iPad usefulness?
in [UK Mac]
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From: Chris Ridd on 31 Mar 2010 13:26 On 2010-03-31 18:20:00 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:07:42 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> > wrote: > >> On 2010-03-31 17:38:31 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: >> >>> Mail/calendar/contacts sync to the cloud - yes, >>> MobileMe/Google/Exchange, though needs a computer at some point to set >>> it up. >> >> You can set all this up using Mobile Safari. It is awkward because of >> the screen size, but do-able. I set up my wife's iPod Touch to sync >> with google calendar all without using my Mac. >> >>> System updates - no. This will be trickier, but the iPhone/Touch >>> already do a two-partition scheme, / for system and /var/mobile for >>> the user stuff, so it should not be impossible. >> >> Like Sun's LiveUpdate? > > Those are effectively zone upgrades, aren't they? I haven't played > with Solaris for about four years now so I'm a bit out of touch. No, it installs the new OS into a separate partition (you *did* create a spare partition beforehand, right?) and just reboots. (Actually it copies the current OS into the partition, then upgrades it.) It is nothing to do with zones. The advantage is that if it all goes Pete Tong a reboot into the original partition restores normal service. The disadvantage is that you have to create the partition beforehand. With ZFS boot, LiveUpgrade is replaced with effectively ZFS clones and snapshots. Very neat. Shame Apple aren't using ZFS, but I guess it might be a bit OTT on a telephone :-) -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 31 Mar 2010 13:37 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > > > Can you define "proper cooker" in this context ? > > > > 'Not an AGA'. > > You cheeky old git. Off to the Punishment Planet with you. Do I get Sigourney Weaver with that? In that case I wouldn't even mind an AGA. -- Peter
From: James Jolley on 31 Mar 2010 13:56 On 2010-03-31 17:02:30 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >>> I have to say that the iTouch is so extremely limited that I hardly ever >>> use it. I admit that it was a 'gadget' impulse purchase, and a mistake. >>> It's basically like a piece of jewellery. It's sweet, but unnecessary. >>> And I find the interface irritating. If I needed to do anything much, >>> I'd carry a laptop. >> >> Really? I do recall you gushing when you'd just got it. > > Yup. It is lovely. But as time passed, *for me* I found it wasn't much > use. > >> The Touch would be OK for a primary machine for people like my >> wife/children if it was bigger. Damn, I've just talked myself into an >> iPad :-) > > Well yes, which is why I think it would be a good primary machine for my > sister in law. *If* it actually does useful things, and doesn't need a > full-on computer to manage it. Regarding the touch, i'd not go back. I often use the touch to view this very group using the brilliantly accessible newstap. It's quicker for me as I can mark all threads as read in one go after i've looked at the messages I want. Best -James-
From: James Jolley on 31 Mar 2010 14:01 On 2010-03-31 17:46:06 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:17:05 +0100, Tim Streater > <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >> In article <1jg89xe.1aaqbfr4c0t9fN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, >> peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >> >>> David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>>> They are superb cooks. >>>> >>>> They would improve immeasurably if they chose to use the Aga rather than >>>> just having it for show. >>> >>> Of course they *use* it. In the same way that in the mountains they use >>> a wood-burning range. But they need a proper cooker *as well*. >> >> :-) >> >> Can you define "proper cooker" in this context ? > > You can't stir-fry on an Aga easily, not without overstoking it and > baking the entire kitchen. Apart from that, there's almost nothing > they can't do with a bit of adaptation. > > And for those that don't want to learn, you can get a bolt on normal > cooker for them - http://www.aga-web.co.uk/123.htm > > Cheers - Jaimie Would they be safe for blind people? I use a convection oven with a voice synthesizer in it for setting the times and heating. These are safe enough with gloves but I can imagine burning myself with that sort of setup that Peter's describing.
From: James Jolley on 31 Mar 2010 14:01
On 2010-03-31 18:23:21 +0100, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> said: > In article <1jg8ch7.opinu51s7d3twN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > >> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >> >>> Can you define "proper cooker" in this context ? >> >> 'Not an AGA'. > > You cheeky old git. Off to the Punishment Planet with you. Where's that then, South London? |