We have 4 Macs (2 iMac, 2 Powerbook) that have been in the shop a total of five times (1 iMac twice, everything else once). Their build quality has gone down a lot.
I can think of two features that I used in the xbox interface that are gone. Granted, neither were advertised features like OtherOS, but nary a peep anywhere.
1) This is not a response to geohot. This is a response to Sony screwing up the way PSN works and allowing 5 downloads to different PS3s (In contrast to XBLAs binding the first download to the console, not requiring net for that one after and requiring logged in for other downloads)
2) When someone overreacts, I don't blame the triggering event for the overreaction. Blame is mostly on the one that overreacts.
You can't modify the system files. Notice I said run from ~, not/.
Arbitrary file write in a browser or plugin or mail client, and you're in, compromise. Granted, just for that user but that's all you need for most personal systems. It's more than good enough for a botnet - you can make connections out and harvest any e-mail addresses / private data from ~.
There's actually an additional hole in *nix that's not present in Windows (or more accurately, Firefox on those systems). You can write a browser plugin in home in Unix but not in Windows; only an elevated admin can write the plugin in Windows.
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No, they shouldn't. Forget removing any pages that mention that.
Italy gets "Access Denied" in all search engines.
Not that confused
Inserting ads into http streams in their routers.
Make a dmg with a case sensitive file system, mount it, use it. Done.
Needed to do this to deal with a stupid svn repository that had the same filename with differing cases in the same directory.
Close enough?
Yeah, why should they be given tools like twitter that helped trigger and coordinate a revolution. Damn them using the internet to get better.
In some ways it makes sense, but there needs to be better defined limits.
Everything is representable as a number. Software, this post, a scan of the Mona Lisa. Where do you draw the line?
We have 4 Macs (2 iMac, 2 Powerbook) that have been in the shop a total of five times (1 iMac twice, everything else once). Their build quality has gone down a lot.
The license allows that, it doesn't require it. There's was (still is?) a lot of BSD code in Windows.
What cage is the Macbook Pro in? (other than the battery)
Given that he's actually doing it, what's the DRM accomplishing?
Isn't there precedent with other cases, I'm thinking the spreadsheet case, as well on one involving another video game (Frogger?)
I'm not saying they didn't get a shitstorm, I'm saying that they thought they wouldn't.
As for common sense, as I mentioned, there's examples of Dashboard features (minor ones, granted) gone without any noise whatsoever.
What if they don't think they'll get a shitstorm?
I can think of two features that I used in the xbox interface that are gone. Granted, neither were advertised features like OtherOS, but nary a peep anywhere.
Less code = less code to maintain. Code isn't free, it costs time, which can cost a company a lot of money.
It's not Capcom's servers, it's Sony's.
This protection is an API built into PSN.
If it wasn't in the slim, why support more firmware revs than absolutely required? It's a nice cost saving move as well.
Except the games are 100% bound to the console. Console dies, and say bye bye to those games.
1) This is not a response to geohot. This is a response to Sony screwing up the way PSN works and allowing 5 downloads to different PS3s (In contrast to XBLAs binding the first download to the console, not requiring net for that one after and requiring logged in for other downloads)
2) When someone overreacts, I don't blame the triggering event for the overreaction. Blame is mostly on the one that overreacts.
You can't modify the system files. Notice I said run from ~, not /.
Arbitrary file write in a browser or plugin or mail client, and you're in, compromise. Granted, just for that user but that's all you need for most personal systems. It's more than good enough for a botnet - you can make connections out and harvest any e-mail addresses / private data from ~.
There's actually an additional hole in *nix that's not present in Windows (or more accurately, Firefox on those systems). You can write a browser plugin in home in Unix but not in Windows; only an elevated admin can write the plugin in Windows.
Drop an executable in ~, change ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc to put those directories first, pwned.
Easy to clean, true, but if you're not looking for it, it's not there. Also defeatable by mounting home noexec but how many user installs do that?
That won't work. The source for Ubuntu has already leaked.
Did you fail to read the part that said:
Nope. There's a case where N can be any value.
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