Jim Mallon is hardly "some random schmuck". He helped create MST3K back in its Minnesota UHF days, directed almost half the episodes, and played Gypsy in seasons 1-8. Joel may have provided the original creative force but he hardly could have created it alone.
Joel left in the middle of season 5. MST3K continued until season 10 and released a feature film. I am not sure what this "demise" is that you speak of...
The Flip4Mac components not only provide a way for Mac users to "keep watching", they actually allow Mac users to watch Microsoft Video formats that the Microsoft Product never did. The most obvious example is that there was no good way for Mac users to watch Windows Media 9 Standard videos (WMV3) before the Flip4Mac components came out. (Windows Media Player, VLC, and MPlayer OSX would all choke on them.) Now Mac users can watch them, preview them in the Finder, import and export them, etc.
This is actually a huge upgrade and great news for Mac users.
I am seeing significantly reduced memory usage for Widgets under 10.4.2. The largest memory usage is 11.8 Mb (for Weather) and the smallest is 5.9 Mb (for IP Subnet Calculator) for a total of 58 Mb for my 7 Widgets. An average of 8 Mb per Widget isn't a perfect world but it's significantly better than the average of 25 Mb that you cite.
On the whole, 10.4.2 seems much better with memory. Since the update I have several hundred more meg of free memory.
On a side note, I don't know why anyone would use Dashboard for apps that require a significant amount of interaction. Typically the Widgets that I use require no interaction or a single click of interaction. If it's something that I will need to do significant interaction with, I'd rather just fire up an app.
This is Security Update 2005-005. That means that it is the fifth security update that Apple has offered in 2005. (Not to mention the 10.3.8 and 10.3.9 updates which also included security fixes.) (Apple has a list of all their 2005 security updates.) These updates come out roughly once a month and usually are several security fixes rolled up into one.
Some people are posting and saying that Apple should release each update as soon as they patch it. This would be about one security update per day. Most users would probably find having to install a patch ever day to be rather annoying. They probably would wait until a number of them had built up anyway. They might even turn off updating altogether.
Besides, many of these security holes are only theoretical. If there are no exploits of them, does it really matter if the patch is delayed a few weeks?
I think Apple is striking a nice balance between endless daily updates and waiting for major OS updated every 18 months.
The big question is whether the Mac's software library is up to the task. It has respectable Internet software available and there is Mac Office (IMHO the single most important application to the Mac platform).
Apple isn't really aiming for the people that need Microsoft Office. Take a look at iLife. It will handle your digital photos (download, manage, edit, print, create books, etc.), movies (import, edit), DVDs (import, theme, burn), and music (create, record, edit, buy, download, stream, rip, mix, burn). It does all of this in an integrated suite that "just works". Home users that want to do these kinds of things usually don't care too much about working in Microsoft Office.
For those that need to do word processing, page layout, or presentations, Apple offers iWork. Pages really creates some nice-looking documents and it's easy to use.
In a pinch, AppleWorks provides a usable spreadsheet application if you need one.
Microsoft Office is really only useful for a handful of reasons.
100% compatibility for exchanging Microsoft Office documents
Esoteric features that aren't available in other Mac applications
The security and "warm fuzzies" of going with the market leader
Policies at work dictate it
If none of these apply, you don't really need Microsoft Office. It may be perceived as the most important application for the Mac, but I am not sure that's true anymore.
Store it in any format you like. If it isn't one of the supported file formats that Tiger automatically recognizes, then you (or some kindly programmer-type) can create a plug-in that supports your file format. Assuming you have a Mac...
From TFA in question, "I hope people will support the release, because I'm sure I'll have a lot more bills before all of this is through, and I'm blowing through what little money I've managed to save. Again, I'm not asking for donations, but I hope that when Slackware 10.1 comes out that people wanting to help out will order it." [emphasis mine]
Why would he want to put a donations link on the site when he doesn't want donations? If you really want to help him out, order a copy of Slackware.
As soon as I heard that it was a hoax, I thought of The Yes Men. I recently got a chance to see the documentary about them. After taking on George W Bush and the WTO (including one of them being interviewed on CNBC Europe as a WTO spokesperson), this seemed like a logical target and a logical method of attack. So I checked out their site. There wasn't anything in the news section, but it turns out they've had a previous run-in with Dow Chemical. Yeah, I think it's pretty likely that The Yes Men are the ones behind the hoax.
