ThePowerGeeks.com » oracle http://thepowergeeks.com The Power Geeks Radio Show Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:25:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 For Geeks, By Geeks. We update every week to bring you the latest in everything geek. Tech, gaming, movies, and general nerdery. Get you geek on Neeenjas! Steven Molen clean Steven Molen darthmolen@thepowergeeks.com darthmolen@thepowergeeks.com (Steven Molen) The Power Geeks Radio Show ThePowerGeeks.com » oracle http://thepowergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/power_symbol_square.jpg http://thepowergeeks.com The Power Geeks #35 http://thepowergeeks.com/2010/01/the-power-geeks-35/ http://thepowergeeks.com/2010/01/the-power-geeks-35/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:53:27 +0000 DarthMolen http://thepowergeeks.com/?p=16318 We talk the Apple iPad Unveil  this week among other things that include Sun Sale, Internet in Space, and Walking Dead Pilot

Geek Speak

Meet the iMaxiPad! (check out all my iPad name jokes KDR)
Specs:
  • “It’s 0.5-inches thin, weighs just 1.5 pounds. Thinner and lighter than any netbook. 9.7-inch IPS display.
  • Powered by a 1GHz Apple A4 chip – fruits from an acquisition in 2008 (PA Semi)
  • has 16GB to 64GB of flash storage.
  • It has 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. 30-pin connector, speaker, microphone, accelerometer and compass
  • 10 hours of battery life
  • 1000 hardware sensors on the device for multitouch sensitivity
  • Wi-Fi only versions: 16 GB $499, 32GB for $599 and 64GB for $699
  • 3G models: (extra $130) $629, $729 and $829.
  • 250MB data a month for $15/unlimited data for $30 a month – no contract! – Kicker, its on the AT&T Network
  • (Steven)They haven’t specified which “unlimited” Plan it will be – AT&T unlimited Data is 5GB
Apps:
  • same App Store as the iPhone, Reworked IWork, IBooks App Store (epub format)
  • Can either run it small, 1:1 pixel, in the center of the screen. Or “pixel double” it and run it full screen, in a low resolution mode
  • “We rewrote the user interface of every one of our apps to take advantage of the larger display that comes with the iPad.”
  • sync the apps you already downloaded to your iPhone to the iPad as well, so you don’t have to pay twice
  • SDK has been released into the wild, for the larger screen (not IPhone 4, Iphone 3.2)
Just Like the iPhone, but BIGGER: (KDR)
  • You can turn iPad, and an accelerometer will adjust by itself. “You can see the whole webpage. “
  • keyboard
  • zooming and swiping
  • You can watch YouTube (even in high def) and TV shows & movies. It’s not widescreen though, and looks closer to 4:3 than 16:9
  • No flash
  • PDF opens in new window
  • Web browsing
  • Music player appears to be an iTunes/iPod hybrid
  • syncs
  • WiFi + 3G
Stuff that makes the iPad different from any other Apple Product:
  • Built-in calendar
  • SJ says “It’s so much more intimate than a laptop.” – uh, with neck cramps and all? -KDR
  • Cross platform device: You can sync photos with Mac & Windows, but if you’re on a Mac, you can get photo data like events from iPhoto
  • eBook reader app called iBooks – download directly onto your bookshelf, like the Kindle – ePub format might mean you can import your own ePub books
    • Katie Doyle brings up the point about extended reading – eye strain, Kindle was designed to similate an actual book for prolonged reading(Steven) I thought the IBook was its strongest point! Its the singular thing right now that would make me guy one.
  • iWork – new version of Keynote (presentations), Pages (word processor), and Numbers (spreadsheet) apps (gots tons to say abput this KDR)
  • Full mechanical keyboard and iPad dock available
  • carrying case with a stand too
  • “Apple is really good at creating lustful objects”(Steven)
  • “Combining tech with performance arts” (KDR)
  • oh yeah – no effing camera or webcam, also boo

