it does work on 90% computers and 100% smartphones (if you exclude iphoes).
Lol. thats like saying it works on 100% of cars, if you exclude those wit more than 3 wheels.
Given that Mac is the fastest growing computer segment and the iphone is one of, if not THE best selling smartphone on the market right now, thats a pretty big market that is missing.
...and by real OS you mean windows right? *laugh* Because Linux has had all sort of flash problems in the past too. Possibly still does, I admit i haven't used linux on the desktop for a few years (but did extensively from 96-2006), but am likely to again soon.
I use a mac because i want a unix with some sort of actual commercial software availability. I want software with an aesthetically pleasing UI. Sure, open source is good but it doesn't always have what I want (e.g., Garageband, development tools for iDevices, etc). I don't have to give up open source on the mac either (I can download/compile pretty much most things from source if I want), so I get a broader selection of software available (open source PLUS plenty of commercial stuff). But, I guess if you have no clue about open source OR have a clue but are too cheap to stump up the cash for something that generally "just works" I can see how it would not be attractive.
For those not quite on the "flash sucks" bandwagon and are wondering what Jobs is crying about: try using it on a Mac. Its fucked. A core2 duo can't even play full screen HD video without skipping and audio breaking up (slightly, but its there).
If you think its bad on PC, but haven't used it on a mac - its even worse.
Given that the iPhone runs a cut down copy of OS X, then I can see how
flash is not yet available
its performance on iphone would suck REAL hard, given that its shit on a dual 1.8ghz core2
steve jobs has some legitimate points, when it comes to his platforms flash woes
Your playback routines must have sucked then. FC were doing 8 channel digital playback (S3Ms, superset of.MOD) on 386DXs plus running demo effects (Second reality, unreal, etc). I even had simple games that I wrote in Pascal plus a bit of assembly for direct mode 0x13 video access running just fine while playing mods on my 486dx33. Saw someone else lamenting the lack of an FPU... FYI -.mod playback never used the FPU... because back in the day 99.99% of people never had them until the 486DX became well entrenched.
Check your terms of service. ISPs can typically already do this. Your packets are already inspected to determine where to route them and how to prioritise them.
I think you misunderstand. I have never had a compromised machine. Not once in the 25+ years I've owned machines.
oh, well in that case we'll ignore the 150 million odd dickheads out there connected to the internet who have no fucking clue and are regularly infected, and write the laws with you in particular in mind.
How will they know to restore service? When your network connection stops hammering whatever firewall they put up and racking up blocked connection counts? Easy. Knowing when to reactivate your network is a technically EASY problem to solve.
There's only 2 ways they can tell if you have code on your system that is potentially harmful:
1) Scan you system/network by actively running code on it.
2) Capture and examine the packets leaving your network.
You're wrong. You can count concurrent connections. Malware infected machines typically have FAR more active network connections than normal. Once you've identified likely infected machines then yes you can inspect traffic for matches against known malware signatures.
If you think your traffic is not already inspected and classified by routers between you and any particular point on the internet, then you're deluded.
It's not reasonable for the government to do anything more than monitor the internet. To start telling people how to run their nodes,
When these "nodes" are attempting to break the law via unauthorized access to other people's devices, then maybe the admin/user needs telling. When their node is spewing out 90% malicious traffic, maybe they need telling.
It is possible to do this in a mostly automated manner WITHOUT infringing on people's freedom to use their connection for legal purposes.
When you see 50,000 (or whatever threshold figure) concurrent tcp connections from one machine, you know something is wrong. its either a server, or running malware. You can tell which by checking to see if the traffic matches known malware signatures. If it does, firewall the box and inform the user.
This is going to make me give firefox another shot. I've been driven to chrome for per-process tabs, and Safari for the eye candy (visual preview of bookmarks/history) - and firefox has just been this browser with the UI that is prone to lock up when something shits itself for me. Sure there are plugins but i can live without them for 99% of browsing I do.
Splitting plugins into a seperate process will be a massive win for UI response I reckon, downloading the update now:)
Also ignoring the fact that this is about getting fibre in the ground, for use by third party switching/routing hardware. Once the fibre is in the ground, ramping speed up is a simple case of fitting better gear end to end.
Bandwidth on fibre is virtually unlimited (for the foreseeable future), you just need to develop/install better routers. Its possible to get 10gig and 100gig over the same fibre with good enough equipment (which will be released in due course).
This pretty much sums it up. THey're a bunch of money grabbing cunts, but if you pay (the exorbitant amount) for a high grade service, you actually get a high grade service.
I've had more stable video conference calls on a 56k dialup.
Then you're doing it wrong. Do telstra over-charge? Yes. Are they a pack of cunts? Yes. Is their tech support garbage until you get through 18 levels of helpdesk gumbies to someone with a clue? Yes. However their backbone is solid.
Unless there is some fault which you haven't managed to get telstra to sort out, the problem is not likely Telstras.
I've dealt with Telstra and other ISPs in australia for the past 15 years in both a second tier ISP capacity and for a multinational mining company - and I've yet to find anyone in australia who provides the same level of coverage combined with reliability and speed.
You pay through the nose for it though.
iinet are good (who i personally use at home), but they just don't have the coverage for remote areas.
All the NBN does is roll out the fibre for use by whatever isp or telco (they purchase/lease it off the government). The service provision is separated from the infrastructure.
Thats a pretty shortsighted view. The US market for any product is at absolute most, 300m. There's a whole 5.7 billion+ other potential customers out there, and virtually none of them use letter size paper.
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Wait... is google evil this week or not? Did i miss the memo?
