Actually, obscurity is the best policy in this instance...
You see, the _actual_ A list server is sitting in the basement of somebody's house, humming away like it has for the last 20 years (it hasn't been upgraded at all). What was described in the article is the server they show government officials and journalists, so that we, the masses, can sleep better at night. They then hire geeky looking actors to stare at quicktime movies of "net traffic" while the big wig is there.
15 minutes after the person is gone, the building is shut off, and everyone goes home.
I take it you've never played Ambrosia's Escape Velocity.
In EV, you were free to roam around the galaxy. Every once in a while, there would be a ship that flies by that tells you "Don't forget to pay your shareware fees."
After 30 days, cap't hector then becomes a little agressive, shooting at you with it's wimpy guns.
Only Cap't Hector is invincible.
When you get respawned, you lose half of your money.
Actually, Zarf does not appear to be brain dead at all. He is complaining about bad things it the UI that Apple learned about 15 years ago, and forgot when NeXT was paid to buy them out. Things like "Icons should be nouns, and not verbs."
He was spot on with the problems with the Installation dialog. It doesn't matter how long it too to figure it out, it is that he had to figure it out in the first place. I'm not complaining about the fact that you need authorization to install an app. I am complaining about the fact that the UI expects you to know that the little lock, inside a circle, is a button, and the only way to install the software. It would have been _much_ better UI to have an authenticate and install, rather than a quit button.
This is not to mention that the installer does not have an authenticate option in the menus. Remember, in a good UI, icons are nouns, menus are verbs and buttons. Therefore having an authenticate button (not an icon) and a authenticate menu item would be much better than the current situation.
The fact that you cannot delete a deleted user's home folder is stupid and _must_ be remedied. I would suggest that the folder needs to be moved to the admin's folder, and him given full privs to everything. Of course this should only be able to be given to certain admins.
He also complains about the restore disks, and how it is not customizable. Having searched for the iTunes sampler that I accidentally deleted from my Wife's iBook, I understand his pain.
Sherlock sucks, 'nuff said.
Again Apple learned years ago that translucency sucks, yet they insist that all Macs come with translucency.
Apple learned years ago how to make files and folders not rely on file paths, yet they insist on using an installer that requires things to be where the installer thinks they should be. My computer is MINE. I can understand a change to "the home folder and applications folder is MINE" but then we learn that the apps folder is not really yours either. Oh, and if I want to put other apps in my home folder, they won't register services either. Of course, if there was anything as infinitely cool as services for Mac OS 9, it would register at startup, and be done with it.
I hope that Apple did enough UI testing to time the animations for optimum usage. I like the animations, especially the genie effect. They aid in assisting clueless users. Testing should have found the optimum speed for animations to not hinder most users. Oh, and it doesn't matter than you can do something else in the meantime if everything you are doing requires that app to be functional.
Apple and Microsoft should turn on a SMTP honeypot by default on EVERY machine.
It would be the digital equivalent to the irradiation of Tsetse Flies in Africa. They could access everywhere, but none of the sites would actually relay the mail.
A spokesperson for Budwieser commented that there would be no way they would sponsor anything other. "LGPL? Let WINE sponsor it, Beer is a manly drink. We won't deal with the (L)ady GNU Public License."
In other news, Alexandre Julliard has stated that they plan to begin advertising WINE during LPGA games.
That's sort of like the idea I had for a game company...
Basically, all the company needs to do is set up shop several miles inside Mexico. Then, an adventure loving American shows up. For a fee, you hold his passport and identification for a week*, then ship it to his house. He has to figure out how to get home.
* The company holds his stuff for a week because there is a $100 chicken policy. If you show up again, we charge $100 to hand your stuff back to you.
That's because there is a rather heavy faraday shield just under the plastic. Also, while the thing's internals are pretty from an engineering standpoint, aesthetically it is horrible. And that's when it is new. Imagine 2 years from now, when it is full of dust.
"Apple has created a "Vibe" about their product. Created a myth that their products are the only thing that can do certain things.
