Re:Not surprising, and not bad.
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What YOU don't seem to comprehend is that these theoretical notions have led to zero exploits.
And when did I say that these theoretical notions had led to any exploits? That's right I didn't.
So, whether by accident or by design, Classic MacOS is the most secure operating system in common use.
And when did I say otherwise? Again, I didn't. Hence my comment about reading comprehension.
Re:Not surprising, and not bad.
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You need to work on your reading comprehension, I simply stated that multitasking and unprotected memory could be related to security. Nor have I argued that OSX is more secure than OS9
Re:Not surprising, and not bad.
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Fucking dumbass, what the hell does multitasking have to do with security? Not a damn fucking thing!
On OS9, because there is no preemptive multitasking, and no protected memory, *any* program can:
Take full control of the machine. Since the multitasking is cooperative (i.e. each program has to voluntarily give up time to other processes)
Read and write to other processes memory. It is trivial for any program to change another program's in-memory code, or to read sensitive information from another program's memory. This is because every program on OS9 shares the same address space.
That's just irresponsible. By putting that link there (the one that says Litigious Bastards), you're contributing to the problem.
Again, responsible people do not put "Litigious Bastards" links in their slashdot posts.
Think about it? How would you like a google search for Litigious Bastards to point to your company, leading everyone to think that you and your co-workers are nothing but a bunch of Litigious Bastards?
IANAL, but I don't think that there is a DMCA issue here, considering that they didn't have to circumvent any protection measures (i.e. no encryption, locks, etc)
Hmmm, half an hour each school night = 2.5 hours
Plus maybe an hour on each of the weekend days = 4.5 hours
Plus lots of little one and two minute calls over the course of a week ("I'll be home at 6 o'clock" type calls)
5 hrs a week does not seem excessive at all.
Um, no, if he meant two PRIMES, then 4 would be the number in question (1+3 or 2+2). Besides, any integer (greater than 1) raised to the power of three cannot possibly be a prime number.
Not quite. What Americans call "grilling" is nothing like what Brits call "frying"
In American English:
Broiling - Cooking *under* the heat source in an oven (Grilling in British English) Grilling - Cooking the food, usually outside, on a metal grille, over open flame or charcoal. (Barbecue in Br. E) Frying - Cooking food in a pan in fat or oil (Same in Br. E) Deep Frying - Cooking food by submerging it in fat or oil (Same in Br. E)
Re:The electricity still comes from fossil fuels!
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>Unfortunately, the electricity that you charge up your car's battery probably comes from fossil fuel combustion.
You are, of course, correct that the energy has to come from somewhere, but you also have to keep in mind that power plants are likely much more efficient than the typical engine of a car.
>>1) You are still burning nitrogen, which creates NOx emissions (bad).
>And how does H2 solve the nox problem?
Umm, if you burn H2, you get H20. Then there is no problem with nitrous-oxides.
>Are you going to have a dedicated O2 tank as well?
You do realize that there is oxygen in the air we breathe...
Except for the proprietary DRM'ed AAC format killing of your poor MP3 world.
What's this? Oh, look, I have thousands of AAC files ripped from CDs and LPs that have... wait for it... No DRM. And, last I checked, AAC was an open standard, available for anyone's use. I have no problems playing these AAC files on every computer I regularly use (Macs, Linux, WinXP).
Is it some hybrid, DRM encumbered thing...
[snip] ... simply added FairPlay to some other codec
Why can't people get these things straight. There is no DRM in files that you rip yourself in iTunes, and there never has been. When I rip a CD to AAC, mp3, WAV, AIFF, or now Lossless Apple, there is no DRM in the file. Please stop spreading this FUD.
All music is copyrighted by somebody (at least until that copyright expires), whether they assert their rights or not. If I hum into a microphone, and record the resulting sound, that is copyrighted by me.
You thought wrong.
