Friday, May 20, 2011

the white house map room

the white house map room. outside the White House in
  • outside the White House in



  • QCassidy352
    Sep 4, 08:22 PM
    an airport express that can stream video... could I be any less underwhelmed? :rolleyes:





    the white house map room. White House Situation Room
  • White House Situation Room



  • Mattsasa
    Apr 30, 08:39 PM
    Compared to what?

    Its MUCH more "cpu/gpu" demanding than say




    the white house map room. the Map Room of the White
  • the Map Room of the White



  • lmalave
    Sep 27, 09:52 AM
    I really hope Apple doesn't jump on the camera-phone bandwagon. Seems to go against their philosophy of having devices that do few things but to them far better. And it would make the phone useless to me. But that's just because my employers are sensitive about such devices, with the nuclear reactors and all.

    And signing on with Cingular or any other major carrier seems like an even bigger mistake. The only way to truly improve the cell phone user experience is to take them out of the picture and introduce a fair and simple billing system (i.e. MVNO w/ daily flat rate, iTunes-style micropayments).

    Umm...apple makes computers, remember? I agree that the success of the iPod is largely due to its elegant and simple design, but Apple also makes MacBooks, iMacs, etc. that are consumer-focused, elegant, and easy to use, yet provide rich functionality.

    The thing is, the mobile phone is moving inexorably to essentially be a universal handheld communicator/computer that used to be the stuff of sci-fi films. Acually, if you ask me, the primary "must-have" on the phone of the near-future is high-speed internet access (3G+), not music or camera features. That being said, i think the music and camera features go hand-in-hand with high-speed internet. I think in addition to being able to download songs, you'll be able to listen to iTunes radio stations through the iPhone (if not at launch, then eventually). And having mobile phones acting as video phones will become common, too. Can you say iChat on your mobile phone?

    So there you have the long term vision of the iPhone: a phone enabled with iTunes mobile, iChat mobile, PhotoBooth mobile. Not to mention QuickTime mobile, Safari mobile (ok, no need here really - I'm happy with Opera mini), Mail Mobile, iCal Mobile, Address Book mobile, etc. Not to mention the ability to play both the new iPod games and the huge amount of Java Mobile games already available.

    I have to say, I already own a Sony Ericsson phone that already has most of the above features. What I am looking for from the iPhone is
    1) all the same features as my SE phone, except done a little bit better
    2) more seamless integration with my MacBook (though I have 3rd party software do do everything now)
    3) a true 3G multimedia phone experience (my T-Mobile contract was up just this month, and the only reason I haven't immediately switched to Cingular and gotten the 3.5G LG CU500 phone is because I'm willing to hold out a few months to see what the iPhone has to offer)





    the white house map room. Room at the White House
  • Room at the White House



  • retroactiv
    Mar 29, 12:09 PM
    I'm pretty sure he was referring to cut and paste in finder and "windows snap" is where you can snap two windows side by side easily- it is a great feature in W7 and I hope Apple incorporate it in some way.

    Exactly. Apple needs to implement both of those features. They are not dealbreakers, but the make the experience more complete.

    I use Hyperdock to enable the "window snap"... great app. And another app to allow files to be copy-pasted... can't remember the name of it though... available in Mac App Store.





    the white house map room. the Map Room of the White
  • the Map Room of the White



  • afields
    Sep 15, 11:49 PM
    man, I really don't hope it takes that long....my contract ends in november. oct/nov seems like a better idea for sales. pweeeze apple? :o





    the white house map room. get on -- and a map room.
  • get on -- and a map room.



  • maxmiles
    Apr 4, 11:51 AM
    OMG.. I'm with Felt. "Security Guards" shouldn't carry guns, and if they do there should be training and good sense that goes into using it. Shooting the suspects in the head is criminal.





    the white house map room. Obama in the Map Room.
  • Obama in the Map Room.



  • Buschmaster
    Oct 28, 09:04 AM
    It isn't like I "hate the world" or anything, even though reading through this thread some people might thing so just by my saying this...

