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I would like to install Lion on a different MacBook Pro in my house, but I can't download/install OS X Lion as it hasn't been linked to my Apple ID. Any suggestions?
I think there is a part on booting up a new mac for the first time where it asks you to register with an apple id. If you haven't done that, check in your home folder for something that is a shortcut to register with an apple id. If you already deleted that, or it isn't there, try adding a apple id in the "Accounts" section of system preferences (under your picture and name). After you register, Lion should appear under "Purchased" in the Mac App Store, which you can redownload on other machines.
Well, apart from the obvious solution of simply spending the bucks for Lion in the App Store so you can then legally put it onto all the Macs you own in the future, you could try the following:
Sort of complicated for my tastes, but I think that would work. Remember however, that at that point, you have copied over the entire Lion installation from the new MBP and your old installation is wiped out (backup notwithstanding). Thus, you would then have to restore all the files and programs you want to reinstall from your backup, which would take additional time. For a true upgrade installation like you could do with the Lion version from the App Store, you would have to try another solution than mine.
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I am using Nikon D7000 with 18-105. I have read people saying to get images with the minimum depth of field, the lens should be at its maximumum focal length, in this case at 105mm. However at 105mm the aperture of the lens drops to f/5.6, so I don't understand why f/3.5 at 18 mm won't give me a shallower depth of field than 105 mm at f/5.6.
Focal length affects depth of field as well as aperture.
At f 3.5/18mm the depth of field is over 20 feet deep. Focusing on a subject 10 feet away this means that everything up to 17 feet behind the subject will be in focus.
At f 5.6/105mm the depth of field is 0.6 feet deep. This means only 0.3 feet (10cm) will be in focus behind the subject; in other words, the background will be blurred, and you will get bokeh.
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Technically, at the same magnification of the subject and the same relative aperture (say, f/4) you have the same depth of field (as in depth of acceptable focus) although of course you will be much closer to the subject with the wider lens.
You'd have however different background blur due to the different magnification of the blurred background at different focal lengths. See here: http://toothwalker.org/optics/dof.html at the chapter titled "Background Blur".

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I'm setting up Ubuntu 12.04 minimal on a mini-pc using a GENE 5313 motherboard with a Geode lx800 CPU. I'll use it as a headless PC with just transmission, ssh, ddclient and few more stuff. The problem is that I cannot boot it without a monitor physically plugged.
- I did not install X11, and I will not. I want it only command-line (and it's working very good) so ...
- I will not use VNC, nor any kind of remote desktop
- I will access it only by ssh from my local network and maybe some web services
- I already tried to set the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset" variable on /etc/default/grub. It didn't work
- My BIOS is already set to "Halt on NO ERROR"
- I would prefer to not simulate a VGA monitor by wiring a resistor on the VGA connector, as suggested elsewhere.
All I can do is to make sure I have a monitor plugged when I power it on, let it boot and then I can also unplug the monitor, it works fine. But I will install my mini-pc far from my monitor. If I power it on without a monitor plugged, I only get to "Verifying DMI pool data", no OS boot. I followed a lot of guides to solve this but always failed. Any help? Thank you


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Police say a High Springs woman who was driving recklessly has been arrested on multiple charges.
Deborah Dale Daniel, 57, of 23366 NW 199th Lane, has been charged with criminal mischief, assault with a deadly weapon, following an incident that occurred Monday, according to arrest reports from the Alachua County Sheriff's Office and High Springs police.
The report states that on Monday afternoon Daniel was spotted driving a green Jeep Wrangler erratically on U.S. 441 in Alachua. A motorist called police and continued to follow Daniel, who was described as driving aggressively by cutting others off the road and constantly slowing and stopping.
The report states that Daniel then put her Jeep in reverse and drove toward the car of the witness, who swerved and barely missed a collision.
Daniel was eventually arrested by the High Springs Police Department. The officer on Tuesday noticed damage to his car and filed the criminal mischief charge against Daniel, according arrest reports.
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This is a story about why we chose to love the ones we love, and why we just can't forget the ones who aren't right for us.
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"Giffin's snappy prose makes Ellen's dilemma compelling, once again proving she's at the top of the chick-lit pack." (Booklist)
"Love The One Your With"
Great Chick Book for beach or in the car heading for the beach! Great listen!
"Loved her first book"
I loved Emily's first 2 books, Something Borrowed and the 2nd Something Blue. I found this book overly predicatable, but I really did have a feeling of loving or hating each Character.
The book was good I would recommand it to people who liked her first 2 books.
"Elightening for married couples"
I started to get a little tired of the typical titilating affair at the beginning of the story, but was totally satisfied with the reasons for the telling of the tale by the end!
"winey story"
I am usually such a fan of stories of Unrequited Love but I found this book to be a tad bit annoying....
I just wanted to take the lead character and shake her and say, "well you did this to yourself"
All she did was be winey and played the victim in this story.
I loved all of the other books by by this author, but this one, not so much.
"Good Book"
This book was good but this authors other books were better. Protagonist was hard to like I thought she was spoiled and ungrateful. But good book>
"Very annoying lead character"
I completely agree with the previous post. I really like this author, but I kept finding myself wanting at just scream at Ellen for her wishy washy, bring-it-all-on-yourself and whine about it behavior. But on the upside, I would say it's good for a light summer book.
"Love it"
I have both read and listened to this book. It was enjoyable both ways. I love all of Emily Giffin's books. "Love the one you're with" is especially enjoyable as it takes the readers through realistic emotional ups and downs of being happy where you are and making hard choices about commitment, loyalty, and love.
"Typical "one who got away" story."
the last half of the book was a page turner. the first half was standard and too detailed.
