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The trend isn't new, but the urgency is spreading to more chains as the industry battles a historic downturn in travel. Hotels market their new housekeeping approach as a "green" effort, and some analysts and travelers say the spin has merit.
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What's next, a welcome kit with cleaning products to use to clean the room?
Actually, if it means strangers will be traipsing through my room (and my things?) less often, that's a plus, too. And I can't really sleep in at a hotel, even if I put up the 'do not disturb' sign. I can hear the housekeeping staff working in the hall, and I don't want to throw off their clearning schedule .

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I am having vibration like sounds coming from the speakers when I am playing vinyl with my Adcom 715 PRE and my TT at higher volumes.
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Sylvan wrote:Also, anyone feel like telling me how you guys separate out a panel for avatars? I am digging panel three of today's update.
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Thanks Prez, awesome! I'll "dib" the Scarlet, pointing, pic. Gonna make me an av now.
Sylvan wrote:I am gonna claim {the third panel of update 60} for now, seeing as I did ask after it a full day before you posted in this thread claiming it. However, since you are a tool I will relinquish it if you decide to use it, so as to avoid confusion. Just send me a PM when Easter is over, unless you change your mind.
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Joke didn't even occur to me, so my hat is off to you.
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Poll: Are you getting an iPhone 4S?
Simple poll for a complex question -- Are you getting an iPhone 4S? Apple has introduced it, you've seen their Let's Talk iPhone song and dance, you've watched the demos, you know the score. Have you already decided to hit the order button or go line up? Are you waiting on reviews to see how it really matches up against the competition? Or is this simply not the new iPhone you were looking for?
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I will be getting an iPhone 4 for my wife for only $99
If Rogers will offer me the iPhone 4S for new-contract pricing (like they did last year with the 4) I'll upgrade. If not, I'll wait till the next phone (unlike the iPhone 4, where I'd have bought it at full price if they hadn't).
bought the Galaxy S2 on Sunday! had it reserved the day b4 release day @ my local Best Buy. Apple fails HARD. Android phone makers must be laughing themselves silly at this Apple fumble. SOOO happy with my choice, but this makes me just shake my head & chuckle some more as i hold my beautiful Android phone that has already made this new iPhone obsolete!
got the s2 and apple have not really innovated at all...android does voive control just not as elegantly an and there are apps such vlingo on the market that does similar stuff..siri features can easily be upgrade on android via software...was expecting more...il be happy with ip4 with ios 5 and am sure jailbreak will bring siri to ip4...looks like the next phone is prime
not obselete but i gotta agree. there was very little improvement. Apple is doing what Sony did. Underestimate the competition. And if this is the Cook direction wow i'm glad i sold my apple stock over 400. i'll wait and see when and if it's a good time to get in after the stock movement settles.
Yeah, Apple fails HARD. If by fails HARD you mean makes more money than anyone else in the industry and is worth more than any company in the world, than yeah - Apple fails HARD.
Back in reality -- it is a good improvement on the iPhone 4 - which is still currently the number one selling smart phone, and will continue to sell really well. Heck, the ancient iPhone 3GS is still selling really well - and will probably fly out the door now with it's "free-with-contract price:. Make no mistake, the iPhone 4S is going to sell a shit ton. I already know two Sprint customers who have pre-ordered and are dumping their 3 month old Android phones...
Sure - it is not the most amazing thing in the history of man kind - but does it have to be? The big thing is that iOS 5 is coming out, that is way bigger than the new spec-bump iPhone 4S...
no, but it could have at least improved the screen size. apple now has the second smallest screen. only RIM's screens are smaller. 3.5 inches? get with the program, apple. it's time for a major overhaul of your screen size and iOS.
Actually, the BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 has a 3.7" screen - so, yeah, even BB has a bigger screen.
I just got an IPhone 4 with Verizon back in Feb! With the iOS5 update I'm sure it'll be fine
Not the iPhone I was looking for. I wanted a bigger screen and sleeker phone all around, but I NEED to upgrade from my 3GS real bad. So I'm still pre-ordering
Definitely, disappointed, Rene. Even though you told us to set our expectations low, we all knew we were secretly hoping for a 5 with a bigger screen. I'll stick with my old 3GS and buy a new iPhone if I absolutely have to. :(
My feeling exactly. Better camera and voice input. Neither particularly appeals to me.
Yep sticking with my old 3GS. Will wait to take advantage of replacement deal when iPhone 5 comes out. Otherwise if I buy now i'll have to wait 2 more years. Maybe they will go back to a July release next time. Only 10 months to wait for the 5.
if you wait 2 years the iphone 5s might be out LOOL
Yes, since my wife and I are on sprint and fed up with our blackberry curves. The question will be the 4 or the 4S. I personally want the 4S since I like taking lots of photos. My wife might be content with the 4. Either way we are upgrading later this month.
Go with the best you can afford. Technology moves fast, no need to start one generation "behind". There is a pretty big jump in performance between the two, it might be worth an extra $100 to get the 4S if you keep phones for a few years.
Will wait out the iPhone 5 - this is a minimal update and the iPhone 4 is perfectly fine for me!
Don't get hung up on the name. Other than a rumored larger display, the 4S is pretty much everything rumored for the new high end phone. What we didn't get was the "mini - cheap" phone. But then a 3Gs for Free and a 4 for $99, well that is the mini.
Now I won't be getting one because I have another year left on my contract. But, one son is due an upgrade and will probably get one and we may move my wife to is 3GS or get her a 4.
I never understood the desire for a "budget iPhone." Whenever the new model iPhone comes out, the older model automatically becomes your "budget" iPhone. The budget version is built-in to the product lifecycle. This has been happening since the release of the 3G.
some people, don't have $200 or $300 or $400 to spend on a mobile phone.
that's why they get the old version at it's new lowered price: free iPhone 3GS or $99 iPhone 4. Automatic "budget" versions.
Because a lot of idiots really think that Apple is going to follow what Android does. Apple is known for high end quality, not bargain bins.
for me that was the number 1 above 64gbs which was two. so it's a major disappointment for me.
not the thing I'm looking for wheres the teardrop design i phone 5 ..........
The iPhone 4S is is like getting a Go-Bot for xmas when you were hoping for a Transformer. I'm passing on this one.
hey, i loved Go-Bots!
I have to. I lost my iPhone just last week. I'm going through withdrawls
Only if sprint has unlimited data for iPhone 4s
Oh AND I'm getting an iPhone 4 for my wife. FINALLY getting her a smart phone.
