There's only one problem with that. Apple has already demonstrated that when they add a customer-hostile change to their lineup, other manufacturers will follow suit. eg: Fixed batteries, no headphone jack, etc.
Everyone laughed at Apple. But then everyone started copying, including the manufacturers that initially laughed, like Google.
This seems to me to be a very similar narrow-end-of-the-wedge kind of thing. Unless there's a very vocal and hostile response to this, I am willing to bet that other manufacturers will follow suit/
I think it's worse than it ought to be, and Microsoft is to blame.
Generally, people have only really upgraded their machines when they needed to. Why replace what isn't broken?
But thanks to Microsoft screwing the pooch on every single version of Windows after Windows 7, people are now actively averse to upgrading, because they will be forced to use whatever shit-tastic Windows Microsoft forces upon people.
Needlessly modified UIs, OS-level spyware, updates that you cannot stop and have better than even odds of hosing your computer. IMO Microsoft is directly responsible for the collapse of the PC market.
You'll notice that Apple is basically stable. And that's despite their bad press and questionable hardware design choices.
If I had to buy a new machine right now, I would get Mac. As much as Apple pisses me off, I can at least mitigate their poor design choices with a couple of additional purchases. A frustrating hit to the pocketbook, sure. But a consumer has NO way to mitigate what Microsoft is doing without permanently disconnecting your computer from the network, so you pay for that lower price tag by needing to be eternally vigilant and having to constantly worry about whether you computer will still boot the next time you turn it on, through no fault of your own.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I'm reading this correctly, this appears to be a preventative measure in relation to Rowhammer style attacks, rather than an exploitable bug like with Intel.
I was able to find the above link, and it talks about some changes made for arm versions of the kernel as well as the x86, but I'm not seeing references to a specific bug in ARM, or any kind of analysis being reported. And I don't know enough about ARM architecture to comment (or even understand what the release notes are talking about)
Yes, because you really want the average user who barely understands the difference between left and right mouse clicks, to have the ability to easily modify kernel modules.
The thing is, the oil idiots weren't actually wrong. Based on existing consumption at the time, there *would* have been a problem.
But (I presume) that triggered the push to making things more energy efficient, and work towards alternate forms of energy. The result today is that we've pushed 'peak oil' back almost indefinitely.
But I agree that scientific communication is crap. It doesn't help that scientifically illiterate reporters mutilate the message even further, so that by the time the average person gets it, it can be completely different from the original information.
IMO reporters should not be allowed to report on scientific matters unless they have the necessary background to accurately convey the message. I also think that the overwhelming majority of scientific messages shouldn't be conveyed at all, because so much of it can be contrary (Classic example: Are eggs good for your not?)
It's all the environmentalists fault. If they had simply stuck with global warming, we wouldn't be having this problem. But nooooo, they had to change it to "Climate Change", which opened us up to wild swings in temperature in both directions.
I considered overly hot summers to be an acceptable tradeoff for having mild or almost non-existent winters. But now we have to deal with stupidly hot summers AND stupidly cold winters.
The frustration for me is that so many people spend so much time focusing on the idiotic conspiracy theories, it ends up creating enough noise to hide the real stuff.
Hell, look at the anti-vax crowd. How many 10s or 100s of millions have dollars and man-hours have been spent demonstrating over and over again that the vaccine-autism link is nonsense? And yet people continue to believe it, and resources continue to be wasted on that lie.
If all that effort had been spent on finding the actual cause, how much less time would it have taken to learn what we know now? How many lives would have been dramatically improved because we could have switched gears to education and regulation to reduce the incidents of pre-natal exposure to various chemical agents, etc?
And I'm guessing that it probably never occurred to you that the person that wrote that blurb was either wrong, or intentionally wrote what they wrote to make it 'pop' more?
I mean, sure, why use Occam's Razor when a retarded conspiracy theory is so much more fun?
Guess what software I'm *not* going to be using anytime soon?
It's bad enough that supposedly secure software has a vulnerability. But acting like an asshole instead of responsibly dealing with the problem completely destroys my confidence that these people have their priorities straight and cares about it's customers.
Ditto with laser. Particularly, multi-function colour lasers have dropped ridiculously in price. While not cheap-cheap per se, you can get a very good quality device that will cover all of your occasional needs (occasional color prints, sometimes a photocopy, etc). Even the crappiest ones are still good enough for basic use, and can be had for well less than 500 dollars. And it will probably be the past printer you ever buy.