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Augmented reality has long sounded like a wild futuristic concept, but the technology has actually been around for years. It becomes more robust and seamless with each passing decade, providing an astonishing means of superimposing computer-generated images atop a user's view of reality, thus creating a composite view rooted in both real and virtual worlds. Although augmented reality apps run the gamut from interactive map overlays and virtual showrooms to massive multiplayer king of the hill titles and the like, each piece of software hones in on smartphone GPS and camera functionality to create a more immersive experience. The available selection of augmented reality apps is diverse, encompassing both premium and freemium offerings from a variety of big and no-name developers, but sometimes choosing which apps are worth your smartphone or tablet's precious memory is tougher than using the apps themselves. After all, none of them are going to tout the kind of augmented experience offered through Google Glass or Epson's forthcoming Moverio BT-200 glasses — albeit, not initially anyway.
Here are our top picks for the best augmented reality apps available, whether you're searching for quality iOS or Android offerings. Additionally, check out picks for the best iPhone apps and our selection of the best Android apps if you're looking for some of the best apps on either platform.
This article has been updated since it was originally published to reflect new software releases and updates. Digital Trends' Staff Writer Drew Prindle contributed to this article.
Wikitude World Browser (Android/iOS/Blackberry/Windows Phone) — Free
Wikitude World Browser is widely regarded as the king of all augmented reality browsers, and in a way, serves as a third eye of sorts. While using your smartphone's camera in a given area, the the virtual browser — along with more than 3,500 associated content providers — offers you just about any geographically-relevant information you may find valuable in your travels. Useful information is often presented in the form of Wikipedia articles detailing the hallmarks of a specific landmark, or directions to the nearest ATM location or five-star Italian restaurant. Moreover, the app allows users to find hotels and similar accommodations through Yelp, TripAdvisor, and the like, while offering mobile deals and coupons for local stores in the vicinity. The built-in AR games, including the rollicking Alien Attack and bug-beating Swat the Fly, and the app's ability to mark and share your favorite spots via Facebook are merely an added bonus.
Yelp Monocle (Android/iOS/Kindle) — Free
Yelp has always been ahead of the curve. The prominent, social reviewing service provided the iPhone with its first augmented reality app in 2009, the Yelp Monocle, well before similar services began cropping up across the board. The convenient app uses your smartphone's GPS and compass to display AR markers for nearby restaurants, bars, and other businesses in real time, each bundled with the service's user-generated ratings and reviews. If signed up with a Yelp account, the app additionally provides directions to nearby friends and the businesses they've recently checked into, placing the same AR markers as previously mentioned for friends, family, colleagues, and anyone else utilizing the robust service. Monocle, although somewhat a hidden feature within Yelp, is hands down the best utility for finding and following directions to the most well-regarded, or atrocious, businesses in your local vicinity.
Google Ingress (Android) — Free
Ingress is Google's entry into the AR game market, and it's easily one of the most creative AR applications we've ever seen. Basically, the game is an MMO that puts players into two factions — the Enlightened and the Resistance — and has them fight for control of virtual territories in a giant game of king of the hill. Players gain a material called Exotic Matter (XM) by simply walking around, and can use that XM to take over virtual portals. When three or more portals are taken over by either team, they gain control of the area between the portals. It's a comprehensive strategy title at its core, heavily rooted in science fiction and bolstered by a continuous open narrative, while offering the most social experience of any AR app on our list. Google Ingress is an Android exclusive, but expected to land on iOS and other mobile platforms sometime this year.
SpecTrek (Android) — $2.50
SpecTrek is an AR game that essentially brings Ghostbusters to life on your smartphone — but without all the vacuum cleaners and cheesy lines from Dan Aykroid. The game populates your surrounding environment with virtual poltergeists and invites you to hunt down and capture them with your phone. Hold the phone flat to display an overhead map of the surrounding area, use your ghost radar to track them down, and then hold it vertically to bring up scanner mode and capture them with your smartphone's built-in camera. Additionally, the game offers statistics, awards, titles, records, and other in-game features, and though the coupled animation is nothing to write home about, there are far less enticing ways of killing boredom on a Sunday afternoon than gallivanting around and netting ghosts in the local park.
SnapShot Showroom (iOS) — Free
Retail isn't everyone's cup of tea, but there will likely come a day when you'll consider purchasing a decent sofa in lieu of the ratty, college-curated piece of work you call a couch. With SnapShop showroom, users can see what potential furniture may look like in the comfort of their living room, kitchen, bedroom, or any other desired area of their home. Once you capture an image of the desired room you wish to furnish, you can quickly browse and place assorted items (chairs, lamps, beds, tables, etc.) from the likes of big-name retailers like IKEA, Pier 1 Imports, Crate & Barrel, and Horchow, among others. Users can then resize the furniture, reposition it in the virtual environments, and try various patterns and color combinations until they find the right fit for their home. The furniture can even be purchased directly within the app afterward, conveniently saving you a trip to the store or the accompanying headache that goes hand-in-hand with the discovering you had the wrong dimensions all along.


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Please use the above form to report an incident of vehicle nuisance. Vehicle nuisance can mean illegal parking, joyriding, or unacceptable noise levels caused by vehicles.
You will be asked to provide the following information:
- Details of incident
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- Date and time of incident
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- Details of any witnesses, if known
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If you own a car, van, caravan or other vehicle, its your responsibility to park it safely so that it does not block the road, damage your property or the environment, or cause a nuisance to your neighbours.
Council tenants should refer to Section 12 of the Conditions of Tenancy where there are full guidelines for vehicle owners.
*If a vehicle is parked on private land without authorisation / permission, this is a matter that needs to be addressed between the landowner and the owner of the vehicle.
West Midlands Police will only get involved if there is evidence to suggest that the vehicle is suspicious in any way.
- Pavement Parking
It is an offence for a person, without lawful authority or excuse, to wilfully obstruct the passage along the highway. This applies to vehicles obstructing pavements and would normally be dealt with by a Fixed Penalty Notice.
- Abandoned and Stolen Vehicles
If you believe a vehicle has been abandoned you should contact:
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You can also Report an Abandoned Vehicle Online.
West Midlands Police can also check whether a vehicle is stolen. If you suspect that it is stolen or that items are being removed from the vehicle since it being abandoned contact them on 0345 113 5000 and report the matter to your local station.
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If you are a council tenant please refer to the conditions of tenancy regarding vehicles. Many of your questions will be answered here.
