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Re: Did Nullriver slide the iPhone tethering app past the goalie?

Stu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:08:05 -0000

Heh, it appears in my menu now. Now that some of us have it, is there anyway for Apple to go in and block it short of a new firmware specifically targetting it? (And the day they do, there are gonna be some ticked off people.)

If I see an update for NetShare, I'm gonna wait to see if it works for other people before upgrading it myself. Too suspicious that they'll turn it off.

Re: Did Nullriver slide the iPhone tethering app past the goalie?

Stu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:05:21 -0000

Yeah, but my deal was that all these screw-ups seem to be happening in a row -- even Snow Leopard seems like pants -- and possibly at a time when Steve Jobs is more concerned about more important things in life. It's like they're going into the crapper without him.

And damnit, I'm so tempted to buy this since it's still showing up. Has anybody gotten it working with Windows yet? And if they yank it after I bought it, am I out the ten bones?

Re: Did Nullriver slide the iPhone tethering app past the goalie?

Christan_Messer — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:29:09 -0000

I personally think that Apple has done pretty good job, given all that has happened. People seem to forget that Apple has f*cked up many times in the past - as an article on Apple Matters suggests, the only difference is that now everybody cares - with the past screw-ups, not many cared, so it didn't make a huge Ka-Boom like this rollout has.

I'm biased though -I also love my iPhone. Wouldn't trade it for the world - could be I'm in honey-moon stage, but I doubt you'd get as amazing an internet, gaming, and software apps. experience on another devise. My 2¢

The tether deal sounds risky. I'll do something else when I get my shiny new Macbook Pro after September refresh (crossing fingers.)

Re: Did Nullriver slide the iPhone tethering app past the goalie?

David — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:22:47 -0000

Looks like this is a carrier issue, not Apple's doing...

I just downloaded Netshare in Canada, using it now to post this

BTW, dude, you need a break

Re: Did Nullriver slide the iPhone tethering app past the goalie?

Stu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:26:26 -0000

Wow, another reason to hate Apple. Have they done anything right this summer? Ridiculous customer service on launch day, followed by temporarily bricking old school iPhones, MobileMess, ridiculous iPhone NDA, iPhone store overrun by CRAP, white 3G iPhone covers already cracking, nosedive in stability and snappiness with the introduction of the 2.0 OS. I thought there was nowhere to go but up, but now Apple's yanking the best stuff being produced for it. Thanks!

Nevermind that the upgrade over the original iPhone itself was the worst combination of expensive + useless ever. Basically it's one feature, the 3G speed, and that's it -- enjoy your new data plan!

I don't know what the hell Steve Jobs has -- I wouldn't believe anything he says at this point -- but it definitely seems like whatever he's doing, it has nothing to do with paying attention to Apple's quality control. I'd say that it's shite, but I don't think that it actually exists at all anymore.

Re: Jobs entrusts NYT columnist with truth about his health, before Apple shareholders

Stu — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:08:17 -0000

Entrusts a NYT columnist with *what* truth? This basically amounts to, "Well, I lied my ass off to you last time, but this is the real truth now. Oh, but you can't put it on the record. It's just like *too* much truth or something."

How gullible do you have to be to swallow that crap?

Re: Google unveils Knol, its accountable take on Wikipedia

parislemon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:16:45 -0000

ha ha, i agree with that. I'm honestly not even sure the correct pronunciation. I've seen both "nole" and "knowl"

Re: Google unveils Knol, its accountable take on Wikipedia

Stu — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:13:24 -0000

== The name “knol” is “a nice, very simple word to remember, and it’s part of knowledge,” Manber tells Wired. ==

Honestly I think it's a pretty bad name. Does it rhyme with mole or moll? I'm assuming that the K is silent, but that's another thing that will hurt its uptake of recognition. And with little recognition, you can't talk about it without spelling the word out so your listener knows what you're talking about. Meh. And try saying "nahl" a few times, I start feeling like I"m going to accidentally swallow my tongue.

Re: Netflix comes to the Xbox 360. Did Microsoft just destroy the Apple TV?

Stu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:01:24 -0000

"Also dont forget about the apple premium. Just becasue its apple..you need to give it credit."

:| The hell?

Big difference #1 for me is that I already own a Netflix account and am a XBL subscriber: These 10,000 or whatever videos that they're talking about being available don't require any further fees to view them. I've got like 50 items in my streaming queue on Netflix, so the sooner this gets here the better.

Re: The great iPhone 3G iFail: A retrospective with videos

parislemon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:04:32 -0000

A must-see, but the first video blow up is better IMHO

Re: The great iPhone 3G iFail: A retrospective with videos

Stu — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:48:45 -0000

Heh, I'm actually at someone else's place right now that doesn't have Flash installed, and it's been killing me 'cause I'm dying to see Scoble waddling off in a huff!! :D

Re: The great iPhone 3G iFail: A retrospective with videos

parislemon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:43:41 -0000

It was somewhat entertaining Stu. Watch that first video, it's like that guy had been working on that bit for weeks!

Re: The great iPhone 3G iFail: A retrospective with videos

Stu — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:41:14 -0000

I'm extremely frustrated...that I wasn't there to laugh in the face of people who've been standing in line for days for this debacle! :D

Re: Are Apple and AT&T failing on iPhone activation?

