I do all my development on a Mac. As a result, I have Safari/KHTML, Mozilla/FireFox/Camino at my disposal. For IE/Windows, I usually will look on a PC or use VirtualPC if a real PC is not available. VirtualPC is an option if you want to test on Linux as well, although I generally assume that if it works in FireFox on one platform it will work on the others.
This is really the same exploit, with the same solution.
1) Disable automount of downloaded files in Safari.
2) Install the security update
3) Disable telnet: disk: and disks: protocols
That's it. No web page can exploit this arbitrary protocol problem if you do step 1 above. Step 2 fixes the help: issue, and step 3 fixes all other known issues.
Why does this warrant 4 stories in 4 days? Are all the Windows weenies just that thrilled that there is an exploit on OSX?
I work for a wireless company in a development group. All the programmers are hard core C++/Java/UNIX people. Of the 11 developers in my group, 7 now have Macintosh machines running OSX, and two others have Linux machines.
Is this indicative of a shift in general society? Nope. We all know that geeks jump first. But once all the geeks are on Macs and Linux, the non-geeks will get a different answer when they ask what kind of computer they should buy. "Windows" won't be the answer anymore, and that's good for the theory of a heterogeneous network being stronger.
I don't install very often because I use a Mac running OSX. When i get a new machine though, here are my top ten:
1) Menu Meters -- I couldn't live without it 2) SQLGrinder -- great DB programming tool 3) SubEthaEdit -- great editor, supports collaborative development via Rendezvous 4) Little Snitch -- lets me know when a program tries to go out on the network on its own. 5) BBEdit -- the ultimate editor. How does anyone ever live without it? 6) Timbuktu -- great for managing all those Macs and PCs remotely.
Looks pretty decent to me. If I were single I think I would pick the date. Not like a PS2 is a rare item or anything. You can buy one of those anytime.
VirtualPC, on either a Mac or a PC, is perfect for this. Performance is adequate for DOS games, and you can install whatever DOS/Win3.1 OS you might want/need for the game to run properly.
It won't stop until the hardware speed outstrips software needs, when CPUs are so fast that we don't ever wait for the computer to do anything, when storage is so plentiful that we don't need to track capacity anymore, when video cards can render photorealistic images in stereo in real time, and when networks are so quick that local and network storage are indistinquisable.
erm, no you cannot transcode a fairplay aac file to a mp3 file. You can burn it to a cd, and then rip it, but a direct transcode is not possible.
Yes you can, actually. You an transcode from M4P->AIFF->MP3 pretty easily. Just drag M4P songs into toast and they're automatically converted to AIFF. Then you can convert to MP3 or whatever else you want using ITunes. No need to burn them.
Is there a free.NET IDE that competes favorably with Eclipse?
If not, then I don't see why Sun should money developing a tool that will never be profitable to make Java more attractive on price. There are few if any commercial developers doing.NET development and not using expensive Microsoft tools to do it.
I saw a demo of Rave at a conference. It's pretty slick stuff and lets you design a site with a database backend using only the GUI and very little code. The real issue is that nobody I know uses an IDE of any kind for development. Most people seem to still use vi or emacs or a fancy text editor like BBEdit or SlickEdit.
I recently asked James Gosling ("father of Java" and head of Sun's tools development group) about this very issue when I attended a speech he gave in Atlanta. He was demoing on a Powerbook so I thought it was an apt question.
He said all of Sun's tools run on Macs, and indeed many of their developers used Macs on a daily basis. He said that they really need to work on Mac installers, and hopefully the situation would improve over time.
If anyone has influence over this, it's Gosling. If you're interested in seeing Mac tools, email him and let him know.
How is that different from PlayFair? (I ask this in all seriousness... I don't know how Toast goes about such a conversion.)
PlayFair does not transcode the file into a different format, and it does not recompress the file. It simply removes the DRM wrapper from the existing AAC audio file. There is zero quality loss using PlayFair to convert m4p into m4a.
There is similarly no loss going from m4p to AIFF, because AIFF is not compressed. As a result, though, the AIFF is very large. You would generally then convert the AIFF into an m4a or an mp3, which would result in some quality loss.
