Think about it: they sell all their X-boxes to the idiots who have to have this new plaything the minute it gets into the stores. These people will whine and bitch about the faults it has. MS has time to correct the faults, and then all of a sudden the X-box is available for everyone, and most people are happy with it.
We use VNC at work for our Windows boxen, but the big problem I have with that is the fact that someone else who has physical acces to the remote machine can see on the screen what you are doing. So `secret' stuff via VNC is out of the question. But I'll look into appserver. Thanks for the tip!
I'm with you most of the way, however I don't agree on the X11 thing. I am in the process of switching from Linux to Mac because after eight years of using Linux I'm tired of having to spend hours just to get a printer or USB device working. Wit OS X you get the best of both worlds. But I still have X11 running standard on the Mac, because I can remotely log in and run X11 programs on the server while having the windows on the client. I know of no other windows server that makes this possible. If you know a way to export Aqua windows this way (so I can run programs on my iMac in the next room whilst laying on the couch with my iBook) I'm very interested.
We all know why Steve wants this so much, don't we? Many people don't have a broadband connection at the moment, so he first starts with music video's and TV programs, aimed at the tech-savvy adolescent market. They will soon want more, but by offering this low resolution video's Apple can get a feeling for the demand, as well as the technical problems they have to solve before taking the next step. Next step is higher resolution, and I will not be surprised if we can download Finding Nemo in DVD quality before 2006 is out.
One other thing: what I find amazing is that apparently the RIAA finds 1.99 for whatever music video a good price, and different prices for more popular video's were not mentioned.
Yes, Vista has a new UI... but you should not forget about the backend things that have been done... two of my favorites are the new networking stack and the audio stack being brought into user land... what does that mean? Application level audio control! You will be able to raise the volume for the movie you are watching (that was no doubt ripped from a DVD and has low volume) and not go deaf when someone IM's you.
Wow, so they did something about safety after all! Amazing!
The BUMA is the Dutch equivalent of the RIAA. They're trying to be just as bad, only they haven't tried sueing people yet, AFAIK. In Holland it is legal to download pirated music for your own use, however, it is illegal to put music on a P2P network. This makes suing random people a bit more complicated.
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I saw that too, but I also saw a BBC program where they used a smarter design using metal mirrors, and they managed to burn the ship allright. So the principle works.
All I read on/. is that the RIAA are bastards and they should be dead or whatever, but can anyone tell me in detail/why/ they act like this? I mean, greed is one thing, but I find it impossible to believe that this organization consists of total lunatics only. So there must be a good explanation as to why they act like this.
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Mark my words, in five years form now everyone is complaining that Google is an evil company that misuses its monopoly position, and they should be wiped from the face of the earth.
Google already is experimenting with an e-mail service with mailboxes of over 2 GB. I bet they are working hard on offering an omnipresent networkdrive, accessible via the Interweg, of course, in which people can store all the documents they need to get their jobs done. If they combine this with their Google toolbar they have one hell of a product to offer.
I think this whole discussion revolves around thet there doesn't seem to be a good definition of what a virus is. I mean, there is software that makes use of so-called 'security flaws' in an OS, and wreaks havoc without the user ever having to do anything. This looks to me like something OS makers can fix without releasing extra software. Then there are programs like Britney Spears naked.mpg.exe, which wreak havoc when the user clicks on them. The only thing you can do about that is make sure the user can see the extensions by default (this is also switched off in Mac OSX to my great surprise). Then there are things like self-running attachments (although I think MS has that fixed now), and worms. Obviously some of the things mentioned above can not be protected against by any other means than educating the user and making sure the user knows when he/she is about to do something dangerous. Other things can be fixed in a patch.
My question is: does anyone know a list with definitions of the various threats out there, and what can be done about it?
BTW, I've been running Linux, Windows and OSX for the past 8 years (well not OSX obviously) without anyanti virus software, and I've only had one problem. Am I lucky, or just careful?
But what is the difference between releasing a separate computer program that makes your OS work the way it should in the first place, and releasing a patch that does the same thing?
When I started my study in 1989 the Bucky ball had just been discovered. Carbon nanotubes followed a few months or so later. And now, 15 years later we see the first products based on them appear. It's nive to have seen something develop from first discovery to useful product.
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Silicon is not the stuff you find on the beach.
Me too! OS X is fantastic.
Think about it: they sell all their X-boxes to the idiots who have to have this new plaything the minute it gets into the stores. These people will whine and bitch about the faults it has. MS has time to correct the faults, and then all of a sudden the X-box is available for everyone, and most people are happy with it.
I was just wondering how much people would pay for a /. account with excellent karma.
They don't need foreign people; they have enough people of their own.
