Hm, that's a really interesting idea. As more and more phones gain Internet access and the potential to host malware, what would you do? A hypothetical keylogger on your phone may just be able to read your text message. Likewise, it could read one time keys created on the phone. Considering how relatively easy it is and will be to pass malware through phones (i.e. over bluetooth, through the cellular radio, through traditional malware routes, through bugs in the web browser, etc.), you might as well assume your phone to be the same as a public terminal. Can anyone think of any possible solutions to this issue?
Technically, when you "buy" a cell phone, usually you are purchasing a contract with a cellular company which allows you to use their equipment, including, but not limited to, their communication backbone, their cellular towers, their phone. Most cell phone companies subsidize the actual phone for their customers as part of the customer's contract. When you "purchase" the phone, you're purchasing a contract that permits you to use said phone. If you wish to terminate the contract early, then you usually pay the price of the phone plus lost revenue back to the phone company in the form of the termination fees. Until you pay the termination fee or until your contract runs out, you can, in no way, claim that "your phone" really belongs to you. For the longest time, the actual landline phone in your house belonged to Bell, just like the cable or satellite equipment in your home. These companies allow you to use these services/products while you pay for them. After you stop paying for them (unless you pay a termination fee or something similar), you lose any right to the products the company supplied you to use their service.
Shuffleboard could be done and it could probably be done well. (I mean, I've played it before, and it's not THAT bad.) Still, though, retirees are a difficult group to sell new products to from a technological point. A lot of them grew up in the 30s through the 50s (and into the 60s now) and don't see the point in buying something like a video game because they didn't have video games back when they were growing up. Also, a number of older people tend to fear new technology because they don't understand it.
Well, the Color Macintosh was created after Steve Jobs left, so it wasn't him that told them not to produce a color Mac. After all, Steve left about 1985 or 1986. From what I understand about BeOS, the idea was that, by creating an entirely new OS, they could create a light and fast OS that wouldn't be encumbered by backwards compatibility. Apple borrowed this idea/philosophy while they were working on Copeland and when they purchased NeXT, except that, instead of eliminating backwards compatibility entirely, they created a special environment, which allowed them to cut old code out of the OS.
Agreed. Let's not forget, though, that Yahoo is technically a Registrar and an ISP. That could have major implementations in net neutrality. Let's not forget how badly MS bullied the ISPs 10 years ago.
You know, I feel sorry for the Scientologists. As you may know, "Anonymous" is comprised of 4chan users, Ebaum's World users, and 420, 7, and 11chan users, the source of almost every meme on the net. They're going to get assaulted with the worst memes 4chan and Ebaum's World have to offer. Huge amounts of "I herd u liek Mudkip" and unlimited Rickrolls. The Scientologists use confusion as a vessle for brainwashing. The 4chaners are likely going to be able to get the Scientologists to horribly mutilate Tom Cruse. Should be good!
The very term "Online media distribution system" is so broad that it could cover YouTube, the iTunes Store, Napster, and eMusic, just to name a few. Heck, it's even broader than that. Since text is a form of media, this site and all sites on the web are "online media distribution systems." This was probably the RIAA's intent. Create a term that is so broad that it could be applied to anyone you dislike and that causes a sufficient level of confusion. Since the RIAA is unable to prove much about the majority of filesharing cases, they feel that they can get away with overly vague terms, as opposed to factual evidence.
Make *sure* you have APE 2.0.3 or later installed *before* you install Mac OS X 10.5. If you have an earlier version of APE installed before you install 10.5, you may exhibit one of the following symptoms upon booting into Mac OS X 10.5:
- Your goldfish may die. - A strange dog might bite you on the street. - A friend may punch you. - Your computer may catch fire. - Your loved one may leave you.
All of these things are really bad. So we urge everyone to make sure they have APE 2.0.3 or later installed. If you aren't sure, install APE 2.0.3 or later from the link above. APE 2.0.3 was released on March 14th, 2007. And please, always keep your software up to date.
A note about 10.5 and haxies:
As long as you have APE 2.0.3, nothing bad will happen in 10.5. Well, nothing we can control. However, none of your APE Modules will work either.
Developers in Apple's Mac OS X developer program (ADC) got the final 10.5 GM yesterday. We are still downloading the huge 6.66GB image and as soon as the downloads finish for our developers, we will be hard at work on making our software work on 10.5.