Strange thing is, this program just quickens what one could already do. I could very easily burn my MP4's to CD, then rip back to MP4 and (if done right) there will be little or no loss. But the bottom line is that PlayFair reaches an ends equal to what one could do with iTunes.
You don't even have to do that. Tools like Toast can convert the.m4p files to aiff files, which can then be converted by iTunes into.mp3 or.aac files by choosing "Convert" from the menu. You do sustain the usual small quality loss when transcoding from AIFF to whatever though.
The thing is, why do people WANT to strip the DRM off their purchased AAC files? Because they can. That's it. There's no other real, valid reason to do it. Posts like "I have 15 computers I want to play it on" are absurd. If that's you, then you can transcode, just as Apple allows you to do. But for 99.98% of Apple's customers, the unlimited burns rule negates any real cries of fair use.
Well, that's fine, except that (a) without the source most people I know wouldn't accept an implementation (b) any implementation incompatible with existing standards would fail to become popular and (c) any good algorithm can be made exponentially more complex simply by increasing key length.
If the NSA can crack 1024-bit keys in a day, while it takes the rest of us decades, so what? How do they feel about 10240-bit keys?
Okay, tinfoil hat time: I'm not saying I believe this, but why couldn't the NSA develop a great encryption scheme like PGP, release it to the public under the guise of an individual, then scream bloody murder? Everyone grabs it up because they think it can't be cracked, and the NSA sits back decrypting what they want? Misinformation seems kind of easy. No offense to Phil.
Except that encryption doesn't work like that. When new encryption comes out, the algorithm is vetted amongst the scientists and mathematicians looking for flaws. The NSA's geniuses aren't any smarter than the regular geniuses.
This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it's close. From AddressBook help:
Dialing your cell phone
If both your computer and cellular phone are Bluetooth-enabled, and you have paired both devices using the Bluetooth pane of System Preferences, you can use Address Book to place outgoing telephone calls.
Click any phone number label, such as "home," on an address card. Choose Dial from the pop-up menu, then use your cell phone to listen for the person you're calling to answer.
Click the Bluetooth button in Address Book to search for paired phones that are within range.
For more information about pairing Bluetooth devices or using Bluetooth, open Bluetooth File Exchange, located in Applications/Utilities, and choose Help > Bluetooth Help.
can't buy music if i use a mac. Why not? You won't be able to play it in iTunes, but the last time I checked, you can use the Mac version of the WMA player. Did I miss something?
You missed a few things. Like the fact that WMP on the Mac doesn't support WM9 DRM. And it won't allow you to burn CDs. And it has no music management features at all.
WMP on the Mac is a bare-bones player. It's not a viable option.
That's not actually true. HFS had a 2GB per fork size limit (2GB resource, 2GB data). HFS+ has a limit much, much larger on OSX.
Maximum volume and file size is 2 terrabytes (MacOS X 10.0-10.1), 8 terrabytes (MacOS X 10.2), and 16 terrabytes (MacOS X 10.3).
Maximum number of files and folders in a folder is 4 billion. This depends on the volume size - bigger hard disks store more files.
I know that doesn't address the other poster's NFS issue, but it's not a problem with HFS. It MIGHT be a problem with OSX's implementation of NFS though.
Well, according to the Docs page, the new fix specifically addresses:
Addresses an issue in which Mail could unexpectedly quit when marking some types of unsolicited messages (or "spam") as Junk.
So, yes, I expect it will address that bug, which I have experienced too many times to count.
I'm also happy about these:
Enhancements to/Network browsing include: Servers appear on the desktop and in Finder window Sidebars, AFP Authentication options are available, and you can disconnect a server by dragging its icon on the desktop to the Trash or by clicking the Eject icon in the Sidebar.
Improves Fan Control system function for Power Mac G5 computers
A UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) panel is available in Energy Saver preferences, as well as a UPS menu bar item, when a UPS power management system is connected to the computer. Overall support for UPS systems is improved.
Why do you need a light? I'm guessing for papers. But How does it being on the computer help?
Because the computer is there anyway, and it's a readily-available power source. The options are (a) 2 oz. Flylight plugged into USB port, or (b) 4 oz booklight, plus 14 oz of C batteries to run it, plus wires to connect them.
I carry my laptop to work every day and have for 2+ years. It's an iBook, but the advice works for any brand.
