I administer a couple Mac labs at a university, and best I know, there is no multicast way to push it. I would think one could be written tho, in the way of ghost.
Every machine boots from a CD or, the net install boot system, then an application launch that then sycns up with a multicast system. Overall much the same way as ghost. Hmm... maybe a new programming project.
My personal opinion is that they are trying to sell software. It is just a proof that it can occur (and it can be done with media types other then mp3). My bet would be that Apple will have a Security update out very shortly (i would be <1wk)
It can delete your personal files and such, but beyond that it would require a password.
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I have always had trouble with how difficult it is to find the free version on their site.
But they also have other problems. It many times feels unnatural to use their player to me. They need to work on making it feel more integrated, it just feels clobbed on to use it. I think they will be their own downfall for many reasons...
Because females tend to be more conscious of design/looks. In general men tend to care more about specs (my iPod is bigger then yours). That is why so many./ers were predicting that it would fail, because it is not meant for this crowd in general.
A note about software and an extra battery. If you get the extra battery, its is listed as a separate line item and is shipped separately, so it does not count as custom config.
If you get preinstalled software, then yes it is custom configed, but if you get not installed software it is not.
Basicly if you change anything on the first BTO screen, then it is custom config.
This post doesnt have a real point, and isnt based on an article. It is just stating that today marks 100 years from the point that macs count from. Nothing bad happens from it, it can still cound for another 30ish years (i beleive).
When you are supply 3% of the market you cant just hand pick them and speed bin the rest just the same as you cant when you are supplying 50% of the market. If you did that then you would drive cost too high. They dont ship the chips until their production % of the level chips they want is high enough. The cost of the G5's to apple and 3rd party developers os about on par with the cost of processors that AMD and Intel sell. Its all just a matter of you have to scale the number you toss with the number you use to keep the % the same
Let the flames begin. Whenever there is a post about OS X we get tons of people who just scream and shout because its not Pure open source. Get over it, they are a company, they have to make money. They do alot better then most commercial companies.
I wonder why apple would doubt that it would work (other then to try and get them to by Xservers with the Xserver RAIDs), they just use fiberchannel, which is a standard.
This goes to show that allot of the things that ppl have to say about Apple and their computers are stereotypes from the days when they were true. People (esp. in the/. crowd) bitch about apple and their cost, mainly because they don't like the OS, or because it is a closed set of standards, but in reality, the price/performance ratio of Macs are just as good as PC's are out there.
Yes, you can't build your own Mac for $300, but you get what you pay for.
This is they type of thing that shouldn't make front page. Its good for the apple section but not front page. It is only a good article for apple users (which I am). But then you get all these ppl saying 'so what' which if you aren't a apple user, is true. This article doesn't give hard benchmarks, and specifically says that. So when ppl come in here and say my xxx boots quicker then that, all I have to say is, So what? This isn't meant to compare different platforms, just Macs.
First off, yes, I know that they changed the logo in Panther, ive been running it since the 6b series. Second, 7b74 is not the GM. Im running 7b80, and 7b81 exists.
Actually yes, it was a big deal when they dropped the Rainbow.
But the fact of the matter is, is that they use many different variations of the same logo, in various colors. Just because this one is chrome color, doesnt mean apple is changing its logo any.
And besides that, the article (particularly the ed comments) make it sound like it has already occurred.
We never note that the newest box has a red logo instead of white, so why are we bothering with this?
Of course they wouldn't do your claim. From the story you give it sounds in all likely hood that you caused the problem (from the sequence of failure). The heat sink on the G4's doesnt just cool the processor, it also cools some PP chips on the daughter card. You claim you added 'Superior' cooling, but you really have no idea about what the engineers were doing when they designed it.
You want super quite, get a G5 they are really super quite (I know, not a valid solution for most, but I thought I would offer...)
This is only a rumor, not hard news last I know. There is no press release about it, there is not a single incarnation of the shiny logo on apples webpage (that I can find) the only indication of this is in the Boot and 'About This Mac' windows. Even the menu bar Apple is still the blue or grey one like/. uses.
Of course they are only going to support Windows to begin with, its the largest market. They want to see if they can make it work there before they branch out. And for that matter, do we even know that it wont work with other systems? Just because alt OS's aren't supported, doesn't mean they wont work.
The technology in general can be a great convience, I have used them before and it means you don't have to fish the card in and out of your wallet, but what happens when you have more then one of this type of card in your wallet (the reader will read them all properly, but which to use?) and theft is a real concern.
Unless the also use a pin-number system, there is really nothing they can to to prevent theft. If you have a 'shielded wallet' or you have to press a button, then it defeats much of the point, and you have to actually get the card out.
I'm worried that they will try a type of encryption, (info on card is encrypted, and the CC co has the key in a central data base). Now if they were to do a new encryption key for each card, then great, but I could see them using one key for all of them, then what happens if that key is leaked. Even if they do that, it keeps the CC number safe so it cant be used online or such (assumming that the RFID number is even related to the actual CC number, which it probalby wouldn't be) it still cant stop someone from making a new RFID card to retransmit the info.
Basicly it all boils down to that there is no real way for the CC company to protect the card if it is contactless. with 20cm (about 8in) you could easilly walk around a mall with a reader in your pocket picking up the ids of the cards.
Unfotunaly though, most all client browsers do not support the 'Connection: close' command. My understanding is that it stems from a 'bug' (or maybe intentional) in the example code from w3c when 1.1 came out. Basicly the browsers dont respect the 'close' command, and do async requests on the socket anyways. It can be very annoying if you are writing a server-esk program, when the sockets wont support async.
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I administer a couple Mac labs at a university, and best I know, there is no multicast way to push it. I would think one could be written tho, in the way of ghost.