Large numbers of parked vehicles
If there are an excessive number of vehicles being parked outside your home, as long as they are taxed and not contravening any parking restrictions, or causing an obstruction the owner has every right to park them there.
Obstructions and dangerous parking
If a vehicle is parked dangerously or causing an obstruction, for example blocking a driveway and you are unable to trace the owner of the vehicle, you should contact West Midlands Police on 0845 113 5000.
When contacting them it is useful if you can provide the following information:
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- Make / model / colour of the vehicle
- Exact location that it is parked
- Whether parked dangerously, for example parked on a corner / likely to cause an accident
- Whether the vehicle is unlocked / taxed / damaged it may be stolen.
Heavy good vehicles and caravans
If there is a problem with HGVS being parked in your road, it should be noted that: t is an offence for a goods vehicle over 7.5 tonnes to park on the verge of a road, a central reservation or footway, unless instructed to do so by a police officer as a result of an emergency, or for unloading where there is no other place to unload and the vehicle is not left unattended at any time
For further guidance regarding this you should contact West Midlands Police on 0845 113 5000. Alternatively the Parking Section may be able to provide further information:
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Email: email@example.com
- Anti-Social Behaviour
We all know ASB when we see it. In a nutshell, it's behaviour which causes distress or alarm to others. This covers a broad spectrum of problems but key things which define ASB include:
- Statutory nuisance, such as fume emissions;
- Harassment, including racial, sexual and homophobic;
- Accidental inconsiderate behaviour;
- Nuisance caused by animals;
- Excessive noise (especially late at night); Nuisance caused by children of tenants, or visitors to council properties and estates;
- Vandalism, including graffiti;
- Drug dealing and related problems;
- Dumping of litter or rubbish;
- Breaches of tenancy conditions;
- Verbal Abuse;
- Rowdy, unruly or threatening behaviour;
- Criminal activity or offences.
- What Birmingham City Council is doing to help
Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, we have specific duties for monitoring and dealing with ASB. In response to this, we have set up the Community Safety Partnership, a specialist team that deals with ASB across the city.
It's always best to try to nip problem behaviour in the bud. In the first instance, so long as it's safe, we will always advise you to speak directly with whoever is causing the problem.
Many disputes between neighbours could be resolved just by talking to each other. Issues are often just down to a clash of lifestyles – the perpetrator(s) may not even realise that they're causing a nuisance.
If you're being subjected to persistent ASB, you can report it on 0121 303 1111 and we'll advise you what to do. We'll then refer your complaint either to the Community Safety Partnership or the council department best placed to deal with your specific issue.
If you're a tenant of a registered social landlord, we may give you their contact details, if the matter is something that they have the power to deal with.
In an emergency you should always call 999 and report the matter to the police.
- Where can I report a vehicle that I think may be stolen?
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I have the next symplectomorphism $(x,\xi)\mapsto (x,\xi+1)$ of $T^* S^1$, and I am asked if it's Hamiltonian symplectomorphism, i believe that it's not, though I am not sure how to show it.
I know that it's Hamiltonian when there's a hamiltonian isotopy $\phi_t$ s.t $\phi_0=Id \ \phi_1=\psi$ where $\psi$ is the above symplectomorphism, and its vector field associated with it is Hamiltonian. But I don't see how to relate it to the question above.
I was given a hint to calculate the Jacobian of this transformation, but don't see relevancy here.
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We played a one-shot of Mountain Witch and some people have expressed interest in a similar game but whe don't feel like just reshuffling the dark destinies. Has anybody written similar scenarios or continued a game that started as a Mountain Witch game?
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Two games, Cold City and its follow-up Hot War, draw heavily from The Mountain Witch. You could even say they're extended hacks for handling the fiction of a very different time and place.
If your players really liked the trust mechanic, Apocalypse World uses something very similar. If they really liked the setting, perhaps Kagematsu? Although that's a one-shot game as well.
Here is a report of a game which used the rules from The Mountain Witch for an Apocalypse Now type of game. There's enough detail to enable you to recreate it, I should think.
Alternatively, I'd second C. Edwards and suggest Cold City, which is a similar sort of thing, and a very good game in its own right.


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Red Bulls Try to Build an MLS Team—Not a European One
The New York Red Bulls have spent the better part of two decades scouring the globe for the best way to build a winning team in Major League Soccer.
They have splashed out on overseas superstars like Thierry Henry and Tim Cahill, hired high-priced European coaches with glittering résumés, and attempted to play the attacking, possession-oriented style practiced by the Spanish national team.
The results haven't exactly been worth celebrating. Despite spending more heavily than any other team in the league, New York has reached the MLS Cup final just once and is the league's only original franchise not to win a major trophy.
Now, after years of underachievement—and with a new season set to begin Sunday—the Red Bulls may have stumbled upon their most effective teambuilding idea to date. This winter, the franchise overhauled its front office and resolved to look for answers in the one corner of the world it had previously ignored: America.
"We're trying to focus more on the MLS, on bringing in people who are used to the system here," said Andy Roxburgh, the team's new technical director. "You've got to remember, this isn't like being in England, Spain, Italy or whatever."
In recent years, a rotating cast of mediocre European veterans has arrived at the club, while local talent was traded away or released. But after a third successive defeat in the Eastern Conference semifinals extended the championship drought to 17 seasons, the Red Bulls have committed to a drastic overhaul of the franchise, rebuilding around a nucleus of proven MLS performers.
Gone are the likes of Estonian midfielder Joel Lindpere, Teemu Tainio, of Finland, Norway's Jan Gunnar Solli, and even Rafa Marquez, the former Barcelona defender, who endured a turbulent two-and-a-half-year spell here.
In their place came a collection of familiar names from less far-flung locales. Forward Fabian Espindola and defender Jamison Olave arrived from Real Salt Lake. Midfielder Eric Alexander and defender Kosuke Kimura were picked up from Portland. In all, more than 30 players have been signed, traded or released by the team. Of the incoming players, all but four have previous MLS experience.