Unfortunately, Apple's site says, "AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express can extend the range only of an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express wireless network."
I am not sure what you mean by this. There is an 1/8th inch mini jack right on the AirPort Express. And for an extra $39 you can get the AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit with Monster Cables which includes, "a Monster mini-to-RCA left/right audio cable, a Monster mini-to-optical digital Toslink audio cable and an AirPort Express power extension cord." I am not sure what else you could ask for.
The I4U article points out another difference. "The Trilobite can recharge itself. The robot finds its way back to the charging station and automatically docks-on." That takes care of something that always bothered me about the Roomba but it's not $1640 worth of cool...
One May 9, Secunia released an advisory entitled Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded Common Name Verification Vulnerability. The summary is, "Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded fails to validate the Common Name of a SSL certificate. This makes it possible to spoof SSL sites, so that users can't trust the authenticity of a SSL website." They also add, "NOTE: This does not affect the ordinary version of Konqueror."
Many of the points in the response have a common theme. Here's an example response for illustration:
Neither Spamhaus nor any of the Defendants named had ever heard of EMarketersAmerica prior to this SLAPP suit being filed. It follows therefore that they could not be harming the Plaintiff in any way.
This makes no sense to me. Just because you haven't heard of someone doesn't mean that it's impossible that you have harmed them. A hit-and-run in the dark, poison in Tylenol bottles, letting the air out of an ambulance's tires, etc. All of these actions can clearly result in harm to people that the instigator has never heard of.
Don't get me wrong, I am not arguing against the defendants here nor am I equating their actions to the ones I list above. I am just suggesting that a lot of their defense hinges on a pretty weak argument.
Just to make sure people know, the iPod also easily stores data files. It has a number of other tricks up its sleeve including games, calendar, contact lists, text note storage, alarm clock, sound recording, etc.
Who own a Mac
AND Who own iPods
AND live in North America
Why do you have to own an iPod? I don't own an iPod. I have owned many Walkmen but I never used them so I didn't see the point of getting an iPod. But the iTMS still interests me. I listen to my music on my desktop Mac. Why wouldn't I be interested in getting more on-demand music for it by downloading instead of purchasing a CD?
New network core? Not really. Actually, your description of "crap... rolled into a more monolithic system" and "a new networking core" is a good description of System 7.5.3.
System 7.5 had a ton of different enablers and patches through 7.5.2. (Supporting all the Mac clones coming out at that time only added to the confusion.) And PCI PowerMacs had recently come out, which the old networking core didn't support at all. So Apple rushed Open Transport (their new networking core) out for these new Macs. The System software they were distributing was an ugly mass of hacks and kludges.
Finally Apple rolled all the hacks into one solid System version, incorporated a version of Open Transport that worked on all Macs (except the original 68000 Macs), added a lot more PowerPC-specific code (which reduced crashes a lot), and threw in a ton of other bug fixes. This release was System 7.5 Update 2.0 (i.e. 7.5.3).
Mac OS 7.6 featured a much improved installer, the Apple Internet Connection Kit (the first time Apple shipped system software with web browsers), a new Extension Manager, and a lot of under-the-hood stability enhancements. It did also pull in some technologies that had previously only been available separately.
Business Week interviewed Phil Schiller almost a year ago. His comments are rather interesting and point to Panther being a paid upgrade. Here's the relevant part of the interview:
Q: People are asking why you're charging so much for Jaguar, the new OS X update. A: We came out with OS X 10.0 in May, 2001, at $129. That's our usual price for paid upgrades. Last fall, we came out with 10.1 Normally, we would decide to charge $129, but because we wanted to help the adoption of OS X, we made it free to our customers. Now, with 10.2, it's $129 again, same as it always has been. I think a year and a half before charging for an upgrade is very reasonable. And we included 150 new features in Jaguar. That's a lot for your money.
Q: But people are conditioned to big Mac releases coming out every three years or so, no? A: Actually, that's not true. If you follow the path over the last five years, there has been a major paid release approximately once a year, and a minor release that we didn't charge for on a half-year increment.
It hasn't always been an exact alternating of paid and free updates, but it's been pretty close for a long time. So if you want to go by history, the next update will be free.
On the other hand, I think the really telling bit of information would be Apple's financials after the Jaguar release. If the money gained from charging $129 for an OS update had a significant positive effect on Apple's bottom line, I would think that Apple would be looking long and hard at charging for Panther.
