The real problem is that MS intends to turn this into a system totally encumbered by DRM.
Another expected build in, Microsoft will probably implement a way for "content owners" to remotely delete the metafile and all data if they so choose, regardless of how valid their claim is. I also fully expect traffic shaping to ignore this new protocol while throttling bittorrent.
Cept, NX doesn't seem to work too well.....I gave up trying a while back. It was jumpy even on a switched LAN.
On the other hand, half the problem was the kde desktop sharing daemon which crashed 2 seconds in on every login, but even without that problem it was slow.
You gimme a good way I can setup a dual tuner, ALL DIGITAL (no encoders, anywhere), DirecTV (or digital cable) box, and I would be happy to drop this DTivo. Till then your an idiot.
By the way, I haven't ever seen an advertisement outside of that stupid showcase, which never gets visited.
There are actually some things Microsoft could open source that would be useful, for instance the newest version of whatever system they are working on, like SMB2. Those systems would be useful but i highly doubt Microsoft would ever open source anything important.
Nothing they do, ever, will lead me to believe they are moving away from the destroy competition game.
I wish that were a real option for anyone but highly motivated private companies.
Anyone who just wants to USE one of these *nix systems is pretty much tied to Linux because thats where all the (working) drivers are for commodity hardware. And it's been my experience that as funny as this sounds, Linux is fairly user friendly as Unix clones go. Compared to Solaris, Linux is incredibly easy to use, and somewhat easier than Freebsd.
Hopefully this will change and FreeBSD or similar development will advance, then Linux won't be the only real option for lots of cases.
They may turn out to vote, but more and more elections look like 2 sides of the same thing, neither of which will really change anything, almost like a toss up "which one will we let them have this time".
Voting means very little if your choices are ridiculous.
I use OS X on my HP laptop a bit as well, though I do plan on buying a Macbook for certain unique features of the hardware itself (complete fan control, camera, target disk mode, EFI).
They say they can't do the OS sales thing now, but tons of people want OS X, so it's more likely they want to continue being the only source of hardware since it guarantees sales. Apple expanding into a Microsoft like market share while still making all hardware and software, is absolutely a bad thing, both for users and the platform itself, so something would have to change or the platform will grow slowly if at all, something no one wants.
All this REALLY shows is this: drawing conclusions about marketshare by looking at indisputably flawed web browser identification methods, is borderline retarded and at the least, useless.
This sort of story should not be on slashdot, even as a 'look how stupid they are' type thing.
I agree with the closed driver thing, i strongly believe that many companies are never going to GPL their drivers, or even open source them at all, and user space drivers solves the majority of that problem.
Sometimes there may be a performance hit but it will be worth the stability and the (hopefully) easier installation and removal of drivers.
How is someone who has "converted almost *everybody* I help with computers to kubuntu with VMware running a XP VM" NOT a Linux Priest?
That's probably the worst thing you could possibly do to a home user, if someone wants Linux they can decide for themselves, pushing it on people even if you help them resolve problems, is a bad idea, one that i hope doesn't need to be explained to you.
OS X.APP packages are self contained folders which include everything the OS doesn't provide like libraries, frameworks (Quicktime etc). Pretty cool little things for sure:D It might be the case that.APPs are statically compiled binaries, I'm not sure. I have never seen a library in a.app but I haven't looked much.
OS X does however have real packages, with.pkg or.mpkg extensions, which are more comparable to deb than the.APP things. They don't use any sort of download system, as far as I know they simply include everything they require. The.pkg is probably used where more complex installation may be required, such as OS updates.
I agree, people should not jump to conclusions one way or the other, especially with the MMU argument which makes no sense. Apple has complete control over their kernel and they have proven they can port it back and forth all over the place, even to low powered embedded platforms.
The evidence is fairly strong in this case, while I don't have an iPod here to explore, I would say that the kernel file being present along with posix directories is way outside the scope of a quick joke, especially one that most people would remember and find annoying as a repeat. That diagram over on roughlydrafted would take quite a bit of effort as well.