The team has even appointed a homegrown head coach. Mike Petke, the 37-year-old former Red Bulls defender and all-time leader in appearances, was tabbed to replace Hans Backe, who was ousted after failing to deliver a playoff series win.
Taken together, fans, players and team executives say the changes amount to a subtle but significant shift in the club's approach to team-building.
"For the first time, I think the club is moving in the right direction," said defender Heath Pearce. "What they're trying to implement in terms of structure, staff and the style of play, it definitely has the makings of something special."
"I think this is probably what our team has needed for a while," said Cahill. "For the supporters, it's what they've been crying out for, for a long time."
The Red Bulls are hardly the first MLS franchise to realize that developing inexpensive, local talent rather than plugging holes with European veterans is the blueprint for success. It's a strategy former Red Bulls coach Bruce Arena has embraced at Los Angeles Galaxy, where a homegrown core of players, including Omar Gonzalez and A.J. DeLaGarza, has supplemented superstars like David Beckham and Robbie Keane, helping the Galaxy lift their second straight MLS Cup last season.
When it comes to the Red Bulls, there is also a sense that the franchise's philosophical shift may not have been entirely intentional. Petke was named head coach only after a protracted two-month search for a successor to Backe failed to produce an appointment.
Likewise, the team's commitment to signing domestic talent may be less about a new approach to recruitment and more about the urgent need to rein in spending. Thanks to its history of largesse, the club was forced to cut roughly $1 million from its payroll to get under the $3 million salary cap, something that was only accomplished after Kenny Cooper, last season's top scorer, was traded to Dallas.
"That was very unfortunate," said Petke. "There were certain players we just couldn't retain because of their [salary] number. But with that money, we were able to go and get some depth where we needed it."
The Red Bulls hope that the appointment of Roxburgh as technical director will help them avoid such desperate measures in the future. Formerly the head of technical development at European soccer's governing body UEFA, the one-time Scotland national team coach has been hired in part to develop the team's youth academy.
"The aim is to nurture enough of our own players, to bring them through the academy and feed the club with young American talent," said Roxburgh. "But that takes time."
For now, the Red Bulls' championship hopes will still rest on their contingent of overseas stars, led by Henry, Cahill and newly acquired Juninho Pernambucano, the 38-year-old Brazilian midfielder who formerly starred for Lyon in France. Henry scored 15 goals last season and will again be the team's top scoring threat, though Cahill and Juninho should help shoulder the burden. Cahill scored just once in 12 appearances last season, but was a regular scorer for Everton in England, while Juninho is regarded as one of the world's finest free-kick takers.
"What we've got is the firepower," said Roxburgh. "If we've got a squad that is well-organized, works hard and jells together, then you hope that will make the difference."
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I'm having a little trouble following you, but here are my initial thoughts: Storing on Flash media has a slightly higher risk due to memory/erase issues. That said, it sounds like you want to secure a container on the usb device rather than use something like an IronKey or Data Traveler. I assume the objection would be with leaving the drive unlocked once mounted since this increases the ability for the key to be compromised?
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I love having hardened calluses- except when they rip! A while back, I had a callus on each hand rip open whilst doing Parkour. I was told to "grind down" my calluses every once in a while. By this, I take it I am supposed to decrease the size of my calluses, but to keep them hardened so that I can work out at greater intensity. How do I go about doing this?
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Try a pumice stone.
Or, if they're really tough you can use a Dremel with a sandpaper attachment (seriously).
I have a similar problem. I do two things -
My experience from rock climbing is that there really isn't an issue with me rasping / cutting my calluses down too small. As long as I only cut / rasp away dead skin, and I stop as soon as I can begin to feel what I'm doing, I'm keeping my calluses about the right size. In climbing, at least, you don't really need a thick callus to protect your hands, the lower layers of skin seem to toughen up enough. Any visible / protruding callus will only get caught and rip off. That's my experience, at least.
There's a tool calld a Ped Egg that works well for calluses on both hands and feet.
For a low tech solution, use a curb. :) Pavement is rough enough to rub them away, and it's easy enough, every time you're sitting somewhere, waiting for a bus or for your ride, to gently rub away at it bit by bit.


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The Diccionario panhispánico de dudas explains that there are two major types of voseo:
The Diccionario panhispánico de dudas provides a detailed explanation of the regional variants (in Spanish) and includes a voseo conjugation table by country and tense for the verbs cantar, comer, and vivir . Wikipedia explains the regional differences in the use of voseo under the present subjunctive for the irregular verbs dormir and mentir:
It is generally conjugated as the second person, or like the 'vosotros' conjugation (second plural), but wihout the last i.
Second person: (tu) tengas Second plural: (vosotros) tengáis
Second person: (tu) pusieras Second plural: (vosotros) pusierais
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As pointed by Alpha, the conjugation is related to the second plural ('vosotros') (*). The general rule is to trim the last 'i'
tú comes (you eat) (second singular, standard form)
vosotros coméis (you eat) (second plural)
vos comés (you eat) (second singular, with 'voseo')
In the imperative, the final 'd' is suppresed
eh, tú, espera (hey, you, wait)
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And, as always, there are some irregularities, eg
" tú, dime" "vosotros, decidme" "vos, decime" (hey, you, tell me)
(*) To make things more confusing, 'vosotros' is not much used in some regions with 'voseo', as Argentina; here, we mostly use 'ustedes' as second plural pronoun, plural form of 'usted' (respectful second person). Both 'usted'/'ustedes' are conjugated as third person.


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The shake-up of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows division leaves the future of the company's flagship software in the hands of two women: One an engineer who upended the design of several Microsoft products, and the second a finance veteran who started her computing career as a part-time receptionist.
Microsoft tapped Tami Reller, the chief financial officer and head of marketing for Windows, to run business operations for the division, while Microsoft veteran Julie Larson-Green will take over responsibility for the technical features and product blueprints for Windows software and hardware such as the Surface tablet computer.
