From my reading of the exploit, it seems that the OS is set up the way it is by default so that techs using certain services (LDAP configured through DHCP, and so on) can simply plug in the computer to the network, start it up, and have everything configured.
Makes sense to me.
The problem comes from the fact that this is open by default, and left open (so that while I do not use DHCP configured LDAP on my Mac, it is still open to that attack anytime I rebooted).
It seems like there is an easy solution - Anytime someone starts up a new Macintosh, it starts up a Configuration Wizard. I would think it would not be too difficult to have that wizard then turn off the configurations allowing the exploits.
This would open the computer up to the exploit on the start-up (when the computer has nothing on it worth taking).
If HP or Apple or whoever later decides to stop supporting the format then I am screwed, I can't legally convert the files to another format unless the vendor is nice enough to provide me with an officially sanctioned tool. Do you think they will do that instead of forcing me to buy another copy in a different format?
Yeah, Apple would never allow you to do something like burn them to the non-DRM'd CDs you love so much.
As many times as you would like. [1]
Or have their DRM'd files be based on an industry standard. [2]
[1] From http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/: "You can burn songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for your personal use, listen to songs on an unlimited number of iPods and play songs on up to three Macintosh computers or Windows PCs."
I emailed someone last night who had brought up some of the history of Apple Computer. They made the statement that the Apple//e lasted in Apple's catalog well into the late 80's.
I had to correct him - I remembered seeing seeing an Apple catalog listing both the original Powerbook Duo 210 and the Apple//e (this would be early 90's).
As it turns out, the Apple//e was originally released in January 1983 and was finally discontinued in March of 1995!
The computer, with only a few minor revisions, was sold for over twelve years.
In addition, I was sorry to see that the original iMac did not make the list.
Quicksilver G4/933 running 100Base-T through DHCP:
I upgraded last night and then rebooted. Everything worked fine. Then this morning I suddenly lost all Internet access. Tried to renew the DHCP lease, and that failed. I rebooted and things are working (for now).
Other problems: The Firewall pane of the System Preferences says I already have a firewall running and therefore it will not let me change/configure it.
All in all, most OS X upgrades have been pretty problem-free for me. It sucks these things happen, and they should not happen, but...
Something else funny - right before the machine went down I was complaining on IRC about the new SSH patch and how I was going to have to take down my machine again for that.
I would love to be able to use MPlayer on my OS X box. The interface, however, is one of the worst example of bad design I think I have ever seen. The program truly has to be seen on OS X to see how bad it is.
Opening a movie opens the movie in another running program. The controls, on the other hand, are still in the original mplayer application.
Menus are empty and unusable in the movie's application.
There are other problems, these are just the major ones.
Until Mplayer fixes some very serious UI issues in the OS X version, my money (figuratively) is with VLC. VLC also does one required thing - plays movies in full screen on one screen, while allowing me to work on another application on another screen. Mplayer takes over all monitors when in full-screen.
In order to be accepted across the board, GPL software needs to remember UI. Maybe Mplayer is better on other platforms. It still has a long way to go under OS X.
I am one of the people that pays for shareware on occasion. At present, I have at least ten pieces of shareware on my computer that I have paid for.
Requirements for me to pay for shareware: 1) Best in class: I paid my $29 for iCab. Why would I do that when I can get it for free? Simple - iCab offers the best feature set for a web browser. I have yet to see any web browser that offers the filtering powers iCab offers in an easy-to-set-up manner.
2) Great software: I am currently shopping for an OS X IRC client. Right now I am using iRC which is good, but not great. It is shareware, but I am not going to pay for it since I can easily imagine a better client out there.
3) Annoying, but not obtrusive reminders: I paid for GraphicConverter for OS X because it has a simple "Click Here to Run the Program" dialog box when you start it off. it reminds me every time I used it without paying for it just how often I was using it.
