Apple doesn't preload their software? Why was this guy loading the system restore, fresh out of the box?
Apple does preload their software on every Mac I've owned for the past 10 years (TiPB G4, beige G3, 6100).
But more to the point, why did he bother? Why didn't this guy just boot using either MacOS X or MacOS 9 install CDs and partition, if he never really intended to use MacOS X?
Actually, according to XLR8YOURMAC, Macs can mount the hidden partition using Norton Disk Doctor, which apparently gives direct access to 160 Mbps MP3 audio. No need to rip, just copy directly.
We may see before long a world where it's pointless to get really excellent audio equipment...
While I can't hear a difference between MP3 and CD on my system, and I am dubious about quality problems (at least for pure playback) with CDs, I do see your point. Perhaps DVD-audio will be the salvation you seek? 24-bit 96kHz should leave enough headroom to resample or mix audio without audible artifacts. Plus you get the added benefit of a 5.1 surround soundstage for your music.
On the subject of the Rio Central, I think more MP3 options are great. Right now I am ripping my CDs to my beige G3 Mac and then burning mixes on CD-R for my DVD player to output to the stereo. The DVD player can decode the MP3s and output stereo digital PCM audio to my receiver. It'd be nice if the Rio Central would do that as well.
It won't scan on my MicroTek X6 USB but they say they support all Epson FireWire scanners.
It gets updated very frequently, so you can keep checking for support of your scanner.
It actually uses the ID3 tags instead of the filename, but you've got the basic idea right. It's technically not a hack.
I can't get to Panorama's site right now but there is a little more detail in
this article from MacCentral, which I quote below:
"The software doesn't work by hacking the software on the iPod at all -- instead, it turns the data into tiny iTunes-compatible MP3 files -- the files are silent, but the artist and track field information contain the data."
Frequent updates are nice and not neccesarily limited to MacOS X -- I found this to be true also as far back as MacOS 8.
However, with MacOS X the installer scripts continue to be intolerant of moving applications from their default directory (typically "/Applications"). For example, I moved the "/Applications/Mail" app to "/Applications/Internet/Mail" and MacOS X 10.1.3 failed to update it properly. This has been mentioned on MacFixit as well.
"Hey who cares why or how, just consider this a good thing that they are more involved in security now."
I'm not so sure. Read
these comments from the Cryptogram by Nathan Myers. He argues convincingly that their new security program could be a sham, that we should be able to detect it as such fairly soon, and that if it is a sham, end users will be less able to maintain their systems' security.
3 car batteries drained by 3 100W bulbs in 1 1/2 minutes?! A 100W bulb running at 110V draws (P=V*I) less than 1 amp. 3 of them would draw no more than 3 amps. Sears DieHard deep-cycle marine batteries have capacities of about 100 amp-hours per battery, or 300 amp-hours for 3 batteries.
Neglecting any other losses or AC-DC conversions, and why not, because we're apparently living in a thermodynamically perfect world now, those 3 batteries would power those 3 bulbs for more than 4 days, not 1 1/2 minutes.
Lucasfilm spokeswoman Lynn Hale wouldn't confirm Thursday whether 'N Sync will or will not appear in the final cut of Clones, saying "it's just too early to make that decision."
"The 'N Sync guys were shot as extras, and whether they're in or out won't be determined until the final edit," Hale says.
CmdrTaco wrote: "I wonder if I can get titanium plating."
Well yeah, you can, sorta. Go wear a wetsuit. Titanium was the hyped thing in wetsuits up until about 3 years ago when surfing manufacturers turned instead to laminating with Spandex instead of nylon to make the suits more flexible.
The hype around titanium wetsuits was that little flakes of it embedded in the glue would reflect heat and keep you warmer. People have actually taken the time to investigate and debunk this, but the wetsuits are still selling.
So, there's your titanium plating, but it will only deflect heat rays, not bullets, and I make no warranties about the effects of sweat dripping off your forehead and into your keyboard while wearing it.