One thing that has always puzzled me. Why didn't they just call it OS X 10.5 instead of OS X 10.2. People complained because it was just a.1 update, which Apple has rarely charged for. I think simply calling it 10.5 would have placated a lot of people.
Added an option to quit X11 without presenting warning dialog : "
defaults write com.apple.x11 no_quit_alert true". See man page for Xquartz for more details.
And from the man XQuartz page:
CUSTOMIZATION
Xquartz can also be customized using the defaults(1) com-
mand. The available options are:
defaults write com.apple.x11 enable_fake_buttons true Equivalent to the -fakebuttons command line
option.
defaults write com.apple.x11 fake_button2 modifiers
Equivalent to the -fakemouse2 option.
defaults write com.apple.x11 fake_button3 modifiers
Equivalent to the -fakemouse3 option.
defaults write com.apple.x11 keymap_file filename
Equivalent to the -keymap option.
defaults write com.apple.x11 no_quit_alert true Disables the alert dialog displayed when attempt-
ing to quit X11.
defaults write com.apple.x11 depth depth
Equivalent to the -depth option.
LucasArts is still making games like this. Okay, maybe Escape From Monkey Island isn't quite the work of art as some of their other ones from the hight of the adventure game heyday, but its got humor, puzzles, and plenty of rips on Star Wars. It looks like LA hasn't forgotten this market quite yet...
I am not exactly sure what you are suggesting here. Since the GBA doesn't have built-in USB, I assume that you are talking about using third-party hardware to give it USB capabilities.
However I don't see what this has to do with the iPod. The iPod doesn't have any USB capabilities. It only has FireWire. So unless someone has come out with a FireWire connection for GBA, I am not sure how you would connect an iPod to a GBA...
I have been using DivX.com 5.0a2 with QuickTime 6 under Mac OS X 10.1.5 and it's been running fine for me. On the other hand, it was running fine with DivX.com 5.0a1 and QuickTime 6 too. What do you mean by "did not work"? More details would give people the details they need to offer good suggestions.
Well, I am pretty sure that by now Mitnick has learned his lesson and has everything like this that he does vetted by his own lawyer first. If there was a danger of this testimony getting him in any sort of trouble, he would have just refused to consult on this case.
Of course, maybe that's what the delay they had in getting him on the stand was all about. Hard to tell...
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Jim Mallon is hardly "some random schmuck". He helped create MST3K back in its Minnesota UHF days, directed almost half the episodes, and played Gypsy in seasons 1-8. Joel may have provided the original creative force but he hardly could have created it alone.
Joel left in the middle of season 5. MST3K continued until season 10 and released a feature film. I am not sure what this "demise" is that you speak of...
This is actually a huge upgrade and great news for Mac users.
I am seeing significantly reduced memory usage for Widgets under 10.4.2. The largest memory usage is 11.8 Mb (for Weather) and the smallest is 5.9 Mb (for IP Subnet Calculator) for a total of 58 Mb for my 7 Widgets. An average of 8 Mb per Widget isn't a perfect world but it's significantly better than the average of 25 Mb that you cite.
On the whole, 10.4.2 seems much better with memory. Since the update I have several hundred more meg of free memory.
On a side note, I don't know why anyone would use Dashboard for apps that require a significant amount of interaction. Typically the Widgets that I use require no interaction or a single click of interaction. If it's something that I will need to do significant interaction with, I'd rather just fire up an app.
Some people are posting and saying that Apple should release each update as soon as they patch it. This would be about one security update per day. Most users would probably find having to install a patch ever day to be rather annoying. They probably would wait until a number of them had built up anyway. They might even turn off updating altogether.
Besides, many of these security holes are only theoretical. If there are no exploits of them, does it really matter if the patch is delayed a few weeks?
I think Apple is striking a nice balance between endless daily updates and waiting for major OS updated every 18 months.
For those that need to do word processing, page layout, or presentations, Apple offers iWork. Pages really creates some nice-looking documents and it's easy to use. In a pinch, AppleWorks provides a usable spreadsheet application if you need one. Microsoft Office is really only useful for a handful of reasons.
- 100% compatibility for exchanging Microsoft Office documents
- Esoteric features that aren't available in other Mac applications
- The security and "warm fuzzies" of going with the market leader
- Policies at work dictate it
If none of these apply, you don't really need Microsoft Office. It may be perceived as the most important application for the Mac, but I am not sure that's true anymore.Store it in any format you like. If it isn't one of the supported file formats that Tiger automatically recognizes, then you (or some kindly programmer-type) can create a plug-in that supports your file format. Assuming you have a Mac...
