Thursday 19 May 2011

weather balloon launch

weather balloon launch. homemade weather balloon,
  • homemade weather balloon,



  • uruseiranma
    Apr 17, 02:32 PM
    Figured it sounded too good to be true.

    I checked with the Best Buy in my neighborhood, and I'm #3 on the list of iPad2 reserves for the 32gb/Wifi-only. Figured if I didn't receive a call from them today, they didn't get jack.

    The thing that's just bugging me is I've spent 3 weeks trying to sell my 16gb ipad 2 AT&T model on eBay, and I still can't sell this turkey in the US! This must be some cosmic joke that is telling me, 'Hahaha! You paid more for your 32gb iPad2...you're never going to be able to make enough extra to pay off your guilt!!"





    weather balloon launch. release a weather balloon
  • release a weather balloon



  • kiljoy616
    Apr 14, 12:03 PM
    I'm not trying to pee in Apple's Cheerios at all...but i do wonder at what point will they reach a plateau in sales growth. That said, I don't think they're close to it yet...China is becoming a great new market for them...

    Right after dell drops off the face of the world. Dam crappy computers.





    weather balloon launch. prepare a weather balloon
  • prepare a weather balloon



  • dstrauss
    Mar 28, 01:16 PM
    Great, another store that carries iPad 2 but won't ever have any in stock. LOL.

    Unfortunately I think 80% of iPad 2 supply is going to scalpers and resellers, the moment Apple stores get them in stock they sell out and craigslist is then flooded with heavily marked up iPads. It's kind of ridiculous.

    On a related note, isn't it a bit weird Apple hasn't announced any sales figures yet? They're usually quick to brag when devices hit a million sales in a short amount of time.

    The ONLY way to stop this would be an in-store activiation requirement - no more "New in Box - Unopened" sales and then they'd also have to deal with the warranty switch-over.





    weather balloon launch. iPhone Weather Balloon
  • iPhone Weather Balloon



  • Pillar
    Oct 10, 03:42 PM
    20" Cinema Display (I'm going to mount that powerbrick behind the desk, I hate looking at it)


    How are going about mounting the powerbrick behind the desk? I would like mine off my desk aswell.





    weather balloon launch. launch a weather balloon.
  • launch a weather balloon.



  • steveh
    Apr 13, 04:39 PM
    I just wonder if there is any upgrade pricing strategy. No matter what - $299 is A STEAL!

    Specifically addressed after the main demo.

    No upgrade pricing, versions, etc.; one price, from the app store. Period.

    Considering the current FCS price...





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  • The latex weather balloon made



  • Hls811
    Nov 8, 07:44 AM
    Looks like nothing has changed but the processor. Gentlemen, commence your bitching.


    Ha Ha.. first thing I thought of too...





    weather balloon launch. launch a weather balloon
  • launch a weather balloon



  • Saturn007
    Mar 21, 05:18 PM
    Probably the real story is that somebody at Apple thought it would make a great story IF it happened. And, like the proverbial telephone game, it snowballed into people hearing it as if it happened, including the source "close to Apple".

    Still, a heart-warming tale. The funniest comment, though, was this by Iceman

    "My Wife Said: YES, But Apple Said: NO
    She said Yes since day one, but every time I call Apple asking if they have any, they reply: NO!

    Insane, isn't it??"

    Now, that's the real story!





    weather balloon launch. by a weather balloon.
  • by a weather balloon.



  • Nipsy
    Oct 13, 10:13 PM
    Originally posted by MacCoaster

    Well, wow. How uneducated you are.


    Thanks!


    You don't lose privacy, fair use, extensibility, programmability, style, ease of use, and productivity on PCs. I run Windows XP, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS 7.6.1 on my Athlon 1400MHz. I don't lose those things you mention while using Linux or FreeBSD. Hell, I don't lose them even in Windows. I know what to avoid.


