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Mac Security Alarm System
RogueAce writes "A program named iAlertU sounds a screeching siren when someone attempts to steal your Macbook. Thanks to the sudden motion drop sensors that Macs use to park the hard drive, iAlertU can detect when your Macbook is being picked up, moved or closed. Also, by using the handy remote that comes with the Macbook, you can turn the alarm on and off like you would a car, which the Macbook responds to by making the all too familiar chirping sound and a flash and flicker of the screen. The code behind it is from a guy named Christian Kleins."
Ummm.... no... I think you're mistaken. Real Mac users simply have enough money to afford the Mac tax and still get a decent computer. These are the people who think that Firefox is scary, and that Safari is a cool Mac app (it isn't). These "switchers" simply emulate a Mac on their Linux box.
Silence is golden... and duct tape is silver.
No, Firefox is a piece of shit compared to Safari or even Opera. To claim otherwise only reveals how proud you must be of your own ignorance, and the lengths to which you'll go in order to convince yourself of the superiority of whatever cobbled-together applications you're running on your homebuilt shitbox.
Even the guy who designed the Firefox logo, Jon Hicks, switched to Safari. He now maintains this site. It's hard to argue with that.
Firefox only meets the needs of those with poor taste in software, or who simply aren't perceptive enough to notice its many egregious flaws and crimes against aesthetic elegance. Those of us unwilling to settle for mediocrity--which includes all real Mac users--will continue to use Safari.