Has Apple jumped the shark....The stock price sure says so...
I like it-- Specifically the new hardware, the 8mp camera and 1080P video but I'm under contract for another year. Will buy the iPhone 5 next year.
I was a little nervous when I bought my Sensation, but after watching the iPhone event I feel pretty good about my choice. Man, I was really hoping for something grand. Oh, well.....
What a let down, I was ready to give my daughter my Sensation and I get the new iPhone, she is going to be just a little dissapointed when I tell her the new iPhone is not what I want.
waiting on untehtered jailbreak of iOS5, and reviews...
No iPhone 4S for me. Galaxy S 2 here I come.
you wont be dissapointed
it's android. coming from iOS you will be disappointed.
i have ip4 and got an s2...i am not dissapointed at all going from an ios...s2 is faster and smoother than the ip4 and does not lag like many other androids...i would agree if it was some other android phone
I know I was. That's why I came back.
i got the S2 on Sunday & LOOOOVE it! :) already rooted it too, to remove the junk bloatware, just cuz i can! haha. you will be really happy with your new toy!
A better camera & tweaked hardware do not an upgrade make...
funny, that's EXACTLY what it makes for me :)
I'm not eligible for upgrade for another 8-14 months anyway. My iPhone 4 is such a huge improvement over the iPhone 3 I had before that. I think i can wait until the next quantum leap.
The only feature not available to the iphone4 is Siri, which is connectivity intensive and still somewhat beta. For most games and normal photo/video needs the iphone4 processor and camera will suffice. There is no new form factor either to the 4s. For me this means I gladly wait until iphone5 comes along...
am sure siri will be on jailbroken iphone 4 via a tweak just like how hdr etc was put on the 3gs
It's more of an incremental upgrade to the previous iPhone 4... I'll be waiting for the 5 with hopefully a different form factor and larger screen
Not eligible for an upgrade until Feb '12, so I will be waiting until then to procure the 4S. But I'll certainly be obtaining the 64GB model in Feb.
Well after following a blog on a different site I will make my decision later. But just wanted to say listening to the TIPB live feed was painful, unprofessional and embarrassing. I had to leave. I could not tell what was actually news or idiotic horseplay. The 4 of you should never do a feed again.
next time, opt for the very professional & accomplished live-blogger, Jacqui Cheng from ArsTechnica. http://arstechnica.com/author/jacqui-cheng/ - they had some new live-blog technical issues today, but i always go there 1st for the events. very capable, quick, on-point, witty, & goes the farthest of any site i've seen, to make you feel like you're there. my fall-back today was the engadget live feed. they are always a good 2nd to ArsTechnica. of course... this is just my own 2¢... take it with a grain of salt. :)
Iphone 4 and the Iphone 4S are still the best devices available. However, I have the Iphone 4, and without LTE, the Iphone 4S is not worth it, imo. However, if I didn't have the Iphone 4, I'd be all over the Iphone 4S. Still the best screen and best battery life in the business, now with OTA syncing, backup and restore, etc. Plus Imessage. Hopefully, next year, I can get an Iphone5 or 6 with LTE.
I wanted to jump ship on Sprint to go to Verizon, but no new iphone means I'll stick with my Evo until an iphone 5 comes out.
And for what it's worth, I'm aware that Sprint has the iphone now... I just wanted to leave cause they suck.
Yes! My mom as elegible for an upgrade. So she'll get the 4S and I'll swap the sims and she'll take my 4. Since we staggered our contracts I can get the new iPhone every year and still pay the lowest subsidized price! Win Win!
ETA: I'm getting the 64GB Black!
Well this saves me a tough decision. I figured a new iPhone wouldn't be LTE anyway but a redesign after 16 months would be extremely tempting. Now it's a no-brainer...wait for an actual new phone! What a disappointment but hopefully they'll actually get the next phone right: quad-core (it's in the iOS5 code) with 4" screen and LTE, June/July 2012???
Imma just have my friend get his friend to take one off the back of the truck and sell it to me. An save my upgrade in feb for the next gen
only because of Siri... and the fact I sold my iPhone4 in anticipation of iphone5....
bottom line, a shit-ton of people will upgrade. everyone's all pissy pants right now, but they'll be online pre-ordering. android users,...is your giant screen good on battery life. go find an outlet, i know its dying. is it a tablet or a phone? there's a new android phone every day and each one is the SAME. they're obsolete the second they come out.
my s2 is great with battery thank you
Had my SGS2 on battery for almost two days with very frequent use - phone calls, texts, internet browsing, downloaded Gun Bros (143Mb) on HSPA+, played gun bros for a while, download some other apps, and used my camera flash as a flashlight for a while. All this and I'm just now having to charge it after nearly two days on battery. My wife doesn't use her iPhone 4 as much I use my SGS2, and it lasts her about a day.
Right now I'm running an ancient 3G (not 3GS, 3G)... so I was pretty much going to buy whatever they put out. The 3G can barely cope with iOS 4.x, and of course didn't pick up on a lot of the features of it at all.
You're full of crap, you probably never even owned an android. I had both, I'll take android over your iCrap anyday. Not to say that I don't like apple, I do REALLY. I think their phones are great and i would buy one for my grandma (since they're soooo easy to use). But for my personal choice, it'll be an Android, over and over again. Apple is just falling behind and not providing enough options, and their fanboys are getting uglier and dumber. Btw, the battery on my phone lasts longer than any iphone out there, just saying.
"there's a new android phone every day and each one is the SAME."
But the iPhone 4 and 4S aren't the same? What about when they released the 3G and the 3GS? So Android phones all look the same but when Apple releases a phone that looks EXACTLY (literally) the same as their previous model, that's somehow different? Glass houses my friend…glass houses
Wish I could, lost my second pre due to hardware failure a couple of months ago so I had to upgrade to get a new device. I know Sprint won't offer a deal on that. I could if I pay full price without contract, but I couldn't see spending that much yet.
I'm going to pass on this. This upgrade was not worth them waiting this long to release the phone. I hope they do not wait a whole year to release the iPhone 5. Now that I think about it, I didn't like the 3GS either...
I'll pass on this one. A larger screen was all I really wanted.
I might reevaluate when the jailbreak comes out (so I can change the little Siri microphone to HAL's glowing red eye), but likely will wait for iPhone 5 or 6 or whatever comes next.
Now to wait for that retina display iPad!
Now we know the real reason why Steve Jobs stepped down.
