Figures. And besides, it's good to review the really crappy books - Kind of as a warning to the public. Just wonder why they bother offering it for sale, though.;)
"Supercomputer" includes Apple Titanium Powerbooks these days. Maybe trivial wasn't the best word, but it's stll a flawed implementation of encryption.
If the default encryption made it easier to "recover valuable information form the system" then it is clearly not doing a good job, should not be used and to be replaced by a better version.
I mean, afterall, where's the point in encrypting your stuff in the first place if it can be more or less trivially cracked?
No, this isn't about terrorists, it's about an obviously inferiour/defective product.
In Germany, I get only the dubbed version on TV which sucks big time. The voices are terrible, the jokes aren't funny anymore, it's not a sitcom, it's sit-torture.
The same goes for Futurama, only that the translations of the dialogues are the worst thing I ever witnessed on TV. And so the list goes on to cover a few shows I really like. And yet, I still buy the Simpsons DVDs, pre-order Futurama DVDs, etc. But those take years to release.
The bottom line: A lot of people pirate what they cannot obtain in another way. I know there is a percentage who will always pirate, because it's free - But face it: They WILL indeed ALWAYS pirate, no matter how difficult the companies make it for them. This is not a valid reason to piss the rest of us off. More to the point: I would NOT be a fan of Futurama or Friends had I not foudn the original, downloaded versions on the 'Net.
What do they make more money on - When I watch the show on TV (including cable fees and money from ads) or when I buy the DVDs?
I have had some issues with 2.4 but overall it has been stable enough. What bugged me most were all the big changes the guys introduced in what was supposed to be a "stable" release series.
But since none of my machines running 2.4 went down in flames, I don't REALLY mind. ie, 2.4 is a brown bag series, but the developers are allowed to cut holes into it for air & view.;)
So the hope is to burn up the entire thing, yes? I mean, who says we won't pollute Jupiter in the process?
Also, since we landed already on Mars & Venus, we probably already contaminated them, no? Would any bacteria actually survive there & prosper, or would they get wiped out / go dormant? Are there any models how quickly they'd "take over" such a planet?
I think what Apple is doing is great. They took a "crappy" OS (no flames please, I am talking about technical standpoint - cooperative multitasking and lack of memory protection are necessities) and thre it away, to be replaced by something Entirely New.
Of course UNIX has been around. NeXT has been around. But UNIX is not exactly known for its grand UIs. So what Apple seems to be doing is to learn the whole UI part again. They have some starting pointers from their experience, but I think it's actually great that they didn't do a 1:1 port of their interface to BSD. They could've done that, you know, just add AquaCandy to OS9 and there you go.
OSX shipped with a relatively basic UI. It ahd bugs. It was slow. Then came the updates, and sicne 10.1 it runs okay, 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 did further improvements to a point where I would call it "ready for the masses" (as Apple does, now, too, as Steve announced on the keynote). And now that their system runs well enough, they're going to add in all the features that really make sense (spring loaded folders seem to be a good addition, and so on).
This is how I think it has to be done: Get the system stable, usable, and efficent, THEN add features. Other vendors (I shan't name names, you know who they are) add features upon features while their platforms have been unstable for the past 10 years and they never got the bugs worked out.
I really hope that Apple will not make ANY compromises with OSX. If the longtime Apple users bitch and moan, let them. Listen to them, too. But don't add (or remove) a feature just because some people scream loudly (the whole file extension debate being a good example).
The trains in japan use conventional engines to gain speed, then use magnetic fields for propulsion. The german transrapid is so far the only train that manages to do everything the maglev way.
Interesting tidbit: Germany wanted to build a Transrapid (their name for the maglev train) track between Hamburg and Berlin. They cancelled this, however, because of public resistance and the immense cost involved.
I live in northern germany and it has been 3-5C every day -with some exceptions. Also it was like 10C until almost xmas or so. Definitely strange weather. Is it global warming at work? Could be a fluke. But it makes you think.
Try opera. I admit I haven't tried the linux version myself, but opera 5 for windows is very nice. I only have one or two minor gripes with it; otherwise it's very neat.
In this specific case, just build a mozilla with edited browser type.
In the end, no, there is nothing you can do to prevent MS to use its domination of the Browser market to completely lock out competition. I mean there will always be sites open to all, but still it'd be bad enough.
But this is really what the MS Antitrust case boils down to. Stop MS from becoming a threat to the public before it's really too late.
First of all, I am pretty sure all the AC you have in the US consumes a HELL of a lot more juice than all the PC's do.
Second of all, I thought *everybody* in the US is already used to having their power disappear at any time. I remember horror stories from new england. Basically any time there was a storm, you'd have whole neighbourhoods without energy, simply because lines got knocked down etc.
Move to Europe. Here in Hamburg, Germany, I can't even remember the last time we lost power.;-)
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Figures. And besides, it's good to review the really crappy books - Kind of as a warning to the public. Just wonder why they bother offering it for sale, though. ;)
Not to nitpick, but either this isn't a screenshot but just a photo, or we did slip into the Matrix without me noticing.
Our parliament is NOT the Reichstag.
Reichstag was the parliament of the Third Reich. Our parliament is called "Bundestag". It is housed in the Reichstag building.
Sorry to nitpick.
"Supercomputer" includes Apple Titanium Powerbooks these days. Maybe trivial wasn't the best word, but it's stll a flawed implementation of encryption.
If the default encryption made it easier to "recover valuable information form the system" then it is clearly not doing a good job, should not be used and to be replaced by a better version.