    Well, I like to listen to music on an MP3 player. Windows does not natively support MP3. I don't like product activation, as it means I have to call and reactivate when I change a bunch of hardware, which I'm likely to do enough for it to be a problem. I don't like paying for an OS with an insecure foundation. I don't like paying for an OS which with IE 'removed' still manages to pop up ads in ... IE. I don't like a dos cli, which has some UNIX commands, but ususally requires DOS commands.


    Extensibility. Let's see. Have you ever looked at the Microsoft.NET platform? It's an excellent platform for development. Microsoft.NET completely replaces their old ****ty Win32. In fact, Microsoft.NET isn't even tied to Win32. I run implementations of Microsoft.NET on Linux and FreeBSD. Microsoft.NET is the, if not one of the, most extensible application programming framework ever engineered. It takes the concept of SUN's Java and made it an unified framework for several specific languages of which are designed for specific types of programming, for example, C# should be used for general applications programming, VB.NET should be used for quick and simple solutions, JScript.NET for scripting, Eiffel.NET for mathematics, Delphi.NET for whatever Delphi was for. Best of all, you can even program dll's in separate languages and combine them in one powerful program. That's some serious leveraging you don't have in UNIX without making wrappers for each language. Microsoft has said bye bye to dll hell (Microsoft.NET actually adopts the UNIX versioning system. Before, it was conflicting versions of dll's that couldn't be installed at the same time. But now, you can have multiple dll's and no dll hell) Besides, I also run *n?x on my PC, that's extreme extensibility by using free OSes. I get benefits of UNIX on my PC as well.


    .net is an entirely closed initiative. JScript is JavaScript crippled for IE only. C# is (from what I've heard) bad C++. I have tried to avoid .net for many reasons. I enjoy open standards. I like learning languages which are more likely to succeed in the broadest audience. I hate the whole .dll structure. COM/ASP services I have built in the past refused to scale well.

    Outside of that, I see nothing wrong with .net, and some people will surely code for it, as long as its around.


    Style. You're saying that PC users don't have style? Maybe their style is to buy affordable computers, run them fast, get **** done. Various people have different style flavors.


    No what I'm saying is that Apple is a company that invest heavily in its industrial design, its UI development, etc. which gives it a high degree of style.

    The hardware of Apple's line, love it or hate it, is highly stylized. The OS has a lot more visual appeal, and more thoughful and intuitive layout. It's bloody UNIX my Granny sends me email from. Windows is available as delivered in Marshmellow or 98 Mode. It just looks bad...


    Ease of use. Windows XP is easy enough. Hell, command line UNIX is easy for me to use. Sure Mac OS X might be easier to use than Windows XP. But seriously, who cares. Windows has an established GUI that many people know how to use.


    The ease of use argument is primarily focused opn productivity.

    In Windows, when you empty the trash, an alert/confirmation box appears. You can then change focus to another window, burying the alert box, and freezing the OS, so you have to drill down through all the windows you have open to answer this alert before continuing.

    Windows will take you through a great help tour in order to tell you it can't help you.

    Little annoying counter-intuitive time wasters abound.

    I have both, I use both, I code on both, and I just feel from experience that the Mac is a better environment to code on. As I said, I'm not rendering, so the raw speed advantages of x86 are lost to the clunkiness of the UI.


    Productivity. Mac OS X is the worst OS for productivity at least for me. It's so frickin' slow drawing all the eye candy crap. At least in Windows XP you can turn them off. Ease of use does not necessarily equate to productivity. Ease of use *AND* GUI responsiveness sum to equate mostly what productivity. Windows XP has both. Mac OS X has only the ease of use while people need huge amounts of RAM on a lower end Mac to run it at least fast enough. Windows XP is usable on a Pentium II 233MHz with 128MB RAM just fine.


    I will happily concede that RAM and system spec can make all the difference here, and that Windows will run on a broader base of machines.

    My main machine is a DP867 with 2GB of RAM and a ATA133 RAID.

    It is as responsive it can be.






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  • weather balloon shortly



  • Eddyisgreat
    Nov 2, 04:09 PM
    Adobe is throwin' bows

    Agreed.