1) Good carrying case. I use a Marware Sportfolio II, but get whatever works for you. Just get something with good padding and a shoulder strap. I chose the one I did because it's very light weight to go with my sub-5 lb laptop.
2) A retractable Ethernet cable and a retractable phone cord. When you're in a hotel or on the road or whatever, you'll love these, and they won't get tangled in your bag like a regular cable.
3) VGA adapter cable and AV adapter cable to get your video output onto TVs, projectors, and other places you need to show presentations, do code reviews, etc.
4) A Kensington Flylight is invaluable when you're on an airplane or somewhere dark and need to use your computer.
I hope these suggestions are helpful.
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Telling you to work overtime or you'll be fired is not harassment, but it could be a violation of some labor laws (IANAL) depending on the nature of the job and the way you're paid. For example, if you're paid hourly, then they have to pay you for overtime. If you're on salary, you may or may not be entitled to paid overtime. Most states now are right-to-work states, which means that they can fire you for no reason, and you can quit for no reason, and nobody can do anything about it.
Actual harassment, such as sexual harassment, physical intimidation, etc., is a whole other can of worms. You can and should fight this sort of thing, if for no other reason than to ger the person doing it fired. You can easily find a lawyer who will represent you for a percentage of the settlement. Just be prepared to find a new job when it's over.
The thing is, some of us are not debating Mac vs. something else for gaming.
I bought a Dual 2GHz G5 with a Radeon 9800 Pro and 1GB of RAM. I did not buy it to play games, but to do work at which the Macintosh excels (Java development, video editing, etc). However, since I have such a spiffy Mac, why not play games on it?
For this reason, I buy Mac games, because I have a Mac and I don't have a console. I don't really need a console though -- I have a great gaming machine in the Mac. I could buy a console, or a cheap PC, and play games on them, but why? The Mac has all the good games now, or at least enough to keep me busy. My games folder contains:
Aliens vs. Predator II 4x4 Evolution 2 Wolfenstein UT 2003 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Tiger Woods 2003 Soldier of Fortune II Myth II Medal of Honor Max Payne MacMAME Jedi Knight II Jedi Academy Halo Quake3 OIDS.X No One Lives Forever Myth TFL America's Army Fallout 2 Giants
There are a dozen others that I will buy when I tire of these. What more does a casual gamer need?
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I do all my development on a Mac. As a result, I have Safari/KHTML, Mozilla/FireFox/Camino at my disposal. For IE/Windows, I usually will look on a PC or use VirtualPC if a real PC is not available. VirtualPC is an option if you want to test on Linux as well, although I generally assume that if it works in FireFox on one platform it will work on the others.
This is really the same exploit, with the same solution.
1) Disable automount of downloaded files in Safari.
2) Install the security update
3) Disable telnet: disk: and disks: protocols
That's it. No web page can exploit this arbitrary protocol problem if you do step 1 above. Step 2 fixes the help: issue, and step 3 fixes all other known issues.
Why does this warrant 4 stories in 4 days? Are all the Windows weenies just that thrilled that there is an exploit on OSX?
I work for a wireless company in a development group. All the programmers are hard core C++/Java/UNIX people. Of the 11 developers in my group, 7 now have Macintosh machines running OSX, and two others have Linux machines.
Is this indicative of a shift in general society? Nope. We all know that geeks jump first. But once all the geeks are on Macs and Linux, the non-geeks will get a different answer when they ask what kind of computer they should buy. "Windows" won't be the answer anymore, and that's good for the theory of a heterogeneous network being stronger.
I don't install very often because I use a Mac running OSX. When i get a new machine though, here are my top ten:
1) Menu Meters -- I couldn't live without it
2) SQLGrinder -- great DB programming tool
3) SubEthaEdit -- great editor, supports collaborative development via Rendezvous
4) Little Snitch -- lets me know when a program tries to go out on the network on its own.
5) BBEdit -- the ultimate editor. How does anyone ever live without it?
6) Timbuktu -- great for managing all those Macs and PCs remotely.
Here she is:
g _2 091905.html
http://media.ps2.ign.com/articles/508/508371/im
Looks pretty decent to me. If I were single I think I would pick the date. Not like a PS2 is a rare item or anything. You can buy one of those anytime.
