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Futurama “The Prisoner of Benda” and Stargate SG-1 “Holiday”

Gotta love the Futurama episode titled “The Prisoner of Benda” that aired on August 19th, 2010.

Don’t worry if you haven’t watched it, there will be no spoilers here. Well, with the exception of the screenshot above.

The Futurama gang tried to solve a group theory and it does remind me an episode of Stargate SG-1 titled “Holiday” (Season 2 episode 17). The SG-1 team also tried to solve a group theory but with a smaller set of variables.

In the spirit of South Park episode titled “Simpsons Already Did It” (Season 6 Episode 7):

Stargate SG-1 Did It!

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Apple Store is Down for some apparent reasons.

It is reported everywhere that Apple Store Online is down for updates. What would it be?

According to someone who don’t give a damn about this non-news, Apple will be introducing some kind of thing that a small portion of Mac users would buy regardless what the product is.

Actually this is an excuse to post the screenshot from Apple Store App on the iPhone 3GS.

Why iPhone 3GS? No I do not have iPhone 4 yet, leave me alone! Steve Jobs promised me a white iPhone 4 and it’s not here yet. By the word “promise” I meant that Steve Jobs is not obligated to anything. I’m rocking Nexus One as my main phone right now. Thus the Airplane Mode.

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Yet another Text-Spam: 1-305-877-4908

Text-Spam is really annoying because it actually uses the SMS quota, unless you have the ulimited plan.

I received another Text Spam message on August 15th, 2010. Don’t bother calling 1-305-877-4908 back, because it doesn’t take any phone calls and the voice mail-box is not set-up. All you need to do is to file complaints to FCC because such unsolicited text messages violate CAN-SPAM Act.

You should file form 1088G to report this violation. File a complaint on FCC site http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

You can also call 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-2255-322) voice; 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-8355-322) TTY.

The text reads:

Do you owe $10,000+ to the IRS? Our gov’t approved program can REDUCE BACK TAXES by over 70%. Reply “YES” to see if you qualify! (optout,reply:out)

Text-Spam does violate the Communication Act of 1934.

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No JailbreakMe.com for iOS 4.1 beta 3.

I tried jailbreaking an iPhone 3G running iOS 4.1 using JailbreakMe.com and it failed. What does this mean? Apple might have patched the particular security flaw utilized by JailbreakMe.com. Some say that JailbreakMe.com is exploiting a PDF font bug in Apple renderer.

I started the jailbreaking process @ 11:30 PM and 30 minutes later nothing is moving.

I call this a good news for iPhone users in general. Sure it stopped one method of jailbreaking but more importantly it closes a security hole.

I attempted the iPhone jailbreaking for demonstration purpose only.
Remember that Apple will not provide any supports for jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPad touch.

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Magic Trackpad is now available at Apple Retail Store.

I stopped by an Apple Retail Store on Thursday and I saw Magic Trackpad available for demo and sale.

Naturally I picked up one, just to see if Apple can make a truly usable input device. Apple has not been able to create widely adapted mouse and trackpad products in the computer industry for the past 15 years. For sure the single button mouse is still the running joke about Mac computers.

I’m down $75.04 for the Magic Trackpad. Well, it’s a little price to pay for what many call as research.

So after 2 hours using this, I can say that it works exactly as unibody MacBook Pro trackpads. I personally have no problem using it, but personal experiences may vary.

If you’re used to using the Unibody MacBook Pro, you will have no problem using the Magic Trackpad. It is a much bigger trackpad than any MacBook Pros have.

I found out I can use it with another mouse for a more ambidextrous work-flow.

Magic Trackpad requires Bluetooth-enabled Mac running Mac OS X 10.6.4 or higher for all features.