I keep waiting to see where Apple might spend some of that bank account. Because over the last 4 years they haven't been using it to increase Mac marketshare.
I don't know about overall numbers, but over the last couple of years there has been a mass exodus to powerbooks in the higher education world. The last internet2 conference I went to the powerbooks made up more than 50% of the laptops, which is becoming a common sight at that type of conference.
And Apple pays in terms of sales. Which were really poor for the iMac.
Umm, no. The sales were pretty darn good for the iMac. What the sales were really poor for was the machine that you are requesting that Apple make. It was called the Cube. There is a reason they don't make it any more and that is because nobody wanted one.
True but that is generally the rarity. Often motorcycle accidents are the result of a "left turner". Either at an intersection or across a road, the motorist often does not look to see a motorcycle coming in the opposite lane,
SUV nothing, my Civic hits someone on one of those and the rider is just as dead.
The problem is not the size of the car, its the fact that most drivers don't notice anything larger than an SUV on the road (if they even notice that). Most moped/motorcycle deaths excused with the phrase "I didn't see him".
Perhaps because the NSA already tried (and failed miserably) to obtain and enforce a monopoly on cryptography. (remember clipper? well phase II was to make all non clipper cryptography illegal, they failed)
There are legit explanations besides the old "NSA can break ANYTHING" one. Frankly it is probably easier for them to intimidate/bribe people into giving them encryption keys than breaking the algorithm.
Not me personally, but several co-workers and two family members of mine.
Actually I take that back, I did intentionally hit a page that took advantage of the latest IE vulnerability that was posted on the full-disclosure list.
SFU has many features that cygwin does not as well.
For example?
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SFU is not shipped with Windows because SFU currently contains open-source software, such as the GNU C compiler, which cannot be distributed with commercial software.
How does one become VUNet writer? Is there a rigorous screening process involved? Is any knowledge of them computer thingies required?
Technically the only thing wrong with palladium is the "remote attestation" issue, if that were removed palladium would be a pretty cool (and darned useful) thing. Also, palladium is coming regardless of whether or not Apple uses DRM on iTMS. The two are only slightly related in that they both rely on bastardized PKI to work. I don't buy that iTMS is in any way part of the "process" of taking the internet away.
So even if palladium comes out and enforses the remote attestation issue like they say it will, so what. The content distributors (and ISPs, etc) may decide to use it to set up draconian policies such as "only IE may connect to this webserver" or "only windows media player can connect to this stream" or "only windows may dial into this isp" but that doesn't even scare me.
(1) We have seen (with DIVX and other technologies) that the public rejects stuff that it finds too draconian and affects it directly. Most people do not care about iTMS DRM because it does not affect them. (2) To quote starwars: "the more you tighten your fingers the more star systems will slip through your reach". Let them have their DRM fun. Once it gets painful for people they will turn away. The only ones who can defeat the RIAA and MPAA and the scam of a business model they operate under is themselves. We really should let them. In the mean time there is no shortage of good music and other entertainment out there, which will thrive. (3) The internet ain't going anywhere. As long as there are people willing to pay for internet access, there will be isps willing to provide it. The direction the world seems to be going in is MORE open and standards complient, not less. Open is the buzzword of the day and attempting to lock people in a single platform or client has clearly not worked. Websites that previously only allowed IE are removing that restriction, Linux is gaining respectability (and market share which bring with it newly ported applications), and Macs are invading higher education like mad. I don't see that all going away with palladium. It would be suicide to try to pull that kind of crap now, imagine how things will look in 2006 (assuming Longhorn actually is released then).
So all I'm saying is lighten up. You seem to be taking this arguement to an illogical conclusion. It does NOT stand to reason that if iTMS succeeds then the world becomes a DRM hell. There are many battles to be fought before that happens which are completely independant Apple's little music store. I'll be ready and willing to fight those battles but I'm not taking a hardline stance against iTMS because the DRM there simply does not affect me in any way. Frankly I don't know anyone that it affects. Unlimited burning to CD pretty much renders it impotent.
Did it ever occure to you that/. is not not a monolithic digital AI that you are conversing with via your browser, but a diverse group of people with vastly differing opinions? Some people could care less that apple has an easily defeatable (and circumventable) token DRM scheme. They make cool hardware and software, and have a successful online music store. I bought about 200 or so songs from them in total and I burn them to CD all the time, copy them between the three computers I have, and listen to them on my ipod. I have not once run up against their DRM but if I did I would just shrug and burn the AAC files to CD, rip them, and consider the problem solved.
So repeat after me: "THERE IS NO COMMUNITY". Well, there is but it is losely defined as people who are interested in enough of what/. posts to visit this site. There is no approved/. opinion on music stores, operating system, text editor, or programming language. Why is it so hard for some people to understand this somewhat basic concept?
Apple is NOT attacking free software developers, Apple went after sites that were hosting a piece of software that is illegal under the DMCA (which if they didn't I'm sure the RIAA would have pulled the plug on iTMS). Don't like it? Then your problem is clearly with the DMCA, so what are you doing about that?