VirtualPC, on either a Mac or a PC, is perfect for this. Performance is adequate for DOS games, and you can install whatever DOS/Win3.1 OS you might want/need for the game to run properly.
CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) is definitely the way to go.
Here are some links to get you started:
CVS On Windows
WinCVS GUI (very nice, uses Python undeneath)
Tortoise CVS
CVS NT Wiki
Component CVS for Windows
All of these are CVS for Windows tools. CVS is a great revision control system.
It won't stop until the hardware speed outstrips software needs, when CPUs are so fast that we don't ever wait for the computer to do anything, when storage is so plentiful that we don't need to track capacity anymore, when video cards can render photorealistic images in stereo in real time, and when networks are so quick that local and network storage are indistinquisable.
So, basically, never.
erm, no you cannot transcode a fairplay aac file to a mp3 file. You can burn it to a cd, and then rip it, but a direct transcode is not possible.
Yes you can, actually. You an transcode from M4P->AIFF->MP3 pretty easily. Just drag M4P songs into toast and they're automatically converted to AIFF. Then you can convert to MP3 or whatever else you want using ITunes. No need to burn them.
Is there a free .NET IDE that competes favorably with Eclipse?
.NET development and not using expensive Microsoft tools to do it.
If not, then I don't see why Sun should money developing a tool that will never be profitable to make Java more attractive on price. There are few if any commercial developers doing
I saw a demo of Rave at a conference. It's pretty slick stuff and lets you design a site with a database backend using only the GUI and very little code. The real issue is that nobody I know uses an IDE of any kind for development. Most people seem to still use vi or emacs or a fancy text editor like BBEdit or SlickEdit.
I recently asked James Gosling ("father of Java" and head of Sun's tools development group) about this very issue when I attended a speech he gave in Atlanta. He was demoing on a Powerbook so I thought it was an apt question.
He said all of Sun's tools run on Macs, and indeed many of their developers used Macs on a daily basis. He said that they really need to work on Mac installers, and hopefully the situation would improve over time.
If anyone has influence over this, it's Gosling. If you're interested in seeing Mac tools, email him and let him know.
How is that different from PlayFair? (I ask this in all seriousness ... I don't know how Toast goes about such a conversion.)
PlayFair does not transcode the file into a different format, and it does not recompress the file. It simply removes the DRM wrapper from the existing AAC audio file. There is zero quality loss using PlayFair to convert m4p into m4a.
There is similarly no loss going from m4p to AIFF, because AIFF is not compressed. As a result, though, the AIFF is very large. You would generally then convert the AIFF into an m4a or an mp3, which would result in some quality loss.
Strange thing is, this program just quickens what one could already do. I could very easily burn my MP4's to CD, then rip back to MP4 and (if done right) there will be little or no loss. But the bottom line is that PlayFair reaches an ends equal to what one could do with iTunes.
.m4p files to aiff files, which can then be converted by iTunes into .mp3 or .aac files by choosing "Convert" from the menu. You do sustain the usual small quality loss when transcoding from AIFF to whatever though.
You don't even have to do that. Tools like Toast can convert the
The thing is, why do people WANT to strip the DRM off their purchased AAC files? Because they can. That's it. There's no other real, valid reason to do it. Posts like "I have 15 computers I want to play it on" are absurd. If that's you, then you can transcode, just as Apple allows you to do. But for 99.98% of Apple's customers, the unlimited burns rule negates any real cries of fair use.
Well, that's fine, except that (a) without the source most people I know wouldn't accept an implementation (b) any implementation incompatible with existing standards would fail to become popular and (c) any good algorithm can be made exponentially more complex simply by increasing key length.
If the NSA can crack 1024-bit keys in a day, while it takes the rest of us decades, so what? How do they feel about 10240-bit keys?
Okay, tinfoil hat time: I'm not saying I believe this, but why couldn't the NSA develop a great encryption scheme like PGP, release it to the public under the guise of an individual, then scream bloody murder? Everyone grabs it up because they think it can't be cracked, and the NSA sits back decrypting what they want? Misinformation seems kind of easy. No offense to Phil.
