOT DISCOVERED BY THE PHONE ITSELF - It's a list sent from Apple, and all entries are timestamped AFTER that information comes back from Apple, which is not necessarily when the phone was remotely near that location.
Wifi turned out even more distant, timewise. I (and my phone :) was in a location 5km away from home, and after returning I checked my consolidated.db for any wifi points from near that place. There were none. I checked again that night, there were none. I checked again the next morning, and there they were, 1750 wifi points timestamped around 2am - that's a list of wifi points across several kilometres, for a position I was at more than 12 hours beforehand. I could have been on the other side of the country at that timestamp, or I could have been in the same place. For looking back and 'tracking' me or my phone it's about as accurate as throwing a dart at a spinning globe. For enabling me to find my own location through aGPS, it lets me find my precise location if I choose, in seconds instead of 13 minutes. I'm the one who benefits.
Worth mentioning apart from the 2MB limit is that new data from Apple on the same cell towers or wifi points overwrites the old data. Last I looked at my consolidated.db, (because I haven't moved more than a few km) every cell tower in it has a timestamp of the most recent time it was updated; today that's Thursday morning (16 hours ago) There are no cell tower entries with timestamps before that, even though I've been checking consolidated.db since Saturday when it first showed a record of towers approximately near me. More succinctly, each unique object (cell tower or wifi point) only has its location stored in consolidated.db once, and that's its most recent known position as sent from Apple.
I feel this log shouldn't be readable so easily, and it could do with being smaller (There's no point to stale data from a year ago on a city I haven't been near for the same time, when wifi points and cell towers could have changed dramatically) but as for tracking? It's about as close to tracking me as carrying a bag of maps is.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/04/28/the-unedifying-arrogance-of-apple/
Unfortunately that article has at least one fundamental mistake about how the data in consolidated.db is obtained that leads to incorrect conclusions.
Their statement "Yes, cell towers can be “located more than one hundred miles away”, but only if you live in the Mojave Desert." gives away part of that thinking. The database does not contain a list of cell towers/locations that the iPhone has identified by itself - local geography is totally irrelevant, because consolidated.db records a list of cell towers sent from Apple. I tested this by wiping my iPhone clean, not restoring from a backup, then leaving it sit for a while on my desk on Saturday.
Within 30 minutes consolidated.db held data on about 30 cell towers across a range of 80km, and every single one had the same timestamp. It could do this because it's received a dump of relatively nearby towers and wifi points from Apple. All the iPhone has recorded of its own position is a few strong towers, sent off the IDs of those to Apple, and received back a file with info on more towers around me that may be useful in the future - Apple selects which towers, and by looking at iPhoneTracker's dump of other folks' consolidated.db files, it's across a wide wide physical range.
That's the biggie. The list of locations in consolidated.db ARE NOT DISCOVERED BY THE PHONE ITSELF - It's a list sent from Apple, and all entries are timestamped AFTER that information comes back from Apple, which is not necessarily when the phone was remotely near that location.
Wifi turned out even more distant, timewise. I (and my phone :) was in a location 5km away from home, and after returning I checked my consolidated.db for any wifi points from near that place. There were none. I checked again that night, there were none. I checked again the next morning, and there they were, 1750 wifi points timestamped around 2am - that's a list of wifi points across several kilometres, for a position I was at more than 12 hours beforehand. I could have been on the other side of the country at that timestamp, or I could have been in the same place. For looking back and 'tracking' me or my phone it's about as accurate as throwing a dart at a spinning globe. For enabling me to find my own location through aGPS, it lets me find my precise location if I choose, in seconds instead of 13 minutes. I'm the one who benefits.
Worth mentioning apart from the 2MB limit is that new data from Apple on the same cell towers or wifi points overwrites the old data. Last I looked at my consolidated.db, (because I haven't moved more than a few km) every cell tower in it has a timestamp of the most recent time it was updated; today that's Thursday morning (16 hours ago) There are no cell tower entries with timestamps before that, even though I've been checking consolidated.db since Saturday when it first showed a record of towers approximately near me. More succinctly, each unique object (cell tower or wifi point) only has its location stored in consolidated.db once, and that's its most recent known position as sent from Apple.
I feel this log shouldn't be readable so easily, and it could do with being smaller (There's no point to stale data from a year ago on a city I haven't been near for the same time, when wifi points and cell towers could have changed dramatically) but as for tracking? It's about as close to tracking me as carrying a bag of maps is.
