Jared Hudson
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lol i love the serious business line
I think that there is a difference between the legal and ethical implications of jailbreaking the iphone. I'm not so stupid to say that it is fine and right to try to rip off a company just because they are huge and have an obscene profit margin. I think this issue has far reaching implications in the field of free software. They are within their means to make crazy copy protection and security, but don't you think that it is within the user's rights to dick with it and make it more usable to him? I mean it doesnt even come down to stealing software.
This isn't like modding a ps2 or something, we're not trying to get commercial software for free here, just escaping from apple's creativity stifling policies. Yes they have investors and themselves to think about, but it makes me laugh at how their marketing department spews these McDonald's commercials where everyone is dancing and creating and collaborating, and then they bust out this communist iphone shit.
I think it has to do at least partially with the iTunes store and the amount of alternate music sources that a jailbroken or freed iPhone has at its fingertips. I can understand the conflict of interest but its on their shoulders.
I figure that since this is so common practice, and I have a lot of experience on the matter, that I could offer a hand. This isn't the same as pirating software or stealing cable Jared, any iPhone you purchase has already been on contract for 2 years (or bought out of it for a shitton of $$), and thus payed apple and ATT many times over what it took to make the product and market it.
I'd love for you to point out 1 risk of jailbreaking, 1 downside to the user.
You hit the nail on the head; my replies were pretty long, probably cause I have the time on my hands and its an interesting subject to me. Nothing wrong with that in my book. Anyways no hard feelings from my end, just a friendly discussion, 2 different sides of an interesting issue.
Maybe you bought your phone out of contract, but a lot of people that read threads like this or jailbreak sites ARE still in contract. The main concern here is persuading newbies into doing something without knowing the consequences.
Risk: Denied Service
Downside to User: Denied Service, phone not covered under warranty.
Do anything you want with your own phone, it is yours. People just need to be aware that a jailbroken phone will be denied serviced at an Apple Store.
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he's offering his services on a hobby that he obviously enjoys, and then you come in and complain that it's a useless hobby. who's in the wrong?
I believe it's a matter of perception. I may have come across that way, but to me, it's like teaching how to pirate software in a public forum, which is my main point. Oh sure it can be a learning process and have benefits, but that doesn't make it very ethical, not including the risks that could affect phones of curious users in this thread. For god sake, he's teaching people how to breach Apple and ATT agreements he himself said was "illegal". My recommendation is stick to the specialized jailbreak sites, and not flood the info into others.
The poster may have good intentions, but it may also bring bad results to many.
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Oh man. I rocked my home built pc all the time in college. Just a laptop is nice, but having a desktop.....even at college, is a nice battle station to come back to. That's just me though. Plus, what would you do if your laptop needed service or repaired? Do you wanna hit the labs on late nights?
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internet is serious business. jared, you take this too seriously. quit fanboying.
yet who's reply was 3 times longer than mine?
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I respectfully disagree with everything you just said. For one, you can't fry a phone with an app. If you were some crazy hacker, messing with the Mobile Terminal app and somehow found a way to over-ride some sort of low level... I don't even know how its possible, you'd have to physically modify it in some way, circuits just aren't built to fry themselves if software tells it to. Jailbreaking and Unlocking an iPhone has been made almost foolproof and very user friendly for both mac and pc users, thanks mostly to the iPhone Dev Team. I don't even know if it is possible to "brick" your phone during this process anymore, unless you deliberately disobey one of the the many warnings to "not unplug right now"
For two, Jailbreaking a phone doesn't change the way that the iPhone OS functions, so it isn't correct to claim that it makes it buggy or slow, it doesnt change the speed or functioning at all in fact. What it does to is allow programs that have been coded with the official iPhone SDK, but have not been "approved" by apple to be run on the iPhone.
Saying that this is a bad idea is like saying that you would be fine if Windows or OS X only allowed you to run software that was approved and distributed by Microsoft and Apple respectfully, it just doesn't make any sense for anyone who wants their computer (or smart-phone) to be a remotely functional tool.