EPIC FAIL IPhone 4s
I'll be getting it because I still have iPhone 3G. Was eligible to upgrade to 4 a few months ago but decided to hold out for the 5. Disappointed.
My iPhone 4 contract doesn't finish until the end of July 2012 so I would not have brought an iPhone 4S, even if it had even more spectacular features. iPhone 6 in 2012 for me!
hmmm. not allowed to post my opinion here? you removed my comment about you guys acting like idiots on your live feed? can't take criticism? tsk tsk...
It wasn't removed... I still see it under "Selbo"
Sorry Apple..... There's just not enough there to tempt me to upgrade from my 4 without an "s", to an upgrade that has a "better camera".
Steve got out on a high it seems leaving on the back of a "New" phone before everyone got disappointed with a "upgrade" that just didn't hit the mark.
iOS5 gets A plus top marks from me, BIG thumbs up!!!
BUT.... iPhone 4S gets an F minus, even BIGGER thumbs down!!!
Wish I could. I lost my second pre due to havedware failure so had to use my upgrade a couple of months ago to get a different device so I know Sprint won't give me a deal to get the iPhone 4S. I could pay the full non-contract price, but I can't see spending that much right now.
My 3GS is up in December. The rumored iPhone 5 (new design, bigger screen, rounded edges) would have been an automatic choice. The 4S however is NOT a slam dunk. Will now be looking more seriously at the competition. Disappointment.... :(
Only thing I want is the voice-recognition, sucks that they're making it exclusive to the 4S. Either way, I'm holding my iP4 for two years just as I did with my 3G. I'm more excited about iOS 5 + BiteSMS + TetherMe ... just for starters. Whoooo!
i haven't decided. i'm on sprint. waited more then a year to switch to the next iphone. but i don't know now. i really wanted a 4 inch screen. And it would suck to buy this and not bealbe to upgrade again for almost two years. Especially when in one year they'll probably finally have a 4 inch screen phone.
lol the leaked nexus prime screen was more innovative and bigger than the 4s
I originally bought the iPhone 4 and then sold it and went back to my 3GS because there were just so many issues I had with the phone and the design was just something I wasn't feeling.
I returned to my 3GS in hopes that I would be seeing a different design this time around. While I'm glad the screen size is the same (I do not want a 4-inch screen), as well as spec bumps, sadly it's still the same design. I will be upgrading to the 4S, unfortunately, only because I dont even think my 3GS can't handle life much longer, and I've invested too much in apps/iTunes to move to another OS.
If not that many people aren't going to be upgrading than thats even better because that means there won't be another pre-ordering mess like last years delimma.
That whole segment about how fast the phone is compared to other "4G" phones was pretty lame. Stop trying to mask that your phone isn't 4G.
You do know that no one is really 4G, right? Officially, 4G is 100Mbps downstream at 80mph, and 1Gbps standing still. No one's even close to that, so everyone is technically still 3.5G
one good news that comes out of this event is that the next iphone most certainly will be a redesign lol
It's not compelling, exciting, or even interesting. It's sort of expectational, evolutionary, tweakish. I believe I'm going to pass on this one.
Yup this will be the first iPhone I won't buy. iPad 2 specs the camera and Siri is just not enough to make me buy it. Its sad to break a tradition but Im hoping that apple will notice the drops in sales and bump up their game.
waiting for the 5 - and want the aluminum body - nothing else is a deal maker for me -
My upgrade date is February 25th, 2012. We'll see how my 4 is doing at that time. I just passed the one-year mark with it the other day.
I hate the feel and shape of the Iphone 4. I was hoping for a more curvy 3GS-like Iphone 5 - maybe thinner and definitely lighter. The 4GS is even slightly heavier than the 4!! What a disappointment ! No new Iphone for me. I'll just upgrade to IOS5 and see how it works on my Iphone 3GS. :( :(
I'm getting the 4S for the function of the flash drive. I needed 64GB since the iPhone 4 and that was my major concern and reason for waiting. The iPhone 4GS or 5 next year may be nicer but thats how it's always going to be so I'm not waiting this time or i'll be waiting forever, I'm getting the 4S now and two years later i'll upgrade. I use to be obsessed with having the newest, I had the 3G and 3GS but now I don't care.
The masses would stride past Apple. No new iPod Touch too (cosmetic changes notwithstanding).
Very very very disappointed. This sucks ass. No bigger screen! Same old crap. The sad part I'm a huge apple fan. Sorry apple I'm getting me a phone with a bigger screen. IPhone 4sucks ass
all i wanted was a bigger screen and an aluminum back...... thats all...... epic fail apple.
i guess apple didnt live stream the event cause they knew it wasnt worth it
I'm in. I passed on the iPhone 4, but after a while started craving better display, front-facing camera, and better speed. Now the 4S offers the same, all upgraded from 4. Just what I'm looking for in an iPhone. I doubt I'll wait for a 5.
Whose going to start the first rumors about the specs for the new iPhone 5 and get everybody all excited and following stupid stories for the next 15 months. I can't believe I got sucked into this mania, only to be left wanting TWICE for the much hypothesised new phone. If iPhone had received a major update I might well have been a life-long customer. Now I'm thinking about looking elsewhere when my contract expires in a couple of months. Shame! But hey, its just a piece of kit, i'll get over it!
Being in Canada I still have extra time left on my contract, so buying one now would really not be the best option. That, and I got my iPhone 4 just barely a year ago now.
The 64 gig, faster processor and SIRI functions are really cool... But cool enough? Realistically I'd need to get the 4S for cheap or free. I could go and buy extra iPhones to resell them, but again, is it worth the work?
And is it fair to take iPhones out of the hands of people who want one? Or would I just be leaving extras to have the bigger poachers to get?
As far as my feelings toward apple on this, they did it with the 3GS and the same brouhaha happened, yet the 3GS did quite well. I honestly believe thIs means apple is going to take the time to make the iPhone 5 a seriously killer phone.
This allows the people on 3* version to upgrade to something decently better and allows those who have a 4 to be able to take a breather before feeling that Apple urge to upgrade to the newest and best. I know that's how I feel right now :)
And although the form factor is about the same, the speed increases and such ARE welcome changes. They did this with the iPad 2 and boy did everyone whine and complain about the lack of upgrades and changes... But look at the adoption rates. I upgraded and passed down my iPad to my wife and kids, giving me a newer device that will just have to take the place for higher process-needing apps that won't run on the 4.