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

  • Star Wars Inspired Shoes & Apparel (KDR)
    • (Steven) My favorite, is the t-shirt w/ luke and vader sword fighting in the adidas symbol
    • (Steven) I’ve heard through twitter that the quality of shoes are a bit crappy
  • Google Founders to sell stock, cede majority over 5 years
    • Eventually they will each get 2.75 billion for the planned sell down
    • Their controlling interests in google will go from 59% to 48%
    • “They are both as committed as ever to Google and are integrally involved in our day-to-day management and product strategy,” Google said in an e-mailed statement. “The majority of their net worth remains with Google.”
    • Will that hold up if a majority owner decides to vote against their mantra “don’t be evil”?
    • Stocks fell $32.97 or 5.7% after the news was announced
    • Astronauts on the International Space Station finally have a live Internet connection and made their first direct Twitter post Friday to prove it.
    • Space Internet uses the station’s high-speed Ku-band antenna, so it is active whenever the station has that connection.
    • To surf the Web, astronauts can use a station laptop to control a desktop computer on Earth. It is that ground computer that has the physical connection to the Internet.
    • (Steven)Damn, there goes my diabolical plan to infect the space station with a virus and turn it into the Death Star!!!!
  • Oracle Buying Sun Finalized
    • $7 Beeeellion dollars!
    • Now the high end DB company will have high-end hardware to pair with its engine
    • Very good in my estimation in the sense that it give them a way to differentiate from M$
    • Oracle selling itself as one package, no integration required, if your willing 2 pay :)
    • One thing 2 watch? Sun owns MySQL a lightweight product that can run small and large DB’s for free or little money
    • Scott McNealy the founder of 28 yrs will be stepping down
  • THE WALKING DEAD Pilot Script (KDR)i cannot not stop the squeeee about this!!!!
    • TV adaptation set for AMC
    • Frank Darabont (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Mist”) is writing and directing the pilot
    • Kirkman says: It will be 110% faithful to the series in tone, but not telling the story page by page.
    • AMC will have some limitations. The only restriction so far – no F-Bombs.
    • Kirkman has “high hopes for the show’s gore content”

Intarweb Goldmine

  • Man plans to jump from balloon at 120,000 ft.
    • Felix Baumgartner plans to step out of a perfectly good balloon and plummet down to the earth
    • He will exceed the speed of sound WITHOUT equipment to propel him
    • “The fact is you have a lot of different airflows coming around your body; and some parts of your body are in supersonic flow and some parts are in transonic flow. What kind of reaction that creates, I can’t tell you,”
    • “want to make space exploration safer”?
    • Is designing a space suit from the ground up to make sure he doesn’t incinerate himself on the way down
  • Video Game Related Injuries Up, Tree Climbing Injuries Down in UK
    • Number of kids under 15 reporting injuries caused by outdoor activities have fallen sharply since 2002
    • Video Game injuries have raised by 60% in the same time period (thumb injuries are the main reported accident)
    • I have wonder if the UK hospitals have had to come up with a special thumb splint for console-thumb-itis
  • Firms Fined after Worker Dies in Vat of Chocolate (KDR)
    • 2 chocolate processing companies in NJ have been fined for safety violations following the death of an employee who fell into a giant vat of chocolate (after he was hit by a mixing paddle)
  • Prisoners fight for right to play D&D
    • guy in jail for beating somebody with a sledgehammer to death, gets his D&D supplies taken away
    • Was running a campaign with 3 others when he was reported for “gang” activity.
    • “promotes fantasy role playing, competitive hostility, violence, addictive escape behaviors, and possible gambling,”
  • 50 Incorrect Pronunciations That You Should Avoid (KDR)
    • 7. asterisk – Notice the second S. Say /AS-TER-ISK/, not /as-ter-ik/.
    • 29. “irregardless” – See the real word, regardless.
    • One not included -

      Especially ..not EX-pesh-a-llee. There’s is no “X”