I'd like introduce you to a wonderful (and patent free) invention I have been working on for years that could revolutionize the world as we know it. It's called not buying something you don't like. Now, rather than feeling as if the DMCA was shoved down your "throwt", or complaining that this service is forcing you to become a soulless, consume-on-demand sucker, you can actually take the drastic step of NOT USING THE SERVICE.
Don't be frightened, it is clear from your posting that you feel there is a gun to your head when it comes to purchasing RIAA songs from iTMS but let me assure you there is not. You are actually free to NOT spend your money, and keep your soul and throwt intact.
I hope you enjoy this newfound freedom for years to come.
Yeah, Clinton really seemed ashamed of taking money from those Tibetan monks and Chinese crime bosses. Look you can point out a bribe for every bribe I point out, all it does is distract from the fact that both side are equally guilty of selling out their positions and this country. Trying to figure out which might be slightly better is an exercise in futility.
I disagree. They are different parties with different ideals. The real tragedy is that both parties will gladly throw those ideals away in a heartbeat when money is at stake. THAT is what makes them equal.
Actually, I think you made my point. It is hard to say for sure (campaign contributions are such a secretive thing, which in itself is scary) but is seems that MS greases the wheels of both parties.
Well, ignoring the special treatment MS got from Bush's DOJ, it still makes sense. As much as the man frightens me, he is still the lesser of the evils running in many people's minds (including possibly mine, I'm not sure yet)
Sad, but there just seems to be nobody of presidential material anymore.
And US Democrats, who he gives just about the exact same amount of money to.
Oops, sorry, did I let facts get in the way or your ignorant political ranting. Republicans are always evil, Democrats are always good. Ignorance is knowledge.
rest assured that the race to innovate has just begun and we will pull ahead.
Hold the phone, did MS just admit they are behind at innovating?
Also, I'm glad innovation is now measured in how many times you can patent someone else's idea. How many of microsoft's recent patents are actually "innovative"?
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I'm not disagreeing with you there either.
I keep waiting to see where Apple might spend some of that bank account. Because over the last 4 years they haven't been using it to increase Mac marketshare.
I don't know about overall numbers, but over the last couple of years there has been a mass exodus to powerbooks in the higher education world. The last internet2 conference I went to the powerbooks made up more than 50% of the laptops, which is becoming a common sight at that type of conference.
Finkployd
Yeah, because the G4 Cube was such a hit....
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And Apple pays in terms of sales. Which were really poor for the iMac.
Umm, no. The sales were pretty darn good for the iMac. What the sales were really poor for was the machine that you are requesting that Apple make. It was called the Cube. There is a reason they don't make it any more and that is because nobody wanted one.
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Bill Clinton was way more of a republican than Alren Specter. He is truly RINO (Republican In Name Only)
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Keep seeing at your investments as a crusade and you will lose your shirt.
Not if you never invest more than you are prepared to lose.
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True but that is generally the rarity. Often motorcycle accidents are the result of a "left turner". Either at an intersection or across a road, the motorist often does not look to see a motorcycle coming in the opposite lane,
SUV nothing, my Civic hits someone on one of those and the rider is just as dead.
The problem is not the size of the car, its the fact that most drivers don't notice anything larger than an SUV on the road (if they even notice that). Most moped/motorcycle deaths excused with the phrase "I didn't see him".
Finkployd
And what looming threat do bar codes present?
Finkployd
Perhaps because it was not invented in the US?
Perhaps because the NSA already tried (and failed miserably) to obtain and enforce a monopoly on cryptography. (remember clipper? well phase II was to make all non clipper cryptography illegal, they failed)
There are legit explanations besides the old "NSA can break ANYTHING" one.
Frankly it is probably easier for them to intimidate/bribe people into giving them encryption keys than breaking the algorithm.
Finkployd
What would have been really news would be the ability to run OS/2 Warp binaries :) Not that OS/2 should be used anymore :(
It still lives on as the OS on the thinkpad that sits inside the IBM mainframes and boots them. (seriously)
Finkployd
Not me personally, but several co-workers and two family members of mine.
Actually I take that back, I did intentionally hit a page that took advantage of the latest IE vulnerability that was posted on the full-disclosure list.
Finkployd
SFU has many features that cygwin does not as well.
For example?
Finkployd
SFU is not shipped with Windows because SFU currently contains open-source software, such as the GNU C compiler, which cannot be distributed with commercial software.
How does one become VUNet writer? Is there a rigorous screening process involved? Is any knowledge of them computer thingies required?
Finkployd
In 4 years (or whenever, it is impossible to guess with them), Microsoft will have re-implemented Cygwin.
Keep on innovatin' guys.
Finkployd
So as long as we are marking merchandise and not people we are cool then, right?
Finkployd
Technically the only thing wrong with palladium is the "remote attestation" issue, if that were removed palladium would be a pretty cool (and darned useful) thing. Also, palladium is coming regardless of whether or not Apple uses DRM on iTMS. The two are only slightly related in that they both rely on bastardized PKI to work. I don't buy that iTMS is in any way part of the "process" of taking the internet away.