Every machine boots from a CD or, the net install boot system, then an application launch that then sycns up with a multicast system. Overall much the same way as ghost. Hmm... maybe a new programming project.
My personal opinion is that they are trying to sell software. It is just a proof that it can occur (and it can be done with media types other then mp3). My bet would be that Apple will have a Security update out very shortly (i would be <1wk)
It can delete your personal files and such, but beyond that it would require a password.
I have always had trouble with how difficult it is to find the free version on their site.
But they also have other problems. It many times feels unnatural to use their player to me. They need to work on making it feel more integrated, it just feels clobbed on to use it. I think they will be their own downfall for many reasons...
Because females tend to be more conscious of design/looks. In general men tend to care more about specs (my iPod is bigger then yours). That is why so many ./ers were predicting that it would fail, because it is not meant for this crowd in general.
A note about software and an extra battery. If you get the extra battery, its is listed as a separate line item and is shipped separately, so it does not count as custom config.
If you get preinstalled software, then yes it is custom configed, but if you get not installed software it is not.
Basicly if you change anything on the first BTO screen, then it is custom config.
This post doesnt have a real point, and isnt based on an article. It is just stating that today marks 100 years from the point that macs count from. Nothing bad happens from it, it can still cound for another 30ish years (i beleive).
When you are supply 3% of the market you cant just hand pick them and speed bin the rest just the same as you cant when you are supplying 50% of the market. If you did that then you would drive cost too high. They dont ship the chips until their production % of the level chips they want is high enough. The cost of the G5's to apple and 3rd party developers os about on par with the cost of processors that AMD and Intel sell. Its all just a matter of you have to scale the number you toss with the number you use to keep the % the same
Let the flames begin. Whenever there is a post about OS X we get tons of people who just scream and shout because its not Pure open source. Get over it, they are a company, they have to make money. They do alot better then most commercial companies.
I wonder why apple would doubt that it would work (other then to try and get them to by Xservers with the Xserver RAIDs), they just use fiberchannel, which is a standard.
This goes to show that allot of the things that ppl have to say about Apple and their computers are stereotypes from the days when they were true. People (esp. in the /. crowd) bitch about apple and their cost, mainly because they don't like the OS, or because it is a closed set of standards, but in reality, the price/performance ratio of Macs are just as good as PC's are out there.
Yes, you can't build your own Mac for $300, but you get what you pay for.
This is they type of thing that shouldn't make front page. Its good for the apple section but not front page. It is only a good article for apple users (which I am). But then you get all these ppl saying 'so what' which if you aren't a apple user, is true. This article doesn't give hard benchmarks, and specifically says that. So when ppl come in here and say my xxx boots quicker then that, all I have to say is, So what? This isn't meant to compare different platforms, just Macs.
First off, yes, I know that they changed the logo in Panther, ive been running it since the 6b series. Second, 7b74 is not the GM. Im running 7b80, and 7b81 exists.
Actually yes, it was a big deal when they dropped the Rainbow.
But the fact of the matter is, is that they use many different variations of the same logo, in various colors. Just because this one is chrome color, doesnt mean apple is changing its logo any.
And besides that, the article (particularly the ed comments) make it sound like it has already occurred.
We never note that the newest box has a red logo instead of white, so why are we bothering with this?
This really had nothing to do with anything.
Of course they wouldn't do your claim. From the story you give it sounds in all likely hood that you caused the problem (from the sequence of failure). The heat sink on the G4's doesnt just cool the processor, it also cools some PP chips on the daughter card. You claim you added 'Superior' cooling, but you really have no idea about what the engineers were doing when they designed it.
You want super quite, get a G5 they are really super quite (I know, not a valid solution for most, but I thought I would offer...)
This is only a rumor, not hard news last I know. There is no press release about it, there is not a single incarnation of the shiny logo on apples webpage (that I can find) the only indication of this is in the Boot and 'About This Mac' windows. Even the menu bar Apple is still the blue or grey one like /. uses.
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People should clarify reality and rumors.
http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/26/165
Of course they are only going to support Windows to begin with, its the largest market. They want to see if they can make it work there before they branch out. And for that matter, do we even know that it wont work with other systems? Just because alt OS's aren't supported, doesn't mean they wont work.
The technology in general can be a great convience, I have used them before and it means you don't have to fish the card in and out of your wallet, but what happens when you have more then one of this type of card in your wallet (the reader will read them all properly, but which to use?) and theft is a real concern.
Unless the also use a pin-number system, there is really nothing they can to to prevent theft. If you have a 'shielded wallet' or you have to press a button, then it defeats much of the point, and you have to actually get the card out.
I'm worried that they will try a type of encryption, (info on card is encrypted, and the CC co has the key in a central data base). Now if they were to do a new encryption key for each card, then great, but I could see them using one key for all of them, then what happens if that key is leaked. Even if they do that, it keeps the CC number safe so it cant be used online or such (assumming that the RFID number is even related to the actual CC number, which it probalby wouldn't be) it still cant stop someone from making a new RFID card to retransmit the info.
Basicly it all boils down to that there is no real way for the CC company to protect the card if it is contactless. with 20cm (about 8in) you could easilly walk around a mall with a reader in your pocket picking up the ids of the cards.
Unfotunaly though, most all client browsers do not support the 'Connection: close' command. My understanding is that it stems from a 'bug' (or maybe intentional) in the example code from w3c when 1.1 came out. Basicly the browsers dont respect the 'close' command, and do async requests on the socket anyways. It can be very annoying if you are writing a server-esk program, when the sockets wont support async.
I've had a 15gb since friday, and have not heard any of this from it (even when listening specificly for it)