I disagree, but, honestly, after working on my mom's blackberry trying to get it to talk to her bluetooth headset(and doing the same on my friend's G1, my iPhone and an old WinMo device), I'm done having these arguments which is better.
I don't think it's improper to say that in the end, things are much better and we all win.
The reality is, Android hasn't beaten iOS when you count iPod Touch and iPad devices.
The other reality is, Android being free as in beer, leads people to a better phone experience than their standard feature phone.
I'm an iOS fanboy. However, after using WinMo and BlackBerryOS, I really don't think there's a real "loser" when it comes to the iOS/Android fight. I think iOS is incredibly beyond Android, but, let's not lose sight of how good Android is too.
However. My impression is that if most android users were told the reason why their android phone beats their old flip or candy bar feature phone was because it was open, they'd be largely thankful.
After playing around with Vista and it's UAE when it first launched, I was impressed by it's UI to make it seem very daunting and scary. I hoped it would train users to hit escape and find something better to do than shoot themselves in the foot.
So until this year, applications on Apple were way easier to exploit than Windows. This is because Apple had weak ASLR and no DEP while Windows had full ASLR and DEP. This year, Snow Leopard has DEP, so its no longer trivial to exploit. In fact, I have lots of bugs in Safari that I easily could have exploited on Leopard but will be very difficult on Snow Leopard. So it used to be that that it was much worse, but now its mostly comparable (although still slightly behind)
bold mine.
Also.
Another question from the Twittersphere: What OS/browser pairing to you use? Do you do anything special (beyond default settings) to secure yourself while browsing?
You're not trying to pwn me are you??? Have you ever heard the saying about the cobbler's kids not having shoes? That's me, I'm afraid. I use Safari on OSX with no special settings. This isn't the most secure combination, by any stretch of the imagination, but I like it. It's designed by Apple engineers to be easy to use and 'just work' and it does. The risk of malware is low, and hey, I'm a security expert right:) The risk of a targeted attack is real, except I don't think I'm important enough to be targeted! So I rely on security by obscurity, I guess
That same guy also says he feels perfectly safe browsing on Safari ontop of OSX.
The TFA said that, as I've suggested over and over again that cheap Chinese phones are eating their lunch at the low end and Android and iPhone have been eating their lunch at the high end.
They have the GM problem. Being number one doesn't keep you immune from having to still pull a profit.
Granted in future quarters Microsoft is going to probably be an albatross on their necks, but that's not Elop's fault, it's OPK's fault.
Not only that but they require a needless amount of effort to engage.
Bash apple all you want but the laptop inspired aluminum desktop keyboards rock. Smooth and fast engage action. Even if I go back to Windows or go Linux, I'm keeping my Apple aluminum keyboard. Even if I have to remap alt and command
Setting breaks at a static time are pretty unnatural if you're in anything but a static, repetitive environment like a call center or a factory.
It makes no sense elsewhere, especially in some fields of IT. My code doesn't decide to break at 3:30PM and leave me frustrated at 3:35, so I should schedule my breaks at 3:40 everyday.
Parameterized queries still don't keep you off the hook from sanitizing your database inputs. Even if you're using something like the PDO object to generate and prep DB queries, in the end, MySQL's looking for a string for input.
The real solution is getting away from sending SQL queries to DBs in string format, as the root poster hinted at, but, sanitizing DB inputs really isn't the hardest job to do, nor is it the biggest problem we face.
If you followed my history of posting about Android here, you'd think I'd be taking your side.
I have a bone to pick with OEMs and Google who make CyanogenMod a necessity for some power users, not just a neat side project. It's not just hardware that's fragmented, it's software too. But ultimately my problem with Android is how Google lets OEMs treat Android users(yes, Apple is locked down; blahblahblah but Jony Ivy isn't tweeting about how 'open' iOS is then taking it back for shits and giggles saying it's open for OEMs only and users can go kick rocks; they offer a locked product, they sell a locked product).
Android fragmentation is real, CynaogenMod is an attempt to make that fragmentation as painless as possible. CM is what Android could be, and that makes me really, really, REALLY sad.
Who didn't get the message were the bean counters and the suits who ran the place. So even if Johnny in IT wanted to help me get a second monitor because having a second screen dedicated to Firebug and other auxiliary tools would be helpful, he couldn't get it done.
Which was kind of sad. They did look the other way when we found ways around the system though, as long as we ran it by them first.
err. Not just no, but I highly disagree with your uninformed and largely ignorant opinion. You're comparing apples to flapjacks.
