Browser placebo. Hmmm, yes--love it. Wish I could think of something clever to write, but I've configured Opera's "Browser Identification" to "Mask as Internet Explorer".
I'm by no means a security expert but isn't $6 million a bit excessive for the effort?
TFA says "The company said it spent more than 5,000 man-hours on the encryption effort, which encompassed about 885TB of at-rest data." That equates to around $1200/hr. Perhaps I should become a security expert.
If it means we can finally start moving vendor lock in from terminals to servers in the enterprise I would still be in a sunny disposition, regardless of the dark clouds outside and buzz words flying around.
As a web dev I'm less anti-Microsoft these days, but certainly very much still against governments essentially spending top dollar on being Microsoft shops while allowing their employees to connect (Active Directory/Sharepoint anyone?) to the main network with Windows boxes ONLY (usually running outdated versions at that).
It seems that a lot of the functionality that these services with "that foggy term" can be built to be accessible from terminals running just about any OS. And that should be a good thing.
Personally I can't see myself upgrading in a hurry. I'm not particularly eager to turn my MBP into an iOS-like device (which some of these "improvements" seem to mimic).
But then again, I don't have an iPhone/iPad, don't use Apple Mail, Safari, iTunes, Facetime, or any other Apple software for that matter (except iWork/iCal). I compile my own server, run VMware Fusion, do some serious RAW editing with Lightroom, enjoy my music with Songbird, watch everything with VLC and do all my text editing with Textmate, use GIT for version control and store the majority of my files on a RAID NAS. I also prefer to use a proper quality mouse with SteerMouse over my trackpad. So perhaps I'm not your typical OSX user who this upgrade appears to be aimed at.
Call me an old dog, but on the surface I see more reasons to stay on Snow Leopard for as long as I can (until I can be convinced otherwise or are forced to upgrade). I'm not saying that there wouldn't be any welcome enhancements in this version for me. I just can't see them--yet.
Seems like you'd be wasting some energy there: an extra server query/response has to be sent across the net. Whether that would be an issue or not is debatable, but I guess when that happens billions of times every year these little bits could add up.
As many people have pointed out before me, while it *may* be the US government's right to force these measures onto their citizens it *certainly* is my right not to subject myself to this BS. I have not set foot in the USA since these measures have come into effect. I know I'm not the only one. Shame. Seems like the US economy currently could use the money these visitors would bring into the country.
Unfortunately the TSA seems to be leading this lunacy by example and other countries are following suit so the list of countries I won't be visiting is growing.
What bothers me about some of these "free" service providers is that they start out quite innocent: providing an appealing/worthy package that attracts a lot of initial interest and grows their user base fast. Further down the line, when use of these services has become ingrained into society and *users* have built an online community, bit by bit they start to change their TOS to the point where, unless the tin foil hat brigade flags them down, the TOS have become much less fair. I would respect their business model a lot more if they were to stick to the original TOS and not sneak in little nasties along the way...
That video is rather annoying to watch. What does Miss South Carolina have to do with this? It also doesn't seem fair to take snippets of speeches and mix 'em up like that. Why not link to the original speeches? They're much scarier!
Yep, I agree. Just tested with the latest versions of Opera, Safari and Firefox on OS X; the floating bar makes spacebar scrolling difficult on both this redesign and the old design. Shame, as using the scrollbar is a really nice and quick way of scrolling through content one screen at a time, especially on often lengthy/. pages.
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No disrespect to the parent(s), but: where are my mod+ points when I need them. You, kind AC, made me giggle.
Browser placebo. Hmmm, yes--love it. Wish I could think of something clever to write, but I've configured Opera's "Browser Identification" to "Mask as Internet Explorer".
They look not to be real?!
Statistics, like tits, are still fun to play with.
Fun, irrespective of whether they are real or not?
Classy & classic!
I actually found it rather amusing (unlike the disrespectful AC garbage generated by your feeble mind).
True. I might just hang on to my current skill set a bit longer then.
I'm by no means a security expert but isn't $6 million a bit excessive for the effort?
TFA says "The company said it spent more than 5,000 man-hours on the encryption effort, which encompassed about 885TB of at-rest data." That equates to around $1200/hr. Perhaps I should become a security expert.
Will average Joe know this though? Or will he get suckered into the usual SEO scam to "enhance" his online presence?
John Rizzo, author of "Mac OS X Lion Server for Dummies"
Full-sized computers are soooooo 20th century.
Desktop computing is dead.
I fear you are right. But who is going to produce the content we consume on these 21st century devices?
If it means we can finally start moving vendor lock in from terminals to servers in the enterprise I would still be in a sunny disposition, regardless of the dark clouds outside and buzz words flying around.
As a web dev I'm less anti-Microsoft these days, but certainly very much still against governments essentially spending top dollar on being Microsoft shops while allowing their employees to connect (Active Directory/Sharepoint anyone?) to the main network with Windows boxes ONLY (usually running outdated versions at that).
It seems that a lot of the functionality that these services with "that foggy term" can be built to be accessible from terminals running just about any OS. And that should be a good thing.
Personally I can't see myself upgrading in a hurry. I'm not particularly eager to turn my MBP into an iOS-like device (which some of these "improvements" seem to mimic).
But then again, I don't have an iPhone/iPad, don't use Apple Mail, Safari, iTunes, Facetime, or any other Apple software for that matter (except iWork/iCal). I compile my own server, run VMware Fusion, do some serious RAW editing with Lightroom, enjoy my music with Songbird, watch everything with VLC and do all my text editing with Textmate, use GIT for version control and store the majority of my files on a RAID NAS. I also prefer to use a proper quality mouse with SteerMouse over my trackpad. So perhaps I'm not your typical OSX user who this upgrade appears to be aimed at.
Call me an old dog, but on the surface I see more reasons to stay on Snow Leopard for as long as I can (until I can be convinced otherwise or are forced to upgrade). I'm not saying that there wouldn't be any welcome enhancements in this version for me. I just can't see them--yet.
Seems like you'd be wasting some energy there: an extra server query/response has to be sent across the net. Whether that would be an issue or not is debatable, but I guess when that happens billions of times every year these little bits could add up.
As many people have pointed out before me, while it *may* be the US government's right to force these measures onto their citizens it *certainly* is my right not to subject myself to this BS. I have not set foot in the USA since these measures have come into effect. I know I'm not the only one. Shame. Seems like the US economy currently could use the money these visitors would bring into the country. Unfortunately the TSA seems to be leading this lunacy by example and other countries are following suit so the list of countries I won't be visiting is growing.
Did I miss something? Why would Opera be going to hell in the next few months?
You could try and run it from USB flash drive.
Quelle poesie/nicely spoken!
What bothers me about some of these "free" service providers is that they start out quite innocent: providing an appealing/worthy package that attracts a lot of initial interest and grows their user base fast. Further down the line, when use of these services has become ingrained into society and *users* have built an online community, bit by bit they start to change their TOS to the point where, unless the tin foil hat brigade flags them down, the TOS have become much less fair. I would respect their business model a lot more if they were to stick to the original TOS and not sneak in little nasties along the way...
That video is rather annoying to watch. What does Miss South Carolina have to do with this? It also doesn't seem fair to take snippets of speeches and mix 'em up like that. Why not link to the original speeches? They're much scarier!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfGYfg37aUA
Yep, I agree. Just tested with the latest versions of Opera, Safari and Firefox on OS X; the floating bar makes spacebar scrolling difficult on both this redesign and the old design. Shame, as using the scrollbar is a really nice and quick way of scrolling through content one screen at a time, especially on often lengthy /. pages.