    If I payed all that money to get into that expo (it is as expensive as the ones in the States, right?) and someone was being annoying? I'd want them gone, as well. We just got rid of all solicitation on my floor at college, and it isn't like every candidate who stopped by I hated, but they were sure hoping they could make it that way. And the vegans... man do they not give up. I wanted to start heating hot dogs in the microwave just so they'd get out!!

    If I'm enjoying myself at the time they come in, they can change some of that. And I don't know the whole story, but if people were complaining about them, then they should be kicked out.

    Maybe they're still just searching for Elaine Bennis...? They never leave a message undelivered, I hear.





    the white house map room. (AP Photo/The White House,
  • (AP Photo/The White House,



  • Donz0r
    Sep 13, 11:21 PM
    I'm calling for another invite to go out w/ in the next 2 weeks saying "One More Thing" and we'll get the phone and the true vPod


    that'd be two more things, no vPod soon. iPhone, we can only hope





    the white house map room. the Map Room of the White
  • the Map Room of the White



  • YEMandy
    Sep 12, 03:47 PM
    Only on UNOPENED product. If you've opened it, you gotta pony up 10% restocking fee, if you bought from apple. They will refund money if there is a price drop in that timeframe, though.

    Doesn't matter if it has been opened. I bought an iMac right before the new ones came out, it was bto with the upc cut out and sent in for the free iPod offer. They gave a FULL refund with no restocking fee, even I made sure they knew it was opened with the upc cut off. This policy is different than their normal return policy.





    the white house map room. outside the White House in
  • outside the White House in



  • chuckles:)
    Oct 12, 10:27 PM
    i think it looks cool.





    the white house map room. Map Room of the White
  • Map Room of the White



  • cmaier
    Nov 13, 10:35 PM
    Actually, "this complaint" is about something that is in the developer's guide. The use of Apple icons. There have been lots of apps that have been rejected over it because of the use of icons to similar to other iPhone system icons, or Apple OS icons.

    No, actually it says:

    (d) To the best of Your knowledge and belief, Your Application and Licensed Application Information do not and will not violate, misappropriate, or infringe any Apple or third party copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy and publicity, trade secrets, patents, or other proprietary or legal rights (e.g. musical composition or performance rights, video rights, photography or image rights, logo rights, third party data rights, etc. for content and materials that may be included in Your Application);

    This is language with legal meaning. There is almost certainly no copyright infringement (fair use, which is a multi-factor test - making money off of the "copying" doesn't eliminate it. Or implied license/exhaustion.)

    It doesn't say "you can't use apple icons." It says "you can't INFRINGE apple copyright."





    the white house map room. the Map Room of the White
  • the Map Room of the White



  • MrSmith
    Oct 27, 08:25 PM
    So all Greenpeace did was hand out leaflets in areas other than their stand? So they didn't smash up the Apple stand or invade Adobe chanting and shouting.

    They handed out leaflets and were ejected because no one's ever allowed to talk about the downsides of our throwaway consumer-trinket technojunk culture without being told to shut up.

    Heck, every trade show I ever go to has girls with their tits half hanging out wondering the halls handing out leaflets nowhere near their particular stand.

    Sad to see so many people now happy to have people's free speech stamped all over. No wonder Bush can dismantle the Bill of Rights and his lapdog Blair can swiftly remove centruries-old liberties with barely a whisper. I agree with Greenpeace's concerns. Vast toxic waste dumps with no proper processing are springing up across China.

    If some fat overfed Westerner's kids had to live and play near a site like that they'd be up in arms! But, no, let's pretend the problems are somehow 'made up' by 'subversives' and need stamping out with the jackboots.
    I didn't read every post, but the above nicely sums up my take on it. The reference to half-naked women at car shows is a stroke of genius. I mean, kids go to such shows. Greenpeace handing out leaflets, though, is an affront to mature businessmen.

