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Saturday, May 14, 2011

cherry tree blossoming

cherry tree blossoming. Debi Parola Photography
  • Debi Parola Photography



  • iliketyla
    Mar 29, 03:29 PM
    That has nothing to due with quality. It's due to low manufacturing costs.

    And in many cases making software or services requires more brainpower and sophistication than making a physical product. Japan has yet to produce a world-class software company outside of video games.

    So this "American products are low quality" argument just doesn't hold water any way you look at it.

    What I'd like to see are some concrete examples of poor quality products that were made in America. I hear a lot of people stating that we make subpar products, but I haven't heard any examples.

    I'm not defending either position, just want someone to present some evidence.

    I don't think the Chrysler argument will hold up anymore seeing as how most automobiles have a foreign influence on them, so let's stray from automobiles on this one.





    cherry tree blossoming. The Flowering Cherry Tree
  • The Flowering Cherry Tree



  • peeInMyPantz
    Jul 30, 10:37 PM
    5 megapixel seems unrealistic for a cellphone camera right now, but it would sure be nice, I have a 1.3 megapixel camera on my phone, just because it's 1.3 megapixels doesn't mean it's good quality, how do we know that the 5 megapixel camera will be any better? could be as grainy or worse as a low end VGA/megapixel camera :( but knowing Apple, some people will pay a shiny red cent for high quality camera anyways (esp Apple fans)

    I disagree for inability to do texting, say if you are in a different country, where it costs say $3/minute just to call someone, or 50c just to send a text message (receiving is usually free), big difference if you just want to send a message of "I'm at the door" or "I'm leaving right now", I'm currently paying for long distance since I'm in a part of Canada that is not my home region, any time someone not from the area I'm in calls ME, I pay for it, and any time I call someone from home, I pay for it as well, so text messaging has really cut down on bills, I don't go over my minutes as much anymore with texting, since 90% of my calls were 1 minute or less calls, so thats where text messaging comes in handy. Although I would rather use a blackberry-like device with free email (if there was such thing, or have an email-only plan that doesnt require a data plan, like text messages)

    y not? there are already 6 mega pixels camera phones





    cherry tree blossoming. a looming cherry tree in
  • a looming cherry tree in



  • maclaptop
    Apr 26, 02:12 PM
    Who cares? I thought this was macrumors not android news...

    Android scares the hell out of Apple :eek:





    cherry tree blossoming. Cherry Tree Blossoms, Japanese
  • Cherry Tree Blossoms, Japanese



  • CIA
    Apr 22, 01:10 AM
    Not to sound harsh or anything, but maybe you guys should be charging more for your services. The way you described how much work you guys are doing over there, you should be able to afford a new MacPro for everyone there...and maybe a couple grip trucks...

    Well, we get a bonus week of paid vacation for working 15 hour days 3 weeks straight. Most of the production done is for us, not contract work. We are the only (local) station in town for the festival, so it would be stupid not to bust our ass to showcase our stuff to the world. We sell a lot of ads, but at the same time, it's still local TV when it comes down to it.





    cherry tree blossoming. cherry tree blossom drawing.
  • cherry tree blossom drawing.



  • dukebound85
    May 5, 03:55 PM
    Talking about the cost of swtiching, I might just add� Stepping out onto the moon cost a pretty penny too. I guess beating the Soviets to bragging rights in space was more important than implementing common sense on the ground.


    Common sense would dictate not fixing something that doesn't really need to be fixed

    If corporations see the benefit of it to their bottom line...great. No one is stopping them from changing

    Why you seem so adament that the Imperial system is horrible for the masses is quite befuddling to me to be honest

    Yes, there are merits to the metric system. There are also merits to not changing. Regardless, if change happens, it will be because it just evolved that way.





    cherry tree blossoming. Blossoming cherry tree
  • Blossoming cherry tree



  • babbit
    Apr 18, 03:32 PM
    LG was first (before iPhone) to release smart phone with capacitive screen and UI that looks suspiciously close to iPhone. Here is Prada:

    http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/PRADA-Phone-LG-KE850-1.jpg

    If Apple prevails in court. LG would be stupid not to sue Apple (and they would probably get more money considering iPhone volumes).