4) Full feature, unlimited demo: At the same time, with GC, it offers all of its features for as long as you want to put up with the nag screen. Since I use a program for a couple of months before deciding if it is worth paying for, a timed demo never gets my money (it stops working before I get a chance to fully evaluate it in my day-to-day life). Not giving me the full features also prevents me from fully evaluating my need and, as a result, will never get me to pay for something.
5) Professional company/website: I paid for a shareware type of BBEdit, and paid for the MissingSync. The web sites for these companies offered a lot of help and support, and made me confident that I was not going to get ripped off. Since I hate PayPal, any shareware that only uses that form of payment will not get my money.
6) Unique and worth money: I paid for the MissingSync because I needed it to sync my Clie with OS X. It was the only software that would allow this (PalmDesktop now offers this built-in). If a piece of shareware competes with a freeware alternative, the shareware software had better be significantly better than the free alternatives.
7) Good upgrade policy: This is a big one. GraphicConverter and others allow free upgrades for a *very* long time once you pay. I am not going to hand over money for v2.1 of some software if I know I am going to have to pay for v3.0 in three months and then v3.5 three months after that. I would say that, in general, I am willing to pay for a paid upgrade every two years or so.
One problem with changing the user-agent string is that I am afraid that people will change that permanently and never look back.
It is good to change on a site-by-site basis if the person is having a problem (only after emailing webmaster@, obviously...).
The problem is that some sites track user-agent strings to determine what their users are using. If Safari users start declaring themselves to be one of the big two (IE or a Mozilla-based), then the companies keep writing just to those two browsers, meaning using Safari with the user-agent string might perpetuate companies writing only for the big two.
On the article: I was disappointed that the author did not touch on the level of control offered by iCab. The rendering engine might suck, but iCab offers more control over your browsing experinece than anything else. It is not even close.
I keep bringing this point up whenever an OS X browser article comes up, but so far no author has really come up with a decent way of doing it in another browser.
[I use Safari+PithHelmet currently, but I paid my $29 to iCab]
You claim these are "unique" features, but I would say that several of them are found in other browsers.
I listed several features in a post recently that talked about the feature set beween iCab, Opera/Mac and OmniWeb.
While OmniWeb was a nice browser, it was missing a lot of the features that makes iCab "a control-freak's dream".
Right now I am using Safari+PithHelmet as my primary browser, and I still definitely miss the control that is offerred by iCab.
I have not had a chance to try out OmniWeb 4.5 yet, but I am guessing it is still not where iCab is in terms of flexibility and control.
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I call troll...
Europe has been home of dozens of violent revolutions over the years. Just talk to the French to start with. You can move on to other countries when you are done there.
What is the end result of these revolutions? Social progress. The eventual overthrow of tyrants and the establishment of democracy has generally improved the quality of life.
Yes, people die during violent revolutions. People are jailed. In the long run, though, if enough people believe that a violent overthrow of the government is called for, it almost always means that the people will be better off after the revolution.
The U.S.'s freedom of speech was set up to allow all degrees of discussion, from political commercials to lobbying to advertising to calling for a violent revolution to overthrow the government.
Remember - the same people that wrote the First Amendment just got done with a violent revolution.
This does not mean that the government should stand idly by while people violently revolt. The government has a responsibility for self-preservation. However, talking about a violent overthrow should be completely allowed.
Actually, in some cars like Porsches, gas is not just gas. Higher performance cars are going to run at a higher compression, which allows for more power. Higher octane gasoline will prevent premature detonation when running higher compression.
Someone else in this thread mentioned older cars pinging, which is a sign of premature detonation. Newer cars will not ping with low octane gas since their fuel management system will adjust for the crappy gas. As a result you will get no pinging, but the car will lose some of its power.
ObTopic: Anyone have specs on how the PS put in Macs are? How would they compare to these five PC power supplies?
A few that some newbies may not have thought about:
FreshMeat, which will do a lot for your Linux software needs.