You can keep up to date with the status of haxies and 10.5 by viewing http://unsanity.com/products/compatibility/ and we will post more information as we have it on our blog at http://unsanity.org/ . Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility is currently our number one priority.
"If APE doesn't work in 10.5, shouldn't I just uninstall it?"
No, you should not. Just make sure you have APE 2.0.3 or later. A lot of third party (and Unsanity made) utilities depend on the APE framework itself being there. As it has some extremely useful functions. Removing it may cause these Applications and/or preference panes to stop launching."
They tell you specifically NOT to do the one thing that you probably should do. Worst of all, they try to be funny while doing so.
It's easy enough to tell if you have APE on your system because it shows up in your System Preferences. I installed it because I just recently upgraded to OS X, (I went out and bought an Intel MacBook to replace my Power Macintosh running OS 8.5) and I wanted to add some of the old OS Classic functionalities to my new machine. I've grown tired of it, though, and have decided to get rid of it. My question is, "How do you uninstall APE? Is there an uninstall package in my receipts folder, or do I have to download it again and uninstall it with the uninstaller that came with APE in the first place?"
You're right on both counts. As for devastating the music industry, they've done it to themselves. I cannot turn on the radio without hearing some awful, overplayed, steaming pile of crap. The industry usually only makes contracts with musicians with similar styles to current popular musicians. More and more, we see people who record their own music, without a contract from a major producer. Then again, it's not like this is a new phenomena. I can think of at least one band that has published their own music since the 1970's.
This approach might be somewhat unethical and perhaps illegal, but what if one were to unleash a second worm and create a second net with the express intent to wipe the Storm Worm botnet off the face of the earth? Would it also be possible to infect Storm botnet members with another worm? If so, couldn't you create a worm that prevented Storm Worm from calling back home? Distributing the worm is not an issue, basic social engineering could play a key role. Basically what I'm suggesting is to use black hat techniques against black hats. In order to do so, you'd have to dissect Storm Worm... All I'm saying is that it's possible, isn't it?
Man, I was hoping I'd be able to hold out against Silverlight as a protest against Microsoft. I'm not too pleased with this. Unfortunately, a Facebook account is a great convenience, and for some people, a necessity. Who knows, I might just find a knockoff Silverlight alternative. I mean, that's what I do for Windows Media files. Besides, I'm not exactly sure if I trust a scripting system made by Microsoft, look at, oh, I don't know, VBScript (useful but a mistake waiting to happen) and ActiveX. (What the heck were they thinking when they released ActiveX? "Sure, it's a great idea to let random people install random software when a person visits a random site!") There's likely a severe flaw in Silverlight, as well.
Supposedly, Duke Nukem Forever is actually under active development again. Now, we won't be able to use it as the ultimate vaporware, assuming it comes to completion. I guess GNU HURD is our only good example of vaporware. Too much of the industry consists of cloning and serialization, but there are, as always, good games out there waiting to be found. The problem is, you gotta find them. Besides, there's nothing wrong with serialization as long as the games are still good. (I use the same logic to support the Bond series.:) ) Cloning is a bigger issue, though. A sequel can still innovate, but a clone never does. In my opinion, there are way too many FPS games out there with not enough innovation. I suggest that only certain companies should be allowed to develop FPSs. This should reduce the number of clones, the owners of which will go on to try to clone a genré they know nothing about, and everyone will see the game clones for what they are.
Here's what I would do. I would keep track of information, per my contract with the MPAA, but, at the same time, (since I'm the major source of information and have a monopoly of the information reaching the MPAA) I would download copyrighted content and make it available, just so I fleece them behind their backs. What's wrong with costing the MPAA money in two different ways at the same time? It also seems like the perfect opportunity to catch up on the latest episodes of your favorite tv show, if you know what I mean hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
The truth about domestic spying is this. The government's bureaucracy prevents any sort of information from reaching other branches of government, even if they operate from the same building. Take me, for instance. I'm overweight. I'm also a recent high school grad. As do all recent male high school grads, I have received many materials from the Marines, Navy, Army, National Guard, etc. I spoke with the Marines recruiter over the phone. The issue of my weight popped up, of course. I was too large for my height to serve in the armed forces. (Not that I was planning to in the first place, the recruiter called me.) I never received another call from the recruitment center, but on a weekly basis, I would receive at least one piece of mail from the recruitment center, even though I had admitted my weight problem. True story!:)
In order to receive optical nerve damage, you have to look right into the transmitting antenna. Plus, there are plenty of regulations as to how much uncontrolled exposure people have to RF radiation. For insatnce, there is a limit to how much RF power any radio installation site can put out. I think that the limit is about 5000 Watts Effective Radiated Power, but it's been a while since I've looked over the IEEE regulations on RF exposure. Of course, strictly licensed broadcast stations can transmit up to 50000 Watts Peak Envelope Power.
