Two nitpicks: Does the power meter he used properly measure inductive loads as the common switching power supplies appear as, especially when they are in trickle mode? And did he account for the useful heat produced by the devices in the cool parts of the year (not that they would be as efficient as a heat pump)? Obviously I didn't RTFA.
I think some of these "music discs" contain a large number of intentional errors in the data stream, causing many "ripping" programs to produce unusable output. I remember at some point reports of them crashing Macs due to the OS always extracting audio data and playing it directly, rather than using the mechanism's hardware play.
Thank god for this behavior, too; it's a pain in the ass on Mac OS Classic (which I still use a lot), where clicking on one window of an app brings every other freaking window for that application to the front, awful for things like a text editor/viewer or the Finder. In this respect OS X is more like Windows, where in windows each document acts like an independent invocation of the application program.
One difference is that Safari and iTunes (and QuickTime) are generally one-window programs, where the window acts more like a piece of equipment than a view of a (particular) document. Mail is a document-oriented application (like TextEdit), so it's less like a piece of equipment. Though there is some truth to history playing a role in differences in appearance; if you keep changing the appearance of programs in order to keep completely consistent, long-term users will have to keep re-adjusting to everything.
Mac OS X does have a manual window resize box (as well as a title bar to move the window); the point was that by having a half-way intelligent auto sizing operation, the need to use this manual resize box is reduced, so the need for four or eight resize regions (corners, edges) is probably unnecessary and not worth the added complexity.
Some companies have taken this a step further and are attempting to manipulate the customers themselves into giving good reviews. They are using a technique of improving the quality of their product, causing any sane customer to be unable to respond negatively. These coercive practices must end!
I just connected a bunch of these together and actually got negative latency! I was actually seeing what the other players were doing before they even did it, which allowed me to kick everyone's ass easily. I highly recommend this card (be sure to buy several).
I could understand a headline about "tougher" laws for people who have murdered, where the act fundamentally violates another person, but "tougher" copyright laws makes it out as if copying things is similar. The very concept was created for the ultimate purpose of making more things available for sharing freely, in a way that also provided new benefits to content producers. It never was a fundamental human need that only recently became protected by law, as the title suggests. Since I'm stating the obvious, I'll also remind you that water is wet.
When I was younger I lived in the country on a fairly large lot. I was always fascinated with power poles and distribution, so my father helped me put in 10-foot posts throughout the yard. I put insulators on them and strung wire between, forming an electrical distribution system. I think I even put a few kilovolts on it with a neon transformer I had at the time. I still keep a full-sized bell insulator around.
I solved my cookie problem by writing a custom "cookie cleaner" program that scans my cookie file daily. When run it first deletes any cookies listed in my "bad" list, then it lists any remaining cookies not on my "good" list. I check the output file every few days and add most entries to the "bad" list; once I've moved these entries to that or the "good" list, they won't be listed again, so the output of the program is always just the new sites that spammed me with cookies. When I find I'm logging into a site often, I move its entry from the "bad" list to the "good" list, which causes that cookie to be preserved by the cleaner and not listed in its output file. Everything is a text file so I can edit it with any text editor. The main limitation is that it goes just by the originating site for the cookie, without looking at the name of the data contained, so I couldn't say filter certain cookies but not others from a particular site.
This has worked well for me and I only preserve cookies from about 12 sites. Unfortunately it's for Mac OS classic, so it's no use on my Mac OS X machine. I'll have to port it some day (after I decode Safari's cookie storage format).
Or have the ground computers cater to the shuttle's idea of how dates work. After all, it's a problem only if both the shuttle and ground computers are inflexible. But I'm sure the issue isn't this simple or easily solvable.
Remember: the DIGITAL in DRM doesn't just refer to music and video -- it's anything. Images, emails, word processing documents, spreadsheets...
And remember: the R in DRM stands for restrictions, not rights (at least, not your rights). Or alternatively, the M stands for minimizer, in that it minimizes your rights to use the material.
I would love to have fine-grained permissions for each application, authorizing what directories it can write to. This would allow me to try new software without giving it much trust, by limiting it to its own directory and a test directory. Many programs only use a subset of files, like music or pictures, and shouldn't be accessing any other directories. Of course for your example, the main Applications folder is read-only if you're using a non-admin user, so a virus would be stopped already. Would be nice to be notified of any programs even attempting to modify the Applications folder, including merely getting the permissions (since otherwise a sneaky virus could check this first in order to avoid raising any suspicion). The key is to find a simple set of parameters that closely approximate the ideal situation of letting an application do only what it needs and notifying the user if it attempts anything otherwise.
On the other hand, Mac viruses in theory just increased infinitely (1/0), whereas the others increase monthly by a finite amount. The end of Apple is near, with such a huge increase! Next theoretical virus, a 50% (!!!!!) increase.
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Two nitpicks: Does the power meter he used properly measure inductive loads as the common switching power supplies appear as, especially when they are in trickle mode? And did he account for the useful heat produced by the devices in the cool parts of the year (not that they would be as efficient as a heat pump)? Obviously I didn't RTFA.
I think some of these "music discs" contain a large number of intentional errors in the data stream, causing many "ripping" programs to produce unusable output. I remember at some point reports of them crashing Macs due to the OS always extracting audio data and playing it directly, rather than using the mechanism's hardware play.