I know I just had a circular discussion with myself. Shut up :P
Can't upgrade yet... AT&T still has my left nut.
I was seriously hoping for a larger screen size, 4" would have been sweet. But nothing new. Update the iOS and tell us how great it is, after waiting for 16 months, only to get the same thing.
I'm not due for an upgrade yet, but I'd have went for it anyway if the 4" screen were part of the new package. Instead, I'll wait for the iPhone 5. And hopefully not nearly another year and a half. By that long, even I may be on Android.
The only thing i'm disappointed about is the same screen size. I was really hoping for the edge to edge 4 inch screen. I like the iP4 design. It makes it super easy to put on those full body screen protectors. Yeah, disappointed about the screen though. Also disappointed they added the 64GB option at a $100 premium. It should have taken the 32GB price point after having the 32GB option for like 3 years now. I'll get one if I can't enable Siri via jailbreak on my 4.
That always happens. It spikes before the announcements as everyone is hyping everything and expecting ponies and ice cream. Then after the announcements it falls as everyone complains that it doesn't come with ponies and ice cream. Then a week later everyone has forgotten and stock keeps on it's seemingly endless climb.
Bah humbug.
Maybe I am just bitter as I sold all mine a long time ago at $119 due to divorce and haven't been able to get back in the game..
I have never seen a product announcement from Apple where half the people didn't take to forums to bitch that it didn't come with ponies and ice cream. No matter how good the product may be, if you had your heart set on ponies and ice cream - you will feel let down.
I have a 3GS, i'll be upgrading to the 4S... if I had the 4, I wouldn't bother.
Way to suck Apple. Gimme a f'n break!
Here is my thought on the whole iOS 5-only-on-iPhone 4S thing:
The current hardware of the iPhone 4 (including its 3G connection) is more than enough to run Siri. Hell, my Nexus One on an EDGE connection can do voice commands like Siri does, so why the exclusivity? This may not be a novel conclusion, but I think the exclusivity to iPhone 4S is solely to coerce people to buy the 4S who otherwise wouldn't. I mean, how many iPhone4 owners would really upgrade to the iPhone 4S if they were getting Siri in the new update?
I'm going to slap iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 and call it good. I'm still under contract and don't feel like shelling out that kind of cash.
Though I will admit, Siri does look pretty amazing.
gonna snag an iPhone 4S 11/18 when I'm eligible for an upgrade through AT&T... gotta hang on to that "unlimited" data plan.
I'm more interested in the iOS 5 features than the new hardware, so I'm going to see how iOS5 runs on the iPhone 4 and look at upgrading if necessary afterward.
I have a 3GS and the battery is terrible. I'll upgrade but I think Apple messed up on this one. Their belief in not looking to the public (focus groups, surveys) is going to bite them in the butt this time.
I'd ask you to explain, but since you'd never be able to, I won't. (rolls eyes)
1: iPhone
2: iPhone 3G (named for the wireless technology term "3G")
3: iPhone 3GS (basically same as a "3G" but faster, so added an S for "Speed")
4: iPhone 4 (the 4th iPhone so they called it 4)
5: iPhone 4S (basically the same as a 4 but faster, so an added S for "Speed")
Based on this pattern I would think they would call the next one a 6. The thing is this, Apple tends to name products just the names - like iMac. There have been like 30 iMac versions, and they are still just iMac. MacBook. MacBook Pro. MacBook Air. They don't change the name every time they enhance the product. Even the iPod basically keeps the same name mostly. The iPhone is the deviation from that normal Apple way. I think eventually they will move from having a new name every version, and simplify it a bit. I never liked that they tied the "3G" to the name because that was a technology that was out of Apple's control and seemed an odd choice for a product name. As a result people call the "4" "4G" because they don't know any better - and the whole mess around what is and isn't actually 4G doesn't help either.
No 4G no bigger screen no new back why couldn't they just include these new features in the iOS update. I will not be purchasing the 4s because it's not worth it I'd rather get the iOS 5 and stick with the iPhone 4 until something better comes out. Big let down on this one i can't believe it's not even 4g and how long do u actually play games on ur iPhone and with all the apps that we have to increase the picture quality what's the use of the new camera
imgoing back to blackberry. enough games and apps and now its back to business and back to blackberry
Wish I could trade in my 4 that I bought a few months ago..
No. Was waiting for next release regardless of the form factor released on 4October
"fail" "underwhelming" "disappointing".... wait til the 4S gets into the consumers hands before dissing it. A lot of people said the same thing when the 3Gs came out in almost 2.5 years ago. It's still selling. What other phone maker can say that they're still selling a 2 and a half year old model? The 4S will do the same. It will be the phone that sets the standard for the competition. Nobody makes their new tech features work together and easier than Apple. Nobody.
To me it seems as if Apple is playing the arrogance card
Because the newer phones are faster.
SGSII does 21Mbs down, although I doubt AT&T can handle that. And as for LTE, well, it puts HSPA+ to shame.
Of course, the iphone couldn't actually have LTE, because the battery life is so bad right now. Maybe in another 15 months...
I feel cheated waiting this long (3gs) for upgrade, give us something revolutionary like you've been doing for almost ever. Dont sell us average you profit monkees, apple means more than that and you've done well making revolutionary products. Only reason the 3gs worked was because the 3g was snail like speed and the 3gs was still way ahead of its competition. Make something good when you only release 1 phone every year.....extremely dissapointed with this new iphone :(
Epic let down from Apple! I have been an apple fanatic for years, and own many iOS devices, but this will be the one I pass on. Give me something that at least matches the competition! I didn't wait 15 months for a revamped iPhone 4...
Frankly speaking, who the heck will talk to a machine? I know siri is smart, but it just makes the users feel like a dumb
I'm starting to think the "s" stands for SUCKER!!
Bigger screen would have sold me. I sold my iPhone4 because of water damage and had anticipated an iPhone5. This announcment is making me stick with my backup phone - iPhone 2G. Yes, the first iPhone.
Won't be buying a 4S. Too similar to the 4. I'm thinking the "S" stands for "SAME".
Is this why Apple sued Samsung?
Why is it that its only apple users that are classed as fanboys when android users bang on (and on and on...) just as much as everyone else?
I'm sticking with my 3GS until I see the reviews, not keen on cheap feeling samsung phones or cheaper HTC, I'd rather have an apple product because they have far superior build quality.
This 4s does everything that people wanted out of the iPhone 5, just in the iPhone 4's skin....and that's my only issue. I don't like the feel of the iPhone 4, I much prefer the asthetics of the 3GS but I'm not gonna be able to run this phone forever as it's so far out of date.