"
A myth? The state of color correction on Windows is vastly inferior to the Mac. Colorsync is system wide. You don't have to _think_ about it. Any user can take a picture from their camera, and print it out. On a Mac, it will look exactly like what is on the screen. On Windows, you're lucky if the colors look similar.
Neo, how many dans (black belts) do you have in your dojang? I'm in hapkido (similar to aikido), and _everyone_ that is 1st dan or higher has _very_ inflexible wrists. While wrist locks are good in the short term,it is fairly evident that they are damaging in the long term. Sort of like popping your knuckles.
In other news: BMW dropped the price of their newly redesigned flagship car by 50%. Users of/. were reported to have complained as they were still more expensive than a Chevy.
BTW, Moderators: This is not a troll, but rather an attempt at sarcastically hinting that Apple machines are better than products from the industry whores (Dell, Compaqard)
However, a hack to make a super wide desktop (requiring pivoting of the screen) is in the works. Users will be able to adjust the iLamp to see just what they are working on. Then, with a quick movement, they can focus on something else.
Actually, _I_ didn't have cat1 in my house until recently. I had literally a pair of wires twisted together that my local phone guy took a sample of to show the people at the office. He figured that no-one there had ever seen that stuff.
I see that Federal governments break down when they try to do _local_ things. If the scope of a global government were to remain global, the government could work. Global trading, human rights, pollution, and nuclear arms reduction are all global issues. These issues should be determined on a global scale, rather than local, where they are ineffective. These issues (except human rights) effect _every_ human on the planet, no matter what country you live in.
If a global government were to _only_ deal with global needs, and not local needs, then it would work, despite cultural differences.
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"Bringing a country like Rwanda somewhere near the standard of living of a Western nation would require a huge investment no one is willing to make so far."
Of course the idea of reducing cesspool countries where terrorism can grow isn't an interest of any wealthy nations right now.
As to Archie Bunker's reply:
I don't like the policies of Texas, therefore I don't live there. We are a republic of independent states, with a unifying government which guarantees equal trade between states, unified defense, and some other unified laws (both good and bad.)
I am NOT for abolishing nations' rights to govern their people. I am for free trade, free movement of people, and unified laws for global matters (human rights, pollution.) A global government should _not_ care about drugs, but _should_ care about the trafficking of drugs to countries where drugs are illegal.
In regards to spudnic's comment:
While I said equal representation, I was more interested in not allowing the US to be the dominant force. I also mentioned that I believe that the US's form of republic should be scalable to a global level. I would like to see a global congress, elected by their people.
I think that a global government is forming around us, but it is NOT the kind of government we want. None of the officials are elected. Trials are secret. Its military is ineffective.
When the US was formed, we had truly great people who designed our government. Now we have an idiot who calls a manhunt a war (and that uses the president's wartime right without congress declaring war), who followed a guy that was in the office because "the prez can get chicks", following the idiot's dad, following a bad actor who made an even worse politician.
We NEED someone of Thomas Jefferson's caliber to create a global government, otherwise we WILL end up with the tyranny that is the UN. The problem is that the power is not in the government, and if government is done right, they lose power.
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You must have missed the disclaimer in the article. Buckeye, and the Blade are owned by, get this, the SAME company.
Do you really think that they are interested in showing the sham that this really is? I didn't think so.
I guess that would be because you are all blond, and the password would be "password"?
I call Godwin's law. The conversation is over, please go home everyone there is nothing to see here.
http://www.godwinslaw.com/
You thought it was a joke?
Actually, obscurity is the best policy in this instance...
You see, the _actual_ A list server is sitting in the basement of somebody's house, humming away like it has for the last 20 years (it hasn't been upgraded at all). What was described in the article is the server they show government officials and journalists, so that we, the masses, can sleep better at night. They then hire geeky looking actors to stare at quicktime movies of "net traffic" while the big wig is there.
15 minutes after the person is gone, the building is shut off, and everyone goes home.
"And don't annoy the end user."
I take it you've never played Ambrosia's Escape Velocity.