Lol. thats like saying it works on 100% of cars, if you exclude those wit more than 3 wheels.
Given that Mac is the fastest growing computer segment and the iphone is one of, if not THE best selling smartphone on the market right now, thats a pretty big market that is missing.
I use a mac because i want a unix with some sort of actual commercial software availability. I want software with an aesthetically pleasing UI. Sure, open source is good but it doesn't always have what I want (e.g., Garageband, development tools for iDevices, etc). I don't have to give up open source on the mac either (I can download/compile pretty much most things from source if I want), so I get a broader selection of software available (open source PLUS plenty of commercial stuff). But, I guess if you have no clue about open source OR have a clue but are too cheap to stump up the cash for something that generally "just works" I can see how it would not be attractive.
So why don't we fix HTTP once, rather than kludge a fix into every data format that requires streaming?
Try the same on a 3 year old mac, and see how shit it is. My Core2 1.8 mac mini struggles to play the content on the diablo 3 site. Why?
Because flash on mac sucks, real hard.
For those not quite on the "flash sucks" bandwagon and are wondering what Jobs is crying about: try using it on a Mac. Its fucked. A core2 duo can't even play full screen HD video without skipping and audio breaking up (slightly, but its there).
If you think its bad on PC, but haven't used it on a mac - its even worse.
Given that the iPhone runs a cut down copy of OS X, then I can see how
Your playback routines must have sucked then. FC were doing 8 channel digital playback (S3Ms, superset of .MOD) on 386DXs plus running demo effects (Second reality, unreal, etc). I even had simple games that I wrote in Pascal plus a bit of assembly for direct mode 0x13 video access running just fine while playing mods on my 486dx33. Saw someone else lamenting the lack of an FPU ... FYI - .mod playback never used the FPU... because back in the day 99.99% of people never had them until the 486DX became well entrenched.
Which version of HTML? IE 8 does not support HTML5 for example.
Except the bank doesn't need to have the money to lend to any one. Look up how fractional reserve banking actually works.
Check your terms of service. ISPs can typically already do this. Your packets are already inspected to determine where to route them and how to prioritise them.
They already can and many already do. Next...
oh, well in that case we'll ignore the 150 million odd dickheads out there connected to the internet who have no fucking clue and are regularly infected, and write the laws with you in particular in mind.
How will they know to restore service? When your network connection stops hammering whatever firewall they put up and racking up blocked connection counts? Easy. Knowing when to reactivate your network is a technically EASY problem to solve.
You're wrong. You can count concurrent connections. Malware infected machines typically have FAR more active network connections than normal. Once you've identified likely infected machines then yes you can inspect traffic for matches against known malware signatures.
If you think your traffic is not already inspected and classified by routers between you and any particular point on the internet, then you're deluded.
When these "nodes" are attempting to break the law via unauthorized access to other people's devices, then maybe the admin/user needs telling. When their node is spewing out 90% malicious traffic, maybe they need telling.
It is possible to do this in a mostly automated manner WITHOUT infringing on people's freedom to use their connection for legal purposes.
When you see 50,000 (or whatever threshold figure) concurrent tcp connections from one machine, you know something is wrong. its either a server, or running malware. You can tell which by checking to see if the traffic matches known malware signatures. If it does, firewall the box and inform the user.
if you take "bashes" to include writing malware for - then if no one is able to write malware, windows is safe.
Telstra caters to two main demographics (there are exceptions, but few and far between):
iinet is more likely to be the isp to maintain this sort of thing... and they do.
This is going to make me give firefox another shot. I've been driven to chrome for per-process tabs, and Safari for the eye candy (visual preview of bookmarks/history) - and firefox has just been this browser with the UI that is prone to lock up when something shits itself for me. Sure there are plugins but i can live without them for 99% of browsing I do.
Splitting plugins into a seperate process will be a massive win for UI response I reckon, downloading the update now :)
Also ignoring the fact that this is about getting fibre in the ground, for use by third party switching/routing hardware. Once the fibre is in the ground, ramping speed up is a simple case of fitting better gear end to end.
Bandwidth on fibre is virtually unlimited (for the foreseeable future), you just need to develop/install better routers. Its possible to get 10gig and 100gig over the same fibre with good enough equipment (which will be released in due course).
This pretty much sums it up. THey're a bunch of money grabbing cunts, but if you pay (the exorbitant amount) for a high grade service, you actually get a high grade service.
To some people (businesses) this is important.
Home use though? Telstra? You're fucking crazy :D
Then you're doing it wrong. Do telstra over-charge? Yes. Are they a pack of cunts? Yes. Is their tech support garbage until you get through 18 levels of helpdesk gumbies to someone with a clue? Yes. However their backbone is solid.
Unless there is some fault which you haven't managed to get telstra to sort out, the problem is not likely Telstras.
I've dealt with Telstra and other ISPs in australia for the past 15 years in both a second tier ISP capacity and for a multinational mining company - and I've yet to find anyone in australia who provides the same level of coverage combined with reliability and speed.
You pay through the nose for it though.
iinet are good (who i personally use at home), but they just don't have the coverage for remote areas.
They ARE a bunch of cunts, but if you want reliable non-satellite service in remote locations, they are the only option unfortunately.
All the NBN does is roll out the fibre for use by whatever isp or telco (they purchase/lease it off the government). The service provision is separated from the infrastructure.
Thats a pretty shortsighted view. The US market for any product is at absolute most, 300m. There's a whole 5.7 billion+ other potential customers out there, and virtually none of them use letter size paper.
bullshit. if you don't want to use reader, don't click the "reader" button on the titlebar, on sites that it actually works on.