My experience with my iPhone, B;acckberry and other phones is that wifi is where it's at - far superior to 3G. Does Treo support wifi? If not yours is far from an Apple-to-Apple comparison (no pun intended).
My wife now has my T-mobile Blackberry and I've upgraded (a significant upgrade) to the iPhone - I've seen nothing better anywhere for the price anywhere - not even Europe or France.
I held my nose and signed up for the $39.99 ATT plane plus unlimited web/email for $20 more and am delighted so far.
Granted, the best option would be to just put my T-Mobile SIM in the iPhone, just like I put it in my Blackberry. Perhaps in 2 years U.S phones will have unlocking like elsewhere, but in the meantime, I got the best phone for the best price and am "testing the waters" with "the new" ATT.
I need certainty that Apple will not one day disable my mac because I do not have a.mac account.
There's a big difference in hacking the iPhone, knowing full-well it violated the warranty, and buying a Mac and not using.mac. Surely you see that Apple would have ABSOLUTELY no grounds legally or commercially to EVER require users to use.mac.
From a Happy iPhone user who considered installing my T-Mobile chip in my iPhone (just as I did in my Blackberry), but soon recognized it made no sense (violated warranty, future updates and full functionality)
NASA has a related goal of stimulating interest in Science and Engineering.
I recall briefings with data showing it was very unlikely for someone to enter
studies and careers in "hard" sciences or engineering without a mentor they
respected in such a career. Students are unlikely to pursue such a career "by accident"
as it takes careful planning (prerequisites), curiosity, persistence and a passion and thirst for
knowledge. For me it was my clever MIT EE trained uncle who enjoyed demonstrating
explaining and asking fundamental and challenging questions at our lake cabin.
Since studies showed how critical mentors were, NASA supports numerous
programs where we mentored students ranging from annual Engineers Week
where we visited classrooms at all grade levels, explaing how "cool" science
and engineering concepts are and how great such careers are. Often this became
the first time students had been exposed to a scientist or engineer and provided
a connection with science and engineering that can be followed up on.
I was also involved in mentoring dozens of high-school and
college students on challenging problems making textbook learning
alive - including sunmer or year-long
mentorships.
I'd encourage my students to get "hooked on" Feynman, Faraday (who turned on Edison)
or others. who had a gift of explaning complex concepts of how our world works
in a simple and intriguing fashion, like "unraveling an onion". For Example, Feynman's:
1. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) (Paperback)
2. What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
3. Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character
Although books alone are NOT the answer, books, such as Feynman's, can go a long way in turning on our young
people to science and engineering. Good luck on your worthy but formidable challenge so critical to our future.
With OSX, Wifi and Safari, is it possible to run iChat or Skype on the iTouch iPhone? A pseudo-phone capability w/ot ATT? If so I'll buy one right away!
From the 43 selectors 25 have passed, 3 are buggy and 15 are unsupported (Passed 346 out of 578 tests) - Opera9.21 From the 43 selectors 25 have passed, 9 are buggy and 9 are unsupported (Passed 346 out of 578 tests) - Safari3
"About Opera" states System: MacOSX 10.4.9, even though I'm running 10.4.10?
Do you think most global warming political advocates know the percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere or the true relationship between sun activity, clouds, cosmic rays and the Greenland and Antarctica ice core samples?
Are these scientists more convincing than the "Inconvenient Truth"?
Is the Political lobby so far along that true science can't catch up?
"where the warranty is void (Are Mac's still this way?) as soon as you upgrade anything yourself" In th US (and I assume worldwide), Apple warratees what they make. It's perfectly fine for you to add memory, disk, etc., bt naturally they will not warrant parts that you have added.
Obviously, if you somehow damage the computer by making additios, Apple will not pay for any damage you have done. I've made additios to Macs and later taken them in for warranty unrelated to my additions and Aple honored their warranty.
Running Matlab (XP version) using Parallels on my 512MB MacBook works just fine.:-) (I realize you can also purchase a Mac version of Matlab). A word of advice for "switcgers", Apple is notorious for excessve memory costs. If you need more than 512MB, it's easy to add up to 2GB on MacBooks yourself. I've done that on most MAcs I've ha and saved a bundle (make sure you order the correct memory). i assume most switchers (from PC's) are adept at adding memory. (I've nver seen a Mac PC comparison I believe as they all reflect the high-priced Apple memory. Most techncal people I know add their own lower-cost memory to Macs whether at the office or home.
And my $999 MacBook runs Windows XT via Parallels (good $71 investment from Amazon), although I prefer OSC by a longshot. Also no security problems to be concerned (and waste valuable time) with.
My son flys light aircraft in the LA area. He has commented Helicopters are often difficult to see, especially when the hover stationary at the end of runways. There have been several crashes with loss of life in LA due to light planes hitting helos. Perhaps since UAVs fly lower than helos, they will reduce crash danger to my son. I'm curious if UAVs are exempt from all FAA regulations or do they require any notification tonearby towers when they are launched?
