Comments for Thought blog http://www.thoughtblog.com I think, therefore I use a Mac! - The random Thoughts of Niels Hansen Fri, 09 May 2008 14:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on This is why I 100% love Apple! by Niels Hansen http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/29/172/#comment-70165 Niels Hansen Thu, 01 May 2008 21:32:02 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=172#comment-70165 @Paul Trying doing that at a Verizon or sprint store :) They would have given you a refrubished phone that may not even be the same phone you bought! @Paul

Trying doing that at a Verizon or sprint store :)
They would have given you a refrubished phone that may not even be the same phone you bought!

]]> Comment on This is why I 100% love Apple! by Niels Hansen http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/29/172/#comment-70164 Niels Hansen Thu, 01 May 2008 21:30:15 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=172#comment-70164 @Jimmy I got a lemon and they took care of it. I've purchased several computers online over the years and a couple of time I received DOA bricks . It would be weeks before it was resolved. When the new computer was replaced it worked just as I expected it. It' s not about the product so much more about customer service. I actually got the computer the next day before 10:30 AM! Now that is just un heard of! Thanks for the Comment! @Jimmy

I got a lemon and they took care of it. I’ve purchased several computers online over the years and a couple of time I received DOA bricks . It would be weeks before it was resolved. When the new computer was replaced it worked just as I expected it. It’
s not about the product so much more about customer service.

I actually got the computer the next day before 10:30 AM! Now that is just un heard of!

Thanks for the Comment!

]]> Comment on This is why I 100% love Apple! by Paul Salzman http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/29/172/#comment-70078 Paul Salzman Thu, 01 May 2008 06:41:15 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=172#comment-70078 I have had very few problems with any Apple product--most of the computer problems were bad Hard Drives made by major manufacturers like Western Digital and Maxtor. Apple has always been good about replacing those. My most recent experience was quite amazing. My iPhone developed a weird haze on the a corner of the display. I decided to ask the "Genius" if there's anything I can do about it. He opened a drawer, pulled out a brand-new replacement iPhone, swapped my SIM card, activated the phone and handed it to me--no questions asked (other than, "have you synced your phone recently?"). Amazing level of service I've never experienced from any electronics dealer! I made the comment, "you guys are the Nordstrom of consumer electronics." I think I hit it right on the nose. And Jimmy Soho, they don't deliver shitty products--Consumer Reports continually lists them as the most reliable computers on the market. I have had very few problems with any Apple product–most of the computer problems were bad Hard Drives made by major manufacturers like Western Digital and Maxtor. Apple has always been good about replacing those.
My most recent experience was quite amazing. My iPhone developed a weird haze on the a corner of the display. I decided to ask the “Genius” if there’s anything I can do about it. He opened a drawer, pulled out a brand-new replacement iPhone, swapped my SIM card, activated the phone and handed it to me–no questions asked (other than, “have you synced your phone recently?”). Amazing level of service I’ve never experienced from any electronics dealer! I made the comment, “you guys are the Nordstrom of consumer electronics.” I think I hit it right on the nose.
And Jimmy Soho, they don’t deliver shitty products–Consumer Reports continually lists them as the most reliable computers on the market.

]]> Comment on This is why I 100% love Apple! by Jimmy Soho http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/29/172/#comment-70055 Jimmy Soho Thu, 01 May 2008 02:47:47 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=172#comment-70055 Well, let's see, you are having multiple issues with an iMac you just purchased a few weeks ago. Hoorray! Way to go Apple. Let's wait and see what happens with the new one.. (this actually goes to show yet again that it doesn't really matter if you, as a company, deliver shitty products.... all that really matters is whether you are able to deliver a 'good feel' to your customers, which is realized by close contact only... the actual product is secondary) Well, let’s see, you are having multiple issues with an iMac you just purchased a few weeks ago. Hoorray! Way to go Apple. Let’s wait and see what happens with the new one..

(this actually goes to show yet again that it doesn’t really matter if you, as a company, deliver shitty products…. all that really matters is whether you are able to deliver a ‘good feel’ to your customers, which is realized by close contact only… the actual product is secondary)

]]> Comment on AJAX Demystified Part 3 of 3 by AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 — Thought blog http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/28/162/#comment-69942 AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 — Thought blog Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:19:37 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=162#comment-69942 [...] the server page that will be receiving the request from the browser. This concludes Part 2. Part 3 wraps up our series on Ajax [...] [...] the server page that will be receiving the request from the browser. This concludes Part 2. Part 3 wraps up our series on Ajax [...]

]]> Comment on AJAX Demystified Part 1 of 3 by AJAX Demystified Part 3 of 3 — Thought blog http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/22/154/#comment-69939 AJAX Demystified Part 3 of 3 — Thought blog Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:12:38 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=154#comment-69939 [...] 28th, 2008 | PHP, ajax, javascript, ruby Part 1 of AJAX Demystified we discussed what is AJAX and gave a high level overview of how it all [...] [...] 28th, 2008 | PHP, ajax, javascript, ruby Part 1 of AJAX Demystified we discussed what is AJAX and gave a high level overview of how it all [...]

]]> Comment on Want to see your youTube Videos in Higher Resolution? by Niels Hansen http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/18/147/#comment-69326 Niels Hansen Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:10:57 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=147#comment-69326 What I've found is that it really depends on how old the video is and when it was uploaded on youTube. I have video from a year ago that seems to work but anything older than that it does not. I have feeling they've been encoded it twice for new video. What I’ve found is that it really depends on how old the video is and when it was uploaded on youTube. I have video from a year ago that seems to work but anything older than that it does not. I have feeling they’ve been encoded it twice for new video.

]]> Comment on Want to see your youTube Videos in Higher Resolution? by Radu C http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/18/147/#comment-69281 Radu C Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:21:37 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=147#comment-69281 I see a link under your video now which says "view in high res". It seems to use AJAX to switch resolutions, but your &fmt=18 also makes the link text say "view in low res" and the video looks much sharper. But it only works for videos that were high res to begin with as far as I can tell. This video of Blackmore's Night - Ghost of a Rose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nPLdKHY574 doesn't have this option and doesn't give any quality improvement when explicitly using the parameter. I see a link under your video now which says “view in high res”. It seems to use AJAX to switch resolutions, but your &fmt=18 also makes the link text say “view in low res” and the video looks much sharper.

But it only works for videos that were high res to begin with as far as I can tell. This video of Blackmore’s Night - Ghost of a Rose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nPLdKHY574 doesn’t have this option and doesn’t give any quality improvement when explicitly using the parameter.

]]> Comment on AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 by AJAX Demystified Part 1 of 3 — Thought blog http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/24/157/#comment-68821 AJAX Demystified Part 1 of 3 — Thought blog Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:27:49 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=157#comment-68821 [...] AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 → [...] [...] AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 → [...]

]]> Comment on AJAX Demystified Part 1 of 3 by AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 — Thought blog http://www.thoughtblog.com/2008/04/22/154/#comment-68820 AJAX Demystified Part 2 of 3 — Thought blog Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:23:32 +0000 http://www.thoughtblog.com/?p=154#comment-68820 [...] ← AJAX Demystified Part 1 of 3 [...] [...] ← AJAX Demystified Part 1 of 3 [...]

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