As I said, it's not easy to find. That is a 3rd party driver written for a variety of cards. It wasn't written by Apple nor by the card manfacturers themselves. So what do you expect to get when you combine a Mac with a 3rd party card using drivers by yet another party? I wouldn't hold my breath for stability. More like Plug 'n Pray. Can you find any 3rd party cards with drivers written by the card manufacturer?
Apple's monopoly on it's hardware/software can be a good thing at times I guess. At least if this were a serious threat to macs with airport cards you can be sure Apple would patch it pretty quickly. Getting users to install those patches is another matter entirely.
But thanks for pointing out that driver, can't say I'll ever use it. 802.11b? Eeew. That's so 1999.;-)
Sorry, I don't see Microsoft building their own hardware and installing their own drivers. Microsoft pretty much doesn't have a choice in using outside drivers, where as with Apple's gear (at least with wifi connections) you have to go out (way out) of your way to use 3rd party hardware and drivers.
I've had XP crash just browsing around in the Explorer, I'd consider that "normal" use.
Anyway, my original point was, don't say "no Apple users ever use third party hardware / drivers" but few do. And in this specific case very few would as wifi is 99% of the time already in your laptop so there is no need for a 3rd party wifi card/driver. In addition 3rd party wifi cards and drivers are damn rare for Macs. Well, you can pick up any USB wifi adapter, but try to find vendor supplied/supported drivers for the mac (there are plenty of open-source drivers trying out there).
Let's face it, the security team wanted to get noticed and bashing Apple's security was an easy way to do it. They got their 15 minutes of fame. Now people are looking at what they said and did and finding the flaws in what they did. If someone had looked at what they were doing beforehand the whole thing would have been laughed off..
Wouldn't say no user, but as most macs come with built in airport they rarely use 3rd party wifi adapters and drivers. Infact it's damn hard to find 3rd party wifi adapters and drivers. In any case it certainly isn't any fault of Apples if 3rd party equipment has vulnerabilities.
i'm sorry. was this an amazon.com review posted on/. by mistake? did you try any of the hacks? what did you like? what didn't you like? did you just copy this off the back cover of the book or what?
-1 for content, -1 for copying from amazon or somewhere else, -10 for wasting my time reading and writing this reply
please write a review when you've actually read the book. thanks!
guess you're new to this. that's completely typical behavior and completely expected. don't take it personally. you're a liability risk since you have nothing to lose. take the $$$ and enjoy the vacation.. some times a new job will pick you up early if you're interested. but this has happened to me a few times.
'cause they don't feel like rehashing the canned "news stories" posted up in american news sources. nevermind the fact we're always "discovering" that some american reporter/news outlet "didn't check their facts/sources" or *gasp* "wrote a fake story!"
well.. they did have some semi-decent movies.. spider man 1 & 2.. x-men 1 & 2..
then again they had: the hulk, the punisher, elektra, daredevil, fantastic four (the unreleased and released movies), blade 1-9 (give 'em time, i'm sure snipes will do more), i'm sure there's more, thankfully my mind is blotting them out.
there was a dr. strange movie made for tv. ugh. let's pray a remake can't be worse than the original.
congratulations! every one of you who complains about hollywood's ingenious move to sue their own customers will find yourself at the end of a lawsuit when they sue/. for their log files!
shrug. don't like it? don't sign up. not like anyone is forcing you to. i'm sure you can sign up right now for a hotmail account and MS doesn't want your cell phone number.
yea pokemon is one of the success stories, but how many have been flops? how many great electronic gadgets, pda's, etc. have tried to cross the ocean only to be ignored by the american public? how many of us use our cell phones for anything other than talking?
i don't get it. isn't it just a dual screen tamagachi (and where are those today)? i've got a real dog that i can play with and have to take care of. can't imagine a DS one being all that thrilling. oh look, i gotta rub his tummy on the screen to make him happy. lol
remember, japan has a huge appetite for things cute and neat that flop BIG time here in the us.
well thanks for the info about them being out of order. i never knew that. ya gotta wonder why networks get mad when shows "flop" when they air things out of order, switch days and times at random, show 4 episodes and drop it, etc. thank gawd for cable tv, direct to dvd, peer networks, etc.
ok. can i ask, what am i missing? i saw firefly when it was on. it was an ok series but it wasn't all that great. why are some people so obsessed with it? why do we have a posting a week about the movie? did i miss the subliminal messages encoded in the episodes or something?
there's been many other shows out there with better/worse quality and we don't see anywhere near as much posted on them.
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They were expecting me to go see that movie? Actually pay money ($9) for it? This is some sort of joke, right?
As I said, it's not easy to find. That is a 3rd party driver written for a variety of cards. It wasn't written by Apple nor by the card manfacturers themselves. So what do you expect to get when you combine a Mac with a 3rd party card using drivers by yet another party? I wouldn't hold my breath for stability. More like Plug 'n Pray. Can you find any 3rd party cards with drivers written by the card manufacturer?
;-)
Apple's monopoly on it's hardware/software can be a good thing at times I guess. At least if this were a serious threat to macs with airport cards you can be sure Apple would patch it pretty quickly. Getting users to install those patches is another matter entirely.