Salacion
Apr 6, 12:33 PM
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/07/504x_whatsapetabyte.gif
diotav
Sep 3, 04:50 PM
http://diotav.nl/public/D030910S.jpg (http://diotav.nl/public/D030910B.jpg)
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arn
Nov 21, 08:07 PM
Talk pages are now world editable.
can encourage questions and discussion from anyone I suppose. we'll see how it goes.
Also have the ability to open up certain pages to anonymous editing. may prove useful.
arn
can encourage questions and discussion from anyone I suppose. we'll see how it goes.
Also have the ability to open up certain pages to anonymous editing. may prove useful.
arn
jrko
Mar 31, 09:17 AM
just opened 2 films on iplayer, itunes movie, and all the other applications i can find and its sitting about 48 deg C.
Main fan is wired into 12v so at max flow all the time but still not to bad at all
Main fan is wired into 12v so at max flow all the time but still not to bad at all
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MacBytes
Dec 16, 04:29 PM
Category: Mac Websites
Link: Geekspiff, the creators of themepark. Now have forums with funmac.com (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20031216172922)
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Link: Geekspiff, the creators of themepark. Now have forums with funmac.com (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20031216172922)
Posted on MacBytes.com (http://www.macbytes.com)
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Praetorian�
Dec 1, 04:53 PM
I switched to my usual winter wallpaper and Adium icon but this year I changed the dock and indicators too. Hope you like it.
http://img.skitch.com/20101201-e83aueadp9hk6ax5eutbwj47bp.preview.jpg (https://skitch.com/praetorian/rn2ad/winterdesktop)
Click for large view (https://skitch.com/praetorian/rn2ad/winterdesktop)
If you like the wallpaper, PM me. But I got it only in 1280x800 resolution.
http://img.skitch.com/20101201-e83aueadp9hk6ax5eutbwj47bp.preview.jpg (https://skitch.com/praetorian/rn2ad/winterdesktop)
Click for large view (https://skitch.com/praetorian/rn2ad/winterdesktop)
If you like the wallpaper, PM me. But I got it only in 1280x800 resolution.
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VanneDC
Mar 28, 03:02 AM
i use mentholated spirits (is that the same as the US of A calls rubbing alcahol?) works a treat. :)
ranviper
Dec 26, 11:36 PM
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3503/mbpsetup.jpg
Well first I should mention I got engaged! Christmas eve. Even tho I bought her the ring, shes the best gift I could have asked for.
ANYWAYS
22 inch full 1080p HD Asus monitor (from the fiance)
Logitech g510 gaming keyboard
Creative T3130 speakers and subwoofer
Axe Dark Temptation
Candy of sorts =)
Season 8 of 24
"Mug of Coffee" Mug - Its gigantic. The fiance got one that says "Mug of Tea" so we can match, how cute. lol.
Couple decks of cards
A nice new sweater
Some gift cards and some cash
Idk, some of yall look like you have relatively RICH families, lol, but I feel like I made out like a bandit! :D
Well first I should mention I got engaged! Christmas eve. Even tho I bought her the ring, shes the best gift I could have asked for.
ANYWAYS
22 inch full 1080p HD Asus monitor (from the fiance)
Logitech g510 gaming keyboard
Creative T3130 speakers and subwoofer
Axe Dark Temptation
Candy of sorts =)
Season 8 of 24
"Mug of Coffee" Mug - Its gigantic. The fiance got one that says "Mug of Tea" so we can match, how cute. lol.
Couple decks of cards
A nice new sweater
Some gift cards and some cash
Idk, some of yall look like you have relatively RICH families, lol, but I feel like I made out like a bandit! :D
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John.B
Apr 7, 09:30 PM
Might want to check the signature app in the store. I've had it for over a year, you can choose up to 6 signatures. Use to be called signature pro, but my app says just Signature.
FWIW.
If this (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/email-signature-pro/id317243351?mt=8) is what you are talking about, the current version is $5. Which would be fine, except the recent reviews are very poor.
It also looks (from the screencaps) like you run the app to pick one of a handful of signatures, when most of us just want to have one specific signature assigned each mailbox...
Regardless, thanks for the heads up.
FWIW.
If this (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/email-signature-pro/id317243351?mt=8) is what you are talking about, the current version is $5. Which would be fine, except the recent reviews are very poor.
It also looks (from the screencaps) like you run the app to pick one of a handful of signatures, when most of us just want to have one specific signature assigned each mailbox...
Regardless, thanks for the heads up.
Flying Llama
Aug 18, 10:56 AM
I love the first one! It looks like asbestos, but friendlier and meshed together with quartz!