All these adventure games with ancient mechanical things --- I always knew that wasn't fantasy.
Pity there are no pictures in the Article.
We use VNC at work for our Windows boxen, but the big problem I have with that is the fact that someone else who has physical acces to the remote machine can see on the screen what you are doing. So `secret' stuff via VNC is out of the question. But I'll look into appserver. Thanks for the tip!
I'm with you most of the way, however I don't agree on the X11 thing. I am in the process of switching from Linux to Mac because after eight years of using Linux I'm tired of having to spend hours just to get a printer or USB device working. Wit OS X you get the best of both worlds. But I still have X11 running standard on the Mac, because I can remotely log in and run X11 programs on the server while having the windows on the client. I know of no other windows server that makes this possible. If you know a way to export Aqua windows this way (so I can run programs on my iMac in the next room whilst laying on the couch with my iBook) I'm very interested.
O come on, these people are just old. Mark my words, in ten or twenty years from now you will be the same.
We all know why Steve wants this so much, don't we? Many people don't have a broadband connection at the moment, so he first starts with music video's and TV programs, aimed at the tech-savvy adolescent market. They will soon want more, but by offering this low resolution video's Apple can get a feeling for the demand, as well as the technical problems they have to solve before taking the next step. Next step is higher resolution, and I will not be surprised if we can download Finding Nemo in DVD quality before 2006 is out.
One other thing: what I find amazing is that apparently the RIAA finds 1.99 for whatever music video a good price, and different prices for more popular video's were not mentioned.
Yes, Vista has a new UI... but you should not forget about the backend things that have been done... two of my favorites are the new networking stack and the audio stack being brought into user land... what does that mean? Application level audio control! You will be able to raise the volume for the movie you are watching (that was no doubt ripped from a DVD and has low volume) and not go deaf when someone IM's you.
Wow, so they did something about safety after all! Amazing!
The BUMA is the Dutch equivalent of the RIAA. They're trying to be just as bad, only they haven't tried sueing people yet, AFAIK. In Holland it is legal to download pirated music for your own use, however, it is illegal to put music on a P2P network. This makes suing random people a bit more complicated.
I saw that too, but I also saw a BBC program where they used a smarter design using metal mirrors, and they managed to burn the ship allright. So the principle works.
MI>MS is not totally to blame for people exploiting it
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Yes, they should get a part of the profit other companies make on software that runs on Windows
And I thought it was about sexually transmittable deseases (SOA means Sexueel Overdraagbare Aandoening in Dutch).
All I read on /. is that the RIAA are bastards and they should be dead or whatever, but can anyone tell me in detail /why/ they act like this? I mean, greed is one thing, but I find it impossible to believe that this organization consists of total lunatics only. So there must be a good explanation as to why they act like this.
Mark my words, in five years form now everyone is complaining that Google is an evil company that misuses its monopoly position, and they should be wiped from the face of the earth.
Google already is experimenting with an e-mail service with mailboxes of over 2 GB. I bet they are working hard on offering an omnipresent networkdrive, accessible via the Interweg, of course, in which people can store all the documents they need to get their jobs done. If they combine this with their Google toolbar they have one hell of a product to offer.
I think this whole discussion revolves around thet there doesn't seem to be a good definition of what a virus is. I mean, there is software that makes use of so-called 'security flaws' in an OS, and wreaks havoc without the user ever having to do anything. This looks to me like something OS makers can fix without releasing extra software. Then there are programs like Britney Spears naked.mpg.exe, which wreak havoc when the user clicks on them. The only thing you can do about that is make sure the user can see the extensions by default (this is also switched off in Mac OSX to my great surprise). Then there are things like self-running attachments (although I think MS has that fixed now), and worms. Obviously some of the things mentioned above can not be protected against by any other means than educating the user and making sure the user knows when he/she is about to do something dangerous. Other things can be fixed in a patch.
My question is: does anyone know a list with definitions of the various threats out there, and what can be done about it?
BTW, I've been running Linux, Windows and OSX for the past 8 years (well not OSX obviously) without anyanti virus software, and I've only had one problem. Am I lucky, or just careful?
That's not true. The only way an OS can be totally secure is when it's locked away in a closet somewhere with no computer near it to run it on.
But what is the difference between releasing a separate computer program that makes your OS work the way it should in the first place, and releasing a patch that does the same thing?
A LOT of people are going to do that :-)
If this isn't making use of a monopoly position I don't know what is. Isn't thet what MS was 'punished' for a few years ago?
When I started my study in 1989 the Bucky ball had just been discovered. Carbon nanotubes followed a few months or so later. And now, 15 years later we see the first products based on them appear. It's nive to have seen something develop from first discovery to useful product.