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Re: Rude People

Joel Esler — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:26:32 -0000

Oh I said "it's okay". I just didn't say anything "snarky" back to him

Re: One thing I forgot to mention about the iPad

Joel Esler — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:25:56 -0000

Flash does not work on the iPad.

Re: One thing I forgot to mention about the iPad

Drinfairness — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:40:52 -0000

Thanks for the info. But how can I use sites that uses flash or adop only
Thanks

Re: Rude People

Bobby — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:44:21 -0000

From your description he sounds more oblivious than rude, and if he apologized and you said nothing, that would make you the rude one in this instance. #FAIL You know I heart you though... ;)

Re: Rude People

Jonathan G — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:40:45 -0000

There is no patch for stupid, but they do have giant catapults that do just as well ;-)

Re: iPhone 4. A review after practical use, part 2

Joel Esler — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:22:44 -0000

I think that's a fairly crazy statement. I use my iPhone day in and day out for business and personal use. I don't know how I'd get along with it.

To each their own.

Re: iPhone 4. A review after practical use, part 2

Dean — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:42:11 -0000

after having blackberries for a while now i thought i would see what all the fuss was about. Iphone4 is a great toy as far as what i wanted it for to make phone calls and help with my business while out of the office not great at all. fast yes practical no if i could take it back i would.

Re: http://blog.joelesler.net/2007/09/new-apple-keyboard-review.html

Apple Laptop Keyboard — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:45:37 -0000

It looks this apple keyboard is very good. It would be better if there are more deatils about this keyboard.

Re: Working with Gmail Filters

Jaren Angerbauer — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:08:21 -0000

Awesome! I've been searching for a way to use regex in my Gmail account, but thought it was impossible. Great article -- thanks for the information!

Re: For my Snort audience: Forums, Mailing Lists, or Google Groups?

Joel Esler — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:02:28 -0000

Google Groups provides both mailing list and forum functions in one system.

Re: For my Snort audience: Forums, Mailing Lists, or Google Groups?

Haren Bhatt — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:55:15 -0000

I would suggest a Google group where you would have the control and every body else would have the chance to shout.

Regards- Haren

Re: For my Snort audience: Forums, Mailing Lists, or Google Groups?

Loren — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:18:06 -0000

I would support a forum. It is on demand, searchable, scalable and flexible - all from a single URL. While the other ideas have merit I believe that the forum structure provides the most bang for the buck.

Re: Email Signature Block Etiquette

jostmey — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:20:33 -0000

I disagree about not including images in an email signature. Using a small, unobtrusive logo will do little to harm the importance of the message, but will go a long way toward branding the email.

- Bumperize

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Charles Calvert — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:15:54 -0000

FYI, I think you mean "deprecating", not "depreciating".

Re: There IS good left in the world!

Andrew — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:28:55 -0000

Nice one!
It is good to hear about "good humans" for a change :P

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Joel Esler — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:16:14 -0000

I think Apple has figured out the first step in stopping piracy. There will always be a percentage of people who insist on not paying people for their work (software pirates), but for the vast majority, this may help.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

jason — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:20:11 -0000

I don't think Apple can lock an iMac down like an iPhone anytime soon.

I will use the app store, but I will also download apps in the regular fashion also.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Tonio Loewald — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:05:12 -0000

Frasier Spiers is deploying iPads throughout a school system. How's he doing it?

In any event, centralizing app delivery has the huge benefit that it CAN be fixed. Right now, there's no one-size-fits-all or even most solution for deployment.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Frank — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:27:53 -0000

Apple figured out how to stop *casual* software piracy. Or did they? Can I just create a user account on my buddy's machine, log in to the app store to download all the apps I've bought, and then never log into his machine again? It'll be interesting to see whether you'll need to log in with your Apple ID periodically to run app-store apps on your machine.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Tonio Loewald — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:23:10 -0000

Yes but living with a jailbroken phone sucks ass. And that's the point. You can't have one foot in and one foot out of the system. Want to be a dishonest hacker? Enjoy.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Tejaswi Yerukalapudi — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:03:29 -0000

Umm, no. Software piracy requires some amount of work to get done. It's not like you can just share the dvd and the key and anyone can install it. Cracks, DLL replacements, blocking access to the activation servers, you need to go through all these to get stuff to work.

And yes, people can just "jailbreak" their mac (whatever that means in this context) to install apps. And yes, any DRM tech companies come up with will eventually be broken

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

AnonGuy — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:25:39 -0000

You state: "Apple. Just figured out a way. To stop. Software piracy." when this method is already in use by the Steam store. And it hasn't really stopped piracy.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Erauqssidlroweht — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:25:23 -0000

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, OSX App Store = no piracy? Well, isn't Steam basically the same thing, only for games? And yet a good portion of the games can be and are pirated. Am I missing something?

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Steven — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:57:30 -0000

I agree with Joel's response. Like the article of the blind guy who purchased an iphone because he was able to use it due to well thought out voice commands and audio feedback that other competitors didn't even think about, I'm sure Apple is ahead of the game on this. i'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Re: The Mac App Store, why it’s awesome.

Shane — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:36:16 -0000

"Apple. Just figured out a way. To stop. Software piracy."

Nope, not unless they came up with a much stronger form of DRM than they use on the iOS App Store. Pirating iOS apps is trivial with a jailbreak.