Switch to Android. You wont regret it.
It has all the specs we were looking for in a true iPhone 5, just without the larger screen. People just love to bitch about Apple, makes them feel better about their over compensating 4.5 inch android phones
Apple just became the most valuable company in the world a month ago, and has cash reserves to literally buy out the US government. Not sure that is the same position Nokia and Blackberry were in.
The iPhone 4S is obsolete before it even came out. When you are touting specs that were around 5-6 months ago, you did something HORRIBLY wrong. The Galaxy S2 was released internationally in May of this year. Has a top of the line AMOLED screen, dual core 1.5gHz processor, 8MP camera, great battery life (that I'm pretty sure is removable), voice recognition technology.... need I go on? All those specs are the SAME on the iPhone 4S, and I don't think it is as thin and sleek as the Galaxy S2.
This phone SHOULD have set the bar for the next year, but instead it is equal to a phone that came out 6 months ago (not even equal, as I said, the design is thinner and sleeker than the iPhone 4S plus better battery life) Instead, it will get blown away completely by the Nexus Prime that will in all likelihood be announced next week.
To those of you who don't see this, feel free to have the wool removed from your eyes next week when the real cutting edge phone will be announced by Google/Samsung.
I still have a iPhone 3G, some I'm gonna get the iPhone 4S.
Other: satisfied with my iPhone 4 and my contract isn't up yet.
Waiting for iPhone 5 with LTE. Only way to go.


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^ Your prediction for number 6 is definitely a "no guts, no glory" type of prediction. I like to see more people making riskier predictions.
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^ Your prediction for number 6 is definitely a "no guts, no glory" type of prediction. I like to see more people making riskier predictions.
Shaia is just being Shaia. I'm sure she is making the list of whomever posted "wrong things" about Yuna lol.
After the 4CC nobody expect from Gold to get a medal. Less pressure what she needs. My podium;
Yuna Kim
Mao Asada
Gracie Gold
I don't know Sotnikova and Tukt got extremely high scores at Euros. I think the judges are getting to the point where they are starting to raise the youngsters scores. The judges came very close to giving Sotnikova the European title, and Adelina only did one more triple than Kostner in the long. I think this is especially the case with Sotnikova who really has a wonderful presence on the ice. Even if that long stinks. I think at Euros the judges showed they like Sotnikova A. LOT. And I really think in terms of full package she's the best of the youngsters.
I don't think they will be able to get away with toes, salchows, and loops for much longer... And in fairness to Kim, she doesn't do loops, and she's never been one to downgrade her content.
So I don't think Kim will be able to make all kinds of mistakes, Kostner do doubles/easy triples, or Asada a lot of underrotating and all get on the podium if the young Russians/Gold skate well.
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Obviously we all know that if every skater skates clean then it will be
But we all know consistency is the biggest problem in ladies figure skating.
We have all seen huge meltdowns from Asada and Kostner which could easily push them off top 5. The same is said withWagner since GPF and Nationals
Akiko will unfortunately be underscored in PCS as usual. Liza and adelina could do well if she is clean, but otherwise her components are low so she wont make podium
Murakami can do good if clean, but her GOE on most jumps wont get her high technical scores to podium in my opinion.
1. Mao
2. Carolina
3. Kim
With the potential depth of the ladies this season, I think the draw for the SP may be key.
I meant to take the high road.... but I missed the exit.
I think it's very safe to bet on Yuna or Mao for #1. I am inclined to put Carolina up there as well. I think Yuna, Mao, and Carolina are easily the top 3. Ice is slippery, but these three are not at inconsistent phases of their career. These are three skating phenoms that have been around for a long time and most likely have their worst performances behind them. I'm not expecting any of these three to mess up enough for the judges to put someone else ahead. Maybe some mistakes, but not enough to knock them off the podium. Their PCS are just too far ahead of the rest of the group, each of them have a one fall cushion at least IMO.
I'd expect Sotnikova and hopefully Wagner right behind if they skate to potential, then Tuktamysheva and maybe Suzuki.. it's going to be a very competitive World Championships. I really hope this year and the Olympics next year don't pan out like the 2010 mens event which also seemed to be extremely deep before-hand..
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January 29, 2013 | WMFE - Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs is responding to revelations that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the exchange of text messages between county commissioners and lobbyists during a public hearing last September. Orange-Osceola State Attorney Jeff Ashton announced in a statement Tuesday that he requested an inquiry more than a week ago into what he called "alleged criminal violations."
Ashton met with members of FDLE on January 17th and asked for an investigation after questions were raised about whether the texting - and some subsequent deleting - violated Florida's broad public-records and open-meeting laws.
In a statement late Tuesday, Mayor Jacobs said, "The public deserves and expects a transparent Orange County government. The FDLE inquiry requested by the State Attorney should provide an independent review of the facts and I will do whatever I can to help expedite this process."
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Sometimes I think I lost something really important to me, and it turns out I already ate it.
in Denmark too, there are certain names you can't choose for your child - such as names for popular cartoon characters, or names spelled really silly. The welfare of the child ranks above the parents right to choose.
Some years ago, a woman wanted to name her son Christophpher (in Danish, the name can be normally spelled with 'ph' or 'ff'). She paid fines and everything until she changed it.
that being said, I don't Blue Ivy is that strange
I think Ivy Blue Carter would sound a lot better, but by putting the adjective first, it makes it sound like a phrase not a name, and it's distracting.
'Blue Ivy' sounds like the name of a place. "Hey, lets meet up at the Blue Ivy for drinks tonight", or "I'll book a room for 3 days and 2 nights at the Blue Ivy."
She will end up being referred to just as 'Blue' (or even B.I.) for most of her life anyway.
The hospital was definitely in the wrong there - especially for NICU access. I can't believe they hadn't planned better. I'm also curious why it was even such an issue unless the NICU and well baby nurseries were immediately adjoining, but that's not been the case in my experience. Unless Blue Ivy was actually there for some reason?
Even made it's way into the Ellen Degeneres show, where Ellen reveals to her audiance that there is a "Celebrity Baby Name Generator" available, (similar to the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator, though this was never mentioned on her show). Two names that came up if she & partner Portia DeRossi were to have kids were:
Elbow Gas Lamp & Banjo Fire Escape Any worse than Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence
^ One of my cousins is named Ariel. And yes, he is a guy. He was born in Israel though so I am sure it wasn't an issue when he was named.
