How would you prevent it from becoming a power trip? It'd be like the people who win a home extreme makeover who (once the show has aired) turn around and flip their property.
Simple. You make it illegal to take personal advantage and strictly limit the time they stay in that position of power.
Then they couldn't possibly act worse then our currently elected representatives.
Apple's iTunes Music Store revenue would be cut by more than 90%, for example. That alone might be more than they could adapt to before going out of business.
The rest of your comment I can agree with. But this? You have to be kidding. Apple wouldn't even blink if they lost the revenue from the iTunes Music Store today. On the contrary; if they were able to just give away all those songs, they would be *happy*. Because people could spend even more money on hardware, which is what Apple sells.
_so long as power-users are still given the ability to pick the option best for them as individuals_. That last part is the important part that Apple has forgotten of late.
Can you give an example? It's obviously true that there are features in Mac OS X where power users would like to have (more) options. I just don't see that this has gotten worse lately, as you seem to suggest.
iOS isn't resolution agnostic? Seriously, in 2011?
Of course it is. But user interfaces are usually built for a certain screen size. So if Apple adds a new screen size, apps will have to supply additional UI.
You are wrong on both accounts. You can disable contact synching separately even if you enable iCloud. You can also disable the sending of diagnostic information in Settings.
Which is dumb when you think about it. If your application doesn't require all the latest features and a lot of CPU/GPU power, why cut yourself from potential sales? There's a lot of iOS3 devices out there.
As an example, ARC requires iOS 4. And since ARC simplifies memory management considerably, there is a strong incentive to drop support for iOS 3.
He's right on message with their marketing for the delayed Mango. Earlier articles that (I think) I saw on/. carried the same line: "Ok, really, this is the version that is going to fix all the problems and make it awesome."
Where's the news? That is what Microsoft has been telling people since Win 3.1.
I don't see many players paying 8000 plus gold for one of these pets
You sound like 8000g was a lot.
But you are still right. Since those pets are easy to come by (just look how many players have those pay-for mounts) they will be worth *less* than rare pets that can be found in game. And *those* are traded for around 8000 to 10000g.
After the first few days I kept having this BS thing happen where the sky would go orange and suddenly my character died. After the second time I asked WTF? Turns out it's supposed to be a bloody dragon.
You "kept having?!" Players are actively seeking out the areas where Death Wing is flying over because it earns you an achievement.;)
Well third time I tried to log out as soon as I saw red. Well this automatically kills your character. My response? I canceled my account and have no plans to ever try WoW again. The truly lifeless might get off on dying randomly as game play but I have better things to do with my time and money.
I have many characters and I think I have seem Death Wing about three times since the expansion came out. You are either very lucky or very unlucky - depending on how you see it. Really, dying from a fly over by Death Wing is not a problem.
For many years MS released a version of their OS which would run on Power Macs.
Um. No. I guess you are talking about Virtual PC. That was a PC emulator for Power PC created by Connectix (Wikipedia says June 1997). Microsoft bought it from Connectix in 2003. And they practically ended Mac support by not porting it to Intel based Macs.
How is a Chinese person supposed to know it is a legit PDF or a malware?
Not sure why the person being chinese would be relevant... I think the easiest method is to select the file in the Finder and hit the space bar. If it is a PDF quicklook will render it. If it is an application, you will only see the icon and other file information.
To be sure, choose File - Information from the menu bar in Finder. If there's a line that says 'Type: Application' then it's an application.
Do we really need to install an AV in Mac OS X these days?
Personally, I think that's not really useful at the moment. There's hardly any malware around for the AV to detect. And the few types that do exist are already found by the integrated protection mechanism.
Without your admin password it can still do quite a bit; it could [...] access your browser saved passwords,
It could? I guess that depends on the browser. Passwords are typically saved in the keychain. When a program tries to access a keychain item for the first time the user will be queried to confirm the operation by entering his user password.
I'm strongly of the opinion that this checkbox should be enabled on every computer in the world, and that a checkbox to hide those extensions should not even exist. The only thing that "feature" does is make trojans like this one possible.
Well, at least it doesn't seem to be possible to hide the extension on a file named something.pdf.app
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How would you prevent it from becoming a power trip? It'd be like the people who win a home extreme makeover who (once the show has aired) turn around and flip their property.
Simple. You make it illegal to take personal advantage and strictly limit the time they stay in that position of power.
Then they couldn't possibly act worse then our currently elected representatives.
What is the difference between an overarching philosophy and a philosophy?
One additional point in Bullshit Bingo?
Apple has a "dom" (nib files) and it works quite well.
NIB files are not a document description. They are archived objects that make up the GUI. You can even put non-GUI objects in NIB files.
Apple's iTunes Music Store revenue would be cut by more than 90%, for example. That alone might be more than they could adapt to before going out of business.
The rest of your comment I can agree with. But this? You have to be kidding. Apple wouldn't even blink if they lost the revenue from the iTunes Music Store today. On the contrary; if they were able to just give away all those songs, they would be *happy*. Because people could spend even more money on hardware, which is what Apple sells.