The pair will have to work together to steady Windows following the abrupt departure of Steven Sinofsky, the 47-year-old president of the Windows division and a nearly quarter-century employee of Microsoft with ties to co-founder Bill Gates.
Their high-stakes partnership underscores what people familiar with the matter say was an overriding factor in Mr. Sinofsky's departure—Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is determined to get Microsoft's sometimes-warring development groups working more closely with each other and external partners.
Mr. Ballmer has been stressing to employees and investors his vision of making Microsoft's products, such as Windows for computers and smartphones, Xbox and Office software suite work more seamlessly together.
Mr. Sinofsky, who had just completed the launch of Windows 8 less than three weeks earlier, was strong at leading product development but was widely seen as a polarizing figure whose style was not conducive to collaboration.
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People familiar with the situation said the early reception to Windows 8 wasn't a factor in Mr. Sinofsky's departure. One of these people added that Mr. Gates, the Microsoft chairman and significant shareholder, didn't play a significant role other than to support Mr. Ballmer's decision.
In an email to Microsoft employees late Monday, Mr. Sinofsky said the decision to leave Microsoft was a "personal and private choice that in no way reflects any speculation or theories one might read—about me, opportunity, the company or its leadership." Efforts to reach Mr. Sinofsky on Tuesday were unsuccessful.
It's unclear whether the duo will run Windows together on a permanent basis, or if Microsoft will search for a single executive to replace Mr. Sinofsky.
Ms. Larson-Green, who is 48, joined Microsoft in 1993 after failing to land a job on her first try after she graduated from college.
She is best known for pushing through changes to the look and feel of two key Microsoft products, Windows and the Office suite of business software where she first worked for Mr. Sinofsky.
Some of the product changes she advocated have been controversial, including the "ribbon" interface introduced with the 2007 version of Office that was intended to slim down the traditional array of menus for features such as bolded text.
Some Office diehards disliked the changes, but Ms. Larson-Green told Newsweek in a 2006 interview, "People didn't feel a sense of mastery over the product; they didn't know everything that was in it; they didn't know how to use all the features efficiently."
Ms. Larson-Green joined the Windows group under Mr. Sinofsky's leadership, and she helped create new looks for Windows 7 and Windows 8, which has been greeted with a mixed reception from users and reviewers. In an interview earlier this year with tech website Gizmodo, Ms. Larson-Green repeated what she said was Mr. Sinofsky comparison of remaking widely-used Microsoft software to the tough task of "ordering pizza for a billion people."
Patrick Moorhead, president of research firm Moor Insights & Strategy, credited Ms. Larson_Green with doing "an absolutely magnificent job of giving people confidence in Windows 8 just by her public presence." Mr. Moorhead said he believed the sole head of Windows was "Larson-Green's to win or lose."
Under her watch, analysts and tech-industry executives believe Windows will need to move away from the typical three-year gap between new versions of the computer-operating software, and adopt more frequent, incremental updates typical to smartphone software.
Ms. Reller joined Microsoft as part of the company's 2001 acquisition of Great Plains Software, a business-software company.
The North Dakota native started work at Great Plains at first as a part-time receptionist in the 1980s while she pursued a mathematics degree from nearby Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Ms. Reller also helped sell companies on Microsoft software to manage sales leads and corporate-accounting functions, a relatively small piece of Microsoft's business. Ms. Reller joined Windows in 2007 under Mr. Sinofsky.
The expanded role for the pair also caps a prominent past year for women in technology leadership roles. Women like Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman, new Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg have played key leadership roles in their companies in the last year.
Some analysts on Tuesday worried about the change at the top of Windows at a crucial time for Microsoft's attempt to establish footholds in areas, such as tablet computing and smartphones, in which Microsoft is playing catch up to Apple Inc. and other tech companies.
Worries about the leadership overhaul—along with fears that Mr. Sinofsky's departure was a sign of poor market reception to Windows 8—contributed to a 3.2% drop in Microsoft's stock price to $27.09 on Tuesday.
"While the departure of Sinofsky is just one additional data point, it is a negative and further calls into question the early momentum of the Windows 8 ecosystem," Barclays Capital analyst Raimo Lenschow wrote in a research note.
Separately, Microsoft said Tuesday that Andy Lees, an executive who led the company's smartphone-software business until late last year, is becoming head of corporate development and strategy. After he was replaced at the Windows Phone business, Mr. Lees worked on special projects, including helping lead Microsoft's investment in book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc.
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WASHINGTON—The government shutdown enters its second week with the two parties still bitterly divided and Republicans increasingly tying the fight to a fast-approaching deadline to avoid a default on U.S. debt.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Sunday he wouldn't bring up bills to fully reopen the government or increase the country's borrowing limit unless Democrats agree to broader talks aimed at trimming the deficit. The speaker insisted he couldn't muster enough votes to pass either one without the concessions.
"The votes are not in the House to pass a clean debt limit, and the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us," Mr. Boehner told ABC in his first interview since the shutdown began. "I'm not going to raise the debt limit without a serious conversation about dealing with problems that are driving the debt up."
The fight to this point has centered on Republican demands to delay or dismantle parts of the 2010 health-care law in exchange for funding the government. Now, by pairing the standoffs over funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, the speaker is trying to force President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) to agree to GOP priorities on deficits and federal spending in return for movement on both. The two Democrats have repeatedly rejected GOP attempts to use the mid-October deadline to increase the debt limit as a bargaining chip.
White House officials responded to Mr. Boehner's comments in a series of Twitter messages. Deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said Republicans "don't have to give up anything. Just pay nation's bills on time, no strings attached." Mr. Reid challenged Mr. Boehner's view that he lacks the votes to pass a government-funding bill without Republican priorities.
"I think he does," Mr. Reid said via Twitter. "Let the House vote, and we'll find out."
Mr. Boehner faces two challenges from inside his party. Centrist Republicans, eager to fully reopen the government and avoid a default, have already reached across the aisle to explore possible solutions, while conservatives are threatening to turn their back on the speaker if a broader deficit-reduction deal doesn't include changes or delays to the new health-care law.