Most CDs do not have any copy protection
Even simpler: all Compact Discs do not have any copy protection. Look for the logo and don't accept anything else!
Thank god for this behavior, too; it's a pain in the ass on Mac OS Classic (which I still use a lot), where clicking on one window of an app brings every other freaking window for that application to the front, awful for things like a text editor/viewer or the Finder. In this respect OS X is more like Windows, where in windows each document acts like an independent invocation of the application program.
One difference is that Safari and iTunes (and QuickTime) are generally one-window programs, where the window acts more like a piece of equipment than a view of a (particular) document. Mail is a document-oriented application (like TextEdit), so it's less like a piece of equipment. Though there is some truth to history playing a role in differences in appearance; if you keep changing the appearance of programs in order to keep completely consistent, long-term users will have to keep re-adjusting to everything.
Heh, no shit. I guess item number 2 is really "Keyboard shortcuts aren't easy enough for me to locate/I don't have enough motivation to look them up".
Mac OS X does have a manual window resize box (as well as a title bar to move the window); the point was that by having a half-way intelligent auto sizing operation, the need to use this manual resize box is reduced, so the need for four or eight resize regions (corners, edges) is probably unnecessary and not worth the added complexity.
Or maybe she'll learn to not give out information that nobody else (legitimately) needs anyway, trusted or not.
One correct headline is: "Skype's free phone call plan will soon be ending".
Some companies have taken this a step further and are attempting to manipulate the customers themselves into giving good reviews. They are using a technique of improving the quality of their product, causing any sane customer to be unable to respond negatively. These coercive practices must end!
I just connected a bunch of these together and actually got negative latency! I was actually seeing what the other players were doing before they even did it, which allowed me to kick everyone's ass easily. I highly recommend this card (be sure to buy several).
I could understand a headline about "tougher" laws for people who have murdered, where the act fundamentally violates another person, but "tougher" copyright laws makes it out as if copying things is similar. The very concept was created for the ultimate purpose of making more things available for sharing freely, in a way that also provided new benefits to content producers. It never was a fundamental human need that only recently became protected by law, as the title suggests. Since I'm stating the obvious, I'll also remind you that water is wet.
When I was younger I lived in the country on a fairly large lot. I was always fascinated with power poles and distribution, so my father helped me put in 10-foot posts throughout the yard. I put insulators on them and strung wire between, forming an electrical distribution system. I think I even put a few kilovolts on it with a neon transformer I had at the time. I still keep a full-sized bell insulator around.
I thought Microsoft's version was for an array that does not grow when its size is exceeded, thus resulting in buffer overflow exploits.
Repeat after me: WD-40 is not a lubricant; it actually cleans oil off.
I solved my cookie problem by writing a custom "cookie cleaner" program that scans my cookie file daily. When run it first deletes any cookies listed in my "bad" list, then it lists any remaining cookies not on my "good" list. I check the output file every few days and add most entries to the "bad" list; once I've moved these entries to that or the "good" list, they won't be listed again, so the output of the program is always just the new sites that spammed me with cookies. When I find I'm logging into a site often, I move its entry from the "bad" list to the "good" list, which causes that cookie to be preserved by the cleaner and not listed in its output file. Everything is a text file so I can edit it with any text editor. The main limitation is that it goes just by the originating site for the cookie, without looking at the name of the data contained, so I couldn't say filter certain cookies but not others from a particular site.
This has worked well for me and I only preserve cookies from about 12 sites. Unfortunately it's for Mac OS classic, so it's no use on my Mac OS X machine. I'll have to port it some day (after I decode Safari's cookie storage format).
Yeah, but will this nanoscope be visible under a microscope?
America can change, but ONLY if the people rise up in revolution and force it.
I wouldn't exactly call voting by mail a revolution.
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In Soviet Russia, government orders ISP to delete logs!
Definitely the best way to enable vote selling.
Or have the ground computers cater to the shuttle's idea of how dates work. After all, it's a problem only if both the shuttle and ground computers are inflexible. But I'm sure the issue isn't this simple or easily solvable.
Remember: the DIGITAL in DRM doesn't just refer to music and video -- it's anything. Images, emails, word processing documents, spreadsheets...
And remember: the R in DRM stands for restrictions, not rights (at least, not your rights). Or alternatively, the M stands for minimizer, in that it minimizes your rights to use the material.
I would love to have fine-grained permissions for each application, authorizing what directories it can write to. This would allow me to try new software without giving it much trust, by limiting it to its own directory and a test directory. Many programs only use a subset of files, like music or pictures, and shouldn't be accessing any other directories. Of course for your example, the main Applications folder is read-only if you're using a non-admin user, so a virus would be stopped already. Would be nice to be notified of any programs even attempting to modify the Applications folder, including merely getting the permissions (since otherwise a sneaky virus could check this first in order to avoid raising any suspicion). The key is to find a simple set of parameters that closely approximate the ideal situation of letting an application do only what it needs and notifying the user if it attempts anything otherwise.
On the other hand, Mac viruses in theory just increased infinitely (1/0), whereas the others increase monthly by a finite amount. The end of Apple is near, with such a huge increase! Next theoretical virus, a 50% (!!!!!) increase.