Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[beppe]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Yes, I typed on the screen with my fingers!

Whow! and it felt good. Somehow I trust more your impressions that all the things that I read around. Thanks a lot

[DMcCunney]

Right now? Re-installing Ubuntu 9.10 on my notebook. It was running, but I upgraded to Lucid 10.4 beta. It didn't offer anything (at least in the beta) I really needed, and had some beta issues, like not recognizing my display and providing the full resolution it can do. Returning to sanity required a wipe and reinstall from the 9.10 MinimalCD. I didn't have anything on the Ubuntu slice I needed to keep, so no loss save time.

Well, the notebook isn't considered a crash machine for no reason. I expect to have to do stuff like this. And it's an opportunity to do things right I got wrong the first time around.

Fun, for suitable valuse of the term.

Soundtrack courtesy of "The Witching Hour", hosted by Trever Jones and Dr. Liz Williams, on Glastonbury Radio. (Liz is a noted SF writer, if the name sounds familiar.)
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Dennis

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I understand there are wi-fi connectivity issues for many as well as an overheating in sunshine thing...

http://www.macworld.com/article/1504.../ipadwifi.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=ipad+...ed=0CA4QsQQwAA

There's a lot in those links about iPad overheating problems. I wonder just how bad it is?

[happy_terd]

[pilotbob]

Favorite quotes from that..

"It's fricken awesome..."

"Kindle doesn't have a bookshelf."

BOb

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

There's a lot in those links about iPad overheating problems. I wonder just how bad it is?

If you have read throughout the iPad threads you would find that the iPad does not heat at all inside a building it heats up in direct sunshine when it's over 85F.

It's also been confirmed in that other forum I follow. Ipad Forums.net.

As for the Wifi issue, some people get problems but most don't. One guy got problems right next to his wifi router and those problems disappeared when he went higher up a floor in his house. Go figure.
Many of the problems came out of improper wifi setup. But one thing that is sure is that if you use Apple's router everything's cool. Ain't that familiar?

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

If you have read throughout the iPad threads you would find that the iPad does not heat at all inside a building it heats up in direct sunshine when it's over 85F.

It's also been confirmed in that other forum I follow. Ipad Forums.net.

As for the Wifi issue, some people get problems but most don't. One guy got problems right next to his wifi router and those problems disappeared when he went higher up a floor in his house. Go figure.
Many of the problems came out of improper wifi setup. But one thing that is sure is that if you use Apple's router everything's cool. Ain't that familiar?

85°F (29.4°C) isn’t much. It regularly gets hotter than that in the building where I work in the summer.

That’s not a good thing. One site I visited said that perhaps the problems could all be solved with software upgrades. How do you solve overheating with a software upgrade, unless it’s by making more efficient use of memory, perhaps?

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

85°F (29.4°C) isn’t much. It regularly gets hotter than that in the building where I work in the summer.

That’s not a good thing. One site I visited said that perhaps the problems could all be solved with software upgrades. How do you solve overheating with a software upgrade, unless it’s by making more efficient use of memory, perhaps?

It's more the sun hitting the device that's harmful. The iPad has no cooling fan. But what comfort is there working in open sunshine? Do so many people do it?

You're right using memory or the processor in a series of bursts would produce less heat.

[recluse]

You'ed think techno geeks would remember that friction causes heat and stop doing that to their iPads. How many were hospitalized with groin burns so far?

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by recluse

You'ed think techno geeks would remember that friction causes heat and stop doing that to their iPads. How many were hospitalized with groin burns so far?

You are a bit naughty recluse

[happy_terd]

It is just that the pictures loooook sooo real...

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

It is just that the pictures loooook sooo real...

In 3d??

[happy_terd]

*shrug* Id settle for a B cup.

[SneakySnake]

not cups again?

[happy_terd]

The secret is tiny hands.