Posts by Sol77

The following was posted on Daring Fireball a few days ago. It's a good analysis of slippery language devoid of critical information. In essence: they called it. I've been knew to tech over the last few years since I first got a smart...

Quote: Originally Posted by j1h15233 How fast could she have possibly been walking and how forward was she leaning to have hit her nose on the door first and to have broken it? That made me laugh out loud. Reminded me of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta That's correct. Apple's operating parameters are for external temperature. They say that you can safely operate the device when the external temperature is up to 95 degrees. The internal temperatures...

"The temperatures of the new iPad, however, remain well within Apple's specified operating temperature of 32 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 to 35 degrees Celsius." Given my experience with Apple products, I'm inclined to...

Quote: Originally Posted by enzos Fahrenheit! You Americans use quaint lingo.. (Late edit...my rant isn't directed at the author of the previous post...I actually agree that Fahrenheit is quaint. But...) You use Celsius? Let me...

Quote: Originally Posted by xSamplex When I was a child, I was upset if I couldn't have something I wanted "right now". As a young person, I was anxious to get my heart's desire as soon as possible. As an adult with a fairly...

Here is what you can find google searching for less than five minutes: Foxconn had 14 employee suicides in 1 year. Foxconn employs 1 Million. The United States national average is 11 suicides...per 100,000. For the idiot...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil The only "first in a line" device that I've ever seen refer to itself as such is the EV-1. I'm confused why people think that my point doesn't stand, though. Any product that is the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Here's an idea. Sell the iPad 2 now while it has the most resale value, then buy a brand new iPad third gen and give that to them. You'll be money ahead and not look like such a cheap ass. Or, just...

Man, the obsession with the author's use of the word "ambitious" cracks me up. I imagine reading Mark Twain would # you up really good. Notice that virtually all language about the mind is metaphorical and composed of...