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Comment on "Apple Portugal" by johan willem otte

johan willem otte — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:30:17 +0000

where can i see and buy apple computers in the lagos/portimao region, with dutch system program??

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Ping on "Info: Adding POI to BMW Navigation DVD" by "Eigene POIs im Columbus (RNS-510)? Auto Navigation Forum Navigationssystem"

Eigene POIs im Columbus (RNS-510)? Auto Navigation Forum Navigationssystem — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:01:00 +0000

(…) Folgendes gefunden bzw. genannt bekommen:
http://blog.litux.org/2006/04/16/info-adding-poi-to-bmw-navigation-dvd
http://www.auto-treff.com/bmw/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168567
http://www.bmwnavaddpoi.co.uk/neroway.htm
Sieht aus, als w (…)

Comment on "Apple’s new 3D GUI" by 3D Aircraft Modeling

3D Aircraft Modeling — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:37:24 +0000

It amazes me that Apple’s 3D interface is still leaps and bounds better than Microsoft Vista Aero. And, you don’t need a top of the line Macintosh. Many loyal Microsoft users are miffed at the performance requirements of their PCs in order to take full advantage of Vista.

I hope Apple can push greater 3D capabilities onto the iPhone shortly.

Ping on "How to Crack the iPhone" by "iPhone: útil ou inútil? « Equilíbrios"

iPhone: útil ou inútil? « Equilíbrios — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:39:13 +0000

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Ping on "BMW X3 2010 Spy Photos" by "Nuevo x3 - Página 2 - BMW FAQ Club"

Nuevo x3 - Página 2 - BMW FAQ Club — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:01:00 +0000

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Glob-PT - Jonas Erik Altberg - Basshunter — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:01:00 +0000

(...) Bruno Rodrigues Diz, Abril 13th, 2008 @10:07 Mais uma vez as “noticias” chegam a Portugal com 6 a 12 meses de atraso. Toma atenção ao nosso blog e saberás o que será o próximo “hit” (no bom ou mau sentido) nos proximos meses em Portugal (...)

Comment on "The Impossible Quiz" by rinnnn

rinnnn — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:00:13 +0000

i beat this yesterday. took me forever!!!!! ive been playing it for about a month straight. funnn but super frustrating.

Comment on "BMW X3 2010 Spy Photos" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:32:27 +0000

@fastcars: who cares about the X3-35? Why would one want to have so much horse-power when in most countries there are speed limits, and when the fuel is so expensive. I mean, we have the more conservative Diesel engine and it’s already near to €100 to fill up the tank!

Comment on "T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM What ?" by Andy310

Andy310 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:47 +0000

it actually happens if you are missing a $ in front of a variable…
for instance
if (isset(ViewType)) {

will return the wierd error.

needless to say that this
if (isset($ViewType)) {
makes it work just fine.

Comment on "BMW X3 2010 Spy Photos" by fastcars

fastcars — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:17:41 +0000

We have the current BMW X3 and we love it, the new one if it comes with the twin turbo engine it will be awesome.

Comment on "Lightroom Wow" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:11:47 +0000

@Eve Isk: never update lightroom before at least two weeks without complains or without Adobe taking the update out of their websites

Comment on "Why turn an Apple TV into a pretty WebServer" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:10:48 +0000

@Lesishu: that means that either the Apple TV is still in read only mode, or there is a httpd process already running on the Apple TV.

For the first, run the following command on the Apple TV:

sudo mount -uw /

For the later, just kill the httpd process before you copy the file, and then restart it:

killall httpd

ps auxww | grep httpd
(take note of the pid numbers)
kill “pid1″ “pid2″…

Comment on "Why turn an Apple TV into a pretty WebServer" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:06:46 +0000

@Venturi: I’m glad I could help you. What about making a data center out of apple tvs?

Comment on "How to Crack the iPhone" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:02:28 +0000

@Kris Lee: you should not trust everything that gets published and instead have your own opinion
1. there are laws of physics that can’t be broken down. Yes, the iPhone 2MP camera is not the best sensor in the market, but most 5MP mobile devices out there can be even worse. If you put 5MP in a sensor the same size as the 2MP, the image quality just degrades and the noise level will be unbearable. For example, the 3MP camera of the SonyEricsson K800i is way better than the 5MP camera of the N95.

2. 5 hour talk time is more than most devices out there, when used in real live. There is no such device I used that lasts as long, both on talk time and standby time, than the iphone, and I do work in a telco company. Since the blackberrys (when they were still 2.5G) and the K750i, the iPhone is the only device that lasts weeks in standby mode.

3. 8G is more than enough and more than all devices out there. Only recently 8G (and 16G) memory cards appear, and they’re all SD(HC), when the devices have moved to mini sd and can’t reach that memory size. The physical state waste of a memory card slot would make the iPhone much bigger. See also 5.