I know quite a few males with names like Ashley, Dana, Lesley. And I know a couple of female Charlie's. I have to admit I am no fond of their names.
Ariel can be a male name in Spanish speaking countries too.
I know a male Ariel. I think it's a very nice name.
I also like Blue. Agree that Blue Ivy has a strange ring to it, but honestly, are people really going to be calling the kid by her first and middle names all the time? That's pretty rare. Blue Carter sounds fine.
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Thank you so much for the posting the photos! I'm getting nostalgic for the glory days of professional skating just reading through this thread. It sounds like it was a good event, and hopefully there will be more in the future.
tv tokyo will broadcast MWO october 8 from 12:30 to 14:00. japan standard time is UTC plus 9 hours. then we can find some videos. finger crossed
you can see some back stage pics of MWO, taken bay Cathy Reed. i'm sure they are of MWO not JO so far.
i found a short clip of Arakawa's cyber swan. you can also see Daisuke and Mao's practice in the second half.
This link has all the pictures that I posted earlier, as well as those of the ladies competition. There's also a summary/review of each performance...you can get a general idea from Google translate.
This was a practice clip - has it been posted?
It is just amazing to see Kurt, Alexei and Ilia on the same ice.
If Jeffrey Buttle won, why are there no pictures of him during his skate? I've seen pics of others but not one of Jeffrey.
I saw in the links that Ilia skated to "Kashmir". As in Led Zeppelin!? Does anyone who was there know? Did it sound like classic rock to you? If so, cool... very cool...
Joannie and Sarah's had some disadvantages of the programs by using show programs. I do not think squeezing required elements into the show programs was quite successful.
Ilia's program was not very CoP friendly with rather lots of runs. I loved it a lot though.
Thanks all - I wish it had been a cut from the original Kashmir but a cover will do nicely. I look forward to seeing it in person maybe someday somewhere.
I can't wait to see a video of Kurt's Singing in the Rain! I love the original program! if you find a video, please post! thanks!
For anyone with Keyhole TV, this competition is airing right now on TV Tokyo.
Just for notice, TV Tokyo is broadcasting MWO. KeyHole TV is available, I hope.
Finally, we have some videos (Arakawa, Slutskaya):
Hopefully more are on the way.
I am really in awe of these skaters doing so amazingly well years after their competing - especially the older ones.. I really used to like the professional world champs..
Thanks to PI .. I discovered I'm actually a Nontheist
"Love is better than Anger, Hope is better than fear" Jack Layton 1950-2011
Slutskaya looked liked she had a great time. Those jumps were excellent!
I feel fortunate to see some of the finest skater from the 6.0 system competing together and you can only hope that there will be other competitions like this. You would think it could work in Europe and North America as well..


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Infidel wrote:Justyn wrote:Infidel wrote:No one's even made a passing reference to this so I'll do it.
Popped 200 turns ago. Vinnie is ANCIENT! 200 turns = 200 days, which doesn't sound like much, but for a unit to survive 200 turns in a turn based game? Well, usually it's an obsolete unit tucked away in a back corner of an empire that was forgotten, otherwise it would have been disbanded or upgraded. "The capital had not been seriously assaulted by ground in thousands of turns" again, we have confirmation that this is a really long time. Thousands of turns = years, not decades, centuries, or millennia, so it may not sound like a long time IRL, but turn based games, thousands of turns IS a very long time.
No, that doesn't mean that he's 200 turns old, it means that 200 turns passed between when he popped and when he first saw Transylvito.
Quite right, but that doesn't change my point that a character over 200 turns old is OLD.
Because I wasn't contesting the fact that a game piece that has been on the table for 200 turns is old. But Erfworld is not a game, its people are not a game pieces; and we just don't know how Erfworlders view of period of 200 turns.


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Laguna Phuket Ironman 70.3 – Unique Triathlon Challenge Amid Tropical Delights
Registration is still open for the 2012 Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket in Thailand – and you'd be crazy to miss out on the chance to compete in this unique destination event that has captured the hearts of triathletes all over the world.
The Sunday December 2nd race will be the third Ironman 70.3 to be staged on this paradise tropical island a week after the legendary Laguna Phuket Triathlon (LPT) and this year it offers 25 qualifying slots to the 2013 Ironman World Championship 2013 in Las Vegas.
The days between the two spectacular events in Phuket will be filled with a Tri-Fest of training and social events held in and around the luxurious Laguna Phuket destination resort.
This triathlon carnival has proved a popular attraction for international athletes eager to sample the delights of Thailand while rubbing shoulders with the likes of Ironman 70.3 world champions Michael Raelert and Melissa Rollison, last year's Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific champions at Laguna Phuket.
Michael Raelert triumphed at Laguna Phuket last year, setting a course record of 03:51:36. Following Raelert home were an elite field of seasoned athletes including Richie Cunningham, Paul Matthews, Timothy James, David Dellow, Massimo Cigana, Paul Ambrose and Matt Reed.
The 2011 women's field top finishers were Melissa Rollison, Natascha Badmann, Radka Vodickova, Emma-Kate Lidbury, Tamsin Lewis, Michelle Wu, Katja Rabe and Belinda Granger.
A fantastic spokesperson for the event, Belinda Granger has been one of the greatest supporters and an active ambassador for the Laguna Phuket race. She has been coming to Phuket for the LPT and now the Ironman 70.3 since 2000, having missed the event only once in that period.
"Without a doubt Laguna Phuket is my favourite race destination in the world," says Belinda.
"There are many reasons why I continue to return year after year - the race, the food, the people, the weather, the accommodation, the sticky rice and mango.... my list could go on and on....."
"This really is one of the most amazing race experiences out there. I have watched the race grow in size and in expertise over the years making it one of the best and most exciting races of the year.
It has a bit of everything- it's certainly not an easy race, but that's why I love it - the hills and the weather make it so challenging.
"The best thing about the race is that you don't just go there for the race itself – it's the entire race experience that keeps me coming back. Getting to stay in the Laguna Phuket resort and experiencing all that it has to offer post-race is perfect, especially for families. There is just so much to see and do.
"Make sure that if you do head over to this year's race that you have a few days after the race to explore and enjoy everything that Phuket has to offer....you won't be disappointed!"
And yet another appeal of Laguna Phuket is the equally important business of the Awards Party - hosted by race announcer Whit Raymond, these parties have become the stuff of legend among the international triathlon community and last year's was no exception!