    Owch! Damn. Just burned myself on that flame bait ADBE is casting out. :D





    weather balloon launch. and sent a weather balloon
  • and sent a weather balloon



  • ArizonaKid
    Aug 9, 10:35 AM
    Time Machine seems more like the Shadow Copies on Server only on a local level rather than a network drive. (example attached)

    I'm assuming they will use a form of Single Instance Storage with TM, so you have one copy of the file and only the deltas from any changes to reduce space requirements.

    I use Shadow Copies on our network all the time, it is very handy. The concept and implementation of Time Machine is not original. Apple simply slapped Eye Candy on it and raved about how it is a revolution.

    Outside of my company's network, which has tons of server space, I don't know if I would want Time Machine to automatically make backups. Guess I am just old school and prefer to manually make backups. That way I am maximizing my personal hardrive space.





    weather balloon launch. a simple weather balloon.
  • a simple weather balloon.



  • BigDukeSix
    Mar 28, 04:21 PM
    found a hidden page to link to the locations with ipads for radio shack...

    http://www.radioshack.com/uc/index.jsp?page=researchLibraryArticle&articleUrl=../graphics/uc/rsk/USContent/HTML/pages/ipad.html&noBc=true#

    Nice find!! And, as I suspected, places that I know don't have a Best Buy are on here. Good job Apple marketing!





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  • Students launch weather



  • quangdiggity
    Apr 2, 02:12 PM
    Most internet users do, yes. 96.79% of them infact (http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/). That site polls (and updates, so no duplicates) PC and Mac users who use Steam.

    And going by this logic 100% of internet users use Steam. ;)





    weather balloon launch. release a weather balloon
  • release a weather balloon



  • CaptMurdock
    Mar 29, 12:00 AM
    Haven't heard much from Obama about JOBS, JOBS, JOBS lately ...

    Haven't heard from Boehner about JOBS, JOBS, JOBS either.

    Anybody who thinks this is anywhere near what Dubya got us into with Iraq has the reading comprehension of a head of cabbage.

    That said, I hope we don't get much deeper into this.





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  • launch a weather balloon



  • abbstrack
    Mar 25, 07:54 PM
    downloading now, but does anyone know if it fixed the issue with the sticky slide to unlock bar?

    this has become increasingly frustrating over the past few days.

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2784545&start=0&tstart=0





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  • Weather+alloon+at+night



  • macman2790
    Sep 5, 01:27 PM
    for some reason i just doubt that. Maybe it's just because i've been waiting for them to update it the past few weeks and nothing's happened





    weather balloon launch. Photos of weather balloon
  • Photos of weather balloon



  • Lau
    Sep 13, 03:56 AM
    Just wondering, does the aluminum material prevent them from manufacturing white models? I prefer white over all the available colours, and it'll prolly go better with my MacBook.

    I was wondering the same thing. A white aluminium one with a white clickwheel would look good, I think. The silver's almost there, but if it was just all white that would be great. It's going to be strange to have a white iBook, white leads, white mouse, and then an all-black iPod.

    A rough and ready Photoshop job of a white one:

    57362

    I think it would look very smart indeed.





    weather balloon launch. Photos of weather balloon
  • Photos of weather balloon



  • Thunderhawks
    Apr 12, 01:50 PM
    People already piss and moan about it. If apple really wanted to have a low environmental impact they would build their products where they have Higher standards for environmental quality.

    They do. Changed their packaging to minimum needed as best as possible.
    Using material that can be recycled, pcb free cables etc.etc.

    If they give the production to FoxConn they can only get involved to a certain point. Too much demands on their partners and they won't get any production.

    The Chinese and other countries have and still are learning that at the end of the day, they need trees, clean water etc., so they do adapt.

    Because there is a lot of new technology out, they go through the environmental adaptation process faster than others in previous years.





    weather balloon launch. send a weather balloon up
  • send a weather balloon up



  • TMay
    Oct 13, 07:47 PM
    I have better things to do than rehash a situation that I have no control over. Especially a situation that gets rehashed on a biweekly basis by generally the same individuals.


