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That depends on whether you think Apple is just getting more attention about this problem because they are Apple, or because the iPhone 4 problem is much worse than other handsets.

You can't top the episode where Jen borrows the Internet for a presentation. Fantastic series.

Wow, downvotes. I'm not sure why. All I'm trying to point out here is that there are many people out there who have bought the iPhone 4 and can't hold it naturally and make calls. Now it turns out that was a potential issue known about as far back as a year ago at Apple, but it was ignored because the new design of the phone was liked at Apple.

Does no one else see something seriously wrong with that?

If they have shipped a faulty phone, which looks to be the case, then they should recall. It is a phone first and foremost, and the main function of a phone is to make calls. iPhone 4 cannot do that and therefore is faulty.

If Steve Jobs can ignore his own engineers when they bring up an antenna issue, then there is something seriously wrong at Apple. No one should have that much power or influence over a product, especially when you know it's going to sell millions.

If the solution tomorrow is free bumpers, then there is going to be uproar among users. How dare Apple put form over function.

I'm looking forward to Land of Lisp being released to help me learn. Noticed it when that No Starch 50% off e-books offer was mentioned on HN the other day. Looks like a good started guide, plus making games always helps with motivation.

Link: http://nostarch.com/lisp.htm

We switched from a system that had just worked organically over several previous projects. Weekly meetings among the leads with the producer and project manager. Each lead would work out the tasks, time limits, and take into consideration other departments deliverables. Inter-departmental communication was also handled by the leads, there was no pairing off, or groups of different disciplines working together, although this did happen when necessary throughout a project.

As for what Agile method we used, I have no idea what specifically the method was called. We were told our team was going to experiment with Agile but keep it very simple. Teams of 2 or 3 were formed for specific tasks from different departments. Weekly time slots allocated, and reviews done at the beginning of the following week.

I agree with this. I was lead designer in a team developing a multi-format game about 3 years ago. We switched to using agile and it really hit relationships and the way we worked in the team.

Rather than the lead programmer, artist, designer, and producer having a good picture of the development process, the project manager was the only one who had a view on where we were in the project. He was not from the games industry which made it even more difficult.

We were only using a subset of agile, but it seemed to break up the team rather than get them working together.

I'm not saying this is the fault of the agile method, or that agile is wrong for games development, but in my experience it was enough never to want to use it again.

I'd suggest finding out for yourself as it's a personal choice. Try a few and see what sticks.

This book would be a good start:

http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-w...

Ever since we launched Google.cn, our search engine for mainland Chinese users, we have done our best to increase access to information while abiding by Chinese law. This has not always been an easy balance to strike, especially since our January announcement that we were no longer willing to censor results on Google.cn.

We currently automatically redirect everyone using Google.cn to Google.com.hk, our Hong Kong search engine. This redirect, which offers unfiltered search in simplified Chinese, has been working well for our users and for Google. However, it’s clear from conversations we have had with Chinese government officials that they find the redirect unacceptable—and that if we continue redirecting users our Internet Content Provider license will not be renewed (it’s up for renewal on June 30). Without an ICP license, we can’t operate a commercial website like Google.cn—so Google would effectively go dark in China.

That’s a prospect dreaded by many of our Chinese users, who have been vocal about their desire to keep Google.cn alive. We have therefore been looking at possible alternatives, and instead of automatically redirecting all our users, we have started taking a small percentage of them to a landing page on Google.cn that links to Google.com.hk—where users can conduct web search or continue to use Google.cn services like music and text translate, which we can provide locally without filtering. This approach ensures we stay true to our commitment not to censor our results on Google.cn and gives users access to all of our services from one page.

Over the next few days we’ll end the redirect entirely, taking all our Chinese users to our new landing page—and today we re-submitted our ICP license renewal application based on this approach.

As a company we aspire to make information available to users everywhere, including China. It’s why we have worked so hard to keep Google.cn alive, as well as to continue our research and development work in China. This new approach is consistent with our commitment not to self censor and, we believe, with local law. We are therefore hopeful that our license will be renewed on this basis so we can continue to offer our Chinese users services via Google.cn.

I'm interested to know how many of these helpful steps need to be done again when an upgrade is installed? And thanks for sharing these, very useful.

