Pundits are disappointed because it is not iPad 3 or iPad HD. March 8, 2012
Posted by very in : Apple, iPad, iPhone, News, Rants, Tech , add a commentIt seems like a joke, but there are several pundits who are insinuating that Apple is on the road to ruin because it is not iPad 3 or iPad HD. The sad part is that these pundits are getting paid to write such nonsense. It is the same situation when Apple opted to use the moniker iPhone 4S instead of the much expected iPhone 5.
It is funny how these same pundits did not criticize the ridiculous naming system from other phone makers.
There is no need give these over-paid logic-impaired some page hit, thus I opted not to link to them. It is pretty easy to search for them.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
Retina Display is the new 4G. March 7, 2012
Posted by very in : Apple, iPad, Rants, Tech , add a commentApple has done it!
The term “Retina Display” is the new 4G; just a marketing term.
From GDGT live report:
“There are 264 pixels per inch in this display, and that’s enough to call it a Retina Display. Why is that?”
“You may recall that with an iPhone held at a normal distance your retina can’t discern individual pixels. When the iPad is held at a normal distance [15-inches] it’s the same result.”
That’s basically saying the new iPad has to be held 15-inches away, if not Retina Display won’t be in effect. A lot if not an overwhelmingly majority of people hold the iPad closer than 15 inches.
I thus claim that my TV has also has “Retina Display” because no one can see the pixels when they are sitting at least 10 feet away.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
One Windows Home Server just took a dive. February 24, 2012
Posted by very in : Rants, Tech, Troubleshooting , add a commentI should have known the Windows Home Server was going to take a dive. Windows Home Server complained that one of the drive was not functioning even though it was spinning just fine when connected a diagnostic computer. Apparently Volume Shadow Copy Service has been crashing.
Well, I already ordered a Synology DS712+ and new hard drives to replace this Windows Home Server. Luckily I also have backup on Amazon S3.
Posted from Beverly Hills, California, United States.
So my TV has Retina Display too? February 23, 2012
Posted by 37prime in : Apple, iPad, Rants, Tech , add a commentIn the beginning, there was a definition of 4G, then T-Mobile called their HSPA+ as 4G. Then AT&T called their HSPA+ as 4G. As everyone redefined what 4G is, it becomes meaningless.
The term “Retina Display” would suffer the same fate unless Apple did not call the less-than-300-ppi-density of the next iPad display as such.
“AppleInsider Staff” says:
While the estimated 260 ppi falls short of the 300+ ppi the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described as being a qualifier for Retina Display status, it can be contested that because users hold tablets farther away from their eyes than a phone, the would-be “iPad 3″ specs are be enough to achieve a perceived pixel density similar to that of Apple’s latest smartphone.
Seriously?
People do not hold iPad (or AppleInsider called it “tablets”) that much further than their phone. Logically people are using their iPhone and iPad comfortably within their arm reach or closer. At this point I know that Apple is not calling it iPad with Retina Display (yet).
By the way, I sit about 12 to 16 feet away from my 42-inch HDTV. Does that mean my HDTV also have Retina Display?
Posted from Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Victim of MySQL Injection. February 11, 2012
Posted by very in : Rants, Security, Tech, Troubleshooting , add a commentIn the morning of February 10th, 2012 I received a frantic phone call from a client; their site was compromised. So I spent good portions of Friday and Saturday cleaning up a site that was hacked through MySQL injection. I found out that the hack came through an old installation of WordPress 2.1.4.
So far, so good. I’ll be watching the site for any suspicious activities.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
