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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) Star Wars also benefits from probably a 20% boost from the re-released special editions. I know I was in the audience for those. I dont know if the states provided include the newer releases or original theatrical run.

For those of you who know who Jason Calacanis is.... Yes, it's true... I've been beta testing the Apple tablet for the past two weeks and it's amazing. Note to press: No, not going to break my NDA w/ Apple/steve so u can get jump on announcement. It is the most *amazing* device ever. The best part ofthe apple tablet as beta user has been the built in HDTV tuner and pvr, and the chess game. Also, the apple tablet is really amazing for newspapers. Video conferencing is super stable, but nothing new. The price will be 599, 699 and 799 depending on size and memory in apple tablet. Also, wireless keyboard + monitor connection for tv Apple Tablet has thumbpads on each side for mouse guestures, reads fingerprint for security. Up to 5 profiles by finerprint for family. Yes, apple tablet is oled + back has solar pad for recharging, but it really doesn't work quickly. More a gimmic. Verizon+att,wifi yes! Apple tablet's 2 cameras is sick feature for video conferencing: u shoot what's in front of you + yourself. Augmented video conferncing! Apple tablet games are sick. Basically nintendo wii-level innovation. Custom farmville app is insane. Mark pincus is demoing with steve tmmr For background: apple asked me to do press tomorrow on cnbc, cnn, etc. As a pundit they gave me tablet 10 days ago. 3people dropped it off! apple tablet connects to other tablets over wifi for gaming. There will be LAN parties with these things, people playingFirst personshooters ... also, Farmville for Apple tablet is a huge game changer. I know for a FACT Mark Pincus is onstage tomorrow with Jobs. facial recognition apple tablet is nuts. When you hold it up it recognizes you + pulls your desktop/apps, hand to family member it switchs Best feature of Apple Tablet for me is wireless charging via optional base station. Put one in TV room+bedroom. Lay it down its charging

For those who are interested, live.twit.tv is doing wall to wall coverage of the event. Below is their embedded UStream feed. The link above takes you to a site where you can pick the best connection speed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 09:14 AM) So you're looking at number of tickets sold without taking into account population changes? In theory, if you factor in population growth and marker growth (films are viewed in more countries), then todays movies should be DESTROYING old box office tickets sold records. Yes, viewing habits of 1939 are different than today. But even with that factored in, Star Wars is still pretty high.

That is what is called crazy stupid money

This has always bothered me. When people say "this is the biggest movie ever", they are often going by income from the movie... failing to take into account that the price of a movie ticket in 1939 is DRASTICALLY different than it is today, even if you factor in inflation. So, while Avatar is the highest grossing movie, it is far from the most SEEN movie. That title is still owned by "Gone With the Wind" (1939) which sold an amazing 202,044,600 tickets! Here's the Top 20 movies of all time ... by number of tickets sold:

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QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) Rolly demo : Rolly on daft punk : While cool, TOTALLY pointless.

Got Mario Kart Wii a few days ago. LOVING it!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) The decision to keep Lovie on for a "one and done" and to can Ron Turner without having a successor in place is ridiculous. This team is an utter joke right now, and is going to go into next season having downgraded their OC. No one wants to sign a contract to play under a coach already on the hot seat. Ding ding ding! IT's really almost becoming not an option now. Lovie has to go. Jerry doesnt want Martz for OC, but he's one of the few people left who might actually take the job. Oh, and Tice being promoted scares me. I think every third word he said after getting hired was "run". Combine that with Lovie's "we get off the bus running". Next year wont be pretty.

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Rose's dunk is on the front page of Digg.com right now.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 10:50 AM) ...and 12 hours after the game ends...it begins. Brett Favre told ESPN's Ed Werder that it's "highly unlikely" he'll play again. We all know this doesn't mean that much, especially hours after a brutal NFC Championship Game loss in which he took numerous big hits. Favre put together the best statistical season of his career in 2009 and the Vikings will remain largely intact next year. He'll almost certainly get the itch to play again at some point down the line. Jan. 25 - 8:52 am et oh good lord. He'll be back. we all know it. Mr Drama Queen/Attention Whore is at it again.

Please, dont bring him back. I know he's a great guy and all, but it is time to move forward.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 07:43 AM) <!--quoteo(post=2074943:date=Jan 23, 2010 -> 04:55 PM:name=Brian)-->QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 23, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) <!--quotec-->Any sound clips of Stacey King going off after that Rose dunk? That is epic. The bench's reaction was awesome!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 09:31 AM) My doctor's office is run that way. The nurses and doctors all have either laptops or tablets with all of the patient information accessible. I'm interested in the Eee PC tablet (or something like it) myself. Apple is always too $$$. oh very nice. I have yet to run across that. All of my family's doctors still use paper charts. For me, it's all about the interface. It has to be powerful, yet simple. Microsoft does powerful, but wonky. Apple tends to be powerful and elegant/easy to use. That is my hope for the tablet and something I am not sure the Eee PC tablet would have. As for the price, yea, Apple is pricey. This tablet NEEDS to be around $700 or it wont take off like they hope. My guess is that it's $1000

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QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 06:45 AM) But no one really has any idea what this thing is going to be capable of. I have Two Requests: Full Mac OS support, not iPhoneOS on steroids Front Facing Camera (for video conferencing) On a side note: With the push to move to digital records, I REALLY hope tablets/slates take off as the mode with which medical records are kept. Instead of a room full of paper records, you have a small room with a two servers (redundancy) that upload all the data to an secure off-site location every night, and the doctors/nurses walk around with slates to record data. As I've seen it, the few hospitals I've been too, the records keepers walk around with computers on massive carts. An easy to use Apple iSlate would do wonders towards moving that direction. There are rumors of Apple reps metting with Cedars-Sinai to discus the potential of a tablet.

I am excited about this and what its potential may be. I cant afford one right now, but if it is what I hope it might be, I'll find a way for my work to buy one for me

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QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 10:43 PM) He did it, he finally brought the masturbating bear to 10:35 I was so happy to see it. Why not? He's out in 2 days.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) that whole promo was funny. and stupid