Actually this goes in the direction of doing away with papers, reducunbg lines at immigrationa and airports and doing away with lenthy VISA processes with a digital chip - not a RFID. Iyt takes away from the power of immigration officials as the power is now in you and your control of your passport. Power to the people is what it's all about! And not being so carefree that anyone can steal your passport and commpromise identity, imigration, crime etc.
To quote your USDoS link, it seems clear to me the State Department CLEARLY STATES it"s NOT RFID. I think the State Department is very clear when they state:-
"The technology is not the same as the vicinity chip RFID technology used for inventory tracking of items from distances at retail stores and warehouses. It will not permit ``tracking'' of individuals."
Why do you say they don't say clearly it's NOT RFID?
If you're travelling overseas currently your passport may be a big target (Going rate in South America may be $5000). Once one has your passport it may be compromised (bar codes can be fooled) letting criminals, drug smugglers, terrorists or any type of illegals into the U.S. This guarantees that the chip and the Passport must agree and essentially dries up the market for illegal passports, taking you hostage (or even killing you for your passport). See any benefits there?
If you read the article carefully, you'll find the major concerns have been addressed: 1. Proximity requirement added 2. Eliminate spurious interception 3. encryption during transfer 4. Testing period on Diplomatic Passports prior to Oct '06
Clearly improvements identified during the testing period will have an opportunity to be added.
This should cover most of the 98%.
It appears many may read the slashdot summary (which does not do justice to the story), get all riled up and jump on their keyboard. Just relax and read the article carefully and you might learn something, taking into account, however, that the news storry generally will introduce some controversy and hype to encourage readership. Next time read each article quoted in slashdot carefully and do a google search to get a more informed background.
You REEEEEAAALY must be out of touch. Apple has supported 2 button mice for a long time now. If you like them, just plug your favorite mouse in to your Mac whether Desktop, portable or Mac Mini.
Many readers may be enlightened by reading David Pogue's New York Times Columns (free on the internet here). David debunked the security by obscurity argument by showing the the facts. Everyone in the World could have Macs and still clicking on an unknown attachment would still NOT contaminate your Mac or spread a virus to anyone for 3 reason David cites. Unlike Windows,
1. OSX does NOT allow you to spoof file types (.doc is really.exe tht clicked could cause damage) 2. OSX does NOT install a foreign file without 1st warning you that the file is foreign (suspect) and asking, do you really want to install this file. 3. Even if you (or your grandparent) bungle through 1 an 2, and you somehow agree to intall the foreign (suspect) file, the clincher is to install the foreign file, you will be asked and required to enter the system password. There are not enought fools in the world that would do this to possibly damage their computer.
1-3 above is why Macs are, and will always be, virus free (out of the box - yes OSX comes installed on new Mac systems) and why viruses don't have a "market" to spread on Macs. This is NOT a security by Obscurity issue. There was a $25,000 prize if anyone could produce a virus to penetrate OSX, and no one has yet. Now you can see why. By the way, I'm so confident about the security of mt Macs, I'm willing to put up another $25,000. I haven't seen any windows users so confident about the security. They just blindly continue installing service paks and security patches (as you do). and will continue to do so for years til Longhorn arrives. What a waste of time of talented individualy around the world.
It's not quite that easy on the Mac. In fact you'd really have to be a fool to get a virus on the Mac,
1. If you click on an attachment, it will first check (yes it can distinguish file types (they can't be spoofed like M$) and go no futher if the file type isn't legit
2. If it passes 1, you will be informd that the file is foreign an not installed on your system. You will be asked are you sure you want to install it.
3. If you're really dumb and proceed to install a file you know nothing about and informed it is foreign (untrustworthy), you will further be asked to enter the system password if you really want to install it.
M$ Windows DOES not have these 3 security features which is why Windows lack of security is the issue and will continue to be until Longhorn comes several years hence.
It seems to me a travesty that intelligent, talented people all around the world are spending their valuable time downloading patches every month or so to protect their computer when much better options are available (Linux, OS/X, Unix, etc.). At the very least you'd think Windows users would get a sub $500 Mac Mini to set between the internet and their Windows box to protect them from viruses. They could use remote desktop on either to easily get to the other. Also, they could get the noisy, bulky unsightly, widows box out of the way chugging away "behind the curtains" or whatever.
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My experience with my iPhone, B;acckberry and other
phones is that wifi is where it's at - far superior to 3G.
Does Treo support wifi? If not yours is far from an
Apple-to-Apple comparison (no pun intended).
My wife now has my T-mobile Blackberry and I've upgraded
(a significant upgrade) to the iPhone - I've seen nothing better
anywhere for the price anywhere - not even Europe or France.