SourceForge for GPL software hosting (CVS and bug tracking, even)
For a more general software needs, VersionTracker, which started with Mac software, now lists Mac, OS X, Windows, and Palm software. For anything other than Macintosh listings, though, it tends to be somewhat limited.
Tocows also lists a lot of software. I have not looked through their Linux listings, but the Mac listings are pretty decent.
I wonder how many consumers get to the point where they realize that buying a new printer each time is about as effective as trying to buy OEM ink cartridges.
I was in Best Buy yesterday, and they had an inkjet printer on sale for $39. It has been a while since I bought an inkjet cartridge (company supplied laser printer), but I believe it was almost that expensive.
That is the problem with a highly competitive razor/razor-blade model - as soon as the razors get really cheap due to competition, you get the the point where you start competing with the blades in price.
I wonder how long before you see "intro" ink cartridges (with only like 25% filled) being supplied with the original printer?
No, this is not about the large piece of blubber that they found on the beach.
This article has pictures and a video of a very cool new large species of squid. It seems to fly through the water with wings, and has cool alien-like arms coming off the rear of it.
Amazing that is has been spotted in four different oceans, but no one has seen it before. It says a lot about how much we do not know about the oceans.
Looks like they are lowering the price on current G4 computers, in addition to the new $1299 G4. The Apple Store employees are even having problems with the new price. Probably be able to find them on Apple's website about the same time they find them.
At the Apple Store they just announced a new $1299 G4 available today. No specs available.
They also said pre-orders are available for Panther, and that it will ship in September.
Strange enough...
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I am writing this from the Apple Store in Shaumburg, IL. The strangest thing I have seen is that the Apple Store website is currently down. THis is depite the fact that the only addition they have made today that is currently selling is the new video camera (so far... They just got done releasing the new G5 computers).
Maybe that is just to make sure no rumors start circulating. I am not sure.
The keynote has been great so far.
Seeing the dual Xeon stutter on things that the dual G5 is able to handle without sweating is great.
iChat AV looks nice. It will work really well when combined with Rendevous.
He just said that Safari is going 1.0 today.
8GB of RAM supported? Serial ATA? USB 2.0? 1 GHZ frontside bus? I said these things were too fantastical to be real. Apparently I was wrong... Glad to be wrong for once.
Keynote just ended, nothing new for sale.
About 120 people here watching. The most amazing thing? I got told that I could not take pictures with my camera. Weird...
I work with a few students diagnosed as suffering from Asperger's Syndrome.
If you suffered from it, more than likely you would know it by now. The symptoms are not as obvious as autism, but they are not far off. The students I have dealt with were all diagnosed in early to mid childhood.
I have seen Asperger's described as a "workable form of autism." I would agree that is pretty close to the mark. Note that the people that suffer from this have to work to do a lot of tasks you and I probably see as normal.
Note also that most DSM diagnoses require the patient to have lifestyle problems as a result of certain mental problems. "Depression" is not DSM diagnosable until you start getting into problems where you do not do previously pleasurable activites and so on. If you feel sad but do not let it get in the way, it is not diagnosible. What that means is that a condition that does not manifest itself as hinderance from a "normal lifestyle" is not valid reasoning for a diagnosis.
This is a long way of saying that if you are living a relaticely healthy life right now, you are not going to be diagnosed as sufferring from "Asperger's Syndrome". I find that people that seek things out like that most of the time do it to brag about, or use an excuse for other problems (laziness, not wanting to socialize, etc.) If you were having actual socialization problems on the level of Asperger's, you would have seeked out professional help a long time ago.
I enjoy running (competitive in local 5K and 10K distances).
I enjoy backpacking (I used to get out about a long weekend every month. My new job hinders that due to scheduling and location). I am trying to figure out how I can take the time to do the Appalacian Trail in one go.
