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Looking at this makes me realize that maybe there is a company that can maybe come close to what apple does with their computers. The only company that comes to mind is Dell. Every person that has not been living uder a rock has owned a dell, worked somwhere wher they exclusivley use them, or just admire the company as a whole.
In my mind dell is the only company who "gets it", I mean c'mon they offer Ubuntu as one of their OS choices, EPIC! So since I am making this post about the new Dell Adamo, I should shut up and get on with it...
Firs off, ITS GOT MORE THAN 1 USB PORT!!!!!!! Second you can still easily fit it inside a manilla envalope. The downside is since it is flat around the edges unlike the air, you can't cut a wedding cake with it :(
No seriusly, all in all this machine is overall better than the beloved Macbook Air, But it will cost you 2,499 | 3,399 Dollars. Wait, WTF!
Remember how expensive the macbook air was when it came out!
But on with the good stuff (after the video)
Specs
ADMIRE
1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bit 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory3 128GB solid state drive
Starting From
$2,499
DESIRE
1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bit 4GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory3 128GB solid state drive
We feared this day, and yet here it is: Apple has blocked the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes 8 with its latest iTunes 8.2.1 update, according to Engadget Mobile.
Apple's Software Update says in the install dialog that the new version "provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices," as I confirmed (see above screenshot from the iMac I'm typing this on). That's about as pointed as it gets without saying it straight out.
It's up to the individual Palm Pre owner how much of a drag this is. There are other ways to get music onto the Palm Pre, obviously, and this is less of an issue now that Apple has finally removed DRM from its iTunes Store music tracks.
"If Apple chooses to disable Media Sync in a future version of iTunes, we just think it will be a direct blow to their own users," Palm spokeswoman Lynn Fox said last month, responding to Apple's support note that had essentially threatened this exact course of action. "We just think it would be unfortunate if they were to choose to do that."
There might be thousands and thousands of game choices at the App Store, but the sad truth is that most of them aren't worth your time — or money. Here's a list of the ten games that every iPhone or iPod touch owner should have. If you're missing any, download it now so you're not humiliated the next time somebody asks to check out your iPhone.
and give this file into X:/.../Grand Theft Auto IV/ and make shortcut to deskop.
Click right button on shortcut and add the " -s *.* -v" thing to the back of target line of the shortcut properties.
Run it (if vista- run as administrator), wait ~15minutes or more (its close when done).
3. Run game by social club in offline mode
and when you start game, press ctrl+alt+delete and set highest prority for GTAIV.exe and LaunchGTAIV.exe
4. In game options, off clip capture
5. If you dont want lots of shadows
(only towns, cars and bigger things) set "Shadow Density" for 0. When you set "3", lamps, PED's give shadows. Its veeery slow game when you turn on reflectors in car.
6. If you want to have pretty game without set high setting, you can press "p" for blur
MANUAL CONFIGURATION STEP 2
First, make a text document, call it Commandline.txt. Save it in your GTA4 folder.
in the document, type in as follows:
-norestriction -nomemrestrict -availablevidmem "x" -percentvidmem "x"
Ok so the first "x" for the -availablevidmem can be set how much ram you have. For me, i have 1GB VRAM total (HD 3870 x2, 2 x 512MB of VRAM), so i would need to type in -availablevidmem 2.0. If you have 512MB of VRAM, then -availablevidmem 1.0. The -nomemrestrict makes it so you can change how much memory from your VRAM to be and used but displays how high the availablevidmem is set to. As for the -percentvidmem, i just put 100 so i can use 100% of all of the VRAM, so type in like so: -percentvidmem 100.
FULL LIST OF COMMANDLINE.TXT COMMANDS
Tools:
-benchmark: Runs the benchmark tool and immediately exits game. -help: Display list of all command line options
Graphics: -renderquality: Set the render quality of the game. (0-4) -shadowdensity: Set the shadow density of the game. (0-16) -texturequality: Set the texture quality of the game. (0-2) -viewdistance: Set the view distance of the game (0-99) -detailquality: Set the detail quality of the game. (0-99) -novblank: Disable wait for vblank (No Vsync) -norestriction: Do not limit graphics settings -width: Set width of main render window (default is 800) -height: Set height of main render window (default is 600) -safemode: Run the graphics in the lowest setting possible -frameLimit: Limit frame to interval of refresh rate (ex If refreshrate is 60HZ –frameLimit 1 = Locks down to 60HZ) -refreshrate: Set the refresh rate of main render window – Warning - Monitor must support (ex. –refreshrate 60) -fullscreen: Force fullscreen mode -windowed: Force windowed mode -availablevidmem: Set amount of physical Video Memory(ex. –availablevidmem 0.9) -percentvidmem: Percentage of video memory to make available to GTA
Audio: -fullspecaudio: Force high-end CPU audio footprint -minspecaudio: Force low-end CPU audio footprint
System: -noprecache: Disable precache of resources -nomemrestrict: Disable memory restrictions
\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\pc\data\cdimages
THE BEST GRAPHICS MODS
Ultimate Graphics Tweak
Although the PC version of GTA 4 has been released several months ago, players still can't use Anti Aliasing. The Rockstar game only offers the option to (de)activate Post Processing effects. This effect consists of several effects that are used simultaneously only: Depth of Field and Motion Blur. Active Depth of Field doesn't just reduce the sharpness in the distance, but also "softens” the textures and shadows near to Nico Bellic. Thus high-frequency (flickering) content is detected and the whole scene appears more settled. Motion blur is only visible during fast camera turns or when driving at high speed.