As I said in another post, music is not linear with respect to frequencies. In a tempered scale, each note's frequency is the 12th root of two (about 1.06) times the frequency of the note one half step down. For instance, in the most common orchestral tuning, the A above middle C is 440Hz, the A an octave up is 880Hz, and the A an octave down is 220Hz. So, as far as music is concerned, 220Hz is the same distance from 440Hz as 880Hz is.
Then your banjo was out of tune. 60Hz is actually closer to B-natural, the B-flat in that octave is actually 58.27 Hz (assuming a tempered A 440 tuning), while B-naturral is 61.74 Hz.
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You need to work on your reading comprehension, I simply stated that multitasking and unprotected memory could be related to security. Nor have I argued that OSX is more secure than OS9
That's just irresponsible. By putting that link there (the one that says Litigious Bastards), you're contributing to the problem.
Again, responsible people do not put "Litigious Bastards" links in their slashdot posts.
Think about it? How would you like a google search for Litigious Bastards to point to your company, leading everyone to think that you and your co-workers are nothing but a bunch of Litigious Bastards?
IANAL, but I don't think that there is a DMCA issue here, considering that they didn't have to circumvent any protection measures (i.e. no encryption, locks, etc)
Hmmm, half an hour each school night = 2.5 hours Plus maybe an hour on each of the weekend days = 4.5 hours Plus lots of little one and two minute calls over the course of a week ("I'll be home at 6 o'clock" type calls) 5 hrs a week does not seem excessive at all.
Since when is 91 a prime number?
Um, no, if he meant two PRIMES, then 4 would be the number in question (1+3 or 2+2). Besides, any integer (greater than 1) raised to the power of three cannot possibly be a prime number.
I was more taken by the "Klein" beer (it was "in" a klein bottle).
...for me to go back to school :)
Not quite. What Americans call "grilling" is nothing like what Brits call "frying"
In American English:
Broiling - Cooking *under* the heat source in an oven (Grilling in British English)
Grilling - Cooking the food, usually outside, on a metal grille, over open flame or charcoal. (Barbecue in Br. E)
Frying - Cooking food in a pan in fat or oil (Same in Br. E)
Deep Frying - Cooking food by submerging it in fat or oil (Same in Br. E)
>Unfortunately, the electricity that you charge up your car's battery probably comes from fossil fuel combustion. You are, of course, correct that the energy has to come from somewhere, but you also have to keep in mind that power plants are likely much more efficient than the typical engine of a car.
>>1) You are still burning nitrogen, which creates NOx emissions (bad). >And how does H2 solve the nox problem? Umm, if you burn H2, you get H20. Then there is no problem with nitrous-oxides. >Are you going to have a dedicated O2 tank as well? You do realize that there is oxygen in the air we breathe ...
IIRC, Area 52 is where they were experimenting with the goa'uld-derrived spacecraft.
No, Stargate Command is in Cheyenne Mountain
Please, keep your FUD to yourself.
Yes, but then you'd have the file-size of a loss-less codec, and the quality of a lossy codec -- The worst of both worlds.
All music is copyrighted by somebody (at least until that copyright expires), whether they assert their rights or not. If I hum into a microphone, and record the resulting sound, that is copyrighted by me.
You thought wrong. As I said in another post, music is not linear with respect to frequencies. In a tempered scale, each note's frequency is the 12th root of two (about 1.06) times the frequency of the note one half step down. For instance, in the most common orchestral tuning, the A above middle C is 440Hz, the A an octave up is 880Hz, and the A an octave down is 220Hz. So, as far as music is concerned, 220Hz is the same distance from 440Hz as 880Hz is.
Ack, that should be a less-than sign (should have used preview)
Sound is not a linear scale, it's geometric. (61.74/60) > (60/58.27).
Then your banjo was out of tune. 60Hz is actually closer to B-natural, the B-flat in that octave is actually 58.27 Hz (assuming a tempered A 440 tuning), while B-naturral is 61.74 Hz.