But thanks for pointing out that driver, can't say I'll ever use it. 802.11b? Eeew. That's so 1999.
That Pox Nora looks cool, and free to get you started/addicted. Thanks for mentioning it!
Sorry, I don't see Microsoft building their own hardware and installing their own drivers. Microsoft pretty much doesn't have a choice in using outside drivers, where as with Apple's gear (at least with wifi connections) you have to go out (way out) of your way to use 3rd party hardware and drivers.
I've had XP crash just browsing around in the Explorer, I'd consider that "normal" use.
Anyway, my original point was, don't say "no Apple users ever use third party hardware / drivers" but few do. And in this specific case very few would as wifi is 99% of the time already in your laptop so there is no need for a 3rd party wifi card/driver. In addition 3rd party wifi cards and drivers are damn rare for Macs. Well, you can pick up any USB wifi adapter, but try to find vendor supplied/supported drivers for the mac (there are plenty of open-source drivers trying out there).
Let's face it, the security team wanted to get noticed and bashing Apple's security was an easy way to do it. They got their 15 minutes of fame. Now people are looking at what they said and did and finding the flaws in what they did. If someone had looked at what they were doing beforehand the whole thing would have been laughed off..
Wouldn't say no user, but as most macs come with built in airport they rarely use 3rd party wifi adapters and drivers. Infact it's damn hard to find 3rd party wifi adapters and drivers. In any case it certainly isn't any fault of Apples if 3rd party equipment has vulnerabilities.
and this is something new? shocking?
besides, in the US, MS now writes their own laws thanks to their lobbiests & "donations" to politicans..
and i should feel sorry for ebay why?
the answer is simple. compete. offer more, better, cheaper, faster, and easier than google does.
good luck ebay!
it's outside her authority. so she should shut up and sit down now. better yet. let's get someone in the position who doesn't have a prior agenda.
i'm sorry. was this an amazon.com review posted on /. by mistake? did you try any of the hacks? what did you like? what didn't you like? did you just copy this off the back cover of the book or what?
-1 for content, -1 for copying from amazon or somewhere else, -10 for wasting my time reading and writing this reply
please write a review when you've actually read the book. thanks!
is to hurl..
"standards are great, everyone should have one."
guess you're new to this. that's completely typical behavior and completely expected. don't take it personally. you're a liability risk since you have nothing to lose. take the $$$ and enjoy the vacation.. some times a new job will pick you up early if you're interested. but this has happened to me a few times.
so. what happens to the xbox now? discontinued? discount bin at odd lots? are they expecting developers to code for the PS2, x-box and 360?
'cause they don't feel like rehashing the canned "news stories" posted up in american news sources. nevermind the fact we're always "discovering" that some american reporter/news outlet "didn't check their facts/sources" or *gasp* "wrote a fake story!"
what about the "losses" "suffered" from "creative accounting"?
well.. they did have some semi-decent movies.. spider man 1 & 2.. x-men 1 & 2..
then again they had: the hulk, the punisher, elektra, daredevil, fantastic four (the unreleased and released movies), blade 1-9 (give 'em time, i'm sure snipes will do more), i'm sure there's more, thankfully my mind is blotting them out.
there was a dr. strange movie made for tv. ugh. let's pray a remake can't be worse than the original.
so i'm guessing out of 10 movies maybe 2 won't suck?
anyone care to guess which two?
congratulations! every one of you who complains about hollywood's ingenious move to sue their own customers will find yourself at the end of a lawsuit when they sue /. for their log files!
enjoy your freedom of thought while it lasts!
shrug. don't like it? don't sign up. not like anyone is forcing you to. i'm sure you can sign up right now for a hotmail account and MS doesn't want your cell phone number.
yea pokemon is one of the success stories, but how many have been flops? how many great electronic gadgets, pda's, etc. have tried to cross the ocean only to be ignored by the american public? how many of us use our cell phones for anything other than talking?
i don't get it. isn't it just a dual screen tamagachi (and where are those today)? i've got a real dog that i can play with and have to take care of. can't imagine a DS one being all that thrilling. oh look, i gotta rub his tummy on the screen to make him happy. lol
remember, japan has a huge appetite for things cute and neat that flop BIG time here in the us.
well thanks for the info about them being out of order. i never knew that. ya gotta wonder why networks get mad when shows "flop" when they air things out of order, switch days and times at random, show 4 episodes and drop it, etc. thank gawd for cable tv, direct to dvd, peer networks, etc.
ok. can i ask, what am i missing? i saw firefly when it was on. it was an ok series but it wasn't all that great. why are some people so obsessed with it? why do we have a posting a week about the movie? did i miss the subliminal messages encoded in the episodes or something?
there's been many other shows out there with better/worse quality and we don't see anywhere near as much posted on them.
you neglect to mention that's unlimited local calling only. long distance requires a calling card. at least that's the only plan
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http://www.iwireless.com/megatalk_payinadvance.as
i can find for $45 on their web site.
great.. so take a "bad" disc into your local eletronics shop and destroy ever demo player they have.. niiiiice. way to go sony!