This guy's right. Most Windows users are N00Bs that have no idea what they're doing behind the keyboard of the computer. There are intellegent Windows users, but the majority are people who are about as knowlegeble with computers as they are with cars. They know how to drive, but they have no idea how to perform regular maitanence.
That's exactly what happened to Copeland back in the nineties. Apple delayed and delayed Copeland, the developers were arguing with each other, and no work was getting done. When Copeland came out as a Beta, it was almost as bad as Windows Me. The difference between Apple and Microsoft is that, instead of being satisfied with Copeland Beta or trying to save face after the delay (like Microsoft with Me and Vista), they began to search for a way to salvage the OS. They did so by buying NeXT and bringing back Steve Jobs. The end result was, of course, OS X.
Please explain. 10.5 will be available on everything ranging from the Mac mini to the Mac Pro in their current model line and will be available for machines dating back to the G4 era. And do explain what you mean by "Desktop Parts". The iMac (which is mid-range) has USB, SATA, Intel, NVidia graphics, ethernet, etc.
You can have that death. This is messed up. "Yeah, we want to make a product that hurts the gamers that buy our products. It'll sell like hotcakes! We're sure that gamers will simply love it!" Does anyone have any actual intent to buy one?
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Hm, that's a really interesting idea. As more and more phones gain Internet access and the potential to host malware, what would you do? A hypothetical keylogger on your phone may just be able to read your text message. Likewise, it could read one time keys created on the phone. Considering how relatively easy it is and will be to pass malware through phones (i.e. over bluetooth, through the cellular radio, through traditional malware routes, through bugs in the web browser, etc.), you might as well assume your phone to be the same as a public terminal. Can anyone think of any possible solutions to this issue?
Technically, when you "buy" a cell phone, usually you are purchasing a contract with a cellular company which allows you to use their equipment, including, but not limited to, their communication backbone, their cellular towers, their phone. Most cell phone companies subsidize the actual phone for their customers as part of the customer's contract. When you "purchase" the phone, you're purchasing a contract that permits you to use said phone. If you wish to terminate the contract early, then you usually pay the price of the phone plus lost revenue back to the phone company in the form of the termination fees. Until you pay the termination fee or until your contract runs out, you can, in no way, claim that "your phone" really belongs to you. For the longest time, the actual landline phone in your house belonged to Bell, just like the cable or satellite equipment in your home. These companies allow you to use these services/products while you pay for them. After you stop paying for them (unless you pay a termination fee or something similar), you lose any right to the products the company supplied you to use their service.
Come on you guys, even the US porn industry was opposed to .xxx on grounds that it would be easier to filter.
Shuffleboard could be done and it could probably be done well. (I mean, I've played it before, and it's not THAT bad.) Still, though, retirees are a difficult group to sell new products to from a technological point. A lot of them grew up in the 30s through the 50s (and into the 60s now) and don't see the point in buying something like a video game because they didn't have video games back when they were growing up. Also, a number of older people tend to fear new technology because they don't understand it.
Well, the Color Macintosh was created after Steve Jobs left, so it wasn't him that told them not to produce a color Mac. After all, Steve left about 1985 or 1986. From what I understand about BeOS, the idea was that, by creating an entirely new OS, they could create a light and fast OS that wouldn't be encumbered by backwards compatibility. Apple borrowed this idea/philosophy while they were working on Copeland and when they purchased NeXT, except that, instead of eliminating backwards compatibility entirely, they created a special environment, which allowed them to cut old code out of the OS.
Agreed. Let's not forget, though, that Yahoo is technically a Registrar and an ISP. That could have major implementations in net neutrality. Let's not forget how badly MS bullied the ISPs 10 years ago.