I have also become interested in saltwater aquariums. I am currently setting up a 75 gallon tank (with 20 gallon sump, for a total water capacity of about 90 gallons) for an octopus. You can follow along some of my progress in my journal.
I am also trying to get more and more into digital photography.
I am not sure if "travel" falls into the category of "hobby", but I do an awful lot of it. This summer will find me going to San Francisco, Kentucky, New York City, and St. Thomas, USVI. I usually travel about one weekend a month. This is all pleasure/vacation travelling. I do a lot of it alone.
Juggling (but I have a degree in mathematics, so that might be a given)
The suthor seems to think that Bluetooth will fail because it is not good for connecting to the Internet. Well, duh...
Bluetooth could be good for something else - Personal Area Networks (PAN). This would be used for connecting different portable devices without wires. Range would only be a meter or so, and connecting to the Internet would be right out. There is no sense in all devices trying to connect to the Internet, I only need one device to do that and then all other devices connect to *that device* wirelessly.
The point? Yes, Bluetooth is not as good as 802.11 for connecting to the Internet. There is, however, a huge field open for Bluetooth to fill. Unfortuantely, speed and availability seems to limit it.
I would look for Bluetooth-type technologies to take off in the near future, even if not to "connect to the Internet and compete vs. 802.11" The author seems to limit his thining to beleive that the only niche for Bluetooth would be to connect headsets to phones. Think outside the box a little, and Blueetooth has a huge opening and millions of uses.
On your advice, I downloaded OmniWeb and gave it a try for about ten minutes. From what I can tell, OmniWeb cannot do half of what I listed in my original post.
These comments are what I was able to find after playing around for ten minutes. I migh tbe wrong on some of these, but I was not able to figure out where to change some of these.
Want to identify to your bank as Netscape 7.0 and all other sites as iCab 2.9? Done.
OmniWeb only seems capable of changing the value globally. You are not able to set it on a domain by domain basis.
Want to always save cookies from Slashdot, refuse cookies from Doubleclick.net, and expire others at the end of the session? Done.
Am I only able to do this when the server tries to save a cookie? I would rather be able to set these up (and edit the filters) in a seperate window. OmniWeb seems to allow me to edit and delete cookies, but not work with the cookie filters themselves.
Want to filter out images coming from a server named *.ads.*, or images that link to *.sponsor.*? Done.
OmniWeb does seem to be able to do this. I do like iCab's ability to filter an image from the contextual menu, though. Right click "Image:Filter..." and set it up right there. OmniWeb also apparently only has default ad image sizes, where iCab will filter based on any size you want.
In addition, OmniWeb seems to only be able to filter based on the server the image is coming from, and not the server the image is pointing at.
Want to allow your favorite anime site to open new windows on opening, allow a pictures site to open pictures in new windows on clicking, and refuse pop-ups from everyone else? Done.
Once again, this only seems to be a global setting, and not changable based on the site you are looking at.
OmniWeb also does not seem to support tabs.
In all, OmniWeb's filtering power is pretty weak compared to iCab's. I suggest you download a copy of iCab and see aht I am talking about.
[Note to everyone else who is responding to my original post - I am not saying everyone should use iCab. It is slow, and not compatible. I mention these two problems in my original post. Instead, I was writing to suggest that other browsers would come a long way if they were to copy some of the features found in iCab.]
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From my reading of the exploit, it seems that the OS is set up the way it is by default so that techs using certain services (LDAP configured through DHCP, and so on) can simply plug in the computer to the network, start it up, and have everything configured.
Makes sense to me.
The problem comes from the fact that this is open by default, and left open (so that while I do not use DHCP configured LDAP on my Mac, it is still open to that attack anytime I rebooted).
It seems like there is an easy solution - Anytime someone starts up a new Macintosh, it starts up a Configuration Wizard. I would think it would not be too difficult to have that wizard then turn off the configurations allowing the exploits.
This would open the computer up to the exploit on the start-up (when the computer has nothing on it worth taking).