International Sporting Venue
Situated on Thailand's Andaman Sea coastline, Phuket is located almost 1,000 kilometres southwest of Bangkok. It has been luring international visitors for decades with its balmy tropical charm and character.
Laguna Phuket, an integrated resort collection of seven deluxe hotel and villa properties on the northwest coast of the island, hosts both triathlon events. With its stunning location amid 1,000 acres of tropical lagoon-filled parkland on pristine Bang Tao Beach plus a wealth of recreational options, from golf to island-hopping, Laguna Phuket is renowned worldwide as the finest destination resort in Asia.
In addition to the deluxe hotel facilities that draw holidaymakers from around the globe, Laguna Phuket is also famed as a venue for world-class sporting activities, including golf, tournaments and the Laguna Phuket International Marathon. The Ironman 70.3 was awarded to Laguna Phuket in recognition of its world class facilities, reputation in staging important athletic events, and ease of travel from all major cities.
Laguna Phuket's reputation is well-deserved. LPT, an established fixture on the global triathlon calendar, is dubbed "The Race of Legends" for its consistent ability to attract the world's best professional triathletes including the likes of Greg Welch, Mike Pigg, Simon Lessing, Craig Alexander, Paula Newby-Fraser, Michellie Jones, Samantha McGlone and Chrissy Wellington, to name just a few.
Turbocharged Ironman 70.3 Course
The Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket is a turbocharged LPT racecourse. The swim is a distance-adjusted version of the LPT's trademark two-body of water course with a section in the turquoise-clear Andaman Sea, followed by a beach run-over into a fresh water tropical lagoon.
The bike course is Championship caliber, featuring fishing villages, beaches and sea views. The scenery isn't free, as the roads point up and twist down along this spectacular coastline. The east coast roads are accessed by a ramp traverse on a pedestrian bridge – with mandatory dismount and bike push - that allows the race to cross Highway 402, Phuket's main north-south traffic artery. The bridge traverse is done twice, at approximately 17k out and 65k on the way back.
After the second ramp traverse the bike course connects to sections of the LPT bike course, including the race's challenging Naithon hills. In the 70.3, riders tackle these hills from the opposite direction, posing an entirely new set of challenges.
The run course is contested over loops through and around the Laguna Phuket resort itself, including the golf course, as well as off-road sections.
Thai Culture and Relaxed Ambience
The enthusiastic reception given to athletes by the residents of Phuket is another quality that makes racing in Phuket so memorable for competitors. Hundreds of young students line the roadsides near their schools waving flags and cheering on the competitors.
The Thai character of the event is personified by the presence of an elephant – an icon of Thai culture – which greets the race winners at the finishing line and poses for photos with them.
The atmosphere combines with a relaxed ambiance generated by training and social activities staged throughout the Tri-Fest extravaganza that allows age groupers to mingle with pros - some of whom have entered for both events and will be at Laguna Phuket for the complete period.
Experience All That Phuket Has to Offer
There's endless opportunities to explore Phuket and its many attractions, as well as experience fascinating Thai culture at first hand. With Phuket's high season beginning late November, the weather is set to be idyllic, with blue skies, crystal seas and average temperatures between 25°C and 33°C.
In keeping with the active lifestyles of triathletes, action activities such as sea canoeing, snorkeling and scuba diving are all readily available. The scenic attractions of the famous Phi Phi islands and Phang Nga Bay are easily accessed and excellent boat trips can be made to a variety of spectacular islands and beaches around Phuket. The soaring limestone cliffs of nearby Krabi province offer some of the most spectacular rock climbing in Asia.
Back on dry land, Phuket's jungle interior is there to be explored on safari adventures, either by traditional elephant trekking, or by 4x4 jeep or on top of ATVs (all-terrain vehicles). A variety of cultural attractions, such as, Buddhist temples, Chinese Shrines, Phuket's Old Town with its charming Sino-Portuguese architecture and a huge statue of Buddha located on one of Phuket's highest mountain-tops, beckon to be explored.
If you need to slow down, Thai massage is ideal for soothing and revitalising the muscles of triathletes - and Laguna Phuket has five world-class spas where massage and other traditional therapies are offered. With many other massage facilities elsewhere around the island, triathletes will have no excuse for aching muscles.
There are bargains to be had at Phuket's markets and shopping malls, particularly in the variety of small tailors' shops where one-of-a-kind garments are run up to order in double-quick time.
And of course, Thailand's well-known cuisine is a major feature of Phuket, available everywhere from simple roadside stalls to top-class dining establishments.
For the culinary-inclined, Thai cooking classes are available at various locations in and around Laguna Phuket, so you can even take a taste of Thailand home with you.
International Links
Phuket is easily accessed withdirect international flights, as well as many connecting flights from regional hubs such as Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Event sponsor Thai Airways International is offering excess baggage bike allowance of 15kg for online bookings.
In addition, international charter airlines service Phuket with direct flights, mainly during the high season of November to April.
For registration and accommodation specials visit: www.ironmanphuket.com
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The host for this event is Laguna Phuket, Asia's Finest Destination Resort.
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Often, when writing about the Renaissance there is tendency among experts/writers/historians to focus on the well-plumed bird and ignore the nest. Burckhardt spends nearly 400 pages carefully detailing the Tuscan nest of the Renaissance that embraced, protected, and incubated the great Italian artists of the Rinascimento (Giotto to Michelangelo, etc).
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Like Gibbon's fantastic 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' it is tempting to gloss over how drastically the craft of history was changed by this book. Burckhardt wasn't interested in a stale or utilitarian history. He wanted a nest that was just as beautiful as the bird it bore.
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'The Stalin Epigram' is unlike any Littell novel I've read. It is sad, beautiful, complex. It is a writer not playing with words to earn a living, or to impress, or to get laid, or to sell one stupid book. It is a lonely poet casting a stone into a cave, writing a love note to a dead lover, or telling Stalin to take a flying leap. It is art and art is always a little mad.
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Ross Macdonald might write Chandleresque noir as good or better than Chandler. Some of the lines from 'The Chill' were so sharp they could cut a day into dark chocolate, bite-sized hours. 'The Chill' had a pretty good twist at the end. The only downside to the novel was it almost needed an overcoat with extra pockets for all the characters. By the end, I needed a small pocket book to keep all femme fatales and dead women straight.