Needing service on any iPhone that has been jailbroken or unlocked is as simple as plugging it into your computer and hitting "restore" in iTunes. Then you wait about 5 minutes and you have it an iPhone at factory default settings, ready for sending in for service or repair or whatever. When you send it in they will send it back to you with factory default settings anyways, even if you never unlocked/jailbroke it, so you have to back it up in both situations.
I'm not sure why you think that the iPhone is loaded with features; its taken 2 full years to get a simple "cut/copy/paste/" function built into the OS. The iPhone is notorious for lacking built in functionality. That is why jailbreaking is such a godsend. Also, I would like to point out that somewhere in the vicinity of 90% of the "new" features on every iPhone OS update are ideas ripped from a program available on the app store.
Voice dialing and shake2shuffle were available long before OS 3.0 my friend. I feel sorry for the independent programmers who try to make a couple bucks off their miraculous apps, only to have apple rip their idea and shove it clumsily into the next firmware update.
According to wikipedia, over 25% of all iphones sold in the USA are not registered with AT&T, and in the case of iPhone 3G, you must jailbreak it to unlock it. Thats a pretty big jailbreak user base.
Speaking of your RAZR, bluetooth OBEX file push is enabled based on what carrier you are with, not because of intentionally crippled firmware, like the iPhone. Jailbreaking the iPhone means you can enable bluetooth file transfer by the way, which is not available by default.
And what about Apples insistence that non-apple programs close themselves when the home button is pressed. The iPod program, or Safari can run just fine in the background, but non-apple programs are shut off by default. After jailbreaking, you can install Backgrounder, which simply turns off the "apple programs only" switch, and also gives you a "task manager" type menu to switch from program to program as well as perform many other useful tasks. Even if multitasking was the only benefit of jailbreaking it would still be completely worth it.
And lastly, the way Jailbreak apps are distributed are through a very secure and professional system. Anyone who wants to have their app distributed needs to have it sponsored by a trustworthy iPhone software source, and no viruses or bullshit programs get past that. The fact is that "Johnny Coder" in his basement consistantely makes the iPhone an awesome piece of technology, instead of the flashy, gimicky, shitbrick that steve jobs was shitting himself over back in mid 07.
Your last paragraph makes me laugh. You quickly forget that the iphone revolutionized the cell phone industry, creating something nobody, and I mean NOBODY had anything close to. Everyone was "shitting bricks" when it came out, including yourself, which you now have. You're talking shit about the original iphone, when even 2 years later, no one has come close, not even the Palm Pre. Also, comparing something like Voice Dial to "screwing over" independent programmers is ridiculous. Voice Dial was on my LG in 2004. They're recreating basic functionality available for years in a new SDK, but not ripping ideas from their app store developers. That's absurd (wait....Picasso / Jobs phrased that great arists STEAL.......you might be on to something). However, for basic functionality, that's like trying to copyright numbers. I admit it was stupid for apple to take that long for crap like copy/paste, but apparently that didn't matter to too many people. It's the most sold domestic phone in America.
Oh, and when did shake2shuffle start? Cause my records show September 08. App Store was out July 08. Are you going to tell me a black market app jailbroken phone had it first? Oh, and how clumsy is apple at programming again? Enlighten me.
Jailbreak for all I care. I won't deny the functionality it adds, but it also depends how deep you go in jailbreaking it. I still standby the fact that if you get heavy handed in the crap you jailbreak it with, it will hurt the performance (especially those shitty themes). Did I mention worse battery life? I know plenty of people who've jailbroken (heavily I might add), who by the way are VERY proficient in technology. I've seen it too many times first hand, and so have others.
If you're smart and selective, it can be a great thing. Eating a few chocolates is fine. Eating the whole fucking bag is just going to make you barf.