    The iPhone 1 was announced before the Prada phone. Patent dates showed iPhone implementation of a capacitive touchscreen phone at least a year before LG showed their Prada phone in 2006. The Prada shipped in small shipments before the iPhone, so that is their only claim that it was technically released before the iPhone even though real shipments occurred months later. Technically, if Apple wanted to, they could have sued LG.

    Also, the Prada isn't a smartphone. It can't load apps. It doesn't even have a qwerty keyboard. You input text through the phone dialer like old school SMS.





    cherry tree blossoming. Cherry Tree blooming in
  • Cherry Tree blooming in



  • Xavier
    May 7, 11:36 AM
    As amazing as free MobileMe sounds, I find this HIGHLY unlikely.





    cherry tree blossoming. Japanese Cherry Tree blossoms
  • Japanese Cherry Tree blossoms



  • Achiever
    May 7, 10:27 AM
    I would be fine continuing to pay for it if they would actually make it work better and improve some of the feature set. If they make it free, my concern is they will strip down some of the services related to it or allow it to become even slower and less reliable. Apple doesn't need another "hobby" (See: TV, Apple).





    cherry tree blossoming. How to Draw a Cherry Tree
  • How to Draw a Cherry Tree



  • MrNomNoms
    Mar 30, 08:50 PM
    So I guess that Gold Master rumor was wrong.

    I'll bet my bottom dollar that the conversation between the leaker at Apple and the second person went something like this:

    Person: "So how close are we do a Golden Master?"

    Leaker: "We're probably going to get a few more updates out then we'll start seeding some builds that are pretty Golden Master in quality"

    The off runs the person to claim that the Golden Master seeds will be coming soon - I've seen it happen so many times where people get the wrong end of the stick especially if it is a chain of chinese whispers.





    cherry tree blossoming. The cherry blossom is Japan#39;s
  • The cherry blossom is Japan#39;s



  • Number 41
    Mar 29, 01:22 PM
    Hard for me, even as an Apple fan, to weep too much for a company that chooses to do business overseas isntead of here in America, employing Americans.

    Hopefully the situation in Japan improves -- for reasons beyond this.





    cherry tree blossoming. wild cherry tree blossom
  • wild cherry tree blossom



  • Reach9
    Mar 26, 10:18 PM
    As long as they show it and preview it, I'm okay with waiting. Especially if it's a redesign

    Agreed. As long as the preview looks amazing, and Apple delivers, and if this is a complete revamp of iOS, then i'm all up for more waiting.
    But the iPhone 5 should be released in the usual time period.





    cherry tree blossoming. cherry tree blossom art.
  • cherry tree blossom art.



  • glassbathroom
    Aug 3, 04:02 AM
    I'm expecting to get frustrated with the quality of streamed video of the keynote. Yes Steve, I am sure that it is "cool stuff", but it all looks like frog spawn to me!





    cherry tree blossoming. cherry tree blossom drawing.
  • cherry tree blossom drawing.



  • 425
    Mar 27, 03:47 PM
    Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F190 Safari/6533.18.5)

    I just forked over 750 dollars for an ipad 2 and ipad 3 is coming out? Ouch!!! I already want it.

    No. I wish this stupid rumor would die. I guarantee you the iPad 3 does not arrive until 2012. Most likely March





    cherry tree blossoming. Cherry Blossom Tree
  • Cherry Blossom Tree



  • kalsta
    May 5, 03:22 PM
    You're not stepping out onto the moon this time.

    Talking about the cost of swtiching, I might just add� Stepping out onto the moon cost a pretty penny too. I guess beating the Soviets to bragging rights in space was more important than implementing common sense on the ground.

    Ultimately I think it comes down to the fact that the US is one of the few countries that had a great deal of popular sovereignty determine the outcome of whether or not we should switch to the metric system. � Americans also tend not to have a great deal of respect for the sciences (scientific literacy is appallingly low) so it makes it a tougher pitch to the everyday person.

    Hang on� You're not distancing yourself from the illiterate masses now? I thought you agreed with them? ;)

    Not to mention that Australia in the 1970s was 13 million people, or about 24 times smaller than the current US population.