Apple's simply not interested in USB3.0 until Intel can bake it into their chipset. Having a separate controller JUST for USB3.0 is added cost, complexity and engineering needed to build that into a board. USB 2 is fast enough for most peripherals. The speeds that USB3 reaches are only useful for external disks. Sure, USB3.0 support will be damn near ubiquitous but, the only devices right now saturating USB connections are HDDs. joysticks, keyboards, mice, cameras, pen drives, etc are all slow enough that unlike USB1.1 where throughput was a paltry 10Mbit/sec, USB devices still haven't saturated that bus. It was easy to saturate a USB1.1 bus, but I don't think i've ever run into that problem on USB2.0 ever, aside from running an HDD.
So, there's no dire need for USB3.0, or at least, a need deep enough to justify the added cost of engineering, support and space on the logic board.
However, for Thunderbolt, Intel's giving it away "for free" in it's Sandy Bridge chipset it's selling to Apple. To top it off, it's protocol agnostic and just exposing PCI-e lanes to the world. So if you really needed USB3.0, you could just get a thunderbolt to USB3.0 device and off you'd go with Thunderbolt AND USB3.0
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I disagree, but, honestly, after working on my mom's blackberry trying to get it to talk to her bluetooth headset(and doing the same on my friend's G1, my iPhone and an old WinMo device), I'm done having these arguments which is better.
I don't think it's improper to say that in the end, things are much better and we all win.
The reality is, Android hasn't beaten iOS when you count iPod Touch and iPad devices.
The other reality is, Android being free as in beer, leads people to a better phone experience than their standard feature phone.
I'm an iOS fanboy. However, after using WinMo and BlackBerryOS, I really don't think there's a real "loser" when it comes to the iOS/Android fight. I think iOS is incredibly beyond Android, but, let's not lose sight of how good Android is too.
Normally id be on your side
However. My impression is that if most android users were told the reason why their android phone beats their old flip or candy bar feature phone was because it was open, they'd be largely thankful.
I worked in the skunkworks at an ISP.
Being able to tweet, "Joomla is doing $x can anyone help?" was worth it's weight in gold. I saved more time than I lost.
Yes, and my point is, stuff like Conficker spread not because of browser exploits, but because Windows' implementation of NetBIOS sucks rocks.
That's the common wisdom, but how does the truth bear out? What's the precedence?
Actually, profit from their phone division has been dropping like a stone since 2007.
I'm willing to bet that had Elop not announced Symbian being dead in the water, they'd still be faced with profit problems.
This is OPK's fault, as it has been since the iPhone gave them a giant shellacking back in 07 and Android in 08.
nmap a Windows machine and nmap a OSX machine, then let's talk. :)
After playing around with Vista and it's UAE when it first launched, I was impressed by it's UI to make it seem very daunting and scary. I hoped it would train users to hit escape and find something better to do than shoot themselves in the foot.
Guess I was wrong...
errr...?
So until this year, applications on Apple were way easier to exploit than Windows. This is because Apple had weak ASLR and no DEP while Windows had full ASLR and DEP. This year, Snow Leopard has DEP, so its no longer trivial to exploit. In fact, I have lots of bugs in Safari that I easily could have exploited on Leopard but will be very difficult on Snow Leopard. So it used to be that that it was much worse, but now its mostly comparable (although still slightly behind)
bold mine.
Also.
Another question from the Twittersphere: What OS/browser pairing to you use? Do you do anything special (beyond default settings) to secure yourself while browsing?
You're not trying to pwn me are you??? Have you ever heard the saying about the cobbler's kids not having shoes? That's me, I'm afraid. I use Safari on OSX with no special settings. This isn't the most secure combination, by any stretch of the imagination, but I like it. It's designed by Apple engineers to be easy to use and 'just work' and it does. The risk of malware is low, and hey, I'm a security expert right :) The risk of a targeted attack is real, except I don't think I'm important enough to be targeted! So I rely on security by obscurity, I guess
That same guy also says he feels perfectly safe browsing on Safari ontop of OSX.
So?
The TFA said that, as I've suggested over and over again that cheap Chinese phones are eating their lunch at the low end and Android and iPhone have been eating their lunch at the high end.
They have the GM problem. Being number one doesn't keep you immune from having to still pull a profit.