This isn't a complete 180 turnaround, it was never clear what kernel the iPods were using, at least not to most of the public, but it was fairly clear where the interface came from and that has not changed.
In any case, stop changing the title of this article, and at this point in my opinion the title "iPods Don't Run OS X" is incorrect.
Thats true, however encryption makes this a difficult issue, there aren't always simple passwords, in the case of vista most users never make a backup copy of the actual key anyway, it is difficult to reveal the password if it is a long string you have never even seen before.
The real solution is to simply reinstall vista every few weeks, get a routine and copy over important folders in appdata if you really want to be quick and simple about it.
Another advantage is that encryption is very strong protection from reading data off the disk raw, it might not provide you ongoing protection but once you wipe an encrypted volume, its gone even if someone actually HAS the keys needed.
Yes, I agree with your idea in principal, it's very good. However I would not guarantee that you are safe from destruction of evidence charges, despite the fact that in reality this sort of thing is absolutely not destruction of evidence.
You have every right to ensure your own data is private, especially against someone breaking into your house. There is no reasonable way to differentiate between wiping the drive to stop someone from stealing drives, and police searching for things. There is also no way that they can claim you must retain data in a way that allows police but stops thieves, you might as well just leave it encrypted and give them a key, and i wouldn't put it past them to demand this regardless of how illegal it would be.
That doesn't mean some paid-for judge would see it that way.
I'm still waiting for the app that will configure the Vista installation disc to remove stupid components I don't want on my system. Vlite is well on its way to being a good thing but doesn't currently remove the things that Microsoft is intent on forcing me to install.
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The real problem is that MS intends to turn this into a system totally encumbered by DRM.
Another expected build in, Microsoft will probably implement a way for "content owners" to remotely delete the metafile and all data if they so choose, regardless of how valid their claim is. I also fully expect traffic shaping to ignore this new protocol while throttling bittorrent.
Cars don't get malicious software
idiot
Cept, NX doesn't seem to work too well.....I gave up trying a while back. It was jumpy even on a switched LAN.
On the other hand, half the problem was the kde desktop sharing daemon which crashed 2 seconds in on every login, but even without that problem it was slow.
You gimme a good way I can setup a dual tuner, ALL DIGITAL (no encoders, anywhere), DirecTV (or digital cable) box, and I would be happy to drop this DTivo. Till then your an idiot.
By the way, I haven't ever seen an advertisement outside of that stupid showcase, which never gets visited.
There are actually some things Microsoft could open source that would be useful, for instance the newest version of whatever system they are working on, like SMB2. Those systems would be useful but i highly doubt Microsoft would ever open source anything important.
Nothing they do, ever, will lead me to believe they are moving away from the destroy competition game.
You know, if i want to shoot smack i can get it from anyone who sells smack......your analogy just fell apart.
Moving from MBR to GPT is another good reason, something i currently only see with EFI.
LUNIX
i got five on it.......
nm
I wish that were a real option for anyone but highly motivated private companies.
Anyone who just wants to USE one of these *nix systems is pretty much tied to Linux because thats where all the (working) drivers are for commodity hardware. And it's been my experience that as funny as this sounds, Linux is fairly user friendly as Unix clones go. Compared to Solaris, Linux is incredibly easy to use, and somewhat easier than Freebsd.
Hopefully this will change and FreeBSD or similar development will advance, then Linux won't be the only real option for lots of cases.
They may turn out to vote, but more and more elections look like 2 sides of the same thing, neither of which will really change anything, almost like a toss up "which one will we let them have this time".
Voting means very little if your choices are ridiculous.
I use OS X on my HP laptop a bit as well, though I do plan on buying a Macbook for certain unique features of the hardware itself (complete fan control, camera, target disk mode, EFI).
