Out of all the suggestions printed here, I would agree with this one the most (and no, it's not just because my name is Brian too).
I would advise, however, to check prices on extra hard drives too. I seem to recall that Apple marks up RAM and Hard Drives equally (which is a ridiculous amount). I think you can get plenty better prices on hard drives, like a Maxtor Quiet drive (the ones with fluid bearings).
More specifically, the URL for submitting mail to customer service is here.
Here's the message I sent them:
"This message is regarding your new, changed, EULA. I read the message from your product manager stating that Toast for Macintosh doesn't have DRM components, but that's not the point. The point is that by changing your license agreement, you are claiming the right to install malware on my system at any point in the future without further notice. That makes me mad, and has turned me from a "customer" into a "former customer"."
Are you serious? Doesn't Apple advertise that Xserve is the perfect server for mission critical purposes? You must be either kidding (which i hope is the case), or smoking crack, man.
Why did Apple add hotswap drives, advanced monitoring tools, and 24/7 technical support? For shits and giggles? Why did they add REDUNDANT disk arrays? To impress the ladies? Why do they advertise this box to hardcore sys admins? Because they want sys admints to buy it. Do sys admins rely on boxes to handle mission critical operations? Yes. Is that not PREACHING?
Thanks for the hints. I guess the lesson here is not to pounce on the first cat you find at a shelter (which is where I feel morally obligated to get mine).
I think the point was that it made things a lot harder. DNS servers are relatively easy to hack, compared to spoofing someone else's IP address.
Obviously the workaround isn't perfect. What if apple changes the IP of their update server? What if they use akamai to host the updates, and the IP that was posted is actually some server halfway around the globe from you?
It's not perfect, but give the man some credit for being creative, will ya?:)
I think what he's suggesting is that Apple should be hosting with their own hardware. If Microsoft gave their employees Macs, with OS X installed, with Internet Explorer, the same questions would be raised.
In other words, possibly having just 1 piece of Apple software doesn't make it all OK. Hence, they're not practicing what they preach.
I had a friend who had a tarantula, and honestly it scared the death out of me. I think the fact that the mind of a spider can easily be programmed into a few lines of code makes me not want to get one. In other words, they're pretty boring.
Granted, a dog can be programmed into an Aibo, but it's not really the same. You could also program the mind of a male human into a few lines of code.
00 Start 01 Find girls 02 If no girls found, find remote 03 If no remote, go to 00
When I said "better than a dog or cat", I was only referring to getting a pet that had habits more condusive to my own habits. For example, why get a dog that I'd neglect when I could get a ferret that would match my sleep schedule?
I'm sorry if you took offense to my question. I didn't mean to imply anything about status.
I dunno. Still kind of a turn off, I guess. Potty training an animal isn't just so I don't get crapped on. It's also a challenge, and a source of pride (when it works).
We have a guide dog puppy in the family, and one of the things we have to teach it is how to go to the bathroom on command. You simply find a suitable spot and say, "Do your business." The dog then squats, right on the spot, and does it.
Go over to the neighbor's house...say the magic words.:)
About how fragile sugar gliders are (taken from this site:
Although sugar gliders are healthy and hardy animals, their physical structure is small and delicate although their skulls seem to be very dense when considering the way they bounce themselves off trees many times head first. Thus, they are NOT a suitable pet for very young children, who like to squeeze the animals that they love best.
I don't think a sock could hurt them, but they're still pretty delicate creatures.
Sugar gliders look cool, but they have some downsides.
The biggest one for me is: Gliders are also incontinent and urinate and defecate on you without thinking about it - I have only ever heard of one person who managed to toilet train their glider.
I draw the line when my pet defecates on me. Especially in this case, because they do it to show they trust you...
When searching about ferrets I came across this testimonial. To summarize it, a representative from the fish and wildlife department of california came to this lady's house, and seized her ferrets. She was forced through a legal battle, and currently has her pets out of state with her father, and a hefty fine. PLUS she's on probation.
Sounds like they take their laws seriously in California.
I was just curiuos about pet ideas. Is that a crime? I've been interested in a ferret, but haven't talked to anybody with my living style. The posts from this thread have been very useful to me.
Alas, it's me, Brian Tobin, the sole owner, writer, and admin of Artificial Cheese.