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There is a popular trope (often attributed to Brian Eno) that the Velvet Underground's first album only sold 30,000 copies during its first five years but that "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band." I think the same thing can be said about Macdonald. He was one of those writers who probably sold less than his talent deserved, but whose influence on the modern-day detective novel is practically unsurpassed. He was a writer's writer, the professor of pulp, the high king of hard-boiled, the prophet of classic myths retold as California crime fiction. He was a god and you bet you ass every single word was a sacred creation.
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I normally don't gravitate towards abridged books (sorry folks on Audible, but this IS abridged), but Vasari's 'The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects' is a book that needs to be: 1) read by art history experts in its entirety (2000+ pages), 2) picked through periodically, like an encyclopedic "Garden of Delights", 3) read abridged, in a version that focuses on the Renaissance's best (Vasari was interested in distinguishing the better from the good and the best from the better). My time here is limited. I only have so much time for the good. In my brief life here I want to hang with the Gods not with the minor prophets. I want Michelangelo not Niccolò Soggi. Sorry Niccolò.
The Penguin Classics/George Bull translation, was a great audio version. It had all the Teenage Ninja Mutant Renaissance artists, but still provided plenty of architects, sculptures and painters that I was either completely uninformed about or lacked much knowledge. Vasari has a natural narrative momentum, even if he does sometimes lose his narrative genius when he's consumed with listing and describing all of an artists works. It is a fine balancing act, to try and describe the artists' life, work, and importance and make the essay complete, without making the piece a laundry list of oil and marble.
One final note. This is one of those books that seems destined to become an amazing hypertext book or app. There were times while reading it I wished I was reading a digital copy that would provide links to pictures, blue prints, smoothly rotating statues, etc. What I wanted was a through the looking-glass, artist's version of 'The Elements' app by Theodore Gray. I want a multiverse of art, history, maps and blueprints. I want to fall into a hypertext of Renaissance Florence and Rome. Audiobooks or paper just fail to do justice to this beautiful subject.
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Ross Macdonald definitely dances down the same literary streets as Hammett and Chandler. This hardboiled detective novel, the 8th in the Lew Archer series, feels like it was written in one continuous sitting (that is a good thing).
'The Galton Case' has a naked narrative intensity that is well-supported by its witty dialogue and California Noir setting. Macdonald is one of those authors who is so spare and bare that it is hard NOT to be impressed by the clean, minimalist architecture of his writing. If Proust was edited by Hemingway, liked bad girls (well OK, sometimes Proust liked bad girls) and wrote hardboiled novels, he'd be Ross Macdonald.
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It has been awhile since I've read Robert Littell. This wasn't one of his best novels (*** 1/2), but it was still fascinating. At its core, 'Young Philby' is an ahistorical, fictionalized telling of the early life and background of Kim Philby, the most famous of the Cambridge Five.
Littell's fictionalized account imagines the possibility that Philby was actually more than just a double agent. I would tell you more, but then I would have to kill you. Anyway, 'Young Philby' was well-written, well-developed, and nuanced enough to make Littell's argument credible.
"CURRENT and ENERGY that is hard to contain"
One of my big regrets over the last couple years is that I never met Michael Hastings. He wrote some of the "great" long-form journalism pieces for Rolling Stone Magazine during the last decade ('The Runaway General' & 'Bowe Bergdahl: America's Last Prisoner of War'). Hastings' genius was a combination of gonzo passion with the ability to laser-in on stories months or years before they became news.
'The Last Magazine' gives us an energized, barely fictionalized, account of Michael Hastings' time at Newsweek. There is Nishant Patel & Sanders Berman (read Fareed Zakaria & Jon Meacham). There is sex. There is hackery. There's plenty of politics and porn, transvestites & bottom feeders. There are even twin narrators. Two sides of Michael Hastings. There is Michael Hastings the naive intern and A. E. Peoria the jaded combat vet who seems to have an inevitable destiny with self-destruction.
Like most unpublished novels discovered only after their famous authors have died, 'The Last Magazine' is a hot mess. There are parts that are repetitive, segments that go on too long, underdeveloped ideas, etc., but there is also a current and energy that is hard to contain. 'The Last Magazine' is raw and it is FUNNY.
One of my favorite tropes is Michael Hastings' dance on the fourth wall. In the beginning of the novel he details how many words he thinks the novel will be, the book's dangers, its pitfalls, etc. Hastings the author (not the narrator) reappears again and again to apologize for going too slow or too fast or for writing too much. This voice is difficult to pull off, but Hastings manages it with grace and doesn't typically overstay -- Hastings the author and the magician knows how to both make a scene and make a dramatic exit.
"We are all debtors anyway."
A fascinating exploration of debt, money, barter, and the credit systems used by man for thousands of years. Sure it has biases and like 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' is a bit too idealistic, but still -- wow -- an amazing book. While most economic books are still battling over the binary capitalism::socialism salvos, Graeber quietly flips both boats (or if not flips, rocks both boats HARD).
I mean really, when was the last time my wife let me read to her about social and economic transactions? Answer: Never. She has NEVER, EVER before let me read to her about money or debt or interest rates or the buying and selling of goods. This was an early rule in our marriage. It was practically a sacred cow, a promise made with a flesh-debt. We even broke bread sticks over it (I still have my stale tally). We kept our bargain, till this book, till last night. THAT is how good it is.
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A good first novel, just not a world-class bildungsroman that I'm going to push to have my daughter read immediately. Don't get me wrong, Green writes good characters and builds tight little novels (I can use the plural 'cause I've now read two). Sometimes, however, I feel a bit like I'm reading a Jennifer Egan MFA project: something clever, funny, tight but although it desperately reaches to matter ... it never quite grabs the matter. The Universe is a finicky bit@h.
This upsets me, because I really like the YouTube persona that IS John Green. It would be like falling for Mark Twain's personality and finding out he wrote only mediocre novels. My take is John Green is a C writer but an A+ promoter (not a bad thing if you want to make a living selling what you write).
As a friend of mine (Jacob) on another site said, "It's like emotional cotton candy. Simple and uncomplicated. They can make you cry without making you think, force you to laugh without having to reflect, and it's all so...upsetting to me."
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AudioQuest 1394-G (4 To 6 Pin) (Black/Green)
2M black/green firewire cable
You want an IEEE1394 cable for its high-speed, real-time digital signal transmission, but you also insist that it be constructed of high-quality, distortion-reducing materialswithout breaking the bank. AudioQuest's 1394G is the perfect match. And as a component, these cables will drastically improve the quality of sound and video of every other component in your home-theater quiver. Really.
6' 7" = 2M cable length