In EV, you were free to roam around the galaxy. Every once in a while, there would be a ship that flies by that tells you "Don't forget to pay your shareware fees."
After 30 days, cap't hector then becomes a little agressive, shooting at you with it's wimpy guns.
Only Cap't Hector is invincible.
When you get respawned, you lose half of your money.
Since I have absolutely no security clearance, I will finish this person's statements...
;-)
I am a programmer in the USAF, and my squadron (for security reasons I cannot say what my unit does) uses OSS.
We all know that his "unit" is making him search for pr0n on the 'net.
We use Samba for sharing printers between Windows NT and Solaris.
(To print the pr0n)
We also use DivX for...
(To watch the pr0n movies that his "unit" makes him download.)
I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you
(Because his wife would eventually learn what he really does all day at work.)
Actually, Zarf does not appear to be brain dead at all. He is complaining about bad things it the UI that Apple learned about 15 years ago, and forgot when NeXT was paid to buy them out. Things like "Icons should be nouns, and not verbs."
He was spot on with the problems with the Installation dialog. It doesn't matter how long it too to figure it out, it is that he had to figure it out in the first place. I'm not complaining about the fact that you need authorization to install an app. I am complaining about the fact that the UI expects you to know that the little lock, inside a circle, is a button, and the only way to install the software. It would have been _much_ better UI to have an authenticate and install, rather than a quit button.
This is not to mention that the installer does not have an authenticate option in the menus. Remember, in a good UI, icons are nouns, menus are verbs and buttons. Therefore having an authenticate button (not an icon) and a authenticate menu item would be much better than the current situation.
The fact that you cannot delete a deleted user's home folder is stupid and _must_ be remedied. I would suggest that the folder needs to be moved to the admin's folder, and him given full privs to everything. Of course this should only be able to be given to certain admins.
He also complains about the restore disks, and how it is not customizable. Having searched for the iTunes sampler that I accidentally deleted from my Wife's iBook, I understand his pain.
Sherlock sucks, 'nuff said.
Again Apple learned years ago that translucency sucks, yet they insist that all Macs come with translucency.
Apple learned years ago how to make files and folders not rely on file paths, yet they insist on using an installer that requires things to be where the installer thinks they should be. My computer is MINE. I can understand a change to "the home folder and applications folder is MINE" but then we learn that the apps folder is not really yours either. Oh, and if I want to put other apps in my home folder, they won't register services either. Of course, if there was anything as infinitely cool as services for Mac OS 9, it would register at startup, and be done with it.
I hope that Apple did enough UI testing to time the animations for optimum usage. I like the animations, especially the genie effect. They aid in assisting clueless users. Testing should have found the optimum speed for animations to not hinder most users. Oh, and it doesn't matter than you can do something else in the meantime if everything you are doing requires that app to be functional.
There was a /. story about the Tsetse flies a week ago.
Your URL was munged... E-mail the address to me please.
Apple and Microsoft should turn on a SMTP honeypot by default on EVERY machine.
It would be the digital equivalent to the irradiation of Tsetse Flies in Africa. They could access everywhere, but none of the sites would actually relay the mail.
Beer is going to sponsor GPL.
A spokesperson for Budwieser commented that there would be no way they would sponsor anything other. "LGPL? Let WINE sponsor it, Beer is a manly drink. We won't deal with the (L)ady GNU Public License."
In other news, Alexandre Julliard has stated that they plan to begin advertising WINE during LPGA games.
"If they discover a gene that will make you smarter... they can patent that."
But, if it's found that I contain that very gene, can I claim prior art?
If not, can they get royalties from my parents?
That's sort of like the idea I had for a game company...
Basically, all the company needs to do is set up shop several miles inside Mexico. Then, an adventure loving American shows up. For a fee, you hold his passport and identification for a week*, then ship it to his house. He has to figure out how to get home.
* The company holds his stuff for a week because there is a $100 chicken policy. If you show up again, we charge $100 to hand your stuff back to you.
