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December 25th, 2008

Santa said :

Merry Christmas!

August 22nd, 2008

glitterrrrfish said :

ha thanks

June 11th, 2008

Vertexgod said :

Thanks jballou. Part of my problem is I’m getting a sleeve and it’s going to take several sessions, so a daytrip isn’t really an option.

Oh also I moved to San Fran about 6 months ago so the question is pretty out of date. Anyone have recommendations for this area?

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• 2 months ago

  Have you ever received a "free gift" from a promotional incentive program?

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• June 9th, 2009

  Does the Dave and Busters in Times Sq have SFIV?

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• May 4th, 2009

  Is a Macbook Pro capable of dual-display output?

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• February 10th, 2009

  What kind of sunglasses are these?

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• November 5th, 2008

  How do Press Releases work?

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• 2 weeks ago

  Which would be easier to learn, the Android SDK or iPhone SDK?

  Just to clear up a few misconceptions floating around this thread- Adobe Flash CS5 will be able to publish native iPhone apps, but Flash Player will NOT be included on the iPhone in the near future. Flash CS5 accomplishes iPhone app publishing because Actionscript 3 and Objective-C are both object oriented programming languages and the difference between the 2 are mainly based on syntax. In other words, one language can be translated to the other, which is exactly what Adobe has decided to build into Flash CS5. Secondly, the iPhone app approval process, although much-maligned online, is actually quite efficient for the vast majority of developers. People just like the belly-ache. Somewhere between 90 and 95% of apps submitted to the App store end up in the app store within 2 weeks. And most apps that are initially rejected are approved upon resubmission after bug fixes. There’s nothing @#S% up about the approval process, it’s just become very trendy to complain about it. That being said to answer your initial question, learning to program will be a massive undertaking, no matter what platform you choose to learn on. Base your decision on your commitment and possible upside. iPhone has a larger install base and a much more established App Store, but Android supports PC development, whereas currently you can only download the iPhone SDK on a Mac. Android is also much more flexible and is more than just a phone OS. It is available on every phone carrier, except AT&T and on many more devices. So your reach is potentially wider with Android, even though there are more users on iPhone. This also presents a challenge as the iPhone is a controlled atmosphere. You know exactly what device your app will run on and there are no variables, such as screen resolution, processor, available memory, etc. It’s really a toss-up, but the nice thing is once you learn to program, if you’re any good, you can pick up more languages fairly quickly. Good luck!
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• 2 months ago

  Have you ever received a "free gift" from a promotional incentive program?

  @jaketheripper and @laureth Thanks so much!
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• 2 months ago

  Have you ever received a "free gift" from a promotional incentive program?

  Does anyone have any actual personal experience with these programs? I’m well aware there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but I also know information is valuable. Information such as shopping habits, names, addresses, etc can be very valuable to advertisers and marketers who aren’t usually paying for the free gifts they give away anyway. So for them to exchange something that is basically value-less to them, such as a PS3, for information that is valuable- it’s basically a good deal for all involved (in theory) That’s why I’m looking for actual personal experience people may have had, not just “it’s a scam.”
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• May 4th, 2009

  Is a Macbook Pro capable of dual-display output?

  How exactly do you do it?
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• February 17th, 2009

  What kind of sunglasses are these?

  That’s close enough! Thanks Baloo72
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