Posted by on under market meltdown, presidential challenge, challenge ends, gzipped tar, president bush, calamity, gas prices, collapse, twin cities, tuesday october, genius, lame duck, free software | 
gzipped_tar writes to tell us that The Codeweavers "Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge" has ended in surprise and free software all day Tuesday (October 28, 2008) at the Codeweavers site. A while back Codeweavers gave President Bush a challenge to meet one of several goals before he left office. One of these goals was to lower gas prices in the Twin Cities below $2.79 a gallon, which has since transpired. "How was I to know that President Bush would take my challenge so seriously? And, give the man credit, I didn't think there was *any* way he could pull it off. But engineering a total market meltdown - wow - that was pure genius. I clearly underestimated the man. I'm ashamed that I goaded him into this and take full responsibility for the collapse of any savings you might have. Please accept our free software as my way of apologizing for the global calamity we now find ourselves embroiled in."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: market meltdown, presidential challenge, challenge ends, gzipped tar, president bush, calamity, gas prices, collapse, twin cities, tuesday october, genius, lame duck, free software
Posted by Chris on under macbook, iphe, iphone, geniuses, genius, nuts, ace, operating system, zoo, lt, appointment |
I went to the Apple Store yesterday because of a problem I had with my iPhone, which produced a supposedly annoying echo in my voice that drove my callers nuts.
The Apple Store in The Falls mall in Miami is always packed. Even at 2 in the afternoon, the place was a zoo, so I got on the standby list for the Genius Bar and had to wait two hours because I didn’t have an appointment.
Thankfully, I was entertained by my sister, who joined me along with her Macbook, which had a damaged battery.
The Genius, who was friendly as are all the Geniuses I’ve met, placed a call to the back of the store using my iPhone to test the echo. When no one answered his call, he told me, “Never mind. I’ll just give you a new one, since you’ve waited so long.”
Within minutes I had yet another shiny new iPhone, the sixth one I’ve ever owned.
My sister, on the other hand, was not so lucky. They failed to archive her operating system properly, so they kept it overnight and she will pick it up today.
Although my iPhones have had their problems, I have overall been pleased with the service I’ve received at the Apple Store.
What has your experience been with the Apple Store Geniuses?
Tagi: macbook, iphe, iphone, geniuses, genius, nuts, ace, operating system, zoo, lt, appointment
Posted by on under iphe, ipod touch, wit, genius, few minutes, web browser, trivia, quiz, brain |
Specifically created for the iPhone and iPod Touch but playable in any modern web browser, Trivia Why’s Daily Quiz keeps you sharp with a few minutes of exercise for the left side of your brain and a touch of wit for the right. Know all the answers? Congratulations, you’re a trivia genius! Not so sharp [...]
Tagi: iphe, ipod touch, wit, genius, few minutes, web browser, trivia, quiz, brain
Posted by on under dfu, beta 3, jailbreak, th th, nda, mobile devices, ssh, genius, ace, bugs, protocol, palm |
Yesterday, Apple started pushing out their official iTunes 8.2, which supports mobile devices at firmware 3.0. Here’s why you jailbreakers and yellowsn0w-users shouldn’t really accept that “Update now?” question:
- Most people aren’t at 3.0. In fact 3.0 is still in beta and has lots of bugs (especially related to push updates).
- It breaks your ability to use QuickPwn, PwnageTool, and iPhone Tunneling Suite (ssh over usb). We don’t think this is a deliberate breakage of these tools. It’s just that Apple has updated a low-level USB protocol that normally only Apple cares about (but jailbreakers care about).
- So far, the only appreciable change to iTunes 8.2 is the Genius function working on videos.
- It may actually break Palm Pre’s connection to the device (please give us feedback on this).
This update is one of those that incidentally breaks QuickPwn and PwnageTool. It doesn’t seem like an anti-jailbreak. But nonetheless, it will break your ability to re-run QuickPwn or PwnageTool’s dfu-entry.
Because this update isn’t a deliberate anti-jailbreak measure, it’s easily fixed in our tools. But we really don’t want to update our tools until 3.0 is out, so please don’t update to 8.2 if you think you’ll need to rejailbreak your device. :)
YellowSn0w on 2.2.1 and beyond
We see many questions about whether yellowsn0w can ever be made to work on firmware versions past 2.2 (or equivalently, basebands past 02.28). This is probably a good place to address those questions:
If there is a yellowsn0w update for firmware after 2.2 (or basebands after 02.28), there is no way it would ever be released before 3.0 is official. It just wouldn’t make any sense to release an exploit for something that only those who have beta 3.0’s (NDA signers) could use. Most people in the world aren’t NDA signers. Any yellowsn0w update for 3.0 would need to happen *after* 3.0 is officially available.
Tagi: dfu, beta 3, jailbreak, th th, nda, mobile devices, ssh, genius, ace, bugs, protocol, palm
Posted by on under easure, sense technology, drain pipe, toxic chemicals, gunk, hassles, common sense, genius, shape |
Yes, this product is genius. And yes, it’s long overdue. Think of the future hassles you could prevent with a rotating U-shape drain pipe – no more toxic chemicals down the sink, no more fallen valuables lost forever, and best of all, you get the strange pleasure of seeing creepy gunk without ever having to [...]
Tagi: easure, sense technology, drain pipe, toxic chemicals, gunk, hassles, common sense, genius, shape