Does this make sense?
If HP or Apple or whoever later decides to stop supporting the format then I am screwed, I can't legally convert the files to another format unless the vendor is nice enough to provide me with an officially sanctioned tool. Do you think they will do that instead of forcing me to buy another copy in a different format?
Yeah, Apple would never allow you to do something like burn them to the non-DRM'd CDs you love so much.
As many times as you would like. [1]
Or have their DRM'd files be based on an industry standard. [2]
[1] From http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/: "You can burn songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for your personal use, listen to songs on an unlimited number of iPods and play songs on up to three Macintosh computers or Windows PCs."
[2] See http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/
I emailed someone last night who had brought up some of the history of Apple Computer. They made the statement that the Apple //e lasted in Apple's catalog well into the late 80's.
//e (this would be early 90's).
//e was originally released in January 1983 and was finally discontinued in March of 1995!
I had to correct him - I remembered seeing seeing an Apple catalog listing both the original Powerbook Duo 210 and the Apple
As it turns out, the Apple
The computer, with only a few minor revisions, was sold for over twelve years.
In addition, I was sorry to see that the original iMac did not make the list.
My desk was a lot cheaper and I like it a lot more. That and it has a lot more screen real estate.
Besides, mine also runs OS X.
Kensington has a simple product that will find 802.11b and g signals and let you know strength.
WiFi Finder
Priced online from $20-$30.
Quicksilver G4/933 running 100Base-T through DHCP:
I upgraded last night and then rebooted. Everything worked fine. Then this morning I suddenly lost all Internet access. Tried to renew the DHCP lease, and that failed. I rebooted and things are working (for now).
Other problems: The Firewall pane of the System Preferences says I already have a firewall running and therefore it will not let me change/configure it.
All in all, most OS X upgrades have been pretty problem-free for me. It sucks these things happen, and they should not happen, but...
Something else funny - right before the machine went down I was complaining on IRC about the new SSH patch and how I was going to have to take down my machine again for that.
"The software on this CD is distributed under the GNU General Public License and the OpenOSX WinTel License."
The only link on the page I can see to anything about a license is a link to the GPL
I have no idea what the actual software is released under. They currently do not seem to have the OpenOSX WinTel license available yet to look at.
This looks interesting, though. Almost enough for me to install it.
I would love to be able to use MPlayer on my OS X box. The interface, however, is one of the worst example of bad design I think I have ever seen. The program truly has to be seen on OS X to see how bad it is.
Opening a movie opens the movie in another running program. The controls, on the other hand, are still in the original mplayer application.
Menus are empty and unusable in the movie's application.
There are other problems, these are just the major ones.
Until Mplayer fixes some very serious UI issues in the OS X version, my money (figuratively) is with VLC. VLC also does one required thing - plays movies in full screen on one screen, while allowing me to work on another application on another screen. Mplayer takes over all monitors when in full-screen.
In order to be accepted across the board, GPL software needs to remember UI. Maybe Mplayer is better on other platforms. It still has a long way to go under OS X.
I am one of the people that pays for shareware on occasion. At present, I have at least ten pieces of shareware on my computer that I have paid for.
Requirements for me to pay for shareware:
1) Best in class: I paid my $29 for iCab. Why would I do that when I can get it for free? Simple - iCab offers the best feature set for a web browser. I have yet to see any web browser that offers the filtering powers iCab offers in an easy-to-set-up manner.
2) Great software: I am currently shopping for an OS X IRC client. Right now I am using iRC which is good, but not great. It is shareware, but I am not going to pay for it since I can easily imagine a better client out there.
3) Annoying, but not obtrusive reminders: I paid for GraphicConverter for OS X because it has a simple "Click Here to Run the Program" dialog box when you start it off. it reminds me every time I used it without paying for it just how often I was using it.