    But Greenpeace aren't going to make a change at Apple. Only the consumers are going to do that. Not by forming a negative opinion about Apple's business practices/production methods but by not buying their products. Anyone here willing? Thought not. Me neither. Only the powers of the marketplace are going to force a powerful, important company to invest in change, and those powers need to be manifested as more than opinions.

    And sorry if this has been mentioned already, but in the picture on the GP site they're holding red apples, not green. Isn't that, like, stupid?





    the white house map room. the White House meeting
  • the White House meeting



  • mrsir2009
    Apr 25, 03:38 PM
    Those having glossy screens sure will need an automated screen wiper to go with their new laptops. They've got no touch screens and we take care to not touch them, but eventually the screens get dusted and/or fingerprinted all over.

    Look at this iPad. Isn't it disgusting?

    Image (http://www.tema.ru/jjj/apple-2.jpg)

    Sure it's not how it looks in ads. It's a real thing in real use.

    I also expect a screen wiper in iPad 3, by the way. Screw the liquid metal and gimme the ol' good wiper, please. Or make it matte/Pixel Qi, for heaven's sake.

    Meh. Both my MacBook Pro's and Samsung touchscreen cellphone's screens look like that when they're turned off and being viewed in the light from that angle. But you don't notice it when the device is turned on and you are looking directly at it :)





    the white house map room. Room at the White House
  • Room at the White House



  • jicon
    Sep 4, 11:48 PM
    Well, let's assume this occurs...

    802.11n device released that can stream video:




    the white house map room. President Obama welcomes the Dalai Lama, Tibet#39;s spiritual leader, to the White House today. With this visit come renewed fears that U.S.-China relations
  • President Obama welcomes the Dalai Lama, Tibet#39;s spiritual leader, to the White House today. With this visit come renewed fears that U.S.-China relations



  • hobo.hopkins
    Apr 20, 10:48 AM
    so the program can not find the file. Does that mean my iPhone isnt tracking me?

    I was just about to post the same thing; the application says that it couldn't find the consolidated.db file. I even tried syncing my iPhone once more and it still didn't help. An interesting note though - I own a Verizon iPhone. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.





    the white house map room. the Map Room of the White
  • the Map Room of the White



  • kjs862
    Mar 22, 11:13 PM
    I recently returned my 2011 mbp and will be waiting for the SB iMac. The 15 inch model I had ran too hot and I felt like I couldn't really use it when it was on my lap. So I decided to go with a base model 13 air and will also go for an imac. To pay for the imac I will sell my 30 inch display, since I don't need it anymore because the imac has a nice display!





    the white house map room. Photomontage: mock White House
  • Photomontage: mock White House



  • izzle22
    Oct 12, 08:28 PM
    Ultimately: who cares?
    Bono still sucks, U2 has always sucked, and, much as i like a) the color of the new iPod and b) fighting AIDS, Apple's weird extended relationship with Bono makes very little sense to me.

    P.S. Damn, Bono sucks.


    By the way what kind of music do you like? New Kids On The Block?





    the white house map room. the White House briefing
  • the White House briefing



  • Joshuarocks
    Apr 19, 10:17 AM
    I'm salaried (aka "Exempt") in my job. We used to clock in and out but they made us quit several years ago and now there is no tracking of our hours. I was told at the time it was a legal requirement that we not be made to clock in and out.

    In any event, there are rules defining what jobs are and are not eligible as exempt. There are lots of references online with information.

    http://www.ehow.com/facts_5179644_exempt-salary-vs_-non-exempt.html

    Btw, the unemployment rate is NOT 8.9 percent.. its a lot higher than that and in my state its about equal with all the other states in this blasted union.





    the white house map room. Pete Souza / The White House
  • Pete Souza / The White House



  • Sean7512
    Sep 19, 04:04 PM
    I bought National Treasure and was actually thrilled with the quality. I have the Apple Dock with the Apple Remote, and with National Treasure on my 20" tv in my room, you COULD NOT POSSIBLY tell the diff between a DVD and the download. In fact, I had my friend bring over his copy of National Treasure on DVD, and had them both playing as we flipped back and forth on the tv and you could not tell a difference on my tv.....