I'm still using a black and white brother MFC that I purchased a decade ago. I had to replace the toner way back when cause I had to print a whole bunch of stuff once, but it's still good enough to this day.
That's a comprehensive comparison. Google Maps, unlike Apple Maps, doesn't stop at outlining the routes. It offers contextual details such as depiction of buildings and other structures and vegetation. It has captured everything -- from dish antennae on top of buildings to golf courses. Furthermore, Google Maps also shows name of the neighbourhood, and has more distinguishable icons and colors. You can glance at a portion of the map on Google Maps and get a good picture of what's in that place. Apple Maps, on the other hand, looks empty. Like an unfurnished house.
How the hell is that a "comprehensive" comparison? All the entire article does is focus on how pretty the maps are.
I care that the app can get me to my destination. I care that the app can warn me about traffic congestion and help me route around that. I want an accurate list of businesses in the area I happen to be viewing. I do *not* care that the map has a well rendered maple tree or 2.5d buildings. It looks cool, sure, but it's still just fluff.
So which maps app handles the genuinely *important* stuff better?
Because, and please correct me if I'm wrong, there isn't a single hardware combination that works 100% without some kind of issue. And even if there was a perfect 100% hardware compatible system, you *still* can't take advantage of certain key features such as FileVault.
I've already tried going the hackintosh route, and at the end of the day it just wasn't worth it. It was easier to just say hell with it and pay the extra money on official hardware.
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There's only one problem with that. Apple has already demonstrated that when they add a customer-hostile change to their lineup, other manufacturers will follow suit. eg: Fixed batteries, no headphone jack, etc.
Everyone laughed at Apple. But then everyone started copying, including the manufacturers that initially laughed, like Google.
This seems to me to be a very similar narrow-end-of-the-wedge kind of thing. Unless there's a very vocal and hostile response to this, I am willing to bet that other manufacturers will follow suit/
Yeah no. Microsoft is as qualified to discuss ethics, as PETA is qualified to run a no-kill animal shelter.
Unless we're talking one of those, "Be an example of what not to do" sort of things.
So the meltdown patches are themselves causing meltdowns? Isn't it ironic! (Doncha think?)
*whoosh*
I think it's worse than it ought to be, and Microsoft is to blame.
Generally, people have only really upgraded their machines when they needed to. Why replace what isn't broken?
But thanks to Microsoft screwing the pooch on every single version of Windows after Windows 7, people are now actively averse to upgrading, because they will be forced to use whatever shit-tastic Windows Microsoft forces upon people.
Needlessly modified UIs, OS-level spyware, updates that you cannot stop and have better than even odds of hosing your computer. IMO Microsoft is directly responsible for the collapse of the PC market.
You'll notice that Apple is basically stable. And that's despite their bad press and questionable hardware design choices.
If I had to buy a new machine right now, I would get Mac. As much as Apple pisses me off, I can at least mitigate their poor design choices with a couple of additional purchases. A frustrating hit to the pocketbook, sure. But a consumer has NO way to mitigate what Microsoft is doing without permanently disconnecting your computer from the network, so you pay for that lower price tag by needing to be eternally vigilant and having to constantly worry about whether you computer will still boot the next time you turn it on, through no fault of your own.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I'm reading this correctly, this appears to be a preventative measure in relation to Rowhammer style attacks, rather than an exploitable bug like with Intel.
https://www.extremetech.com/co...
I was able to find the above link, and it talks about some changes made for arm versions of the kernel as well as the x86, but I'm not seeing references to a specific bug in ARM, or any kind of analysis being reported. And I don't know enough about ARM architecture to comment (or even understand what the release notes are talking about)
Do you have a link for that assertion? I've tried a couple searches using various combinations of "arm page table kernel" and came up empty.
Because they're lying and trying to spread the blame around so they don't look so bad?
From what I'm reading, it's cause the code is still in development so they basically have it turned on for everything. They plan on fixing that soon.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan....
https://www.phoronix.com/scan....
I think their magic excuse 8-ball is broken too, cause I think this is the exact same excuse they've used for all their previous screw ups too.
Satin?
Sounds like a smooth and silky move to me!