    Well, I assume the US population ain't getting any smaller the longer you put it off.





    cherry tree blossoming. big flowering cherry tree
  • big flowering cherry tree



  • Michaelgtrusa
    Mar 30, 07:11 PM
    Well we are getting closer.





    cherry tree blossoming. flowering cherry tree
  • flowering cherry tree



  • toddybody
    Apr 24, 08:28 AM
    Very interesting...I think we'd be better off with a res bump in the notebook line. Aside from the air...things have been stagnant there for. While.

    Also, people are getting all this retina/ppi discussion muddled. PPI IS fixed
    and not based on viewing distance. On the other hand, the eyes capability to perceive those pixels IS dependent on viewing distance. No, an iMac does not need to have a 7xxx Display to be retina...as it's viewing distance shouldn't be what the iP4 is. Sould be more to the tune of 24inches





    cherry tree blossoming. draw a cherry tree blossom
  • draw a cherry tree blossom



  • Steviejobz
    Mar 28, 11:23 AM
    People are incredulous. They want / expect revolutionary products every month. Get real! I know many of us have addictions to Apple like Whitney Houston has to crack but if you want your money's worth for each upgrade, let's give the company time to put out some new features.

    I hope no new phone until 2013 and iPad 3 in late 2012. Maybe then we'll get a real upgrade.





    cherry tree blossoming. Cherry Tree
  • Cherry Tree



  • Small White Car
    Apr 5, 01:18 PM
    Don't give in Toyota!

    Its our devices, and if we want to modify them for our own use, so be it.


    How one big multinational company arguing with another affects your phone, I don't quite understand. Oh, wait...you're saying you WANT to make your homescreen a Toyota ad?

    I tell you what, all you "I demand my freedom" folks confuse me more and more. The right to let Toyota advertise to you was never a big arguing point in the past for the radicals I used to read about.





    cherry tree blossoming. cherry tree blossom drawing.
  • cherry tree blossom drawing.



  • Wolfpup
    Nov 11, 09:27 AM
    What if free Antivirus software is designed to help identify security holes, and the best way to infect Mac's wide-scale?

    It couldn't help do that. I mean they only need a single copy of OS X to do that, not millions.

    I've always thought virii has to be engineered under contract by companies making the "solutions" to them, there are far too many virii out there on a daily basis, to such an extent that it has to be developed on a full-time basis with some corporate involvement somewhere.

    There probably are targeted attacks from corporations and governments, but mostly it's organized crime. And no, it's not the people providing protection (except for fake antimalware products, which started becoming common a few years back).

    unless there is money in making them..=]

    There is. That's also why Windows is the primary target of general malware (though that doesn't help you if someone is targeting a specific company or person-they'll attack whatever it is you're running).

    Sorry but any company that feeds fear and paranoia to sell or distribute their wares, needs to brought under check somehow.

    It's not fear and paranoia. Security vulnerabilities are real, and found all the time. And of course when it comes to malware, you don't even need that, social engineering can get it on people's systems too.





    crudsponge
    Aug 4, 09:50 AM
    EXCLUSIVE: Leopard Feature Set Leaked


    http://www.powerpage.org/archives/2006/08/exclusive_leopard_feature_set_leaked.html





    Xero910
    Mar 30, 05:51 PM
    Anyone know exactly how we update? Are we supposed to reinstall the entire OS? or go through the upgrade installation? I seriously hope not. Installing seed updates via software update was perfect.





    NAG
    Apr 25, 10:07 AM
    It's inaccurate because it doesn't track YOUR location, just the location of your nearest Cell Tower.

    Your context is incorrect. I was referring to the website that supposedly has a lot of information about you, not the location database.

    Thank you for the demonstration as to how almost everyone here is acting irrationally, though.





    lilcosco08
    Apr 7, 04:36 PM
    They should've left the bleeding screens to RIM :p





    supmango
    Apr 26, 02:12 PM
    I really hope that Apple sees trends like this and realizes it's time to change their game plan. No more once a year phones. Time to kick the innovation level up a few notches. Time for over the air OS updates, over the air app installs, wireless syncing and everything else Android has offered for some time now.

    iOS does over the air app installs. Other than that, yes I agree that Apple needs to do those things.

    Oh, and I use Android because it's the only option on my carrier (its the least repulsive option anyway). But it sucks, and doesn't seem to be getting any better. I think the only reason it is seeing growth like it is is because of cheap hardware, and, as in my case, being the only real option on certain networks.