    Well, it is a SDTV, I have not yet played my download on our HDTV...But DVDs look fine on it, so I'm assuming this will as well.....I am very happy and will definately buy again, just need more titles....





    kildjean
    Apr 29, 09:37 AM
    Apple makes the hardware, the OS, the apps, and Appstore, and APPROVES what apps consumers can purchase. No...that's not a monopoly. No, sir.

    But its a monopoly that works, and that is why people buy it. People buy the experience, and while its wrapped in a monopoly paper, people love that. Computer has become more of a social experience than a nerd experience.





    Dorkington
    Apr 25, 08:47 AM
    The very fact that people think they "deserve" vacation days is mind-boggling. Why should you "Deserve" to get paid a single dime you did not earn?

    I work about 60% self-employed free lance, and 40% at my old "day job". Guess what. Neither one offers me "vacation days". Am I miserable? Hardly!

    If I want a vacation day, I simply do not work. That also means I do not get paid. It would seem mighty pretentious of me to be expect pay for work not done.

    If you want a job with more vacation days, FIND ONE! no one owes you a darn thing, certainly not pay for days off.Most salaried workers don't get paid overtime. Benefits are supposed to balance the "cons" of working a salaried position, imo.

    There is an upside to being exempt. While it's true I don't get paid extra if I work 45 hours this week, I will also not be paid less if I work 35 hours next week. In my job one is just as likely as the other.

    I haven't had a salaried job that allowed someone to take a less than 40 hour work week unless via paid vacation/sick days.

    In the end, I try to make sure I don't work more overtime than I receive in paid time off.

    DEATH TO MCDONALDS!!!!!!!!!

    Because of them most of the US is obese.. The first thing I think that should be dismantled is fast food chains.. Those who believe in making children obese should be put up against a wall and shot in the head...

    As much bad food that McDonalds has, they have plenty of stuff one can eat without getting obese. I believe in regulations on many things, but simply put it's one's own personal responsibility if they choose to eat really bad food, really often.

    I go McDonald's quite regularly... I'm not fat. In fact, I'm in the best shape of my life. Just sayin'.

    The free market would suck if it were run in the way your brain imagines it. But imagine if you ran a company, and your chief goal is to make a profit. Having happy employees who are payed fairly and receive vacation days, benefits, etc, is definitely a better business model than working your employees like slaves.

    That only works if there are more jobs than qualified workers. Most of the time there are more workers than jobs, and employers will cut as much as they can and hire the cheapest they can get away with in the name of the bottom line.





    Gem�tlichkeit
    Apr 22, 08:24 PM
    Backlit keyboard on it and I am in. Perfect form factor and feature set for what I do all day every day. And less weight in my bag

    Currently have the 13 mbp and would love to get a MBA to lighten my load.

    I've heard this request from a lot of people on this forum. Is this really a deal breaker for you? the screen isn't bright enough at night to illuminate the keys that you need a separate source of light?





    Thunderhawks
    Apr 4, 11:47 AM
    Talk about the real ipad killer!

    I have no mercy for anybody committing crimes.
    Why are so many people on the side of robbers, gangsters and worry about their child hoods, abuse etc.etc.

    We all have issues and don't snap or go stealing.

    If somebody shows they don't want to be part of an orderly society and don't follow their rules,
    live and die with the consequences!

    As somebody posted already the security guard was put into a stress situation and once more and more facts come out
    some lawyers (if this goes to court) will be digging into his life to find an angle that he is really the guilty party in all of this.

    Plus, I am almost certain he will be "fired" or as they say "reassigned"





    SuperCachetes
    Dec 31, 05:16 AM
    Obviously McAfee has a vested interest is spewing "fear FUD" such as this. :rolleyes:

    Last month I finally ditched that buggy junk from my Win7 installs. Got tired of having to reinstall it all the time. The auto-renewal scheme was an annoying little booby-trap as well. Good riddance.



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