4) Full feature, unlimited demo: At the same time, with GC, it offers all of its features for as long as you want to put up with the nag screen. Since I use a program for a couple of months before deciding if it is worth paying for, a timed demo never gets my money (it stops working before I get a chance to fully evaluate it in my day-to-day life). Not giving me the full features also prevents me from fully evaluating my need and, as a result, will never get me to pay for something.
5) Professional company/website: I paid for a shareware type of BBEdit, and paid for the MissingSync. The web sites for these companies offered a lot of help and support, and made me confident that I was not going to get ripped off. Since I hate PayPal, any shareware that only uses that form of payment will not get my money.
6) Unique and worth money: I paid for the MissingSync because I needed it to sync my Clie with OS X. It was the only software that would allow this (PalmDesktop now offers this built-in). If a piece of shareware competes with a freeware alternative, the shareware software had better be significantly better than the free alternatives.
7) Good upgrade policy: This is a big one. GraphicConverter and others allow free upgrades for a *very* long time once you pay. I am not going to hand over money for v2.1 of some software if I know I am going to have to pay for v3.0 in three months and then v3.5 three months after that. I would say that, in general, I am willing to pay for a paid upgrade every two years or so.
One problem with changing the user-agent string is that I am afraid that people will change that permanently and never look back.
It is good to change on a site-by-site basis if the person is having a problem (only after emailing webmaster@, obviously...).
The problem is that some sites track user-agent strings to determine what their users are using. If Safari users start declaring themselves to be one of the big two (IE or a Mozilla-based), then the companies keep writing just to those two browsers, meaning using Safari with the user-agent string might perpetuate companies writing only for the big two.
On the article: I was disappointed that the author did not touch on the level of control offered by iCab. The rendering engine might suck, but iCab offers more control over your browsing experinece than anything else. It is not even close.
I keep bringing this point up whenever an OS X browser article comes up, but so far no author has really come up with a decent way of doing it in another browser.
[I use Safari+PithHelmet currently, but I paid my $29 to iCab]
You claim these are "unique" features, but I would say that several of them are found in other browsers.
I listed several features in a post recently that talked about the feature set beween iCab, Opera/Mac and OmniWeb.
While OmniWeb was a nice browser, it was missing a lot of the features that makes iCab "a control-freak's dream".
Right now I am using Safari+PithHelmet as my primary browser, and I still definitely miss the control that is offerred by iCab.
I have not had a chance to try out OmniWeb 4.5 yet, but I am guessing it is still not where iCab is in terms of flexibility and control.
I call troll...
Europe has been home of dozens of violent revolutions over the years. Just talk to the French to start with. You can move on to other countries when you are done there.
What is the end result of these revolutions? Social progress. The eventual overthrow of tyrants and the establishment of democracy has generally improved the quality of life.
Yes, people die during violent revolutions. People are jailed. In the long run, though, if enough people believe that a violent overthrow of the government is called for, it almost always means that the people will be better off after the revolution.
The U.S.'s freedom of speech was set up to allow all degrees of discussion, from political commercials to lobbying to advertising to calling for a violent revolution to overthrow the government.
Remember - the same people that wrote the First Amendment just got done with a violent revolution.
This does not mean that the government should stand idly by while people violently revolt. The government has a responsibility for self-preservation. However, talking about a violent overthrow should be completely allowed.
Actually, in some cars like Porsches, gas is not just gas. Higher performance cars are going to run at a higher compression, which allows for more power. Higher octane gasoline will prevent premature detonation when running higher compression.
Someone else in this thread mentioned older cars pinging, which is a sign of premature detonation. Newer cars will not ping with low octane gas since their fuel management system will adjust for the crappy gas. As a result you will get no pinging, but the car will lose some of its power.
ObTopic: Anyone have specs on how the PS put in Macs are? How would they compare to these five PC power supplies?
A few that some newbies may not have thought about:
FreshMeat, which will do a lot for your Linux software needs.
