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Okay, you guys are making me really happy with my decision. Now I have to decide if I go for the instant gratification (the Apple Store is in the mall that is directly across the street from my office), or wait and see if MacMall runs a sale as we get closer to Christmas.
video playback is awesome.
Excellent!
The videos you play back are those on youtube or those in your itunes library, right?
Yup. I have this idea that watching, say, The Daily Show will keep my ass on the treadmill at the gym.
Internet is excellent and the connections I get with the touch are easier and smoother than my connections with the macbook air. The speed on wifi is pretty good generally
Right on!
Steph, my co-worker bought a refurbished iPod Touch on the Apple site and it's working well. I have to say my refurbished Nano has lasted longer with fewer problems than the other two iPods I bought brand new.
Probably worth waiting to see if there are any Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales, Steph.
I have a pronounciation question that is geekier than natter--how do you pronounce PostgreSQL? People keep calling it post-gree here. But Wikipedia says it's post-gress-queue-ell. I have been calling it post-gress, myself. Lazy. Have any of you guys heard post-gree? I'm thinking I've never heard it said out loud before this month.
But Wikipedia says it's post-gress-queue-ell.
That's how I say it. In my head. (I don't think I've ever said it out loud.)
I don't think I ever say it, but the people I've met who actually use the thing say Post-Gress-queue-ell.
It's not a shop with a big open source history, so I think everyone's making these up as they go along. I just want to either be right or minimise the number of blank looks I get. Preferably (a), but (b) is politically useful.
I have never heard post-gree. I use post-gress or post-gress-queue-ell, depending on how fast I want to be done saying it.
Does anyone work with aspect-oriented programming? I'm trying to get an mid-level overview and wikipedia isn't doing it for me. Any suggestions for information sources?
Steph, my co-worker bought a refurbished iPod Touch on the Apple site and it's working well.
My current iPod (which is a 2nd generation Mini, from back in the dark ages) is a refurb, and I've never had a problem with it.
However, right now every iPod Touch on the refurb site is a 2nd generation, and I'd rather get the 3rd generation, so I may be buying new.
I should be patient and wait until Black Friday/Cyber Monday.
I HATE being patient!
