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I'd like to see how people solve Rocket Planes. My solution is a kludgy bubble sort (spoiler)

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I'm gay.

I knew it!

I read about that (2.1 for Hero I think?), but I didn't get the impression it was a leak - thought it was an official update. Not sure about that, just what I seem to recall.

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So what goes in to calculating the "actual" RAM limit? Just the fact that 4GB sticks are the highest capacity currently manufactured?

It's a completely arbitrary limit in the kernel. All Intel Macs have had PAE, so the hardware supports 64GB, but the kernel does not.

I would guess that, at the time the computer came out, that was as much RAM as they could cram in there to test the kernel against. Apple have never in the history of the company existing added support for an existing hardware feature after a product was released without support (except 802.11n in G2 MacBooks, but they charged for it), so don't expect them to "fix" it ever.

Yeah, they're just the only PC manufacturer that includes a DRM chip specifically so that you can run their OS.... ::)

Apple is definitely not the only PC manufacturer that includes TPM chips in their computers. Most laptops have them, actually. Every machine Dell currently sells has one. I've even seen some motherboards on NewEgg that have them.

Console and cell phone manufacturers get away with locking down their products. I don't think it's insane for Apple to do the same. Also, it's actually just a TPM chip, not specifically designed to perform DRM; it's used for legitimate purposes too, such as securing the keychain. The chip is just some WOM (a private key store) and a simple processor optimized for doing cryptographic operations, so there's nothing inherently unjust about having one.

Rooted. http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=567

(byte)Integer.parseInt should be in every way equivalent to Byte.parseByte...

No; parseByte() will throw an NFE if the number is too big, but the cast will simply truncate the high 24 bits. This is probably where the problem lies, since he said parseByte() doesn't work, when that's clearly what he should be using.

The CPU has PAE, so you should be able to get 64GB so long as you are willing to mess with mach_kernel.

Well, 49 isn't nearly hot enough to be overheating, but it definitely sounds like a hardware reset. What is making you suspect the HDD? The HDD doesn't have direct access to the reset pin, so I don't think it's likely that the HDD is bad.

My guess would be the RAM, but I would expect to at least see the gray screen of death. Try running memtest or equivalent; I've never used it on a Mac, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

If memtest passes, I'd say take it to the genius bar. You may have to toss them a few bones if it's out of warranty, but they usually don't ask for money until they have a diagnosis. It can't hurt to ask.

Ironically Snow Leopard is hard to find, since most of them are hacked Snow Leopard DVDs for non-Apple hardware. Also keep in mind that it needs to be burned onto a Dual Layer DVD since it's >4.7GB.

I didn't have any trouble finding it a couple weeks before it was released - but that was before any of the hacked versions were released. Also, I don't think I know anyone who actually burned it to a DVD, since it's so much faster and easier and freer to restore the DMG to a free partition or external drive. I chopped an 8GB partition off my time machine external drive to keep the SL installer.

If you're getting "random restarts," and you're not seeing a kernel panic (think BSoD, except it's gray and the font isn't as ugly), the only possibility is a hardware reset. I'm not aware of any cause for that other than the CPU overheating. You may need to replace the fan - I just did it in mine, and it was pretty easy.

None of it is open-source. Technically, it's a violation of some IP law (I forget which one) to even implement the API, because you have to sign the ADC contract to get the reference material.

When I was 13, I'd have reinvented the wheel long before opening a book.

They charge differently for using their network with a computer, because they know you're going to use more data than you would on a handset. If the FCC ever gets involved, they will probably put an end to that, but that's just how it is for now.

How do you figure $90/mo, though? $40/mo for voice, $30/mo for data, $10/mo for texting only comes out to $80/mo, and that's assuming you get those plans, and is before any discounts.