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If you already have a good case and power supply, you can build some serious guts:
Core i7 920 Nehalem
12GB G Skill DDR3 1333mhz
ASUS P6T Deluxe
Runs around $600 at newegg.com. By end of summer, I imagine it'll be attainable under $500. AAAAAH.....the power of building your own comps.
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In my opinion it's not worth it. With the 3.0 software and the App Store, I believe the cons out weight the pros when you jail break. It's buggy, it's slow, and god help you if you need to get it serviced. You better reload the original software ASAP. I've actually seen phones get fried by faulty software.
I hacked my RAZR to enable over the air bluetooth file transfer, but the iPhone is loaded to the roof with features where it doesn't make sense to jail break anymore. I'll trust the programmers in Cupertino rather than the Johnny Coder in mom's basement.
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I still think the Macs are overpriced, and I own 2.
So you know this already Bardic, but I bought this laptop a few weeks back: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0020HRI4M/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
I paid $1350 for a laptop with these specs
2 Ghz Q9000 (quad core)
4 GB of RAM
2 250 GB hard drives (5400 rpm)
17.3" LED screen
ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4850 with 1 GB of RAM
7.76 lbs
~3 hours of battery life (often more for casual usage such as web browsing, IRC, listening to music)
Its been a pretty good laptop IMO, and doesn't really cost a fortune. There is a version for ~$200 more I think where you can get a bigger screen & blu-ray at the cost of ~1 lb as well.
The specs are beefier, but what exactly are you looking for in the price? 3 hours of battery life? Considering that is the optimal life, that's not very good considering it's supposed to be a LAPTOP, not a portable desktop. Even the 5 star reviews admitted the construction was flimsy, and 17" is uncommonly huge.
This may be a good deal for a portable gaming rig, but for on the go computing, you need better battery life than an optimal 3 hours. It's the difference between a loaded Honda Civic with leather at a cheaper price, or get a base price Lexus. Seriously, which would you choose?
Also, if you have an educational discount, the 13" Macbook Pro is $1099. This should be in your Top 3 picks for a possible laptop. For what you're getting (beyond specs), it's a no brainer.
Let's also not forget Macs run EVERYTHING (OS X, Windows, Linux, etc).
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It costs more, but DAMN you get more. I'll run over main factors, rather than mainly specs:
13" Macbook Pro for $1199 (updated from June 8th 2009)
Aluminum Unibody (very solid construction)
Small form factor (portable)
Premium LCD (same as Air and 15")
OS X Leopard and iLife 09 (kicks the flying shit out of windows vista, although you can still run it for games)
7 Hour Battery Life
Backlit keyboard, webcam, Firewire 800 (for audio gear or hard drives)
9400M Video card if he decides to play games (Runs TF2 at high settings)
WORLD CLASS CUSTOMER SUPPORT (you won't get any better, I promise)
Perfect integration if he has an ipod or iphone
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
If you are anywhere near shopping for a sub $1000 notebook, seriously consider making the splurge for the 13" macbook pro. You will NOT regret it. It's not overpriced. You are just getting a hell of a lot more besides specs.
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Nice funky wurlitzer (am I right?). I am such a sucker for wurlitzers and rhodes. Then again, who isn't? I liked it. Not what I expected.
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Tight, great performances!! This made me want to head bang at my chair, and then get on Guitar Hero. Overall, this mix is solid, although I wish it wasn't as "tinny" sounding. I'm wondering if guitars were recorded "Line In" on this. I'm betting with the right amps and mics, with the same performance, this could be a 10/10. The mix hurt this more than anything, but the arrangement and performance kicks ass. Bravo.
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This remix brought a smile to my face. It's nice to see a piece in such a daring genre. Bravo for the arrangement, and the recording wasn't half bad either.
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I don't even know what this is yet, other than just experimenting, and slamming it together. I mean, it doesn't have a direct melody yet, but I'm thinking long black trench coats with glow sticks. It's like The Matrix meets Streets of Rage. So far, mainly synth with strings/brass, but a dash of woodwinds. Eventually, I may add some scratch vocals.