You don't even have to worry if you are "caught" visiting porno sites. Just claim that you were "trapped!" From the original article: "The scheme is especially harmful to children or employees who may put their jobs at risk when they inadvertently call up pornographic or gambling-related material, the FTC said." (bold emphasis added)
But seriously, I for one am glad the federal government is on top of this case. Just think of all the shoppers out there who were innocently looking to buy cupcakes online and got drawn into this insidious web of browser betrayal.
Now, could they do something about my problem? Every time I buy a new car, the trunk turns out to be mysteriously stuffed with black 30-gallon trash bags full of child pornography, gambling tokens, and a substantial fraction of body parts that somebody must be missing...
From the original article:
"...the company sees a future for the products as the world looks for alternative energy sources to reduce reliance on oil and natural gas." and "zero-emission fuel cells combine hydrogen - which can be obtained from methanol, natural gas, petroleum or renewable sources..."
A fuel cell is only truly zero-emission if it is catalyzing hydrogen gas from zero-emission sources.95% of our current supply of hydrogen comes from natural gas. So currently the fuel cell is only as clean as the natural gas reforming plant, effectively "burning" that gas and releasing CO2.
They're a great idea, but they're not zero-emission yet.
"The Internet Explorer versions that are listed above continue to support the Embed tag. Content creators can continue to use the Embed tag for components that are built on ActiveX technologies..."
EMBED was never part of the HTML standard anyway, which Microsoft claims to be compliant with. So it would be good to see a migration to the OBJECT tag, which would also work for Java (W3C classifies APPLET as deprecated). But then why does MS continue to support EMBED for only ActiveX? They ought to drop it completely if they're going to be as standards-based as they claim, particularly if they nitpick Sun about submitted Java to a standards body.
I've always preferred to view Quicktime media (or any other) in a separate player window, and now with the QuickTime 5
media skins the old plug-ins are even less compelling.
The Flash-based skin gives the author complete control over the entire window used to view the Quicktime content, not just what's framed within the browser pane (if done with a plug-in).
Caltech and MIT have
studied voting technology. Their
report released last month
found that hand-counting and optically scanned paper had the lowest counts of unmarked, uncounted, and spoiled ballots in presidential, Senate and governor elections over the last 12 years. And over the same time period, electronic voting systems were the second worst!
Who needs hackers if the electronic systems already suck?
El Edwards has a
website
with more of his voice work.
Not surprisingly, it's an AOL member page. I listened to his demo briefly and I could swear I heard a faint tinge of desparation in his voice.
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But more to the point, why did he bother? Why didn't this guy just boot using either MacOS X or MacOS 9 install CDs and partition, if he never really intended to use MacOS X?
Actually, according to XLR8YOURMAC, Macs can mount the hidden partition using Norton Disk Doctor, which apparently gives direct access to 160 Mbps MP3 audio. No need to rip, just copy directly.
While I can't hear a difference between MP3 and CD on my system, and I am dubious about quality problems (at least for pure playback) with CDs, I do see your point. Perhaps DVD-audio will be the salvation you seek? 24-bit 96kHz should leave enough headroom to resample or mix audio without audible artifacts. Plus you get the added benefit of a 5.1 surround soundstage for your music.
On the subject of the Rio Central, I think more MP3 options are great. Right now I am ripping my CDs to my beige G3 Mac and then burning mixes on CD-R for my DVD player to output to the stereo. The DVD player can decode the MP3s and output stereo digital PCM audio to my receiver. It'd be nice if the Rio Central would do that as well.
Their site: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html
If you're unsure, read the 662 user comments at VersionTracker before installing.
Perhaps there was similar fine print for the Stylus Photo 820 (for which there is no rebate coupon at the Apple store online)?
Caveat emptor!
I can't get to Panorama's site right now but there is a little more detail in this article from MacCentral, which I quote below:
"The software doesn't work by hacking the software on the iPod at all -- instead, it turns the data into tiny iTunes-compatible MP3 files -- the files are silent, but the artist and track field information contain the data."