I mean, afterall, where's the point in encrypting your stuff in the first place if it can be more or less trivially cracked?
No, this isn't about terrorists, it's about an obviously inferiour/defective product.
I download Friends Eps off of the Internet.
Why?
Simple.
In Germany, I get only the dubbed version on TV which sucks big time. The voices are terrible, the jokes aren't funny anymore, it's not a sitcom, it's sit-torture.
The same goes for Futurama, only that the translations of the dialogues are the worst thing I ever witnessed on TV. And so the list goes on to cover a few shows I really like. And yet, I still buy the Simpsons DVDs, pre-order Futurama DVDs, etc. But those take years to release.
The bottom line: A lot of people pirate what they cannot obtain in another way. I know there is a percentage who will always pirate, because it's free - But face it: They WILL indeed ALWAYS pirate, no matter how difficult the companies make it for them. This is not a valid reason to piss the rest of us off. More to the point: I would NOT be a fan of Futurama or Friends had I not foudn the original, downloaded versions on the 'Net.
What do they make more money on - When I watch the show on TV (including cable fees and money from ads) or when I buy the DVDs?
I have had some issues with 2.4 but overall it has been stable enough. What bugged me most were all the big changes the guys introduced in what was supposed to be a "stable" release series.
;)
But since none of my machines running 2.4 went down in flames, I don't REALLY mind. ie, 2.4 is a brown bag series, but the developers are allowed to cut holes into it for air & view.
So the hope is to burn up the entire thing, yes? I mean, who says we won't pollute Jupiter in the process?
Also, since we landed already on Mars & Venus, we probably already contaminated them, no? Would any bacteria actually survive there & prosper, or would they get wiped out / go dormant? Are there any models how quickly they'd "take over" such a planet?
Does it help them? Sure, Sony is huge and can absorb losses, but my impression is the PDA market is hopelessly saturated. Or is it?
Does this remind anybody else of the Canyonero from The Simpsons? This thing seems even more overdone than the cartoon satire.
And if that doesn't work, we can always use the Lasers to take care of spammers.
They're not necessities, of course. That's what happens when one gets by that four-lettered thing named Work. Bah!
Cooperative multitasking and lack of memory protection are of course big evil things. If I had wanted that, I could've used Win3.1, too.
I think what Apple is doing is great. They took a "crappy" OS (no flames please, I am talking about technical standpoint - cooperative multitasking and lack of memory protection are necessities) and thre it away, to be replaced by something Entirely New.
Of course UNIX has been around. NeXT has been around. But UNIX is not exactly known for its grand UIs. So what Apple seems to be doing is to learn the whole UI part again. They have some starting pointers from their experience, but I think it's actually great that they didn't do a 1:1 port of their interface to BSD. They could've done that, you know, just add AquaCandy to OS9 and there you go.
OSX shipped with a relatively basic UI. It ahd bugs. It was slow. Then came the updates, and sicne 10.1 it runs okay, 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 did further improvements to a point where I would call it "ready for the masses" (as Apple does, now, too, as Steve announced on the keynote). And now that their system runs well enough, they're going to add in all the features that really make sense (spring loaded folders seem to be a good addition, and so on).
This is how I think it has to be done: Get the system stable, usable, and efficent, THEN add features. Other vendors (I shan't name names, you know who they are) add features upon features while their platforms have been unstable for the past 10 years and they never got the bugs worked out.
I really hope that Apple will not make ANY compromises with OSX. If the longtime Apple users bitch and moan, let them. Listen to them, too. But don't add (or remove) a feature just because some people scream loudly (the whole file extension debate being a good example).
Why? Both are stories about mankind getting lucky. Twice in one day, too. What's next, world peace?
Scan of new iMac. So I guess this is real.
The trains in japan use conventional engines to gain speed, then use magnetic fields for propulsion. The german transrapid is so far the only train that manages to do everything the maglev way.
Interesting tidbit: Germany wanted to build a Transrapid (their name for the maglev train) track between Hamburg and Berlin. They cancelled this, however, because of public resistance and the immense cost involved.
It's too bad, I'd really have liked to see it.
I live in northern germany and it has been 3-5C every day -with some exceptions. Also it was like 10C until almost xmas or so. Definitely strange weather. Is it global warming at work? Could be a fluke. But it makes you think.
So what?
What's the better solution here - Ban DivX or ban software patents?
Try opera. I admit I haven't tried the linux version myself, but opera 5 for windows is very nice. I only have one or two minor gripes with it; otherwise it's very neat.
In this specific case, just build a mozilla with edited browser type.
In the end, no, there is nothing you can do to prevent MS to use its domination of the Browser market to completely lock out competition. I mean there will always be sites open to all, but still it'd be bad enough.
But this is really what the MS Antitrust case boils down to. Stop MS from becoming a threat to the public before it's really too late.
The question is, did they do their projections in metric or imperial units? ;-)
Besides, who is stupid enough to run games as root anyway?
The pricing scheme is probably dependend on the number of bugs in a give product.
;-)
So $400 buys you 63551 bugs, $100 maybe 1000 and so on.
No...! The car manufacturers and the oil industry would be exactly the industry that had to lose most if people had cheap, clean transportation.
First of all, I am pretty sure all the AC you have in the US consumes a HELL of a lot more juice than all the PC's do.
;-)
Second of all, I thought *everybody* in the US is already used to having their power disappear at any time. I remember horror stories from new england. Basically any time there was a storm, you'd have whole neighbourhoods without energy, simply because lines got knocked down etc.
Move to Europe. Here in Hamburg, Germany, I can't even remember the last time we lost power.