So even if palladium comes out and enforses the remote attestation issue like they say it will, so what. The content distributors (and ISPs, etc) may decide to use it to set up draconian policies such as "only IE may connect to this webserver" or "only windows media player can connect to this stream" or "only windows may dial into this isp" but that doesn't even scare me.
(1) We have seen (with DIVX and other technologies) that the public rejects stuff that it finds too draconian and affects it directly. Most people do not care about iTMS DRM because it does not affect them.
(2) To quote starwars: "the more you tighten your fingers the more star systems will slip through your reach". Let them have their DRM fun. Once it gets painful for people they will turn away. The only ones who can defeat the RIAA and MPAA and the scam of a business model they operate under is themselves. We really should let them. In the mean time there is no shortage of good music and other entertainment out there, which will thrive.
(3) The internet ain't going anywhere. As long as there are people willing to pay for internet access, there will be isps willing to provide it. The direction the world seems to be going in is MORE open and standards complient, not less. Open is the buzzword of the day and attempting to lock people in a single platform or client has clearly not worked. Websites that previously only allowed IE are removing that restriction, Linux is gaining respectability (and market share which bring with it newly ported applications), and Macs are invading higher education like mad. I don't see that all going away with palladium. It would be suicide to try to pull that kind of crap now, imagine how things will look in 2006 (assuming Longhorn actually is released then).
So all I'm saying is lighten up. You seem to be taking this arguement to an illogical conclusion. It does NOT stand to reason that if iTMS succeeds then the world becomes a DRM hell. There are many battles to be fought before that happens which are completely independant Apple's little music store. I'll be ready and willing to fight those battles but I'm not taking a hardline stance against iTMS because the DRM there simply does not affect me in any way. Frankly I don't know anyone that it affects. Unlimited burning to CD pretty much renders it impotent.
Finkployd
Did it ever occure to you that /. is not not a monolithic digital AI that you are conversing with via your browser, but a diverse group of people with vastly differing opinions? Some people could care less that apple has an easily defeatable (and circumventable) token DRM scheme. They make cool hardware and software, and have a successful online music store. I bought about 200 or so songs from them in total and I burn them to CD all the time, copy them between the three computers I have, and listen to them on my ipod. I have not once run up against their DRM but if I did I would just shrug and burn the AAC files to CD, rip them, and consider the problem solved.
/. posts to visit this site. There is no approved /. opinion on music stores, operating system, text editor, or programming language. Why is it so hard for some people to understand this somewhat basic concept?
So repeat after me: "THERE IS NO COMMUNITY". Well, there is but it is losely defined as people who are interested in enough of what
Apple is NOT attacking free software developers, Apple went after sites that were hosting a piece of software that is illegal under the DMCA (which if they didn't I'm sure the RIAA would have pulled the plug on iTMS). Don't like it? Then your problem is clearly with the DMCA, so what are you doing about that?
I'd like introduce you to a wonderful (and patent free) invention I have been working on for years that could revolutionize the world as we know it. It's called not buying something you don't like. Now, rather than feeling as if the DMCA was shoved down your "throwt", or complaining that this service is forcing you to become a soulless, consume-on-demand sucker, you can actually take the drastic step of NOT USING THE SERVICE.
Don't be frightened, it is clear from your posting that you feel there is a gun to your head when it comes to purchasing RIAA songs from iTMS but let me assure you there is not. You are actually free to NOT spend your money, and keep your soul and throwt intact.
I hope you enjoy this newfound freedom for years to come.
Finkployd
Yeah, Clinton really seemed ashamed of taking money from those Tibetan monks and Chinese crime bosses. Look you can point out a bribe for every bribe I point out, all it does is distract from the fact that both side are equally guilty of selling out their positions and this country. Trying to figure out which might be slightly better is an exercise in futility.
I disagree. They are different parties with different ideals. The real tragedy is that both parties will gladly throw those ideals away in a heartbeat when money is at stake. THAT is what makes them equal.
Finkployd
Actually, I think you made my point. It is hard to say for sure (campaign contributions are such a secretive thing, which in itself is scary) but is seems that MS greases the wheels of both parties.
Finkployd
Well, ignoring the special treatment MS got from Bush's DOJ, it still makes sense. As much as the man frightens me, he is still the lesser of the evils running in many people's minds (including possibly mine, I'm not sure yet)
Sad, but there just seems to be nobody of presidential material anymore.
Finkployd
And US Democrats, who he gives just about the exact same amount of money to.
Oops, sorry, did I let facts get in the way or your ignorant political ranting. Republicans are always evil, Democrats are always good. Ignorance is knowledge.
Finkployd
rest assured that the race to innovate has just begun and we will pull ahead.
Hold the phone, did MS just admit they are behind at innovating?
Also, I'm glad innovation is now measured in how many times you can patent someone else's idea. How many of microsoft's recent patents are actually "innovative"?