Posts by brutus009

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone  FaceTime is not that big of a deal. Most people don't use it at all or if they do it is usually on WiFi. If you and the person you usually FaceTime with download Skype, you can use...

Software updates in the MAS means users HAVE to open the MAS more often, thereby giving more visibility to developers' products.  It's simple, logical, and brilliant; I'm surprised it didn't happen with Lion.   That being...

Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69  Yes but does a pickpocket stick around close to his victim? The hacks aren't instantaneous, once out of the frequency field the connection is lost as is the...

Biometrics? Looking forward to the iChip! Just sneak it under your skin and forget about it.   :D

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone  People sometimes think that automation will make their life easier when in fact the opposite is often true. When you walk into a room, the light switch is conveniently right by the...

Nice.  You know how some of the new cars use a keyless entry?  I want that for my home, and for everything I use (where applicable).  Just obvious things, like turning lights on when I enter a room, dimming them at...

This was never meant to save you money.  The goal is to get new subscribers to pay more when they sign up.   In two years, the carriers will be lamenting grandfathered individual plans the way they lament grandfathered...

Quote: Originally Posted by ascii  In future, once it is "almost perfect," there will be no benefit doing it on the server-side any more and they can deploy a purely client side solution.   I hope so.

Of course it's a PC+ era, but Apple already called it a Post PC era first. True or not, it's already been said and it's already been gobbled up.   This is equivalent to a child's enthusiastic "NU-UHH!!!" and Microsoft is...

Quote: No real complaints so far, at least. I'm noticing, however, that performance is noticeably improved from Lion. That makes good hearing!