SourceForge for GPL software hosting (CVS and bug tracking, even)
For a more general software needs, VersionTracker, which started with Mac software, now lists Mac, OS X, Windows, and Palm software. For anything other than Macintosh listings, though, it tends to be somewhat limited.
Tocows also lists a lot of software. I have not looked through their Linux listings, but the Mac listings are pretty decent.
Or they made a mistake
Yeah, no employer would want to know about accidental DB access...
Or there's a flaw in your software.
Yeah, I *definitely* would not want to know about that.
Or they were poking around bored.
Once again, no employer would want to know about curious poking-around by employees.
Or you've been hacked in which case you won't have an access record anyway if the hacker did their job right.
Yeah, not worth it to take 30 seconds to make up a false record, since *every* cracker covers their tracks perfectly.
Yes, quite superior to a honeypot, in every way.
Different tools, different uses.
I wonder how many consumers get to the point where they realize that buying a new printer each time is about as effective as trying to buy OEM ink cartridges.
I was in Best Buy yesterday, and they had an inkjet printer on sale for $39. It has been a while since I bought an inkjet cartridge (company supplied laser printer), but I believe it was almost that expensive.
That is the problem with a highly competitive razor/razor-blade model - as soon as the razors get really cheap due to competition, you get the the point where you start competing with the blades in price.
I wonder how long before you see "intro" ink cartridges (with only like 25% filled) being supplied with the original printer?
No, this is not about the large piece of blubber that they found on the beach.
This article has pictures and a video of a very cool new large species of squid. It seems to fly through the water with wings, and has cool alien-like arms coming off the rear of it.
Amazing that is has been spotted in four different oceans, but no one has seen it before. It says a lot about how much we do not know about the oceans.
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Flat? I just keep one of these around.
-silverband
Looks like they are lowering the price on current G4 computers, in addition to the new $1299 G4. The Apple Store employees are even having problems with the new price. Probably be able to find them on Apple's website about the same time they find them.
And no iSights available here.
At the Apple Store they just announced a new $1299 G4 available today. No specs available.
They also said pre-orders are available for Panther, and that it will ship in September.
I am writing this from the Apple Store in Shaumburg, IL. The strangest thing I have seen is that the Apple Store website is currently down. THis is depite the fact that the only addition they have made today that is currently selling is the new video camera (so far... They just got done releasing the new G5 computers).
Maybe that is just to make sure no rumors start circulating. I am not sure.
The keynote has been great so far.
Seeing the dual Xeon stutter on things that the dual G5 is able to handle without sweating is great.
iChat AV looks nice. It will work really well when combined with Rendevous.
He just said that Safari is going 1.0 today.
8GB of RAM supported? Serial ATA? USB 2.0? 1 GHZ frontside bus? I said these things were too fantastical to be real. Apparently I was wrong... Glad to be wrong for once.
Keynote just ended, nothing new for sale.
About 120 people here watching. The most amazing thing? I got told that I could not take pictures with my camera. Weird...
I work with a few students diagnosed as suffering from Asperger's Syndrome.
If you suffered from it, more than likely you would know it by now. The symptoms are not as obvious as autism, but they are not far off. The students I have dealt with were all diagnosed in early to mid childhood.
I have seen Asperger's described as a "workable form of autism." I would agree that is pretty close to the mark. Note that the people that suffer from this have to work to do a lot of tasks you and I probably see as normal.
Note also that most DSM diagnoses require the patient to have lifestyle problems as a result of certain mental problems. "Depression" is not DSM diagnosable until you start getting into problems where you do not do previously pleasurable activites and so on. If you feel sad but do not let it get in the way, it is not diagnosible. What that means is that a condition that does not manifest itself as hinderance from a "normal lifestyle" is not valid reasoning for a diagnosis.