Honestly, I don't know why your e-mail didn't get through. I get other messages at that address (spam), so I know it works. I'm sorry no reply was sent to you.
I'm thrilled to hear you went to the site. I'm even more thrilled that you actually read the stuff I wrote. When I look back at the time I spent on that site, I like to think of it as well spent. I stopped because it simply took too much of my time, and I was practically starving due to low advertising rates (as even Slashdot is now discovering).
I've been meaning to get around to telling my visitors (if any still exist) about what happened. I've actually spent some time re-doing some HTML ( I moved servers, and things kinda broke). To be honest, I'm getting a little teary eyed thinking about it right now. I loved that site more than life itself.
One day, I swear, I'll restore the site. Heck, maybe I'll even write a couple articles a month. Who knows.:)
This story reminds me of a somewhat similar occurrence that is currently going on at MIT. When I was taking a tour at the campus we walked past a rather large bridge. The tour guide informed us that a local fraternity used the bridge for hazing purposes, and labeled distances on the street in some unit (it started with a Q, quibs maybe?).
To this day police officers record the spot of accidents in the same unit ("Ahh, yeah, we've got a fender bender at 24 quibs").
Can anyone more familiar with the area fill in my holes?
Slashdot Mirror
Out of all the suggestions printed here, I would agree with this one the most (and no, it's not just because my name is Brian too).
I would advise, however, to check prices on extra hard drives too. I seem to recall that Apple marks up RAM and Hard Drives equally (which is a ridiculous amount). I think you can get plenty better prices on hard drives, like a Maxtor Quiet drive (the ones with fluid bearings).
More specifically, the URL for submitting mail to customer service is here.
Here's the message I sent them:
"This message is regarding your new, changed, EULA. I read the message from your product manager stating that Toast for Macintosh doesn't have DRM components, but that's not the point. The point is that by changing your license agreement, you are claiming the right to install malware on my system at any point in the future without further notice. That makes me mad, and has turned me from a "customer" into a "former customer"."
I took elements from this excellent post by "bnenning".
And I didn't see anything tattooed on Hitler's forehead identifying him as the devil, but does that change the facts?
Refer yourself to my previous post to see the "circumstantial evidence" of Apple's intent. I'm sorry they didn't spell it out any easier for you.
Are you serious? Doesn't Apple advertise that Xserve is the perfect server for mission critical purposes? You must be either kidding (which i hope is the case), or smoking crack, man.
Why did Apple add hotswap drives, advanced monitoring tools, and 24/7 technical support? For shits and giggles? Why did they add REDUNDANT disk arrays? To impress the ladies? Why do they advertise this box to hardcore sys admins? Because they want sys admints to buy it. Do sys admins rely on boxes to handle mission critical operations? Yes. Is that not PREACHING?
Why, yes, it is.
Thanks for the hints. I guess the lesson here is not to pounce on the first cat you find at a shelter (which is where I feel morally obligated to get mine).
:)
I'll see how it goes...
I think the point was that it made things a lot harder. DNS servers are relatively easy to hack, compared to spoofing someone else's IP address.
:)
Obviously the workaround isn't perfect. What if apple changes the IP of their update server? What if they use akamai to host the updates, and the IP that was posted is actually some server halfway around the globe from you?
It's not perfect, but give the man some credit for being creative, will ya?
I think what he's suggesting is that Apple should be hosting with their own hardware. If Microsoft gave their employees Macs, with OS X installed, with Internet Explorer, the same questions would be raised.
In other words, possibly having just 1 piece of Apple software doesn't make it all OK. Hence, they're not practicing what they preach.
Oh gawd. :)
I had a friend who had a tarantula, and honestly it scared the death out of me. I think the fact that the mind of a spider can easily be programmed into a few lines of code makes me not want to get one. In other words, they're pretty boring.
Granted, a dog can be programmed into an Aibo, but it's not really the same. You could also program the mind of a male human into a few lines of code.
00 Start
01 Find girls
02 If no girls found, find remote
03 If no remote, go to 00
Makes sense. I wish I learned latin in high school...