>repeatedly call 911 and play recorded message: "help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" over and over again
Nah, just have it speak this:
"This is Stephen Hawking, I've been kidnapped, please help."
Obviously you won't get your iMac back (it's evidence) but if you've already trashed you HD, this is the best thing you could do to the thieves.
That's because there is a rather heavy faraday shield just under the plastic. Also, while the thing's internals are pretty from an engineering standpoint, aesthetically it is horrible. And that's when it is new. Imagine 2 years from now, when it is full of dust.
"What is the monthly payment for your auto loan with Chase bank?"
439.58
"Apple has created a "Vibe" about their product. Created a myth that their products are the only thing that can do certain things.
"
A myth? The state of color correction on Windows is vastly inferior to the Mac. Colorsync is system wide. You don't have to _think_ about it. Any user can take a picture from their camera, and print it out. On a Mac, it will look exactly like what is on the screen. On Windows, you're lucky if the colors look similar.
True on both points. My point, however, is that wrist locks are no better to your wrists in the long run than popping knuckles is to your fingers.
Although both types of long term damage feel good in the short term.
Neo, how many dans (black belts) do you have in your dojang? I'm in hapkido (similar to aikido), and _everyone_ that is 1st dan or higher has _very_ inflexible wrists. While wrist locks are good in the short term,it is fairly evident that they are damaging in the long term. Sort of like popping your knuckles.
In other news: BMW dropped the price of their newly redesigned flagship car by 50%. Users of /. were reported to have complained as they were still more expensive than a Chevy.
BTW, Moderators: This is not a troll, but rather an attempt at sarcastically hinting that Apple machines are better than products from the industry whores (Dell, Compaqard)
No, as the screen doesn't rotate on that plane.
However, a hack to make a super wide desktop (requiring pivoting of the screen) is in the works. Users will be able to adjust the iLamp to see just what they are working on. Then, with a quick movement, they can focus on something else.
You would probably get arrested under anti-terrorism laws.
"Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation" (www.unusa.org)
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Actually, _I_ didn't have cat1 in my house until recently. I had literally a pair of wires twisted together that my local phone guy took a sample of to show the people at the office. He figured that no-one there had ever seen that stuff.
I see that Federal governments break down when they try to do _local_ things. If the scope of a global government were to remain global, the government could work. Global trading, human rights, pollution, and nuclear arms reduction are all global issues. These issues should be determined on a global scale, rather than local, where they are ineffective. These issues (except human rights) effect _every_ human on the planet, no matter what country you live in.
If a global government were to _only_ deal with global needs, and not local needs, then it would work, despite cultural differences.
"Bringing a country like Rwanda somewhere near the standard of living of a Western nation would require a huge investment no one is willing to make so far."
Of course the idea of reducing cesspool countries where terrorism can grow isn't an interest of any wealthy nations right now.
As to Archie Bunker's reply:
I don't like the policies of Texas, therefore I don't live there. We are a republic of independent states, with a unifying government which guarantees equal trade between states, unified defense, and some other unified laws (both good and bad.)
I am NOT for abolishing nations' rights to govern their people. I am for free trade, free movement of people, and unified laws for global matters (human rights, pollution.) A global government should _not_ care about drugs, but _should_ care about the trafficking of drugs to countries where drugs are illegal.
In regards to spudnic's comment:
While I said equal representation, I was more interested in not allowing the US to be the dominant force. I also mentioned that I believe that the US's form of republic should be scalable to a global level. I would like to see a global congress, elected by their people.
I think that a global government is forming around us, but it is NOT the kind of government we want. None of the officials are elected. Trials are secret. Its military is ineffective.
When the US was formed, we had truly great people who designed our government. Now we have an idiot who calls a manhunt a war (and that uses the president's wartime right without congress declaring war), who followed a guy that was in the office because "the prez can get chicks", following the idiot's dad, following a bad actor who made an even worse politician.
We NEED someone of Thomas Jefferson's caliber to create a global government, otherwise we WILL end up with the tyranny that is the UN. The problem is that the power is not in the government, and if government is done right, they lose power.