Thank you for demonstrating that you have no idea what you (or we) are talking about. We're talking about Kernel Extensions.
Maybe you should spend less energy being indignant, and more into researching what we're talking about.
What about their tablets? Sure those are affected by the same problem?
Yes, because you really want the average user who barely understands the difference between left and right mouse clicks, to have the ability to easily modify kernel modules.
Grow up.
The thing is, the oil idiots weren't actually wrong. Based on existing consumption at the time, there *would* have been a problem.
But (I presume) that triggered the push to making things more energy efficient, and work towards alternate forms of energy. The result today is that we've pushed 'peak oil' back almost indefinitely.
But I agree that scientific communication is crap. It doesn't help that scientifically illiterate reporters mutilate the message even further, so that by the time the average person gets it, it can be completely different from the original information.
IMO reporters should not be allowed to report on scientific matters unless they have the necessary background to accurately convey the message. I also think that the overwhelming majority of scientific messages shouldn't be conveyed at all, because so much of it can be contrary (Classic example: Are eggs good for your not?)
It's all the environmentalists fault. If they had simply stuck with global warming, we wouldn't be having this problem. But nooooo, they had to change it to "Climate Change", which opened us up to wild swings in temperature in both directions.
I considered overly hot summers to be an acceptable tradeoff for having mild or almost non-existent winters. But now we have to deal with stupidly hot summers AND stupidly cold winters.
Go back to global warming!
The frustration for me is that so many people spend so much time focusing on the idiotic conspiracy theories, it ends up creating enough noise to hide the real stuff.
Hell, look at the anti-vax crowd. How many 10s or 100s of millions have dollars and man-hours have been spent demonstrating over and over again that the vaccine-autism link is nonsense? And yet people continue to believe it, and resources continue to be wasted on that lie.
If all that effort had been spent on finding the actual cause, how much less time would it have taken to learn what we know now? How many lives would have been dramatically improved because we could have switched gears to education and regulation to reduce the incidents of pre-natal exposure to various chemical agents, etc?
And I'm guessing that it probably never occurred to you that the person that wrote that blurb was either wrong, or intentionally wrote what they wrote to make it 'pop' more?
I mean, sure, why use Occam's Razor when a retarded conspiracy theory is so much more fun?
Yeah well... Now you're getting into a whole different power dynamic.
Guess what software I'm *not* going to be using anytime soon?
It's bad enough that supposedly secure software has a vulnerability. But acting like an asshole instead of responsibly dealing with the problem completely destroys my confidence that these people have their priorities straight and cares about it's customers.
Ditto with laser. Particularly, multi-function colour lasers have dropped ridiculously in price. While not cheap-cheap per se, you can get a very good quality device that will cover all of your occasional needs (occasional color prints, sometimes a photocopy, etc). Even the crappiest ones are still good enough for basic use, and can be had for well less than 500 dollars. And it will probably be the past printer you ever buy.
I'm still using a black and white brother MFC that I purchased a decade ago. I had to replace the toner way back when cause I had to print a whole bunch of stuff once, but it's still good enough to this day.
Ilsa
Just never reboot your machine ever again. :)
That's a comprehensive comparison. Google Maps, unlike Apple Maps, doesn't stop at outlining the routes. It offers contextual details such as depiction of buildings and other structures and vegetation. It has captured everything -- from dish antennae on top of buildings to golf courses. Furthermore, Google Maps also shows name of the neighbourhood, and has more distinguishable icons and colors. You can glance at a portion of the map on Google Maps and get a good picture of what's in that place. Apple Maps, on the other hand, looks empty. Like an unfurnished house.
How the hell is that a "comprehensive" comparison? All the entire article does is focus on how pretty the maps are.
I care that the app can get me to my destination. I care that the app can warn me about traffic congestion and help me route around that. I want an accurate list of businesses in the area I happen to be viewing. I do *not* care that the map has a well rendered maple tree or 2.5d buildings. It looks cool, sure, but it's still just fluff.
So which maps app handles the genuinely *important* stuff better?
Because, and please correct me if I'm wrong, there isn't a single hardware combination that works 100% without some kind of issue. And even if there was a perfect 100% hardware compatible system, you *still* can't take advantage of certain key features such as FileVault.
I've already tried going the hackintosh route, and at the end of the day it just wasn't worth it. It was easier to just say hell with it and pay the extra money on official hardware.