The tough talk from Mr. Boehner is as much about preserving his leverage with Democrats as it is about keeping Republicans unified. A group of House Republicans—members say there are 15 or more—have expressed frustration with the shutdown and urged party leaders to put the episode behind them. But the bloc has bypassed opportunities to vote against Mr. Boehner, raising questions about whether it would break with party leaders.
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Senate Republicans have seized on the impasse to push their own outlines for deficit reduction. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio is trying to enlist support from Senate Democrats for a proposal he believes could break the stalemate, according to a person familiar with the plan. Mr. Portman has recommended an agreement that would fund the government for one year at the level favored by House Republicans that would include plans to start lawmakers on an overhaul of the tax code. His plan also would raise the debt limit by an amount equal to deficit-reduction measures already backed by Mr. Obama in his most recent budget, including a switch to a new measure of inflation under which Social Security benefits would rise more slowly.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said in an interview that five Republican senators had approached him about trying to broker an end to the shutdown. He declined to elaborate, saying only, "They know that it's bad for both their party and country to keep the government shut down, and they know it's even worse for their party and their country to default."
Mr. Schumer and other Democrats saw hints of flexibility in the speaker's remarks Sunday.
"I will predict to you today that Boehner will not let us default," said Mr. Schumer, a member of the Democratic leadership team, pointing to the speaker's request to have a "conversation" as evidence of his willingness to strike a deal on Republican priorities. "Default is so calamitous that even if there's only a 30% to 40% chance of it, it freezes the markets and pulls us into recession. Boehner can't risk this, and he knows it."
Some conservatives view the prospects of broader budget talks with suspicion, considering it a dodge for GOP leaders to back away from the fight to undercut the health law. Mike Needham, head of the conservative political group Heritage Action, said talk of a broader deficit deal is "Washington-speak" for undermining the next round of automatic spending cuts known as the sequester, increasing taxes and adding more debt.
"Congress should ensure not another dime of taxpayer money is spent on Obamacare," Mr. Needham said.
Other Republicans said the time had come for conservatives to relent in trying to link government funding with measures to dismantle the health law. Senate Democrats have rejected multiple bills approved by House Republicans to fund federal agencies while also delaying or scaling back the health law.
"The question now is whether the people who fell for the Cruz folly will recognize that it was built on a false premise," said Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.), referring to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and other conservatives who pushed Republicans to call for defunding the health law as a condition of financing government operations. "The whole thing was a joke from the beginning."
There is no guarantee that a broader budget deal could be crafted even if Republicans shelved their demand to amend the health law. Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), who took part in private budget talks with the White House over the summer, said those discussions didn't inspire confidence in future negotiations. "I hate to say this: Instead of building trust, they probably broke trust down even further," he said.
The Tennessee senator said he expects the president to engage with GOP leaders now that House Republicans are unifying around a common position insisting on a broader discussion about the nation's debt. "He doesn't have to negotiate as long as [House Republicans] are in disarray," Mr. Corker said in an interview. "If they can unify around some sensible, pragmatic fiscal goals, then the president has to—has to—negotiate."
The impact of the shutdown is still rippling through the broader economy. The Pentagon said over the weekend it would recall most of the 350,000 civilian employees who had been furloughed as a result of the shutdown, a big chunk of the roughly 800,000 federal workers who are temporarily out of work.
But the effects are being felt further. Housing-industry officials, for example, predict a lengthy shutdown could make it tougher for home buyers to secure mortgages, in part because of reduced staffing at the Federal Housing Administration.
It remains unclear at this point what Mr. Boehner and other GOP leaders want to see emerge from any broader budget talks. Sunday, the speaker ruled out additional tax revenue, which Mr. Obama has said would have to be paired with any effort to scale back entitlements.
"He got his revenues," Mr. Boehner said on ABC, referring to the deal Congress approved at the beginning of the year to roll back tax cuts for people making more than $400,000. "We're not raising taxes."
In the interview, the speaker also acknowledged publicly that the fight over funding the government wasn't his choice but rather that of his rank-and-file, an unusual confession for such a high-profile politician. "I thought the fight would be over the debt ceiling," he said. "Working with my members, they decided, well, let's do it now. And the fact is, this fight was going to come, one way or the other."
Asked when he thought the standoff would end, Mr. Boehner offered only uncertainty, saying, "If I knew, I would tell you."
—Damian Paletta and Janet Hook contributed to this article.
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WACO (November 26, 2012)--A Waco man was held Monday in the McLennan County Jail after nude photographs of children were found on a cell phone he was using.
Glenn David Storey, 51, was ordered held in lieu of $40,000 bond, charged with possession of child pornography.
The porn was found on a storage chip inside a cell phone that was smashed before it was returned to Storey's former girlfriend after she and Storey broke up, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.
When the chip was transferred to another phone, the woman found the pictures and turned the phone over to police.
Swanton said detectives obtained a warrant for Storey in October that resulted in his arrest over the weekend.


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Billie, please come to NM, U.S! PLEASE! You guys never come to my state. ):
Maybe the time has not yet come ...
Bille joe is a awesome fucking good singer and he love it,you can see it on his face
Billie alones...
You're the best singer of all the universe!!!!!!! (yes Martian sigers,he is)
You will always be a legend, at least in my heart...!!! I love Green Day!
Really you're awesome!! You are LEGENDARY!!
i really would like to have been there!!! Hope you will come sooner here in italy! for now you're wonderful concerts are still in my heart forever!!!
No one sings like Billie Joe Armstrong......Your awesome. :D !!!!!!!!
Love you Billie!!!! You´re the best and I´ll never forget the night I´ll see you live.....amazing....I´ll never feel this way again...so I hope we meet someday
Yeah, that is a great shot!
You are fucking awesome in this photo Billie! I love everything that you transmit with your face! My darling Billie....always the number one ....legendary on stage!!!! :-*


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We are in the process of building a new secure web application for our company, and are looking at options for ensuring redundancy in our data center. We don't have a lot of money, but have relatively high bandwidth requirements, so have considered a 50/20 FiOS Business connection with a T1 backup, which would cost ~$600/month total. In comparison, a 15Mbps partial T3 costs $2500/month in our area.