No, it's the fact that Apple has a damn-near monopoly on mobile purchases,
And why is that? Because "it just works!"(TM)
You are welcome to build an alternative. But it better be (very) good.
_so long as power-users are still given the ability to pick the option best for them as individuals_. That last part is the important part that Apple has forgotten of late.
Can you give an example? It's obviously true that there are features in Mac OS X where power users would like to have (more) options. I just don't see that this has gotten worse lately, as you seem to suggest.
And if you dont agree with me then, sof ertes fidods as'd fguw !
I like English better because "fuck off" is more succinct.
iOS isn't resolution agnostic? Seriously, in 2011?
Of course it is.
But user interfaces are usually built for a certain screen size. So if Apple adds a new screen size, apps will have to supply additional UI.
You are wrong on both accounts. You can disable contact synching separately even if you enable iCloud.
You can also disable the sending of diagnostic information in Settings.
How are you liking the global menu?
It's great.
The broken mouse acceleration curve?
I use SteerMouse.
The lack of configurable font rendering?
Fonts are looking fine. What would I want to configure?
Is that iPod Touch third gen or iPhone 3G?
The iPod Touch third gen can run iOS 5.
Not if it was the smallest model. That one had actually 2nd gen hardware, even though is was sold alongside it's 3rd gen siblings.
Which is dumb when you think about it. If your application doesn't require all the latest features and a lot of CPU/GPU power, why cut yourself from potential sales? There's a lot of iOS3 devices out there.
As an example, ARC requires iOS 4.
And since ARC simplifies memory management considerably, there is a strong incentive to drop support for iOS 3.
He's right on message with their marketing for the delayed Mango. Earlier articles that (I think) I saw on /. carried the same line: "Ok, really, this is the version that is going to fix all the problems and make it awesome."
Where's the news? That is what Microsoft has been telling people since Win 3.1.
I don't see many players paying 8000 plus gold for one of these pets
You sound like 8000g was a lot.
But you are still right. Since those pets are easy to come by (just look how many players have those pay-for mounts) they will be worth *less* than rare pets that can be found in game. And *those* are traded for around 8000 to 10000g.
After the first few days I kept having this BS thing happen where the sky would go orange and suddenly my character died. After the second time I asked WTF? Turns out it's supposed to be a bloody dragon.
You "kept having?!" Players are actively seeking out the areas where Death Wing is flying over because it earns you an achievement. ;)
Well third time I tried to log out as soon as I saw red. Well this automatically kills your character. My response? I canceled my account and have no plans to ever try WoW again. The truly lifeless might get off on dying randomly as game play but I have better things to do with my time and money.
I have many characters and I think I have seem Death Wing about three times since the expansion came out. You are either very lucky or very unlucky - depending on how you see it. Really, dying from a fly over by Death Wing is not a problem.
Now hopefully this will destroy the economy of those pesky gold sellers and their endless trade spam.
What spam? Haven't seen one in a long time. Get some decent spam filter add-on.
Have a feeling in a years time its revenue is going to be entirely micro-transaction based.
In that case, in a years time I won't be playing WoW any more.
when they see a sea of Android devices with varying price points and features, they get outright repulsed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More_Is_Less
If you believe the iPad isn't sold at a loss, then I have a bridge to sell you.
I'm sure you have acquired a nice range of bridges by now.
um... virtualpc before that. You know, the product made by Microsoft to allow PPC macs to boot windows.
"Virtual PC was originally developed for the Macintosh and released by Connectix in June 1997."
Virtual PC for Power PC was not made by Microsoft. You even quoted the relevant passage.
For many years MS released a version of their OS which would run on Power Macs.
Um. No.
I guess you are talking about Virtual PC. That was a PC emulator for Power PC created by Connectix (Wikipedia says June 1997).
Microsoft bought it from Connectix in 2003. And they practically ended Mac support by not porting it to Intel based Macs.
But Mac OS X don't use file extensions.
Yes, it does.
How is a Chinese person supposed to know it is a legit PDF or a malware?
Not sure why the person being chinese would be relevant ...
I think the easiest method is to select the file in the Finder and hit the space bar. If it is a PDF quicklook will render it. If it is an application, you will only see the icon and other file information.
To be sure, choose File - Information from the menu bar in Finder. If there's a line that says 'Type: Application' then it's an application.
Do we really need to install an AV in Mac OS X these days?
Personally, I think that's not really useful at the moment. There's hardly any malware around for the AV to detect. And the few types that do exist are already found by the integrated protection mechanism.
Without your admin password it can still do quite a bit; it could [...] access your browser saved passwords,
It could? I guess that depends on the browser. Passwords are typically saved in the keychain. When a program tries to access a keychain item for the first time the user will be queried to confirm the operation by entering his user password.
I had to set up a folder action to alert me whenever something decides to have itself launch on login.
If it's about a folder why don't you just write protect it?
I'm strongly of the opinion that this checkbox should be enabled on every computer in the world, and that a checkbox to hide those extensions should not even exist. The only thing that "feature" does is make trojans like this one possible.
Well, at least it doesn't seem to be possible to hide the extension on a file named something.pdf.app