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]]> http://thepowergeeks.com/2010/01/the-power-geeks-35/feed/ 3 apple,ipad,ipod,nasa,sun,oracle,walkingdead,starwars We talk the Apple iPad Unveil  this week among other things that include Sun Sale, Internet in Space, and Walking Dead Pilot Geek Speak Meet the iMaxiPad! (check out all my iPad name jokes KDR) Specs: “It’s 0.5-inches thin, weighs just 1. We talk the Apple iPad Unveil  this week among other things that include Sun Sale, Internet in Space, and Walking Dead Pilot Geek Speak Meet the iMaxiPad! (check out all my iPad name jokes KDR) Specs: “It’s 0.5-inches thin, weighs just 1.5 pounds. Thinner and lighter than any netbook. 9.7-inch IPS display. Powered by a 1GHz Apple A4 chip - fruits from an acquisition in 2008 (PA Semi) has 16GB to 64GB of flash storage. It has 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. 30-pin connector, speaker, microphone, accelerometer and compass 10 hours of battery life 1000 hardware sensors on the device for multitouch sensitivity Pricing: Wi-Fi only versions: 16 GB $499, 32GB for $599 and 64GB for $699 3G models: (extra $130) $629, $729 and $829. 250MB data a month for $15/unlimited data for $30 a month - no contract! - Kicker, its on the AT&T Network (Steven)They haven't specified which "unlimited" Plan it will be - AT&T unlimited Data is 5GB Apps: same App Store as the iPhone, Reworked IWork, IBooks App Store (epub format) Can either run it small, 1:1 pixel, in the center of the screen. Or “pixel double” it and run it full screen, in a low resolution mode “We rewrote the user interface of every one of our apps to take advantage of the larger display that comes with the iPad.” sync the apps you already downloaded to your iPhone to the iPad as well, so you don’t have to pay twice SDK has been released into the wild, for the larger screen (not IPhone 4, Iphone 3.2) Just Like the iPhone, but BIGGER: (KDR) You can turn iPad, and an accelerometer will adjust by itself. “You can see the whole webpage. “ keyboard zooming and swiping You can watch YouTube (even in high def) and TV shows & movies. It’s not widescreen though, and looks closer to 4:3 than 16:9 No flash PDF opens in new window Web browsing Music player appears to be an iTunes/iPod hybrid syncs WiFi + 3G Stuff that makes the iPad different from any other Apple Product: Built-in calendar SJ says "It’s so much more intimate than a laptop.” - uh, with neck cramps and all? -KDR Cross platform device: You can sync photos with Mac & Windows, but if you're on a Mac, you can get photo data like events from iPhoto eBook reader app called iBooks - download directly onto your bookshelf, like the Kindle - ePub format might mean you can import your own ePub books Katie Doyle brings up the point about extended reading - eye strain, Kindle was designed to similate an actual book for prolonged reading(Steven) I thought the IBook was its strongest point! Its the singular thing right now that would make me guy one. iWork - new version of Keynote (presentations), Pages (word processor), and Numbers (spreadsheet) apps (gots tons to say abput this KDR) Full mechanical keyboard and iPad dock available carrying case with a stand too "Apple is really good at creating lustful objects"(Steven) "Combining tech with performance arts" (KDR) 8 Things to Hate about the iPad oh yeah - no effing camera or webcam, also boo Tech,Gaming, and Geek News Star Wars Inspired Shoes & Apparel (KDR) (Steven) My favorite, is the t-shirt w/ luke and vader sword fighting in the adidas symbol (Steven) I've heard through twitter that the quality of shoes are a bit crappy Google Founders to sell stock, cede majority over 5 years Eventually they will each get 2.75 billion for the planned sell down Their controlling interests in google will go from 59% to 48% "They are both as committed as ever to Google and are integrally involved in our day-to-day management and product strategy,” Google said in an e-mailed statement. “The majority of their net worth remains with Google." Will that hold up if a majority owner decides to vote against their mantra "don't be evil"? Stocks fell $32.97 or 5.7% after the news was announced Steven Molen clean