Why would he want to put a donations link on the site when he doesn't want donations? If you really want to help him out, order a copy of Slackware.
As soon as I heard that it was a hoax, I thought of The Yes Men. I recently got a chance to see the documentary about them. After taking on George W Bush and the WTO (including one of them being interviewed on CNBC Europe as a WTO spokesperson), this seemed like a logical target and a logical method of attack. So I checked out their site. There wasn't anything in the news section, but it turns out they've had a previous run-in with Dow Chemical. Yeah, I think it's pretty likely that The Yes Men are the ones behind the hoax.
Unfortunately, Apple's site says, "AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express can extend the range only of an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express wireless network."
The I4U article points out another difference. "The Trilobite can recharge itself. The robot finds its way back to the charging station and automatically docks-on." That takes care of something that always bothered me about the Roomba but it's not $1640 worth of cool...
There is an updated version of that article available at http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Lot/8256/l andf.htm.
One May 9, Secunia released an advisory entitled Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded Common Name Verification Vulnerability. The summary is, "Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded fails to validate the Common Name of a SSL certificate. This makes it possible to spoof SSL sites, so that users can't trust the authenticity of a SSL website." They also add, "NOTE: This does not affect the ordinary version of Konqueror."
Don't get me wrong, I am not arguing against the defendants here nor am I equating their actions to the ones I list above. I am just suggesting that a lot of their defense hinges on a pretty weak argument.
It does not play WMAs though.
System 7.5 had a ton of different enablers and patches through 7.5.2. (Supporting all the Mac clones coming out at that time only added to the confusion.) And PCI PowerMacs had recently come out, which the old networking core didn't support at all. So Apple rushed Open Transport (their new networking core) out for these new Macs. The System software they were distributing was an ugly mass of hacks and kludges.
Finally Apple rolled all the hacks into one solid System version, incorporated a version of Open Transport that worked on all Macs (except the original 68000 Macs), added a lot more PowerPC-specific code (which reduced crashes a lot), and threw in a ton of other bug fixes. This release was System 7.5 Update 2.0 (i.e. 7.5.3).
Mac OS 7.6 featured a much improved installer, the Apple Internet Connection Kit (the first time Apple shipped system software with web browsers), a new Extension Manager, and a lot of under-the-hood stability enhancements. It did also pull in some technologies that had previously only been available separately.
7.5 - Paid
7.6 - Paid
8.0 - Paid
8.1 - Free
8.5 - Paid
8.6 - Free
9.0 - Paid
9.1 - Free
9.2 - Free
10.0 - Paid
10.1 - Free
10.2 - Paid
It hasn't always been an exact alternating of paid and free updates, but it's been pretty close for a long time. So if you want to go by history, the next update will be free.
On the other hand, I think the really telling bit of information would be Apple's financials after the Jaguar release. If the money gained from charging $129 for an OS update had a significant positive effect on Apple's bottom line, I would think that Apple would be looking long and hard at charging for Panther.
One thing that has always puzzled me. Why didn't they just call it OS X 10.5 instead of OS X 10.2. People complained because it was just a .1 update, which Apple has rarely charged for. I think simply calling it 10.5 would have placated a lot of people.
From the FAQ:
And from the man XQuartz page:LucasArts is still making games like this. Okay, maybe Escape From Monkey Island isn't quite the work of art as some of their other ones from the hight of the adventure game heyday, but its got humor, puzzles, and plenty of rips on Star Wars. It looks like LA hasn't forgotten this market quite yet...
However I don't see what this has to do with the iPod. The iPod doesn't have any USB capabilities. It only has FireWire. So unless someone has come out with a FireWire connection for GBA, I am not sure how you would connect an iPod to a GBA...
I have been using DivX.com 5.0a2 with QuickTime 6 under Mac OS X 10.1.5 and it's been running fine for me. On the other hand, it was running fine with DivX.com 5.0a1 and QuickTime 6 too. What do you mean by "did not work"? More details would give people the details they need to offer good suggestions.
I'm just trying to make everyone's life a little easier by saving a couple of clicks... ;-)
Of course, maybe that's what the delay they had in getting him on the stand was all about. Hard to tell...