This is a long way of saying that if you are living a relaticely healthy life right now, you are not going to be diagnosed as sufferring from "Asperger's Syndrome". I find that people that seek things out like that most of the time do it to brag about, or use an excuse for other problems (laziness, not wanting to socialize, etc.) If you were having actual socialization problems on the level of Asperger's, you would have seeked out professional help a long time ago.
I enjoy running (competitive in local 5K and 10K distances).
I enjoy backpacking (I used to get out about a long weekend every month. My new job hinders that due to scheduling and location). I am trying to figure out how I can take the time to do the Appalacian Trail in one go.
I have also become interested in saltwater aquariums. I am currently setting up a 75 gallon tank (with 20 gallon sump, for a total water capacity of about 90 gallons) for an octopus. You can follow along some of my progress in my journal.
I am also trying to get more and more into digital photography.
I am not sure if "travel" falls into the category of "hobby", but I do an awful lot of it. This summer will find me going to San Francisco, Kentucky, New York City, and St. Thomas, USVI. I usually travel about one weekend a month. This is all pleasure/vacation travelling. I do a lot of it alone.
Juggling (but I have a degree in mathematics, so that might be a given)
I suppose that is just a good start of my list.
The suthor seems to think that Bluetooth will fail because it is not good for connecting to the Internet. Well, duh...
Bluetooth could be good for something else - Personal Area Networks (PAN). This would be used for connecting different portable devices without wires. Range would only be a meter or so, and connecting to the Internet would be right out. There is no sense in all devices trying to connect to the Internet, I only need one device to do that and then all other devices connect to *that device* wirelessly.
I wrote a journal entry about this very concept.
The point? Yes, Bluetooth is not as good as 802.11 for connecting to the Internet. There is, however, a huge field open for Bluetooth to fill. Unfortuantely, speed and availability seems to limit it.
I would look for Bluetooth-type technologies to take off in the near future, even if not to "connect to the Internet and compete vs. 802.11" The author seems to limit his thining to beleive that the only niche for Bluetooth would be to connect headsets to phones. Think outside the box a little, and Blueetooth has a huge opening and millions of uses.
OmniWeb has all these great features and more.
On your advice, I downloaded OmniWeb and gave it a try for about ten minutes. From what I can tell, OmniWeb cannot do half of what I listed in my original post.
These comments are what I was able to find after playing around for ten minutes. I migh tbe wrong on some of these, but I was not able to figure out where to change some of these.
Want to identify to your bank as Netscape 7.0 and all other sites as iCab 2.9? Done.
OmniWeb only seems capable of changing the value globally. You are not able to set it on a domain by domain basis.
Want to always save cookies from Slashdot, refuse cookies from Doubleclick.net, and expire others at the end of the session? Done.
Am I only able to do this when the server tries to save a cookie? I would rather be able to set these up (and edit the filters) in a seperate window. OmniWeb seems to allow me to edit and delete cookies, but not work with the cookie filters themselves.
Want to filter out images coming from a server named *.ads.*, or images that link to *.sponsor.*? Done.
OmniWeb does seem to be able to do this. I do like iCab's ability to filter an image from the contextual menu, though. Right click "Image:Filter..." and set it up right there. OmniWeb also apparently only has default ad image sizes, where iCab will filter based on any size you want.
In addition, OmniWeb seems to only be able to filter based on the server the image is coming from, and not the server the image is pointing at.
Want to allow your favorite anime site to open new windows on opening, allow a pictures site to open pictures in new windows on clicking, and refuse pop-ups from everyone else? Done.
Once again, this only seems to be a global setting, and not changable based on the site you are looking at.
OmniWeb also does not seem to support tabs.
In all, OmniWeb's filtering power is pretty weak compared to iCab's. I suggest you download a copy of iCab and see aht I am talking about.
[Note to everyone else who is responding to my original post - I am not saying everyone should use iCab. It is slow, and not compatible. I mention these two problems in my original post. Instead, I was writing to suggest that other browsers would come a long way if they were to copy some of the features found in iCab.]