What's the point of a 3rd Gen?

I read that the 3rd Gen Touch has lower battery by 6 hours from the 2nd Gen Touch. That true?
If so, what's the point?
Just the update? O_o
Oh, and another quick question.
(Off topic a little) Can you buy the 3rd Gen...(Or any iPod Touch)...at an Apple Store?

David. wrote:
I think only newbies would buy the new touch.
If, by "newbies" you mean people who don't already own a Touch, well, that sounds like a pretty good market. Most people don't buy a new iPod every year. (Okay, some of us do. I do. But that's not the point.) Seems like the biggest market share to capture would be people who don't already have one. I don't really see where there's a problem here. Come to think of it, the 2nd gen wasn't a huge revolution from the 1st gen.
We all know you're not going to buy one. We're all okay with that.
And yes, I'll probably buy the 64 gig in a month or so. I may buy the new Nano, too. Silly, I know, but it keeps me too busy to complain about things.

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disconnekt wrote:
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What is the point of Precision and Scale in Number Type?

Version :11.2
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BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
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SQL> commit;
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         0Did you ever have a business scenario where a Numerical column should store values only with a fixed precision and scale ?

Omega3 wrote:
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SQL> select * From v$version where rownum < 2;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> create table t1 (col1 number);
Table created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (223.9939394);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (88.228384);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (9.34);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t1 values (000.00);
1 row created.
SQL> commit;
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0Did you ever have a business scenario where a Numerical column should store values only with a fixed precision and scale ?Lots of business requirements for specific precisions and scales.
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http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/wsj2ee/
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http://10.10.1.1:8000
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(20) http://10.10.1.1:8080/gs
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http://localhost:8080
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(23) Question: What was the point of integrating JWSDP and J2EE?
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http://java.sun.com/webservices/docs/ea1/tutorial/doc/WebApp3.html#64606
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�converter.war does not appear to be a valid web JAR.�
I tried a few different attempts, all with the same result. I�m stuck.
(28) I ask again, What was the point of integrating JWSDP and J2EE?
(29) If this is the preferred configuration, how do I display my JSP pages like the converter app?
Please help!!!

The JWSDP tutorial says to be in the �build� folder of the example when issuing the jar command to create the .war file. The build folder is created when I run the �ant build� command.
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adding: WEB-INF/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: WEB-INF/classes/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: WEB-INF/classes/Converter.class(in = 582) (out= 358)(deflated 38%)
Didn�t work. Same error as before.
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java.io.FileNotFoundException: converter.war (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:103)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
at sun.tools.jar.Main.run(Main.java:185)
at sun.tools.jar.Main.main(Main.java:904)
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I�m attempting to create a .war file out of two files: index.jsp and converter.class.
Now that I�ve integrated JWSDP and J2EE, is there some other way that I can run the converter app instead of a .war file and the deploytool? In other words, if I go back to using ant to build and deploy converter, where would I deploy it so that it will work with J2EE?
By the way, it doesn�t have to be converter. I�d be happy if I could get any JSP page to work in J2EE after the integration.
Forever grateful,
Logan

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