Except that encryption doesn't work like that. When new encryption comes out, the algorithm is vetted amongst the scientists and mathematicians looking for flaws. The NSA's geniuses aren't any smarter than the regular geniuses.
Besides, it's hard to argue with:
c = m^e mod n
can't buy music if i use a mac.
Why not? You won't be able to play it in iTunes, but the last time I checked, you can use the Mac version of the WMA player. Did I miss something?
You missed a few things. Like the fact that WMP on the Mac doesn't support WM9 DRM. And it won't allow you to burn CDs. And it has no music management features at all.
WMP on the Mac is a bare-bones player. It's not a viable option.
Maximum volume and file size is 2 terrabytes (MacOS X 10.0-10.1), 8 terrabytes (MacOS X 10.2), and 16 terrabytes (MacOS X 10.3).
Maximum number of files and folders in a folder is 4 billion. This depends on the volume size - bigger hard disks store more files.
I know that doesn't address the other poster's NFS issue, but it's not a problem with HFS. It MIGHT be a problem with OSX's implementation of NFS though.
So, yes, I expect it will address that bug, which I have experienced too many times to count. I'm also happy about these:
Anyone remember SimEarth and SimAnt? Both of these were educational, fun, and appropriate for all ages.
There was even a cheat in SimAnt to become the spider and go raid the rival ants' colony.
I don't know how easy they would be to come by these days though. You could look on some of the abandonware sites:
http://mac.the-underdogs.org/
iTunes is a Carbon app, not Cocoa. So, never, unless Apple rewrites it.
Why do you need a light? I'm guessing for papers. But How does it being on the computer help?
Because the computer is there anyway, and it's a readily-available power source. The options are (a) 2 oz. Flylight plugged into USB port, or (b) 4 oz booklight, plus 14 oz of C batteries to run it, plus wires to connect them.
The USB light costs less too.
I carry my laptop to work every day and have for 2+ years. It's an iBook, but the advice works for any brand.
1) Good carrying case. I use a Marware Sportfolio II, but get whatever works for you. Just get something with good padding and a shoulder strap. I chose the one I did because it's very light weight to go with my sub-5 lb laptop.
2) A retractable Ethernet cable and a retractable phone cord. When you're in a hotel or on the road or whatever, you'll love these, and they won't get tangled in your bag like a regular cable.
3) VGA adapter cable and AV adapter cable to get your video output onto TVs, projectors, and other places you need to show presentations, do code reviews, etc.
4) A Kensington Flylight is invaluable when you're on an airplane or somewhere dark and need to use your computer.
I hope these suggestions are helpful.
Telling you to work overtime or you'll be fired is not harassment, but it could be a violation of some labor laws (IANAL) depending on the nature of the job and the way you're paid. For example, if you're paid hourly, then they have to pay you for overtime. If you're on salary, you may or may not be entitled to paid overtime. Most states now are right-to-work states, which means that they can fire you for no reason, and you can quit for no reason, and nobody can do anything about it.
Actual harassment, such as sexual harassment, physical intimidation, etc., is a whole other can of worms. You can and should fight this sort of thing, if for no other reason than to ger the person doing it fired. You can easily find a lawyer who will represent you for a percentage of the settlement. Just be prepared to find a new job when it's over.
The thing is, some of us are not debating Mac vs. something else for gaming.
I bought a Dual 2GHz G5 with a Radeon 9800 Pro and 1GB of RAM. I did not buy it to play games, but to do work at which the Macintosh excels (Java development, video editing, etc). However, since I have such a spiffy Mac, why not play games on it?
For this reason, I buy Mac games, because I have a Mac and I don't have a console. I don't really need a console though -- I have a great gaming machine in the Mac. I could buy a console, or a cheap PC, and play games on them, but why? The Mac has all the good games now, or at least enough to keep me busy. My games folder contains:
Aliens vs. Predator II
4x4 Evolution 2
Wolfenstein
UT 2003
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tiger Woods 2003
Soldier of Fortune II
Myth II
Medal of Honor
Max Payne
MacMAME
Jedi Knight II
Jedi Academy
Halo
Quake3
OIDS.X
No One Lives Forever
Myth TFL
America's Army
Fallout 2
Giants
There are a dozen others that I will buy when I tire of these. What more does a casual gamer need?