If we were to go with this set up, is there a way for someone typing in our address to automatically be redirected to the other line if the FiOS is down? Since it's an SSL connection, we'd need to ensure that the certificate would work either way as well.
Update - to those suggesting an outside data center solution, we have relatively high internal user bandwidth requirements (~80Mbps). Purchasing an 80Mbps pipe to a colocation facility, to which we'd also have to pay high monthly fees, isn't really financially feasible. In our area, such a setup would cost around $10,000/month.


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6 Feb 2012 12:49 PM #1
carat browsing of IE8 and GXT input widgets
Since I cannot control if my users have caret browsing enabled or disabled on IE8, I would like it if the cursor position wouldn't flash within GXT non-text input components (i.e. button), as I attempt to show here.
Is there a way to get buttons to that the unselectable attribute is set on them?
Also, I have noticed the cursor position blink underneath a cell on a grid. It is as though the row has a higher z index and if I click close enough to the bottom of the row, I can get a cursor to blink.
I am working on a grid with read only cells and edit cells, so removing cursor position selection would be helpful. I'm not interested in disabling caret selection for the web page, since users should be able to cut and paste. I just want to stop/hide it in areas where it is confusing to the user.
23 Aug 2012 1:34 PM #2
We are also experiencing this problem.
It's easily demonstratable in the Explorer Demo. Tabbing through the Forms Examples (http://www.sencha.com/examples/#Exam...mple(uibinder)) are interesting. The cursor carrot ends up blinking behind the slider element, etc...
Is this a verified bug that's being worked on?
Does anyone have a workaround to get rid of the cursor carrot systematically?
11 Oct 2012 7:10 AM #3
User base is getting more and more confused/annoyed with the cursor that isn't a cursor...
At times a user will select a text field and the "carot" cursor will start blinking and they cannot type. The cursor is a little more to the left than the actual cursor.
When this happens, user expects to type, but cannot.
12 Oct 2012 10:01 AM #4
I'm looking more into this accessibility feature, but it seems so far that this is how the browser is intended to work, despite what it does to pages that required text input from the user.
As an example, if I am at a StackOverflow page (say, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-from-websites, to pick an example at random) and enable caret browsing, if I use the arrow keys to move into the search text box, I am not able to type once I am in there.
Google search turns out to be a poor example - they have it wired so that a keystroke anywhere on the page, caret browsing or no, resulting is appending to the search text box - but if you enable caret browsing, and use it to enter the text box with already entered text, typing new characters appends to the end instead of where the cursor was.
Next: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - I can again navigate into the search text boxes, but am totally unable to enter text if I use the caret browsing to get there.
One more quick example: Bing search - roughly the same as stackoverflow.
All of this testing was initially done in Firefox 15, but I'm getting similar results in IE8 - the cursor just gets stuck on wikipedia, stackoverflow gets that same blink right at the left edge of the textbox (but if I hit the tab key I can enter it - same also seems to work on http://sencha.com/examples), and google gets keystrokes always appended to the end of the box, even when the cursor is elsewhere. On Bing, I am not even able to get the cursor into the text box without tab, or using the mouse.
Some initial research on stackoverflow and other sites indicates that this is not only by design, but that it isn't meant to be modified via JavaScript. I've seen evidence (though not yet tried) that if we intercepted every keystroke and tracked all focus changes we might be able to stop this from working, but wouldn't that break the accessibility feature itself?
If you have an example of a page that works correctly by these criteria (and I selected those pages deliberately to try to go after ones that should work across the board) with behavior you'd like your app to emulate, I might be able to either suggest a way to handle all events in your app, or look into a change in the library itself. But so far, GXT 2 and 3 seem consistent in IE8 and FF15 as many other popular web sites that should be conforming to accessibility requirements.
12 Oct 2012 10:15 AM #5
I agree this is complex and affects other web sites.
To take one of your examples, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, I don't see how as a user I can click on the text box and cause the caret cursor to show and give the appearance there is a cursor when there indeed isn't.
So, I see there is a couple of issues with caret browsing 1) navigation and 2) false appearance of input.
So, my initial example of text within the "Submit" button is frustrating, the issue that is more apparent to us is the second example. This shows up in even more odd ways with the grids.
Here is the closest behavior I could mimic with wiki. Any while this annoys me, at least it is more obvious not a cursor in the text box than I hve see with GXT.
I am sure this is something we have to live with, due to issues with IE. I was just hoping you had some way/idea of how to disable caret browsing for a given page.
12 Oct 2012 10:44 AM #6
In Firefox I can get this:
The cursor is even inside the search field, but I still can't type to do anything. In IE8 I can't get this effect on the wikipedia page, but on stackoverflow I get this:
It is something I'll keep looking at, but if any kind of mitigation comes at the cost of breaking browser accessibility features, it can't become part of the library.
12 Oct 2012 10:49 AM #7
I appreciate you looking into this as well. I guess I know why it happens to me more with GXT than other web sites, since I have to develop for IE8, but for all my personal use, I use a better browser (i.e. Chrome).
I think the design of the grids also lead to this happening more easily, since the widgets are overlaid on top of other HTML when selected. That seems to be the area where users see it the most (and complain about it).


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- Be aware of your surroundings and pay attention to suspicious-looking persons or activities by constantly scanning around you.
- If you must park off campus, choose a well-lit and populated area to leave your vehicle. Check the area out when returning to your car; look in and around your car before entering it.
- Walk with other people -- especially at night or in an unfamiliar area.
- If you are confronted, try to get a good description of the individual(s), a description of the vehicle -- if one is used as a getaway -- and license plate number if possible.
- Pay attention to your surroundings, and return to a safe place if something doesn't look right.
- Park your vehicle on Saint Louis University parking lots or garages.
- At night on campus, use the SLU RIDE program. Call (314) 977-RIDE (314-977-7433).
- Have emergency numbers available to contact help. Immediately report any crime or suspicious activity to DPS at (314) 977-3000.