However, with MacOS X the installer scripts continue to be intolerant of moving applications from their default directory (typically "/Applications"). For example, I moved the "/Applications/Mail" app to "/Applications/Internet/Mail" and MacOS X 10.1.3 failed to update it properly. This has been mentioned on MacFixit as well.
I'm not so sure. Read these comments from the Cryptogram by Nathan Myers. He argues convincingly that their new security program could be a sham, that we should be able to detect it as such fairly soon, and that if it is a sham, end users will be less able to maintain their systems' security.
Involvement is good, but it needs to be real.
3 car batteries drained by 3 100W bulbs in 1 1/2 minutes?! A 100W bulb running at 110V draws (P=V*I) less than 1 amp. 3 of them would draw no more than 3 amps. Sears DieHard deep-cycle marine batteries have capacities of about 100 amp-hours per battery, or 300 amp-hours for 3 batteries.
Neglecting any other losses or AC-DC conversions, and why not, because we're apparently living in a thermodynamically perfect world now, those 3 batteries would power those 3 bulbs for more than 4 days, not 1 1/2 minutes.
And there you have it.
Notably the iPod is 1394/FireWire equipped, big bonus in uploading those 5GB.
"Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:02:59 -0400
From: [MacInTouch reader]
Subject: Security Alert for Explorer 5.1 (MacOS X 10.1)
I am shocked to report a huge security hole in the latest Internet Explorer version 5.1 that comes preinstalled on MacOS X 10.1
Every .hqx encoded classic application is decoded by explorer itself (that's the default, stuffit expander isn't used) and then AUTOMATICALLY STARTED!
This is totally unacceptable. You can test this simply by pointing your browser to
http://www.pardeike.net/danger.hqx
where I put a very small C program that just displays a message (trust me, it *only* does that message, nothing more)"
Well yeah, you can, sorta. Go wear a wetsuit. Titanium was the hyped thing in wetsuits up until about 3 years ago when surfing manufacturers turned instead to laminating with Spandex instead of nylon to make the suits more flexible.
The hype around titanium wetsuits was that little flakes of it embedded in the glue would reflect heat and keep you warmer. People have actually taken the time to investigate and debunk this, but the wetsuits are still selling.
So, there's your titanium plating, but it will only deflect heat rays, not bullets, and I make no warranties about the effects of sweat dripping off your forehead and into your keyboard while wearing it.
But seriously, I for one am glad the federal government is on top of this case. Just think of all the shoppers out there who were innocently looking to buy cupcakes online and got drawn into this insidious web of browser betrayal.
Now, could they do something about my problem? Every time I buy a new car, the trunk turns out to be mysteriously stuffed with black 30-gallon trash bags full of child pornography, gambling tokens, and a substantial fraction of body parts that somebody must be missing...
A fuel cell is only truly zero-emission if it is catalyzing hydrogen gas from zero-emission sources. 95% of our current supply of hydrogen comes from natural gas. So currently the fuel cell is only as clean as the natural gas reforming plant, effectively "burning" that gas and releasing CO2.
They're a great idea, but they're not zero-emission yet.
All of them, but of course you won't be able to see them.
"The Internet Explorer versions that are listed above continue to support the Embed tag. Content creators can continue to use the Embed tag for components that are built on ActiveX technologies..."
EMBED was never part of the HTML standard anyway, which Microsoft claims to be compliant with. So it would be good to see a migration to the OBJECT tag, which would also work for Java (W3C classifies APPLET as deprecated). But then why does MS continue to support EMBED for only ActiveX? They ought to drop it completely if they're going to be as standards-based as they claim, particularly if they nitpick Sun about submitted Java to a standards body.
Pot, kettle, black.
I've always preferred to view Quicktime media (or any other) in a separate player window, and now with the QuickTime 5 media skins the old plug-ins are even less compelling. The Flash-based skin gives the author complete control over the entire window used to view the Quicktime content, not just what's framed within the browser pane (if done with a plug-in).
Who needs hackers if the electronic systems already suck?
El Edwards has a website with more of his voice work. Not surprisingly, it's an AOL member page. I listened to his demo briefly and I could swear I heard a faint tinge of desparation in his voice.