I held my nose and signed up for the $39.99 ATT plane plus
unlimited web/email for $20 more and am delighted so far.
Granted, the best option would be to just put my T-Mobile SIM
in the iPhone, just like I put it in my Blackberry. Perhaps in 2
years U.S phones will have unlocking like elsewhere, but in
the meantime, I got the best phone for the best price and
am "testing the waters" with "the new" ATT.
I need certainty that Apple will not one day disable my mac because I do not have a .mac account.
.mac. Surely you see that Apple would have ABSOLUTELY no grounds .mac.
There's a big difference in hacking the iPhone, knowing full-well it violated the warranty, and
buying a Mac and not using
legally or commercially to EVER require users to use
From a Happy iPhone user who considered installing my T-Mobile chip in my iPhone (just as I
did in my Blackberry), but soon recognized it made no sense (violated warranty, future updates
and full functionality)
Since studies showed how critical mentors were, NASA supports numerous programs where we mentored students ranging from annual Engineers Week where we visited classrooms at all grade levels, explaing how "cool" science and engineering concepts are and how great such careers are. Often this became the first time students had been exposed to a scientist or engineer and provided a connection with science and engineering that can be followed up on. I was also involved in mentoring dozens of high-school and college students on challenging problems making textbook learning alive - including sunmer or year-long mentorships.
I'd encourage my students to get "hooked on" Feynman, Faraday (who turned on Edison) or others. who had a gift of explaning complex concepts of how our world works in a simple and intriguing fashion, like "unraveling an onion". For Example, Feynman's:
1. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) (Paperback)
2. What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character (Paperback)
3. Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character
Although books alone are NOT the answer, books, such as Feynman's, can go a long way in turning on our young people to science and engineering. Good luck on your worthy but formidable challenge so critical to our future.
Sorry, I meant iTouch iPod
With OSX, Wifi and Safari, is it possible to run iChat or Skype
on the iTouch iPhone? A pseudo-phone capability w/ot ATT?
If so I'll buy one right away!
The link in the story shows you how to import any Ringtone you want - even something you compose & play yourself.
Why are you so negative? Get a life!
CSS test results for latest downloadable Opera (not quite up to Safari 3 Beta):
From the 43 selectors 25 have passed, 3 are buggy and 15 are unsupported (Passed 346 out of 578 tests) - Opera9.21
From the 43 selectors 25 have passed, 9 are buggy and 9 are unsupported (Passed 346 out of 578 tests) - Safari3
"About Opera" states System: MacOSX 10.4.9, even though I'm running 10.4.10?
Just tested the new Safari update (3.0.2 on Mac) which gives the same results:
"From the 43 selectors 25 have passed, 9 are buggy and 9 are unsupported (Passed 346 out of 578 tests)"
Anyone know if Safari 3.0.2 gives identical results on Windows?
This agrees with the explanation these scientists give for the real cause of global warming".
Do you think most global warming political advocates know the percentage of CO2 in our atmosphere
or the true relationship between sun activity, clouds, cosmic rays and the Greenland and Antarctica ice core samples?
Are these scientists more convincing than the "Inconvenient Truth"?
Is the Political lobby so far along that true science can't catch up?
Are you willing to pay more on your monthly electric bill?
(You know better - our defense from Islamic terrorism does not affect the cost of wind power)
Without the front in Iraq, I'd expect the IT's would be targeting our Wind farms in CA and TN.
"where the warranty is void (Are Mac's still this way?) as soon as you upgrade anything yourself"
In th US (and I assume worldwide), Apple warratees what they make. It's perfectly fine for you
to add memory, disk, etc., bt naturally they will not warrant parts that you have added.
Obviously, if you somehow damage the computer by making additios, Apple will not pay for any damage you
have done. I've made additios to Macs and later taken them in for warranty unrelated to my
additions and Aple honored their warranty.
Running Matlab (XP version) using Parallels on my 512MB MacBook works just fine. :-)
(I realize you can also purchase a Mac version of Matlab).
A word of advice for "switcgers", Apple is notorious for excessve memory costs.
If you need more than 512MB, it's easy to add up to 2GB on MacBooks yourself.
I've done that on most MAcs I've ha and saved a bundle (make sure you order the correct memory).
i assume most switchers (from PC's) are adept at adding memory. (I've nver seen a Mac PC comparison
I believe as they all reflect the high-priced Apple memory. Most techncal people I know add their
own lower-cost memory to Macs whether at the office or home.
not OSC. Guess my fingers are trained to type OSC (Ohio Supercomputer Center), sorry.
And my $999 MacBook runs Windows XT via Parallels (good $71 investment from Amazon), although I prefer OSC by a longshot. Also no security problems to be concerned (and waste valuable time) with.
My son flys light aircraft in the LA area. He has commented Helicopters are often
difficult to see, especially when the hover stationary at the end of runways. There
have been several crashes with loss of life in LA due to light planes hitting helos.