I think I just found my perfect stand-up/kneel-down laptop stand

When opened up and laid flat it's almost the same size as an iPad

Videos of the libretto W100: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrUmRHbtc68 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIxw19VXECc

It's interesting that when the guy demoing is asked if a publisher can block a game or platform from being available on OnLive, he responds by saying they can if they have a business deal that allows them to block it.

So does that mean OnLive will offer all new games on all platforms supported unless a publisher pays them money not to? I wonder what the licensing issues are there.

thanks edd

I understand that, but why then is the machine only $699 in the US? That difference (£307 according to XE.com) can't all be tax and import duty can it?

And in the UK the price has gone up to £649 for the base model. The last version was £510. That is ridiculous.

Mac mini was the cheapest option for iPhone and iPad app submission as fas as I knew. Now it just got a lot more expensive to do so.

Looks like your only course of action is to send them the tracking numbers (again?). For $126,000 it's worth taking the time to do it. You may find all the money in your bank account tomorrow.

Excellent tip, carbonated water with a little flavouring may be a nice alternative.

While I agree completely with what you are saying the one thing we don't know about is long term effects. When I say long term I mean drinking several litres a week consistently from age 15-60.

As I am falling into that category (so far drinking diet soda regularly from 16-32 with no noticeable side effects) I do wonder what, if any, problems may come about in later life due to aspartame intake.

I sigh a bit with relief when I read these articles debunking the claims of how bad this stuff is for you. But the doubt still nags at me that there is something not right about taking in so much of this stuff. But then I have the same doubts about too much sugar intake.

thanks tomjen3, I may give that a try

What about cold drinks? Tea is fine, but I would also like a cold drink alternative.

I rely heavily on aspartame-filled drinks because I have rejected most other drinks as not suitable to drink throughout a working day.

I've attempted to drink normal sugar-filled soft drinks and felt terrible after a few days. That's based on 3 cans a day. The amount of sugar is just too much for me to handle.

I can drink water, but it is quite boring. I actually find drinking just water stops quenching my thirst and my mouth dries out progressively. Drinking fruit juice is also not going to work as it is very acidic, and I just can't handle more than a couple of glasses.

A mix of these drinks is fine, but not ideal. I just want a constant I can drink without preparatiog.

Diet soda fits all the criteria for me. It has a taste, unlike water, contains caffeine (diet coke is my poison), and rehydrates. I can also drink it all day without any real side-effects. The downside being the aspartame and phenylalnine it contains which may or may not be an issue depending on what you read.

I do limit myself to 3 cans per day, but then aspartame is contained in other things I consume every day. The most frequent of which is sugar free gum.

If there are any alternatives to aspartame-using diet drinks, sugar filled drinks, or just plain water I should be trying I'd appreciate some suggestions.

Everyone has their own approach to problem solving:

"Like his thesis adviser Dr. Kolmogorov, Dr. Arnold had an unusual approach when he got stuck on a problem. Writing in the Russian online newspaper Gazeta.ru, his former students Askold Khovanskii and Yuli Ilyashenko recalled that Dr. Arnold would ski for 25 miles or more, wearing nothing more than swim trunks."

Wasn't it accompanied by quite a well-written article? That's what I'm reading on the forums:

"It was a huge article. For quite a while, iPhone 4 was ahead. I did a few page refreshes and EVO 4G was starting to catch up really fast. Next time I refreshed, the article disappeared without a trace....down the memory hole, like it never existed...many hundreds of comments in a couple of hours."

SumatraPDF is fantastic. Fastest PDF viewer I've ever used.

You mention that less sleep makes you feel better, Have you tried Polyphasic sleep?

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep/

I'm sure you have, but your initial positive reaction to a massive dose of Vitamin D made you much better. Have you investigated what further large doses would do? (under doctor supervision of course) I mean much larger than the initial prescription.

True. But do you think Jobs took the time to look into this, or just read the review comments from review process?

I can't help but wonder why this keeps happening. Rejecting this app seems a bit ludicrous to me. But I have to wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Jobs and Apple policies, or just some of the people who work at Apple enforcing the "Apple-way".

There are quite a few Apple fanatics out there. The ones who say Apple can do no wrong and the Apple way is the right way. They would do most things to make Steve Jobs happy. So it's not a giant leap to think some of those people have made it on to Apple's payroll and possibly hold senior positions at Apple.

So is this a case of Apple being a bit ridiculous with its policies, or people within Apple following the Apple-way and policies a little too closely? This might just be a staffing problem.