GTA 4: Motion Blur lässt sich per Tweak einzeln deaktivieren [Source: view picture gallery]But what if you want only the Soft Shadows but no Motion Blur? The sharp shadows are fine but a little Motion Blur would be good, too? The Ultimate Graphics Tweak allows you to use the effects separately. You only need to replace some files with modified versions. Just follow the instructions in the gtaforums.
In the thread you can also find several examples of the possibilities offered by the Ultimate Graphics Tweak. On the following pages we assembled several comparisons to exemplify the most distinctive differences. Those pictures were recorded with GTA 4 updated to the current version 1.0.3.0.
All environment files rewritten from scratch to get more realistic ambient light, direct light, water etc.Increased trafic and view distance for peds and cars. Softened the shadows so it should be less dark in the shadows. Headlights and all other light edited to be more narrow and more bright/ view distance. New water colour and summer green trees with reduced flicker Included all shaders from patch3 and 2 files from patch2 for nicer shadows on lower resolutions.
How to install JSGME and use it to enable/disable mods for GTA4: Copy the downloaded file "JSGME.exe" to your main GTA directory. (See picture 1: How to setup JSGME.)
Run the program one time from the main GTA folder. After that a folder will be created named "MODS" this is where you put the directories from the environment mods.
After you have copied the directories to the "MODS" folder close JSGME and start JSGME.exe one more time, now click the mods in the left side of the screen and press "Enable" (the big arrow to the right) to enable the different parts of the mod.) (See picture 2: How to install and uninstall with JSGME)
To uninstall simply start JSGME and click the part you want to uninstall and click disable (the arrow to the left), JSGME will make backups of all files copied and removed!
Some people might say that the iPhone has everything you could possibly want from a smart phone. While it's sure got a lot to offer, modern society always has us wanting more. We're not unsatisfied with the iPhone (it's truly a miraculous device), but we like adding a little something extra. The truth is, there's some things that you just can't do without a little iPhone hack. And then there's things that Apple or AT&T just don't want you to do.
This list has 15 iPhone hacks and tricks that will give you that extra functionality so you can truly optimize your iPhone. These modifications should certainly enhance your mobile experience and simply make your life easier.
This is a video of the first beta version of TwittARound - an augmented reality Twitter viewer on the iPhone. It shows live tweets around your location on the horizon. Because of video see-through effect you see where the tweet comes from and how far it is away.
Video Downloader – a firefox extension that allows you to download youtube videos to your computer from YouTube and most video sites.
YouTubeX – allows you to save and download YouTube videos easily using only your IE or firefox browser.
TubeSock – grabs YouTube videos from the web and copies them to your video iPod, Mac, or PlayStation Portable.
VideoDL – is a quick AJAX application that allows you to download online video into your computer. It supports top 3 video sites – YouTube, Google Video, and Break.com.
fTube – a YouTube player that downloads the list of 25 most recent videos featured on the YouTube front page. The user can select a video from the list and hit the play button to play it in-Flash.
iTube – grab Youtube videos, then convert and import them into iTunes. Requires .Net framework and works exclusively on Windows.
TvTube – For Mac users. Allows you to browse YouTube, Google Video and Yahoo Videos, for movie clips that people upload, choose your favorite clips and add them to your shared library.
YouTube API Extraction Tool – PHP script that taps into the YouTube API to deliver videos by tag, by username or what’s a current favorite.
YouTube Widget – brings all of YouTubes videos to your Mac Dashboard.
Search The Tube – A quick way to find videos for your website, blog or profile.
IndexTube – categorized and browsable index of the publicly available Youtube videos.
YouTube Podcaster – makes Podcast feed from your submitted keyword or url. The feed is made up from embedded youtube video IDs and all videos are converted to the MP4 file format.
MemoriesOnWeb – freeware photo slideshow software for YouTube.
Overstream – lets you add subtitles to online videos.
Integrate YouTube In Your Site or Blog
YouTube badge maker – will show your viewers images of your 6 most recently uploaded videos.
WordPress Related Videos Plugin – Uses tags to look for related videos on YouTube, displays the three most recent related videos on your WordPress blog post and updates videos automatically.
Wordpress Favourite YouTube Videos – Wordpress plugin / widget to display, in a very configurable manner, your latest favorite videos from Youtube.
Viper�s Video Quicktags – WP plugin that easily generates codes for copy / pasting to embed videos from sites like YouTube and Google Video or for self-hosted videos into your posts.
WP-FLV – Wordpress plugin simplfies the process of inserting flash video files (FLV) inside a Wordpress post or page.
TubePress – a highly configurable WordPress plugin that displays YouTube videos in an embedded gallery in posts and/or pages.
Top / Best YouTube Videos Services
PureVideo – collects top 10 videos from around the web
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