Granted in future quarters Microsoft is going to probably be an albatross on their necks, but that's not Elop's fault, it's OPK's fault.
Only if you dump them.
But really, no one's going to track you down because you downloaded a copy of Zoop! for the Genesis.
Not only that but they require a needless amount of effort to engage.
Bash apple all you want but the laptop inspired aluminum desktop keyboards rock. Smooth and fast engage action. Even if I go back to Windows or go Linux, I'm keeping my Apple aluminum keyboard. Even if I have to remap alt and command
Setting breaks at a static time are pretty unnatural if you're in anything but a static, repetitive environment like a call center or a factory.
It makes no sense elsewhere, especially in some fields of IT. My code doesn't decide to break at 3:30PM and leave me frustrated at 3:35, so I should schedule my breaks at 3:40 everyday.
If the owner thinks that the guys who built the systems he depend on everyday are replaceable then he too is replaceable.
It's just a number. Is there a real roadmap as to what 2.8 or 3.0 is slated to feature?
Parameterized queries still don't keep you off the hook from sanitizing your database inputs. Even if you're using something like the PDO object to generate and prep DB queries, in the end, MySQL's looking for a string for input.
The real solution is getting away from sending SQL queries to DBs in string format, as the root poster hinted at, but, sanitizing DB inputs really isn't the hardest job to do, nor is it the biggest problem we face.
I'm going to stop being a blatant sony fanboy and defend the ridiculous shit they've done, but, only six?
between PSP releases 1.50 and 6.20, there's way more than just six points for the hacker team.
It's not that I think my Mac is invulnerable to malware, I just don't see malware authors learning objective-c
Okay, you're trolling but I'll bite.
If you followed my history of posting about Android here, you'd think I'd be taking your side.
I have a bone to pick with OEMs and Google who make CyanogenMod a necessity for some power users, not just a neat side project. It's not just hardware that's fragmented, it's software too. But ultimately my problem with Android is how Google lets OEMs treat Android users(yes, Apple is locked down; blahblahblah but Jony Ivy isn't tweeting about how 'open' iOS is then taking it back for shits and giggles saying it's open for OEMs only and users can go kick rocks; they offer a locked product, they sell a locked product).
Android fragmentation is real, CynaogenMod is an attempt to make that fragmentation as painless as possible. CM is what Android could be, and that makes me really, really, REALLY sad.
Last place I worked got this message.
Who didn't get the message were the bean counters and the suits who ran the place. So even if Johnny in IT wanted to help me get a second monitor because having a second screen dedicated to Firebug and other auxiliary tools would be helpful, he couldn't get it done.
Which was kind of sad. They did look the other way when we found ways around the system though, as long as we ran it by them first.
Because staying 100% focused at work 100% of the time means you'll burn out?
Yes it's important to stay diligent and on task but Christ on a cracker, the Protestant work ethic Both a joke and a myth.
MBA, MacBook and Mini don't have FireWire support.
Which is kind of pathetic, but oh well, most Mini and MacBook owners generally don't need FireWire, and the MBA barely has 1 USB socket.
How can he get 500k North Koreans 3G service and AT&T still struggles to get me a usable data service here in the States?
Dear Leader Kim Jong Il should run AT&T.
err. Not just no, but I highly disagree with your uninformed and largely ignorant opinion. You're comparing apples to flapjacks.
Apple's simply not interested in USB3.0 until Intel can bake it into their chipset. Having a separate controller JUST for USB3.0 is added cost, complexity and engineering needed to build that into a board. USB 2 is fast enough for most peripherals. The speeds that USB3 reaches are only useful for external disks. Sure, USB3.0 support will be damn near ubiquitous but, the only devices right now saturating USB connections are HDDs. joysticks, keyboards, mice, cameras, pen drives, etc are all slow enough that unlike USB1.1 where throughput was a paltry 10Mbit/sec, USB devices still haven't saturated that bus. It was easy to saturate a USB1.1 bus, but I don't think i've ever run into that problem on USB2.0 ever, aside from running an HDD.
So, there's no dire need for USB3.0, or at least, a need deep enough to justify the added cost of engineering, support and space on the logic board.
However, for Thunderbolt, Intel's giving it away "for free" in it's Sandy Bridge chipset it's selling to Apple. To top it off, it's protocol agnostic and just exposing PCI-e lanes to the world. So if you really needed USB3.0, you could just get a thunderbolt to USB3.0 device and off you'd go with Thunderbolt AND USB3.0