    Still, four options await:

    complain; then buy a PC
    complain; but wait for what-ever-it-is-that-your-waiting-for
    don't complain; then buy a PC
    don't complain; and wait for what-ever-it-is-that-your-waiting-for

    In the mean time, I suggest that we all prepare ourselves for the reality of faster machines by mastering all of the software that we already have in our toolboxes.

    I'm done...





    weather balloon launch. Weather Balloon into Near
  • Weather Balloon into Near



  • TH3D4RKKN1GH7
    Mar 10, 11:30 PM
    Yea.. I'm in love.. :o


    Mine for today.. You likes? Yay or nay? :)

    http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5515947913_35d4211a61_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeschmeee/5515947913/)

    I love it.





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    Mar 29, 06:00 PM
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    reLAXER564
    Oct 24, 10:14 PM
    just moved out to the dirty jerz to start my career... got my set up in a new home. also just bought the M-Stand for my laptop and it is quite nice

    I took that picture on the right. Just sayin'.





    ghostlyorb
    Mar 25, 12:42 PM
    Download links please?

    Plug in your iPhone.. and then.





    kingtj
    Mar 23, 02:17 PM
    While for me, $500 is a "pretty big wad of cash to throw down", there's more to it than strictly looking at the dollar figure. EG. Do you have a kid or kids that might benefit from being able to use the new iPad you're about to purchase? Do you have legitimate uses for it that go along with EARNING more money, or maybe even the ability to write the whole purchase off as a tax deduction the next year? When you spend $20 on some beer or a few bucks on some food, it's a consumable you use once and throw some trash away, and then you have nothing to show for it.

    One thing I know about myself is, I'm very hesitant to spend much on "instant gratification" type of entertainment. I practically never spend money on tickets for sporting events or concerts, and maybe buy a movie ticket once a year. I've often skipped summer vacations completely because my employer didn't want me to take time off when they had important projects going on, and I just opted to get paid for the days instead. I don't even have cable or satellite TV at home, because I hated watching $60 or more per month just vanish into thin air, with nothing concrete to show for it later. So when I do spend my money? It tends to be on bigger-ticket items I know I'll get a lot of use out of for years down the road.

    So frankly, in my relationships, "respect" is just as much about my partner respecting my ability to make sensible purchasing decisions and NOT demand I consult with her first, simply because it's something a lot more expensive than a fast food order.


    The basis for any good relationship is communication. And I am not sure what kind of money you make, but $500 is a pretty big wad of cash to throw down and it should merit a conversation with your spouse. Its not like you threw down a $1 on a cheeseburger, or $2 on a scratch off, or heck $20 of beer. You spent $500, thats like a whole months utilities. Thats a car payment. Thats a few hours of tuition for your kid's college one day. Its no chump change.

    And household income should be considered just that, household. It does not matter who makes more money, it should be community, and if you're spending $500 on an iPad, then you're lady should be able to spend $500 on a coach purse. How would you feel about that?

    Non-necessities, expensive purchases should always be discussed. There is a need for open, honest communication in a marriage. If you don't have that, and you are running around buying ipads without consulting them, well unless you got a fad wad of cash, you likely wont stay married long.

    Its about respect. If you don't respect your wife enough to discuss a $500 purchase with her, then you don't deserve to have the companionship of a female.





    innominato5090
    Oct 11, 04:31 PM
    No more PowerBook. Love the new Mac Mini, I would put in an SSD, but they're still too expensive, and I really don't need one. Its extremely quiet anyway.

    Stock Mac Mini 2.4ghz + 4gb of RAM (Crucial off Newegg)
    20" Cinema Display (I'm going to mount that powerbrick behind the desk, I hate looking at it)
    Bose Companion 2 speakers
    64gb iPad WiFi
    160gb iPod Classic


    http://i51.tinypic.com/2cct6xz.jpg

    niiiice ^^

    what about mounting the cinema display on the wall and put the mac mini under it?



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