5. A removable battery uses double the physical state - the connectors, space between the battery and the device, the cover, etc. But yes, I can partially agree that when the battery dies (and they do a lot), it will be a pain to take it back to apple, specially outside the US and the Apple shops.

4. Like they say, it’s not the size that matters, but what one does with it. Although 3G is the future, it’s still not there. 2.5G++ (and then EDGE) have been around for enough time to get it fully optimized, both on the network and on the devices, whilst 3G is still too immature and too far away from the theoretical benefit. Also, it’s not only the bandwidth that matters, but the quality and speediness of the software. In practice, it’s much faster and pleasant to browser and read email and see videos and etc. on the iPhone, than in any other 3G device. Just try to browse a page on the iPhone and EDGE, and on a N95 on 3G+ or HSDPA, and tell me which one is the faster one. (if you could even open the page on the N95 without a memory exhaustion).

The iPhone is not perfect? Of course it isn’t. But Apple has to be recognized by having done something much better, on the first attempt, than all other manufactures have done after years of trying.

Comment on "How to Crack the iPhone" by Kris Lee

Kris Lee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:12:33 +0000

Top five shortcomings of the why iphone sucks? according to Newlaunches:
1. 2-megapixel camera when others have 5-megapixel shooters on board
2. 5-hour talk time: not enough battery life
3. No expansion slot. Go for the 8-gig model and that’s it.
4. No 3G: EDGE is so last year
5. No removable battery: You mean we can’t take along a spare battery? WTF?

Comment on "Why turn an Apple TV into a pretty WebServer" by Venturi

Venturi — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:32:18 +0000

Thanks Bruno. We replaced a small production Webserver with an Apple tv since May 6th 2007. Works pretty good!

Comment on "Why turn an Apple TV into a pretty WebServer" by Lesishu

Lesishu — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:30:41 +0000

This sounds great - unfortunately when I try the command;

scp -r /usr/libexec/httpd frontrow@your.apple.tv.ip.address:/usr/libexec/.

I get the error;
scp: /usr/libexec/./httpd: Permission denied

I’m definately logged in to the apple tv… - do I need to alter permissions or use a sudo command?

any help gratefully received

Comment on "Lightroom Wow" by Eve Isk

Eve Isk — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:02:03 +0000

Lightroom still seems to be the way to go, but getting hold of the updates from Adobe has been a nightmare. You may also find, if running a 64-bit OS, that you get some niggling little glitches here and there, though I supposed that's to be expect in this day-and-age with 64-bit systems.

Comment on "J2ME Development in Mac OS X" by Tom

Tom — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:50:28 +0000

I have a slightly updated BUILD.XML file for your convenience, download here:
http://www.differentgame.org/tutorials/article.asp?id=844

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UPDATE NAV VER. YOURSELF? - E60 Forums — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:01:00 +0000

(…) http://blog.litux.org/2006/03/12/info-bmw-…on-firmware-v27 looks like x3, x5 n e46 ppl can do it. why can't us e60 can't or can we do it too? hmmm (…)

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2010 BMW X3?? Looks exactly like E90. - E46Fanatics — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:01:00 +0000

(…) http://blog.litux.org/2007/06/27/bmw-x3-2010-spy-photos
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I’m looking to buy gray M3 front seats or regular gray sport seats. Let me know. It’s for a coupe. (…)

Comment on "Info: BMW Navigation Firmware v27" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:43:58 +0000

@Nige: turn key off. Turn key on. Press menu to go to main menu (with Nav, Assist, Radio, etc.). Long press menu for 10 seconds. It must work.

Comment on "Microsoft Maps do not exist!" by Bruno Rodrigues

Bruno Rodrigues — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:34:53 +0000

No, Microsoft has the same grass as Google. But Microsoft bought the DB of fly-by photos from some Portuguese company, and provides you the additional “bird-view”, which Google still doesn’t have. It’s different.

Ping on "Microsoft Maps do not exist!" by "Hoosgot — Send your wishes and desires out into the ether."

Hoosgot — Send your wishes and desires out into the ether. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:32:43 +0000

http://blog.litux.org/2008/04/02/microsoft-maps-do-not-existasks Hoosgot, Dear lazyweb. Let me re-do the same question I did six month ago: Is there anything like Google Maps, or Yahoo Maps, but from Microsoft? I heard about some kind of Virtual Earth or something, but I still can’t find what it is and what

Comment on "Microsoft Maps do not exist!" by Carlos Andrade

Carlos Andrade — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:35:26 +0000

Yup i guess, for instance, microsoft has my building, finished, in 3d. on google maps it's only grass.:)