You know, I feel sorry for the Scientologists. As you may know, "Anonymous" is comprised of 4chan users, Ebaum's World users, and 420, 7, and 11chan users, the source of almost every meme on the net. They're going to get assaulted with the worst memes 4chan and Ebaum's World have to offer. Huge amounts of "I herd u liek Mudkip" and unlimited Rickrolls. The Scientologists use confusion as a vessle for brainwashing. The 4chaners are likely going to be able to get the Scientologists to horribly mutilate Tom Cruse. Should be good!
Must have been a slow news day.
The very term "Online media distribution system" is so broad that it could cover YouTube, the iTunes Store, Napster, and eMusic, just to name a few. Heck, it's even broader than that. Since text is a form of media, this site and all sites on the web are "online media distribution systems." This was probably the RIAA's intent. Create a term that is so broad that it could be applied to anyone you dislike and that causes a sufficient level of confusion. Since the RIAA is unable to prove much about the majority of filesharing cases, they feel that they can get away with overly vague terms, as opposed to factual evidence.
Get this, Unsanity FINALLY sent out a message to those on their email list. This is their "sage" advice:
"First and formost. *Before* you install Mac OS X 10.5, make sure you have Application Enhancer (APE) 2.0.3 or later installed. You can download it from http://www.unsanity.net/ape-203.dmg (the webpage is at http://unsanity.com/haxies/ape ).
Make *sure* you have APE 2.0.3 or later installed *before* you install Mac OS X 10.5. If you have an earlier version of APE installed before you install 10.5, you may exhibit one of the following symptoms upon booting into Mac OS X 10.5:
- Your goldfish may die.
- A strange dog might bite you on the street.
- A friend may punch you.
- Your computer may catch fire.
- Your loved one may leave you.
All of these things are really bad. So we urge everyone to make sure they have APE 2.0.3 or later installed. If you aren't sure, install APE 2.0.3 or later from the link above. APE 2.0.3 was released on March 14th, 2007. And please, always keep your software up to date.
A note about 10.5 and haxies:
As long as you have APE 2.0.3, nothing bad will happen in 10.5. Well, nothing we can control. However, none of your APE Modules will work either.
Developers in Apple's Mac OS X developer program (ADC) got the final 10.5 GM yesterday. We are still downloading the huge 6.66GB image and as soon as the downloads finish for our developers, we will be hard at work on making our software work on 10.5.
You can keep up to date with the status of haxies and 10.5 by viewing http://unsanity.com/products/compatibility/ and we will post more information as we have it on our blog at http://unsanity.org/ . Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility is currently our number one priority.
"If APE doesn't work in 10.5, shouldn't I just uninstall it?"
No, you should not. Just make sure you have APE 2.0.3 or later. A lot of third party (and Unsanity made) utilities depend on the APE framework itself being there. As it has some extremely useful functions. Removing it may cause these Applications and/or preference panes to stop launching."
They tell you specifically NOT to do the one thing that you probably should do. Worst of all, they try to be funny while doing so.
Never happened. Except for maybe the Alien and Sedition Acts and Sedition Act of 1918. Other than those cases, no not at all. Nothing like that could happen [sic].
It's easy enough to tell if you have APE on your system because it shows up in your System Preferences. I installed it because I just recently upgraded to OS X, (I went out and bought an Intel MacBook to replace my Power Macintosh running OS 8.5) and I wanted to add some of the old OS Classic functionalities to my new machine. I've grown tired of it, though, and have decided to get rid of it. My question is, "How do you uninstall APE? Is there an uninstall package in my receipts folder, or do I have to download it again and uninstall it with the uninstaller that came with APE in the first place?"
You're right on both counts. As for devastating the music industry, they've done it to themselves. I cannot turn on the radio without hearing some awful, overplayed, steaming pile of crap. The industry usually only makes contracts with musicians with similar styles to current popular musicians. More and more, we see people who record their own music, without a contract from a major producer. Then again, it's not like this is a new phenomena. I can think of at least one band that has published their own music since the 1970's.
Now, we all know it's a flippin' Monolith. Now to send a diabolical, untrustworthy computer to go investigate it.
This approach might be somewhat unethical and perhaps illegal, but what if one were to unleash a second worm and create a second net with the express intent to wipe the Storm Worm botnet off the face of the earth? Would it also be possible to infect Storm botnet members with another worm? If so, couldn't you create a worm that prevented Storm Worm from calling back home? Distributing the worm is not an issue, basic social engineering could play a key role. Basically what I'm suggesting is to use black hat techniques against black hats. In order to do so, you'd have to dissect Storm Worm... All I'm saying is that it's possible, isn't it?
