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How could you not want this as a superpower?

The years of endless rehab and medication I'd need for my neck and back as a result of those landings would pretty much wipe out any moments of super-hero glory from the leap.

I saw this video last night, right before catching the slam dunk contest on ESPN. Sadly, I was comparing those kids against the ants, and came out disappointed -- even when that one dude jumped over two buddies. My only thought was...yeh, that one ant jumped over like 5 other ants while flipping through the air.

Not that it really matters, but I discovered (thru a comment on TechCrunch) that you don't have to download 7.7 to get access to the App Store. I was able to do a search for "app store", and it pulled right up -- the entire store.

Kinda interesting when you get to thinking how many of these iTunes updates are really necessary.

Yeh, I can see the storage increase / cost decrease, cause that fits the typical M.O. for Apple. If they go that route, I wouldn't be surprised to see one of the iPods dropped (either the shuffle or the classic) and prices adjusted accordingly.

However, I think there's also a case for keeping the Touch priced artificially high to encourage the purchase of the "more reasonably priced" iPhone.

Somewhere down the road I think we'll see a spin-off of the iPhone to it's own thing...and then a merger / buyout of RIM. Then iPod will be free to innovate without worry of impact to iPhone.

Actually, I think the next major thing from Apple will be a virtual keyboard for a MacAir sized device that'll have Apple winning the failed tablet PC market.

I wanna know where one signs up for one of these CD repair engineering courses.

Interesting if they're doing this to appease the enterprise given that RIM is apparently coming out with a virtual keyboard with the release of the Blackberry Thunder.

Yeh...damn cellphone. Keys are too small for my cricekty athritic old man hands.

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So where's the guarantee that a text will be acknowledged and returned any more than a call or VM?

And Scrivs, if that girl from the club isn't returning your call or VM to you, she's most likely not trying convey the message for you to be to text her instead...just sayin'

I wouldn't care...I don't text anyone who I couldn't or wouldn't call otherwise.

I'm very much in that same boat. The more I see of the 9000, the more I want one. The iPhone is nice, but I guess I'll always lump it in with the iPods...thus I'd probaby just get the Touch and use it for entertainment...something I don't typically associate with my phone anyway.

I think it would better to classify it more as a next generation multimedia device. Tying it directly to a gaming system label pretty much kills the in-roads to the enterprise. However, if you look at the possibilities w/mobile presentations and training in addition to gaming and then you have something.

Nah. But my interest in the iPod Touch went up a notch now.

I think this is just the next in the evolultion of Adobe 's ConnectPro service, which was formerly Adobe Breeze. One would hope companies like Google and 37S saw this coming...Acrobat has been moving toward this for a while now.

Quicken is pretty much the defacto standard. It's available online and in a Mac version.

Ohmyfiasco

Perhaps it's just you, or maybe you've fixed it already? I see your title just fine in Firefox, IE and Safari.

Don't know if this is available in the car installs yet, but I'm sure it's next

hdradio.com/iTunes_Tagging/

Ok...you are so totally thinking as I think, it's scary.

I guess all these years of batting you around haven't been wasted after all!

:)

VR hasn't gone away, in fact HIVEs (Immersive Virtual Environments) are used throughout all kinds of industry from Energy, Engineering, Medicine, Education...

If anything in VR from the mid-nineties seems to have taken a dive it's VRML development. I think that had to do with the change of direction of Silicon Graphics computers (SGI), who played a vital part back then in the development of the VRML language.

I was watching something on the sun just the other day. It ended by saying the sun has about another 5 billion years worth of energy -- so I wouldn't worry too much with it's burning out any time soon.

Seems it's not user error as my boy Scrivs' suggested. Others are having very similar issues with the iPod Classic...

From Engadget

Apple's iPod classic experiencing issues of its own?

I think in your case, the best thing to do is "get real" with the software you're considering. Download the demos and see how intuitive it is to use for you. Since you also mentioned in your other note that this needs to report to an LMS system (vendor also unknown) you'll need to discover which of these packages will play well together. Trust me when I tell you, just because a development package tells you it creates SCORM and / or AICC compliant modules, doesn't at all mean they'll do it well with the LMS system you choose.

Also visit the forums and support groups for these packages. You'll get a lot more from them then from generic places like CNET.

Finally, in the concept of getting real, I'd recommend you join a local chapter of an e-Learning group like ASTD (or equivalent). There, you can get first-hand knowledge of what others in your area are using and having success with.

I would imagine this is because there's no hard standard (or at least a lax standard, or no design template) across the corporation for button design.

Given that they are "close enough for government inspection" says to me there's no overriding corporate brand standard (regarding such elements of the website), and the differing teams responsible for their particular section of the site are on their own.

This is either a really bad oversight by the folks who control the online branding or it's done purposely, given that you can see "individuality" across their products, as well.

Saweet --- thanks for the link Mike.

I was strongly considering the iPod Touch as a Christmas gift to myself, but everything I've been reading about the Touch (and even Apple as a whole) has really got me going toward putting that money toward a decent set of golf clubs instead.

It's hard to be disappointed in golf clubs, and I really have no interest in the iPhone.

I've posted some things to my blog from a Treo. The keyboard is pretty easy to use and (I find) pretty intuitive to understand.

Other suggestions might be to get a good voice recorder, or go old school, save a few hundred bucks, and buy a small notebook and a pen. I don't know about you, but I tend to think clearer when I jot things done manually or speak them out loud first, before transferring it to typed content in a CMS text box.

You could be on to something there, Scrivs.

Bottom line, it eventually worked and I eventually got my pleasure.
Damn Apple for postponing it though.

Maybe, but how?

Setup went fine, songs downloaded, sync completed, ejected without cause for concern. Everything indicated that a proper transfer of data occurred. The interface just froze.

Reboots and even a restore (yes, I am man enough to admit that the possibility of "user error" on my part happened somehow) proved to no avail.

It. Just. Continued. To. Hang. Up.

It would be at different times to -- immediately after a reboot, or after a song or two were played. I'd watch a music video in it's entirety and then kick it back to the main menu, where it would freeze again.

Honestly, it wasn't until we left it alone and off the charger for a couple of hours that it just seemingly resolved itself. It's been working fine ever since.

jensized -- it was fully charged.

I guess it was one of those things that happen with apps and devices once in a while that 99% of the time a reboot will resolve. In this circumstance, it wasn't a reboot (or several) it was just time.

Time with it powered down, and away from the charger, I might add.

Actually, I don't think it's a lemon at all. Amazingly, it seems to work fine now. Almost like it was in some kind of sleepy haze like one would feel right after a long nap. Now that it's been active for a while, it seems to have gotten it's wits about it.

Actually, I think maybe there was some technological burp somewhere along the line. That's the only thing I can think of anyway.

Still, it kinda put a wet blanket on the moment which was, and still is, disappointing.

I'd consider buying the iPod touch before the iPhone. For me, I can see the practicality of using the iPod for internet-based communications without the monthly fees. That way, I could trade in my smart phone for a basic cell phone and probably end up saving money in the long run.

So from what I read briefly from your previous post, you're looking at starting your own web consulting / design company.

Good on you.

In addition to learning all the tools and techniques that go with web development & design, I would recommend you find some solid business sites and books as well. In those you'll find that most highly recommend not spending money on those things you really don't need at the moment, and are not critical to the startup needs or sustainability of your business.

Both XP and Vista will suit your needs in studying and developing some super fine CSS, HTML, Java...One is not dependent on the other.

The key to success in you learning about the industry and in building a consultancy, is to keep focused on the real need. From the information you've provided here, worrying over an OS is serving more as a distraction to your future more than moving you forward in it.