Perhaps since UAVs fly lower than helos, they will reduce crash danger to my son.
I'm curious if UAVs are exempt from all FAA regulations or do they require any
notification tonearby towers when they are launched?
Sorry, these are not RFIDs. What you propose is not possible. Check my posts elsewhere to become better informed.
Actually this goes in the direction of doing away with papers, reducunbg lines at immigrationa and airports and doing away with lenthy VISA processes with a digital chip - not a RFID. Iyt takes away from the power of immigration officials as the power is now in you and your control of your passport. Power to the people is what it's all about! And not being so carefree that anyone can steal your passport and commpromise identity, imigration, crime etc.
To quote your USDoS link, it seems clear to me the State Department CLEARLY STATES it"s NOT RFID. I think the State Department is very clear when they state:-
"The technology is not the same as the vicinity chip RFID technology used for inventory tracking of items from distances at retail stores and warehouses. It will not permit ``tracking'' of individuals."
Why do you say they don't say clearly it's NOT RFID?
If you're travelling overseas currently your passport may be a big target (Going rate in South America may be $5000). Once one has your passport it may be compromised (bar codes can be fooled) letting criminals, drug smugglers, terrorists or any type of illegals into the U.S. This guarantees that the chip and the Passport must agree and essentially dries up the market for illegal passports, taking you hostage (or even killing you for your passport). See any benefits there?
If you read the article carefully, you'll find the major concerns have been addressed:
1. Proximity requirement added
2. Eliminate spurious interception
3. encryption during transfer
4. Testing period on Diplomatic Passports prior to Oct '06
Clearly improvements identified during the testing period will have
an opportunity to be added.
This should cover most of the 98%.
It appears many may read the slashdot summary (which does not do justice to the story), get all riled up and jump on their keyboard. Just relax and read the article carefully and you might learn something, taking into account, however, that the news storry generally will introduce some controversy and hype to encourage readership. Next time read each article quoted in slashdot carefully and do a google search to get a more informed background.
You REEEEEAAALY must be out of touch. Apple has supported 2 button mice for a long time now. If you like them, just plug your favorite mouse in to your Mac whether Desktop, portable or Mac Mini.
Funny how old ideas never seem to die.
This is why OSX is virus free.
You are harboring a common misconception that it's merely "Security by Obscurity" which is far from the truth.
Many readers may be enlightened by reading David Pogue's New York Times Columns (free on the internet here). David debunked the security by obscurity argument by showing the the facts. Everyone in the World could have Macs and still clicking on an unknown attachment would still NOT contaminate your Mac or spread a virus to anyone for 3 reason David cites. Unlike Windows,
.exe tht clicked could cause damage)
1. OSX does NOT allow you to spoof file types (.doc is really
2. OSX does NOT install a foreign file without 1st warning you that the file is foreign (suspect) and asking, do you really want to install this file.
3. Even if you (or your grandparent) bungle through 1 an 2, and you somehow agree to intall the foreign (suspect) file, the clincher is to install the foreign file, you will be asked and required to enter the system password. There are not enought fools in the world that would do this to possibly damage their computer.
1-3 above is why Macs are, and will always be, virus free (out of the box - yes OSX comes installed on new Mac systems) and why viruses don't have a "market" to spread on Macs. This is NOT a security by Obscurity issue. There was a $25,000 prize if anyone could produce a virus to penetrate OSX, and no one has yet. Now you can see why. By the way, I'm so confident about the security of mt Macs, I'm willing to put up another $25,000. I haven't seen any windows users so confident about the security. They just blindly continue installing service paks and security patches (as you do). and will continue to do so for years til Longhorn arrives. What a waste of time of talented individualy around the world.
It's not quite that easy on the Mac. In fact you'd really have to be a fool to get a virus on the Mac,
1. If you click on an attachment, it will first check (yes it can distinguish file types (they can't be spoofed like M$) and go
no futher if the file type isn't legit
2. If it passes 1, you will be informd that the file is foreign an not installed on your system. You will be asked are you sure you want to install it.
3. If you're really dumb and proceed to install a file you know
nothing about and informed it is foreign (untrustworthy), you
will further be asked to enter the system password if you really
want to install it.
M$ Windows DOES not have these 3 security features which is
why Windows lack of security is the issue and will continue to be until Longhorn comes several years hence.
It seems to me a travesty that intelligent, talented people all around the world are spending their valuable time downloading patches every month or so to protect their computer when much better options are available (Linux, OS/X, Unix, etc.). At the very least you'd think Windows users would get a sub $500 Mac Mini
to set between the internet and their Windows box to protect them from viruses. They could use remote desktop on either to easily get to the other. Also, they could get the noisy, bulky unsightly, widows box out of the way chugging away "behind the curtains" or whatever.