Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad 154th Edition
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That aside,
its an exciting race weekend ahead.
WTCC final round, F1 penultimate round!
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Originally posted by the Bear:
good luck!
i'm going to use my crappy MBP until it dies on me.. or i crack from the sheer incompatibility of it to everything else..
wish the old lappie didn't die on my when Vista was the norm..
I'm definitely not getting Mac.
Macs are good for looking at, and little else. The build quality is rubbish. It seems as though their designer doesn't know the basics of good engineering design.
FS had a MacBook Pro. Within two months there was a huge dent in one corner of the screen from a light knock against a concrete wall. And since it's a 'cosmetic damage', they refused to repair it.
Within three years a big crack appeared right down the center of the screen.
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I need to shop around for a PC soon.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
I'm definitely not getting Mac.
Macs are good for looking at, and little else. The build quality is rubbish. It seems as though their designer doesn't know the basics of good engineering design.
FS had a MacBook Pro. Within two months there was a huge dent in one corner of the screen from a light knock against a concrete wall. And since it's a 'cosmetic damage', they refused to repair it.
Within three years a big crack appeared right down the center of the screen.
They are good at making intuitive and ergonomic designs, but the quality of the materials is awful. For all of Jonny Ive's talk about 'craftsmanship' the recent Apple products are so flimsy that they need protective covers - which defies the purpose of making them thin and light.
I just have to be defensive as someone who's trained in ID.
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ah KB The bendy bus nutters are done for this time.. The temp Bt Panjang Terminal heck care abt the bendy buses... when the rationalising bus rt detailing came out, it didn't work out in favour of the bendies.. now they going around in self denial...
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
They are good at making intuitive and ergonomic designs, but the quality of the materials is awful. For all of Jonny Ive's talk about 'craftsmanship' the recent Apple products are so flimsy that they need protective covers - which defies the purpose of making them thin and light.
I just have to be defensive as someone who's trained in ID.
The only good thing I have to say about the MBP is the magnetic power plug. If you accidentally trip over the wire, the MBP is less likely to crash onto the floor.
Anyway, there's no need to get defensive. A good industrial designer knows that form is useless without good materials. Maybe their design would have worked if they had used aircraft-grade titanium. But apparently they forgot about this little detail.
Macs are sexy young things, but I can't handle their fragility. I need a workhorse.
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my MBP is the older version.. Apple made them pretty tough at that time...
but recently it's having some heat issues.. but i don't tax it that much these days.. just low-level piracy.. ahahahahaha... and a few other things..
still pissed off it won't read my android phone...
btw, the old iMac which runs OSX Tiger? Apple stopped supporting it and almost nothing, including shit like online videos don't run on it anymore
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There's a designer/ID blogger who denies being an Apple fanboy but he thinks the company isn't in decline yet. And one of the "plus points" he noted is that the newer OSes run on the old machines. I'd love to quote what you just said to contradict him.
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There's a Owl coffee cafe at Star Vista?
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
There's a designer/ID blogger who denies being an Apple fanboy but he thinks the company isn't in decline yet. And one of the "plus points" he noted is that the newer OSes run on the old machines. I'd love to quote what you just said to contradict him.
the newer OS will run on the old machines.. if you buy the newer OS to install in the older machines for a couple hundred bucks
but the older OS won't run anything and OSX Tiger isn't that old to start with..
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Originally posted by the Bear:
the newer OS will run on the old machines.. if you buy the newer OS to install in the older machines for a couple hundred bucks
but the older OS won't run anything and OSX Tiger isn't that old to start with..
But don't get Windows 8 for your next machine either unless you enjoy switching between the mouse and touching the screen and back - just to open a menu.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
But don't get Windows 8 for your next machine either unless you enjoy switching between the mouse and touching the screen and back - just to open a menu.
that's what it does now?
hmmm..
it'll be some time before i get anything anyway... the silly MBP is still working..
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morning folks. just had brekkie, heading for some strength training in 30
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
There's a designer/ID blogger who denies being an Apple fanboy but he thinks the company isn't in decline yet. And one of the "plus points" he noted is that the newer OSes run on the old machines. I'd love to quote what you just said to contradict him.
Apple is in decline, period.
Maybe they won't crash and burn tomorrow, but their star is fading, and Samsung et al are glowing brighter and brighter.
Right now Apple is relying solely on the goodwill of the iSheeps.... I mean, fans who will take no pay leave to queue up for a new product without even reading the reviews.
But even that goodwill is drying up. Lots of iSheeps have been crying bloody murder at the iPhone 5.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
That aside,
its an exciting race weekend ahead.
WTCC final round, F1 penultimate round!
The Grand Prix has been marred by 2 separate fatal accidents in the space of less than 24 hrs.
Second fatality rocks Macau as Hong Kong racer Yau Wing Choi is killed in qualifying
RIP
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wtf!!!!!!
Muller makes a blinding rolling start and takes lead from Huff.
The front 6 cars made it through, but the remaining cars got stuck behind a pile-up.
Huff showed him who's boss and an EXTREMELY late-braking move surprised Muller into giving him space at the hair-pin.
3 corners later, Huff's car suddenly sported a broken front bumper and started crabbing and wobbling. DNF!
A few laps later, Menu and Muller started rubbing and the brand-new Honda was harassing both of them. At one point, Muller got tapped into a spin, but fortunately everybody survived.
And the new Honda gets a 3rd! Amazing race. I look forward to seeing the Honda in 2013.
Crazy crazy race.
Suddenly all 3 chevy drivers are now in title contention once again for race 2.
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Where's KB....
Race 2 is a MUST WATCH
Die die MUST WATCH
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gonna have an early lunch
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
Where's KB....
Race 2 is a MUST WATCH
Die die MUST WATCH
I was out by the poolside. Think I'll catch F3 instead.
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looking forward to Black Friday!
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
But don't get Windows 8 for your next machine either unless you enjoy switching between the mouse and touching the screen and back - just to open a menu.
Window's alternate product curse..
Win XP was good, Vista was shyt...
Win 7 was good... I shall skip Win 8... It's more to be suited for a phone or tablet...
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Originally posted by fudgester:
Apple is in decline, period.
Maybe they won't crash and burn tomorrow, but their star is fading, and Samsung et al are glowing brighter and brighter.
Right now Apple is relying solely on the goodwill of the iSheeps.... I mean, fans who will take no pay leave to queue up for a new product without even reading the reviews.
But even that goodwill is drying up. Lots of iSheeps have been crying bloody murder at the iPhone 5.
The next big thing will enter the market quietly (or maybe it already has) and take many people (those who aren't early adopters) by surprise. And I don't think it'll come from Samsung. It might be one of the Nexus gadgets.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
The next big thing will enter the market quietly (or maybe it already has) and take many people (those who aren't early adopters) by surprise. And I don't think it'll come from Samsung. It might be one of the Nexus gadgets.
Nexus?As in Google Nexus? Those are from Samsung as well
I initially wanted the first gen Nexus with customised engraving but it was too expensive back then
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
Nexus?As in Google Nexus? Those are from Samsung as well
I initially wanted the first gen Nexus with customised engraving but it was too expensive back then
Woops. Shows you how much I know... I thought they were LG/Google products.
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morning.. quite a decent no of CBD area condo couldn't be sold off.. even if it has been completed...