Seriously, the title so far is OMGWTF
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I haven't poked my head in the remixing scene in awhile, however, I've been working in the musical world for quite some time.
For anyone looking for new music from new bands, this is a brand new electro-rock band that's under a neo-label that I work for. (they're big gamers too, possibly a remix coming). Hot new tracks and music videos are all available for streaming and free downloads! Screw DRM.
If you like NIN, Dream Theater, Deftones, etc....this is somewhere around there.
Check it out:
Direct link to music:
http://modernsextrash.bandcamp.com/album/rise-start-go
J-Dog
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Thx. I tried going for a different angle than I'm used to writing. I've always focused on acoustic type stuff, but this pure electronic area is quite fun (although I did have a piano in this...DOH).
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Prices vary. If you're staying inside the United States, and using L.A. orchestras or Seattle, etc....you're looking into extremely pricey sessions. That 50-100K+ price tag is definitely in the right ballpark. However, overseas orchestras like Bratislava can get you a 50 piece orchestra for around $1500 an hour. Many games and movies have been recorded there, and apparently many composers prefer it to Prague. Granted, I cannot say the extra costs for engineers and other overhead. $1500 for an hour should probably be planned over 2K an hour. If you want 80-90 piece, then it just keeps going up.
It ain't cheap, no matter how you slice it.
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Van Halen has nothing on this. My hair is purple, 3 feet long, with a can of Crisco shooting it straight to the sky. Where are my leather pants and chain bracelet?!
http://www.jaredhudson.com/music/Jared%20Hudson%20-%20I%20Wanna%20Rock%20You.mp3
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I've played and survived all four campaigns on Expert, and I still don't have Zombicidal Maniac or What Are You Trying To Prove. I should have at least Zombicidal Maniac, as the Trying To Prove achievement says I have two of the four campaigns done... I don't get how that works.
Seriously, I've played them all at least twice, and it just never went through.
I believe you have to start from the beginning. All 5 stages through the scenario, and SURVIVE the final fight. Get on the boat, helicopter, whatever. That's what I did anyway.
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Oh FUCK YES Left 4 Dead is the bestest most freaking awesomest badassest sweet ass game ever ever. It has filled every void in my life permanently....for now. I have been waiting for this game my whole life.
Blowing up zombies, it's why we're put here on Earth.
Jared is also reading World War Z.
Already have my Zombicidal Maniac achievement. Working on all campaigns expert. Add me on steam if you play expert only. "Commando Jigga"
w00t
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Ho Ho Ho
.....speakin of hoes.
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This is a soft gentle type electronic tune I wrote for a project. Imagine a magical intergalactic voyage getting ready to leave Earth's orbit!
https://jaredhudson.com/othermusic/Jared Hudson - Above the Ozone.mp3
Jared
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I hereby dedicate this to our panelist Darkesword
http://www.jaredhudson.com/music/OCR%20-%20The%20Bestest%20Place%20Ever.mp3
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Just messing around with production. Inspired a bit by the artist Space Night and Hallucinogen. I went very electronic on this one. I'm debating on putting melodic vocals in, you know...for a melody.
Big beats, big fun! LOL
Questions regarding installing 64 bit Windows XP over 32 bit XP
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Did you mention exactly how much RAM you have? I know that 32-bit should see a solid 3.5GB as a norm. However, if you are making the 64-bit jump.....Windows 7 can't get here fast enough. WinXP 64-bit as others said isn't exactly practical, and Vista in itself is very bloated. Windows 7 is supposed to fill that gap.
I always recommend erase installs for any new OS. Your performance will be its best when doing that. I don't know how daring you are, but you could download the Windows 7 64-bit Release Candidate (very stable) for free, and at least use it until the Retail version comes out. Just a thought.