Thanks!
Thanks!
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ollybutch
Apr 23, 11:16 AM
Anyone planning on queuing here? the store launch was mental with a huge queues but will be very interested too see how much interest the iPad is generating in East Anglia. I'm also just wondering when to start queuing.
CaptMurdock
Apr 2, 08:17 PM
Yesterday being April Fools' Day, I decided to dedicate my desktop to the trinity that embodied this holiday:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/CaptMurdock/Screengrabs/april2011desktop.jpg
Got the original from the Facebook page for the Stooges.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/CaptMurdock/Screengrabs/april2011desktop.jpg
Got the original from the Facebook page for the Stooges.
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Michaelgtrusa
Oct 15, 12:55 PM
Here you go!
MattMJB0188
Oct 1, 10:24 AM
http://imgur.com/DxaFql.jpg
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simsaladimbamba
Mar 6, 12:28 PM
No and no, as they even have different count (200 vs 204).
crazzyeddie
Apr 26, 08:00 PM
Usually this is a problem with Spotlight searching non-indexed drives, i.e. NTFS or FAT32. Try excluding your Bootcamp partition from Spotlight.
AidenShaw
Mar 24, 12:54 PM
Thank you.
There is more misinformation and lies posted here than ever before. And way too many people believe anything they see "published on the Internet".
And people feel free to be as rude as they want, even bringing scat and other homosexual fetishes into a simple transfer of power to the second in command:
All the amazing benefits both with speed, less HDD space usage on a clean install, OSX in general (Darwin) and even server or core shells we owe to Bertrand Serlet; not this dingle berry kiss-arse.
There is more misinformation and lies posted here than ever before. And way too many people believe anything they see "published on the Internet".
And people feel free to be as rude as they want, even bringing scat and other homosexual fetishes into a simple transfer of power to the second in command:
All the amazing benefits both with speed, less HDD space usage on a clean install, OSX in general (Darwin) and even server or core shells we owe to Bertrand Serlet; not this dingle berry kiss-arse.
marksman
Apr 4, 12:37 PM
I love all the 'worst carrier ever' comments. Do none of you realize VZW is already charging that much?
Of course not this is ignorant knee jerk city here. Most people don't even buy their phones like this, so this impacts a relatively small number of people. The people it probably impacts the most are those gaming the systems for the phones.
This is not some kind of change or charge that is going to impact the majority of AT&T customers in any way.
Of course some dummies will switch to Verizon and be in the exact same boat because they don't think nor do they educate themselves before they speak, write or act.
It is like cavemen, "More money charge bad... Ugga Bugga"
Of course not this is ignorant knee jerk city here. Most people don't even buy their phones like this, so this impacts a relatively small number of people. The people it probably impacts the most are those gaming the systems for the phones.
This is not some kind of change or charge that is going to impact the majority of AT&T customers in any way.
Of course some dummies will switch to Verizon and be in the exact same boat because they don't think nor do they educate themselves before they speak, write or act.
It is like cavemen, "More money charge bad... Ugga Bugga"
mif
Apr 1, 08:53 AM
Macintosh II promo.
rhodest
Nov 27, 10:46 PM
sorry, i thought i put that in there. Its a single 733 processor and the stock video card
Reefbone
Feb 10, 12:50 PM
I have the 450 minute plan for $29.99. Kinda worried I won't be able to do this. I see mention of people on the same plan for $39.99 and that price point being one of the qualifiers.
UPDATE: Spoke to ATT: If I add the unlimited M2M then I lose my Corporate discount... I'm kinda torn as I have been steadily blowing through my rollovers minute this past year. I started with close to 2000 minutes of rollover and am down to only 50mins left. I would have to spend $15 more per month to the the feature but @.45/min over 450 it could get ugly quick. Torn...
UPDATE: Spoke to ATT: If I add the unlimited M2M then I lose my Corporate discount... I'm kinda torn as I have been steadily blowing through my rollovers minute this past year. I started with close to 2000 minutes of rollover and am down to only 50mins left. I would have to spend $15 more per month to the the feature but @.45/min over 450 it could get ugly quick. Torn...
wongulous
Sep 24, 04:23 PM
Yes. I'd give him condoms and lube, and a stern talking-to about what happens if he gets a girl pregnant, but yes.
If he were gay, I'd just give him the condoms and lube and wish him well. ;) "The gays are so much easier." -Bobbi Adler
If he were gay, I'd just give him the condoms and lube and wish him well. ;) "The gays are so much easier." -Bobbi Adler
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