Stu — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:38:17 -0000

Hilarious. And people wonder why Apple can't make a dent in the corporate marketplace...

Re: Google Talk comes to the iPhone, death of the text message approaching?

parislemon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:48:35 -0000

Right now it looks like Gtalk on the iPhone is just for the Goog network, but I'm sure it will roll out to AIM, Jabber and eventually Yahoo (which is part of their search advertising deal).

I realize all the other IM clients that have come along and failed to kill text, but as I say, I think this is a first step towards something. Text on the iPhone and this are VERY similar. One is free, one isn't. When the browser open restrictions are removed with an App, I expect more and more people to use IM. It'll be a slow death, but I don't expect there to be texting in 10 years.

Re: Google Talk comes to the iPhone, death of the text message approaching?

Stu — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:26:42 -0000

I don't see this putting a dent in text messaging at all. I text someone, I know they get it, I don't have to wonder if they use IM or not, or if they just happen to have their browser open to that specific page -- how many people want to leave Safari open to the Gtalk page 24/7?

Meebo already offers a very nice IM client for the iPhone, one which includes the Gtalk, and I've used it to chat with people who were on Gtalk on their computers. But never once when I've been texting others that I know are using an iPhone have I thought, "Hey, let's stop texting and both log onto Meebo and continue our conversation there." It's just an inconvenience, I'd simply freaking CALL them before I bothered.

As far as the advantages of the Sprint Everything plan, you might get unlimited texts, but they also charge you 100 bucks a month. I already feel like I'm getting fleeced enough as it is moving to a 3G iPhone, paying another $15 per month. If I needed to pay another $25/month (or $600 over the course of my 2-year contract) on top of that, I'd just say forget it.

I imagine you're familiar with Meebo and its support for multiple IM services; does this iPhone version of Gtalk support this too, or just over Google's own network?

Re: Yahoo staffers clogging the exits

mathewi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:33:01 -0000

That's a fair point, er... n00b. There certainly aren't many signs of
creativity coming out of Yahoo, so maybe some of those people who are
leaving are no real loss -- but it's also possible that there's a lot
of ability inside the company that hasn't been able to make an impact.
Arguably they wouldn't have been able to do so under Microsoft
either, so better they leave now, I suppose.

Re: Yahoo staffers clogging the exits

Stu — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:16:26 -0000

Is there really any evidence that Microsoft wants the tech people at Yahoo? Maybe they just want to get some of their brands and do something with them before Yahoo can completely run any last bit of value into the ground?

What have Yahoo's technologists managed to do other than shed their own marketshare and buy hyped Web 2.0 companies? I actually subscribed with my credit card to Yahoo's music service; too bad it didn't actually work and Yahoo thought the best approach was to refund my money rather than lift a finger to even inquire as to what kind of error I was getting.

Maybe I just don't get why these people that Yahoo is letting go of (along with the ones leaving on their own) are suddenly hot properties, ones whose departure is decreasing the value of Yahoo and increasing the value of anyone who hires them. Yahoo's in a death spiral, largely due to technology, so where were these people to pull them out of it?

Re: Hey, Steve — you broke the Internet

mathewi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:38:02 -0000

Thanks, Stu. Missed you lately :-)

Re: Hey, Steve — you broke the Internet

Stu — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:19:27 -0000

Internet worked great for me. Oh yeah, guess the blogosphere didn't realize that the vapid circle jerk known as twitter isn't actually the internet...

Re: Radiohead: People still want an “object”

Stu — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:29:07 -0000

Translation: "We need to sell an $80 'object' to the hardcore to try to get something back after all those freeloaders downloaded our digital album."

Re: Please support our dying business model

Stu — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:59:06 -0000

Exactly why would these bands thank her for stealing their music, much less pay her?

P.S. Good job in that Globe and Mail writeup of downplaying her piracy, and focusing on completely irrelevant facts like her marital status, her income, and anything else that might make the reader pull out a crying towel. Seriously, is that the kind of thing the Globe and Mail teaches their writers?

Re: MSFT: Hey, we can do p2p video too

Stu — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:23:48 -0000

I don't get the last line. Joost hasn't come up with any compelling content in all this time, yet the blogosphere echo chamber has elevated them to be something that everybody's trying to kill.

Re: Craigslist: blocking a leech, or a feature?

Stu — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:39:48 -0000

So...where's the blogosphere outrage like we saw directed against Amazon/Alexa when they cut off the leechers at Alexaholic?

Re: What’s so bad about a car crash video?

Stu — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:38:05 -0000

No, I didn't watch it. I get no gratification out of watching someone die. If I go in some gruesome way, I hope there are people out there who respect my earlier wishes or family wishes to not have it blasted all over the airwaves. Didn't see a compelling public interest in the desire of some to gawk over the autopsy photos of the guy who died racing in NASCAR a few years back, either.

And yeah, I do find being titillated over watching someone die to be extremely unsavory.

P.S. I can't stand rubberneckers. If you hear someone honking at you the next time you slow freeway traffic down to 15 mph while I'm running late for work just because you're looking for some blood, well that's probably me and just be glad that you didn't get put in the ditch as well.