They say they can't do the OS sales thing now, but tons of people want OS X, so it's more likely they want to continue being the only source of hardware since it guarantees sales. Apple expanding into a Microsoft like market share while still making all hardware and software, is absolutely a bad thing, both for users and the platform itself, so something would have to change or the platform will grow slowly if at all, something no one wants.
All this REALLY shows is this: drawing conclusions about marketshare by looking at indisputably flawed web browser identification methods, is borderline retarded and at the least, useless.
This sort of story should not be on slashdot, even as a 'look how stupid they are' type thing.
I've got plenty of cpu cycles, I'll trade some for stability, security, and easier driver installation and development.
I agree with the closed driver thing, i strongly believe that many companies are never going to GPL their drivers, or even open source them at all, and user space drivers solves the majority of that problem.
Sometimes there may be a performance hit but it will be worth the stability and the (hopefully) easier installation and removal of drivers.
That little snapshot trick you have taught them is also ripe for "where the fuck did my report go?"
How is someone who has "converted almost *everybody* I help with computers to kubuntu with VMware running a XP VM" NOT a Linux Priest?
That's probably the worst thing you could possibly do to a home user, if someone wants Linux they can decide for themselves, pushing it on people even if you help them resolve problems, is a bad idea, one that i hope doesn't need to be explained to you.
I can has internets haxy?
OS X .APP packages are self contained folders which include everything the OS doesn't provide like libraries, frameworks (Quicktime etc). Pretty cool little things for sure :D It might be the case that .APPs are statically compiled binaries, I'm not sure. I have never seen a library in a .app but I haven't looked much.
.pkg or .mpkg extensions, which are more comparable to deb than the .APP things. They don't use any sort of download system, as far as I know they simply include everything they require. The .pkg is probably used where more complex installation may be required, such as OS updates.
OS X does however have real packages, with
Not proposed, required.
I agree, people should not jump to conclusions one way or the other, especially with the MMU argument which makes no sense. Apple has complete control over their kernel and they have proven they can port it back and forth all over the place, even to low powered embedded platforms.
The evidence is fairly strong in this case, while I don't have an iPod here to explore, I would say that the kernel file being present along with posix directories is way outside the scope of a quick joke, especially one that most people would remember and find annoying as a repeat. That diagram over on roughlydrafted would take quite a bit of effort as well.
This isn't a complete 180 turnaround, it was never clear what kernel the iPods were using, at least not to most of the public, but it was fairly clear where the interface came from and that has not changed.
In any case, stop changing the title of this article, and at this point in my opinion the title "iPods Don't Run OS X" is incorrect.
Thats true, however encryption makes this a difficult issue, there aren't always simple passwords, in the case of vista most users never make a backup copy of the actual key anyway, it is difficult to reveal the password if it is a long string you have never even seen before.
The real solution is to simply reinstall vista every few weeks, get a routine and copy over important folders in appdata if you really want to be quick and simple about it.
Another advantage is that encryption is very strong protection from reading data off the disk raw, it might not provide you ongoing protection but once you wipe an encrypted volume, its gone even if someone actually HAS the keys needed.
Yes, I agree with your idea in principal, it's very good. However I would not guarantee that you are safe from destruction of evidence charges, despite the fact that in reality this sort of thing is absolutely not destruction of evidence.
You have every right to ensure your own data is private, especially against someone breaking into your house. There is no reasonable way to differentiate between wiping the drive to stop someone from stealing drives, and police searching for things. There is also no way that they can claim you must retain data in a way that allows police but stops thieves, you might as well just leave it encrypted and give them a key, and i wouldn't put it past them to demand this regardless of how illegal it would be.
That doesn't mean some paid-for judge would see it that way.
"another Zune user's legal squirt onto you"
:D
no comment necessary
More responsive and still very 'thinclient-like'
I'm still waiting for the app that will configure the Vista installation disc to remove stupid components I don't want on my system. Vlite is well on its way to being a good thing but doesn't currently remove the things that Microsoft is intent on forcing me to install.