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Comment Re:Federal Law State Law (Score 1) 655

by Srsen on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:53PM (#37782986) Attached to: Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law

The dealer writes you a check, you cash the check, you have cash. The dealer just can't hand you the cash. That's all this is.

Comment Re:Federal Law State Law (Score 1) 655

by Srsen on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:39PM (#37782642) Attached to: Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law

Yes they can. They can regulate businesses within the state. They can't decide that Federal currency has no value, but they can definitely regulate record-keeping (which is what this is about).

Comment Not surprising (Score 5, Interesting) 341

by Srsen on Monday July 25, 2011 @01:28PM (#36872972) Attached to: Why IT Won't Like Mac OS X Lion Server

With the elimination of the XServe and now the simplifying of Lion Server, it's clear that Apple has decided to choose a different vector for their server business. To me it seems they are now focused on the SOHO market where the users administer the network and there is no IT department (obviously another reason why IT professionals REALLY do not like Lion Server). This is a very Apple thing to do: turn something complicated into something almost anyone can do. I would not be surprised if they ended up making more money with this approach than they did with the XServe approach - this way has a significantly broader base.

I would never have considered using OS X Server at home before but I an now thinking about using my current Mini for a home server after I upgrade to a new machine because it now seems doable and worthwhile to me.

Comment and NSNA (Score 2, Informative) 132

by Srsen on Monday November 29, 2010 @01:16PM (#34375920) Attached to: Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Dies at 87

He also directed the understated and underrated (IMO) Never Say Never Again.

Comment As opposed to... (Score 0) 280

by Srsen on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @02:08PM (#33510948) Attached to: Narcissists, Insecure People Flock To Facebook

the narcissists who have to tell everyone that they don't use Facebook, don't have an iPhone, don't have a TV, whatever. They just want people to think they are cool too.

Comment Re:Ads (Score 1) 224

by Srsen on Thursday April 22, 2010 @03:12PM (#31943982) Attached to: Rumors of Hulu's Subscription Plans

Where does this expectation come from? You pay for cable but still watch ads. You buy a movie ticket but still watch ads and previews. You buy magazines and newspapers that are mostly ads. Would you pay $30 per month with no ads instead of $10 per month with ads?

Comment Re:I don't need (Score 1) 909

by Srsen on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @02:25PM (#31927876) Attached to: Steve Jobs Recommends Android For Fans of Porn

Just because you want to buy it doesn't mean Apple is obligated to sell it.

Comment Gizmodo Crimes (Score 1) 853

by Srsen on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @03:07PM (#31914138) Attached to: Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser

This has to be trafficking in stolen goods at a minimum, no? You could make an argument for industrial espionage too. This could get even more interesting if charges are filed. IANAL

Comment Uh yeah.... (Score 1) 130

by Srsen on Friday February 19, 2010 @05:50PM (#31204754) Attached to: Researchers Say Women Secretly Desire Hairy Geeks

....according to a team of hairy, geeky researchers. Nice try, guys.

Comment It always happens this way... (Score 1) 408

by Srsen on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @07:38PM (#29279793) Attached to: GMail Experiences Serious Outage

No sooner do you come out of beta than ....

Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More 770

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday June 08, 2009 @03:21PM from the one-more-thing dept.

Lots of big news from WWDC today including updates to almost all of Apple's laptops. They added a 13-inch version to the MacBook Pro line, updated the MacBook Air, and added a few new ports to some of the machines including an SD slot and firewire 800 port. Software updates saw Safari 4 launched, OS X updates including threading changes, Exchange support to mail, calendar, and address book, and OpenCL a new open graphics standard. The iPhone got quite a bit of love in 3.0, much of it just confirming older news. Cut, copy, and paste, shake to undo, developer APIs, Cocoa Touch support for text, landscape mode updates, spotlight, and MMS all made the bullet list. You will now also be able to rent and purchase movies directly from your iPhone. Other new features in 3.0 include the much debated tethering ability, allowing you to use your iPhone as a cellular modem (unfortunately there was no mention of AT&T actually supporting this feature, a wonder there wasn't a riot), integrated TomTom GPS navigation, and game features galore. New functionality also allows you to locate your iPhone via MobileMe, play a sound to help you locate it (regardless if it is set to silent), and even wipe your data remotely. The New iPhone hardware updates, "3GS", adds a 3 megapixel auto-focus camera, voice interfaces, twice the processing power, and hardware encryption. The 3GS comes in 16GB ($199) and 32GB ($299), pushing the 3G (which they are keeping on the market) to $99. Lots of other small updates amidst the bustle, looks like another successful WWDC.

Comment Re:Congratulations, Apple (Score 1) 619

by Srsen on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @07:55PM (#27235021) Attached to: iPhone 3.0 Software Announced

What, make a profit?

Comment Re:Who wants this? (Score 1) 291

by Srsen on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @02:18PM (#27154517) Attached to: Apple Touch-Screen Netbook?

I haven't seen a lot of netbooks in the wild, but almost every time I have the user was a woman. The small size and weight of a netbook is an important feature to women. Executives and managers whose primary job functions relate to planning, travel and communication might also like the smaller size and weight. As for the alleged Apple touch-screen netbook, I would think this is more of a large-screened, clamshell iPhone rather than a small Macbook. I would guess that it would even run the iPhone version of OS X. The Mac OS interface is not designed for touch input.

Comment Re:Intuit's Mac support stinks anyway, these days. (Score 1) 108

by Srsen on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @02:51PM (#26225003) Attached to: Quicken 2007 For Mac Lacks EV Cert Support

Don't be fooled by the looks. I've used iBank and it's not up to par. I abandoned it and went back to using Quicken. iBank's appeal is ALL in the looks, but when it came to actually managing financial data, iBank was buggy and could not display accurate results, especially data that was imported from Quicken.

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