Well, there's no doubt they'd open it, right?
Man, I was hoping I'd be able to hold out against Silverlight as a protest against Microsoft. I'm not too pleased with this. Unfortunately, a Facebook account is a great convenience, and for some people, a necessity. Who knows, I might just find a knockoff Silverlight alternative. I mean, that's what I do for Windows Media files. Besides, I'm not exactly sure if I trust a scripting system made by Microsoft, look at, oh, I don't know, VBScript (useful but a mistake waiting to happen) and ActiveX. (What the heck were they thinking when they released ActiveX? "Sure, it's a great idea to let random people install random software when a person visits a random site!") There's likely a severe flaw in Silverlight, as well.
Supposedly, Duke Nukem Forever is actually under active development again. Now, we won't be able to use it as the ultimate vaporware, assuming it comes to completion. I guess GNU HURD is our only good example of vaporware. Too much of the industry consists of cloning and serialization, but there are, as always, good games out there waiting to be found. The problem is, you gotta find them. Besides, there's nothing wrong with serialization as long as the games are still good. (I use the same logic to support the Bond series. :) ) Cloning is a bigger issue, though. A sequel can still innovate, but a clone never does. In my opinion, there are way too many FPS games out there with not enough innovation. I suggest that only certain companies should be allowed to develop FPSs. This should reduce the number of clones, the owners of which will go on to try to clone a genré they know nothing about, and everyone will see the game clones for what they are.
Here's what I would do. I would keep track of information, per my contract with the MPAA, but, at the same time, (since I'm the major source of information and have a monopoly of the information reaching the MPAA) I would download copyrighted content and make it available, just so I fleece them behind their backs. What's wrong with costing the MPAA money in two different ways at the same time? It also seems like the perfect opportunity to catch up on the latest episodes of your favorite tv show, if you know what I mean hint, hint, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
The truth about domestic spying is this. The government's bureaucracy prevents any sort of information from reaching other branches of government, even if they operate from the same building. Take me, for instance. I'm overweight. I'm also a recent high school grad. As do all recent male high school grads, I have received many materials from the Marines, Navy, Army, National Guard, etc. I spoke with the Marines recruiter over the phone. The issue of my weight popped up, of course. I was too large for my height to serve in the armed forces. (Not that I was planning to in the first place, the recruiter called me.) I never received another call from the recruitment center, but on a weekly basis, I would receive at least one piece of mail from the recruitment center, even though I had admitted my weight problem. True story! :)
In order to receive optical nerve damage, you have to look right into the transmitting antenna. Plus, there are plenty of regulations as to how much uncontrolled exposure people have to RF radiation. For insatnce, there is a limit to how much RF power any radio installation site can put out. I think that the limit is about 5000 Watts Effective Radiated Power, but it's been a while since I've looked over the IEEE regulations on RF exposure. Of course, strictly licensed broadcast stations can transmit up to 50000 Watts Peak Envelope Power.
This guy's right. Most Windows users are N00Bs that have no idea what they're doing behind the keyboard of the computer. There are intellegent Windows users, but the majority are people who are about as knowlegeble with computers as they are with cars. They know how to drive, but they have no idea how to perform regular maitanence.
That's exactly what happened to Copeland back in the nineties. Apple delayed and delayed Copeland, the developers were arguing with each other, and no work was getting done. When Copeland came out as a Beta, it was almost as bad as Windows Me. The difference between Apple and Microsoft is that, instead of being satisfied with Copeland Beta or trying to save face after the delay (like Microsoft with Me and Vista), they began to search for a way to salvage the OS. They did so by buying NeXT and bringing back Steve Jobs. The end result was, of course, OS X.
Please explain. 10.5 will be available on everything ranging from the Mac mini to the Mac Pro in their current model line and will be available for machines dating back to the G4 era. And do explain what you mean by "Desktop Parts". The iMac (which is mid-range) has USB, SATA, Intel, NVidia graphics, ethernet, etc.
You can have that death. This is messed up. "Yeah, we want to make a product that hurts the gamers that buy our products. It'll sell like hotcakes! We're sure that gamers will simply love it!" Does anyone have any actual intent to buy one?