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Don't Make Golf Too Easy
The Anchored-Putter Ban, Expected Tuesday, Will Help Preserve Golf's Best Qualities
The U.S. Golf Association said Friday it will make public on Tuesday its final decision in the anchored-putting controversy. Nothing is official yet, but all indications are that the USGA and its international rules-making counterpart, the R&A, will push forward with the rule they proposed last November, to ban anchored putting once and for all time.
As I've mentioned before, the global ancient game of golf will be better off with a ban. For years, anchored putting has been a disruptive issue. For all those who embraced the stroke, many more felt it wasn't a proper way to play the game. With hope, that debate now will be behind us.
A more important reason to support the ban, should it be enacted, is that it plants a flag in the ground that says: "This is golf, and this isn't." I don't want to come across as a blowhard, an oldest-member type pulling up the drawbridge to protect the creaky rituals of another age. Many defenders of anchoring see themselves as part of a movement to rescue golf by making the game easier, less frustrating and more accommodating. I think they're misguided on this issue, but I get where they're coming from.
The game needs shaking up, no doubt about it. It's too fusty, too slow, too intimidating to newcomers and far too self-serious. Golf ought to be fun and fast, loose and social, not to mention a lot less costly. That's how the Scots treated golf for hundreds of years, before the Brits and the Americans stigmatized the game through its association with status and wealth. Then, more recently, television slowed the pace of play by beaming us weekly images of the world's best players approaching each shot like neurosurgeons contemplating a craniotomy.
Some suggest that diluting the game's core challenges—by making putts less nerve-racking, for instance, or marketing balls that don't slice or hook, or cutting holes 8 inches wide instead of 4¼, as some have suggested—would remedy these ills. But this misses the heart of golf's appeal. Socializing, getting a bit of exercise and enjoying the outdoors are part of it, too, but the main reason golfers love their game is because it's hard, and they sometimes succeed anyway. Triumph in the face of adversity, even minor adversity like a greenside bunker, is what brings us back.
One of the talking points I almost always hear from equipment makers, when they argue for the virtues of longer or more forgiving clubs and balls, is, "No one ever quit the game because it was too easy." That's probably true, because the game thus far has been protected by the rules makers. But who would want to play golf if it were half as hard? If they took away all the bunkers, eliminated the trees and creeks and rough, and located the holes on every green at the bottom of a bowl, what would be the point?
Golf is optimally fun at a certain ratio of failure to success. One result of the huge advances in equipment in the 1990s and early 2000s, until the USGA and the R&A clamped down on further increases in distance, driver-club-head size (later than they should have) and club-head trampoline effect, was that courses got longer and more difficult (and thus more expensive) in response. They had to, in order to keep success and failure in equilibrium. There are many reasons golf has lost 30% of its avid players since 2000, but all those advances in technology, touted to make the game more fun, don't seemed to have helped.
In making their case for the ban, the rules makers have never claimed hard evidence that the anchored stroke—with the butt end of the club pressed against the body, to create a fulcrum—is more effective than the conventional style. They argued merely that the anchored stroke isn't traditional and free-swinging. But clearly their fear and suspicion is that anchoring is a superior way to putt and that with time it would dominate. Some short-game instructors, including Dave Pelz, already teach that the stability of an anchored stroke is a significant advantage for most players. It's proving handy in big events, too. With Adam Scott's win at Augusta last month, anchor putters have now won four of the last six majors.
Long putters themselves would still be legal under the ban. No one with a bad back would have to crouch to putt. Current broomstick users, by moving their putters away from their chest and creating an un-anchored fulcrum with their top hand, could still make a pendulum stroke. Golfers will adapt. On Tour, yes, a few pros currently hanging onto their cards by their chest-anchored fingernails may eventually drop out of sight, but the game's big anchor-putting stars— Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Ernie Els and Scott—will almost certainly continue to shine.
The comment period that followed last fall's proposal was more contentious than most expected, especially in the U.S. The PGA Tour and the PGA of America, which represents club and teaching pros, publicly opposed the ban, as did several manufacturers and other industry groups. Soon, should the USGA and the R&A act as expected on Tuesday, the ball will be in their court. The ban as written would go into effect in January 2016. Here's hoping everyone complies, so that golf can get on with speeding up play, reducing costs and putting on a friendlier face for newbies.
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I have heard that running iOS4 would slow down my 3G. Does anyone know of any reliable data on whether that is the case or not, and if so, by how much?
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I have heard that running iOS4 would slow down my 3G. Does anyone know of any reliable data on whether that is the case or not, and if so, by how much?
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Yes, it does slow down. It's more and more noticeable as time goes by. Apple has acknowledged this issue and they are looking into it.
Here are tips to make it run smoother again. (This is just a solution that has worked for many people. This is not Apple's official solution. They are working on a solution.)
1 - Disable spotlight search.
Settings -> General -> Home Button -> Spotlight Search. Uncheck things you don't search for. Uncheck all is best I guess?
2 - Perform DHR (double hard reset)
To perform a Hard Reset, press and hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons on your iPhone simultaneously for 5 to 10 seconds. After a few seconds the Slide to Power Off notice will appear, ignore this and keep holding down both buttons. In another few seconds the device should abruptly turn off, followed by the Apple logo and a reboot. Now release the buttons.
If your iPhone remains powered off, wait about 15 seconds then boot the phone by pressing the Sleep/Wake button.
Do this one more time.
I think this is related to iPhone running out of memory (RAM). But that's just my guess.
Here's an article (and video) showing off the issues with iOS4 on a 3G: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/28/apple-looking-into-reports-of-problems-with-ios-4-on-iphone-3g/
Seems like not only is it extremely sluggish, but battery life is shortened as well.
Apple has confirmed that there is an issue and are looking into it. I would hold off for now and wait to see what is announced from Apple, then go from there.
I just turned off the search features and the double reset and the phone is now a lot more responsive than it was previously.
Clarification: Search settings are under Settings -> General -> Home Button -> Spotlight Search