O.K. Actually, despite all the exotic ideas passed around, I'm leaning towards a nice lap cat. It sure would be less hassle than a llama! :)
When I said "better than a dog or cat", I was only referring to getting a pet that had habits more condusive to my own habits. For example, why get a dog that I'd neglect when I could get a ferret that would match my sleep schedule?
I'm sorry if you took offense to my question. I didn't mean to imply anything about status.
I wish I had mod points, because I really enjoyed your post. I never considered a snake.
Sounds like really easy maintenance. And when the work piles on, it won't get depressed if I don't play with it a certain number of hours per day.
Hmmmmmm....
I dunno. Still kind of a turn off, I guess. Potty training an animal isn't just so I don't get crapped on. It's also a challenge, and a source of pride (when it works).
:)
We have a guide dog puppy in the family, and one of the things we have to teach it is how to go to the bathroom on command. You simply find a suitable spot and say, "Do your business." The dog then squats, right on the spot, and does it.
Go over to the neighbor's house...say the magic words.
I said a nerd, not a person addicted to bestiality.
On a side note, why is it spelled BESTiality? I just looked it up on dictionary.com, and it seems odd. Isn't the root "beast"?
The english language is weird.
About how fragile sugar gliders are (taken from this site:
Although sugar gliders are healthy and hardy animals, their physical structure is small and delicate although their skulls seem to be very dense when considering the way they bounce themselves off trees many times head first. Thus, they are NOT a suitable pet for very young children, who like to squeeze the animals that they love best.
I don't think a sock could hurt them, but they're still pretty delicate creatures.
Sugar gliders look cool, but they have some downsides.
The biggest one for me is:
Gliders are also incontinent and urinate and defecate on you without thinking about it - I have only ever heard of one person who managed to toilet train their glider.
I draw the line when my pet defecates on me. Especially in this case, because they do it to show they trust you...
When searching about ferrets I came across this testimonial. To summarize it, a representative from the fish and wildlife department of california came to this lady's house, and seized her ferrets. She was forced through a legal battle, and currently has her pets out of state with her father, and a hefty fine. PLUS she's on probation.
Sounds like they take their laws seriously in California.
I was just curiuos about pet ideas. Is that a crime? I've been interested in a ferret, but haven't talked to anybody with my living style. The posts from this thread have been very useful to me.
Stop telling other people what to do.
Alas, it's me, Brian Tobin, the sole owner, writer, and admin of Artificial Cheese.
:)
Honestly, I don't know why your e-mail didn't get through. I get other messages at that address (spam), so I know it works. I'm sorry no reply was sent to you.
I'm thrilled to hear you went to the site. I'm even more thrilled that you actually read the stuff I wrote. When I look back at the time I spent on that site, I like to think of it as well spent. I stopped because it simply took too much of my time, and I was practically starving due to low advertising rates (as even Slashdot is now discovering).
I've been meaning to get around to telling my visitors (if any still exist) about what happened. I've actually spent some time re-doing some HTML ( I moved servers, and things kinda broke). To be honest, I'm getting a little teary eyed thinking about it right now. I loved that site more than life itself.
One day, I swear, I'll restore the site. Heck, maybe I'll even write a couple articles a month. Who knows.
Yeah, when I was proofreading that post I was thinking, "Someone is going to make fun of the sentence structure on that one..."
Oh well. Haha.
This story reminds me of a somewhat similar occurrence that is currently going on at MIT. When I was taking a tour at the campus we walked past a rather large bridge. The tour guide informed us that a local fraternity used the bridge for hazing purposes, and labeled distances on the street in some unit (it started with a Q, quibs maybe?).
To this day police officers record the spot of accidents in the same unit ("Ahh, yeah, we've got a fender bender at 24 quibs").
Can anyone more familiar with the area fill in my holes?
The first URL is already rejecting me because of high traffic. Here's a Google mirror.
I C: www.flightship.net/+flightship&hl=en
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:7cg6pQsh69
I found this page at Nevada's DMV sites. Doesn't have the nuke one, but it has others:
c . icenseplates.ap/story.nevada.license.ap.jpg
http://nevadadmv.state.nv.us/platesmain.htm
Someone else posted the new nuke one:
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/ALLPOLITICS/04/26/atomi
Good point. They should just realize, though, that we wouldn't be forced to break their license if they didn't practice bad business.
I hope everybody at Kazaa is reading this right now.