The DMCA already allows you to circumvent encryption for the purpose of interoperability. Whether that applies in this particular case, I wouldn't know.
No X11 like forwarding. Apple does have some sort of remote desktop, but I'm not sure how it works, and I think you have to pay for the client. That said, I just use VNC to access my Mac. I do it almost daily. I found a free VNC server (OSXVNC, I think) and it works great.
Just FYI - you don't need a VNC server on 10.4 (not sure on earlier versions). In System Preferences, under Sharing, activate Apple Remote Desktop and then configure Access Privileges. You can allow VNC clients to connect, and set a password. Superior to OSXVNC in my experience. You do still need a VNC client, however.
You're correct about Apple Remote Desktop, the client is not free (and not cheap) - but it can do a whole lot more than VNC can.
Of course this could also have the effect of completely killing the Mac game market*. Even games that are currently cross-platform might have been released Windows only if there was a simple way to dual boot to XP.
As long as support for Windows on a Mac is unofficial, which I suspect will always be the case, game developers will have the same justification for releasing OSX versions.
With 60GB of space, I could fit my entire music collection in lossless format.
You probably already know this, however: I have Miles Davis' albums Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain, as well as a few classical CDs, on my iPod in Apple Lossless format. Each consumes about 350MB of space. That figure seems to be typical for your average CD, so a 60GB iPod can only hold about 170 CDs or so in that format. We've got nearly 500 CDs in our collection, so I'm waiting for the ~200GB iPod before I start re-encoding to lossless. =)
You are probably also already aware that playing lossless tracks can reduce the total playtime on battery, since the iPod has to go to the disk more often to re-fill the cache. May or may not be an issue for you.
And you are also admitting that Congress has the right to define the militia.
I readily admit that Congress has the power to alter the U.S. Code. That is their function. I get to vote for those persons in Congress who enact such legislation.
Now, don't complain if Congress says that you must pass a firearms course before being part of the militia. Or if Congress says that you must be an "officer" in the militia to own large caliber rifles.
I certainly won't, if the law appears bounded by Constitutional restraint, but as yet they have not done so. Your examples are acutally good ones - though "arms" as the 2nd Amendment refers to weapons is generally taken to mean small arms such as are currently allowed in the hands of non-military citizens, you could argue that for the militia to be effective, larger arms would be necessary. Restricting those types of weapons to higher "ranks" in that organization seems not only prudent, but a way to ensure that they are deployed and utilized effectively. I don't have a problem with that kind of regulation - just as the 2nd implies is necessary.
You see, the same respect for the law that allows me to be comfortable in the ownership of firearms would also dictate that I comply with laws that modified the conditions of that ownership, so long as they are not so onerous as to impact the intent of the Constitution's restrictions on government's power to prohibit civilian arms.
I can't hunt in a neighboring state unless I present proof of having taken a firearms saftey course, for example. That's fine with me. If Congress decided that all gun owners in the U.S. had to periodically say, qualify on a firing range to demonstrate proficiency, I would not only agree but applaud. =)
I am not opposed to the presence of firearms in the homes of trained, competent handlers. It's likely that the same undisciplined or sociopathic posessors of guns in this country that may concern you concern me, as well. Thanks for replying.
This clearly recognizes the possibility that individuals may be licensed before they purchase firearms and that gun ownership may be restricted based on position in the hierarchy of the militia.
From Answers.com:
The current United States Code, Title 10 (Armed forces), section 311 (Militia: Composition and Classes), paragraph (a) states "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard."
I am an able-bodied male between 17 and 45 and I am a citizen of the United States. According to U.S. Code, I am a member of the militia. Under the 2nd Amendment's most plain interpretation, that since this militia is necessary to secure our freedom, Congress can't make a law preventing my owning a firearm. That's MY take on it.
Sparc are low volume as are the PPC G5 and the Power line by IBM. When you talk mips per $ X86/X64 wins.
When you stop caring about MIPS/$ as your sole metric, SPARC, PPC/G5 and POWER-5 start becoming more compelling.
I do agree with most of what you say, but slamming well-founded and high performance architectures based on a cost-per-CPU cycle is unfair to the throughput of the system performance taken in total.
The fact that Apple is more often viewed as being product and customer centerned than a tyrannical monopoly is the only reason people will defend this kind of activity.
Well, isn't that a good enough reason to treat them differently or give more doubt benefit than a company who DOES behave like a tyrannical monopoly?
Humans judge most entities they are familiar with based on expectations formed by past experience. If Apple shows a history of not mistreating them or falling short of their expectations, and other companies have, I would fully expect Apple to be cut more slack than a company that HAD failed them.
Perception is reality, by and large. If all you've ever had with, say, Microsoft were good experiences and Apple burned you over and again, you'd be willing to cut MS more slack than Apple if you found they'd engaged in questionable activities.
Do you think people are more forgiving of Apple because they like Apple, or like them because they have few reasons to be skeptical of their motivations?
>>if the road is dry, the stop time will be much shorter if the wheels lock and you skid.
>This is simply not true. Dynamic friction (skidding) is lower than static friction.
Not to mention that skidding is much less safe. If you've locked up your front tires, you cannot steer the car at all. Anti-lock brakes are as useful for retaining steering input under heavy braking as they are for reduce braking distance.
The problem is that there are two groups at every tech company in existence; the business side, and the technical side. The business side calls the shots, and they don't listen to the technical side.
There is good radio to be had in the US, though perhaps not in every city. Minneapolis/St. Paul is lucky in that we have MPR's music station 89.3 (The Current).
Regarding the home/end key behaviour - place the following in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict :/* Sane Home/End Keys*/
{
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";/* home */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:";/* end */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:";/* shift + home */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";/* shift + end */
}
Sure he would, but they' should still need a search warrant to open the trunk.
I'm not so sure. If the police see blood dripping, they can probably investigate under probable cause. In fact, I'm pretty certain they can, and would.
The question here though is whether the suspiciously named files = dripping blood. What if there was no visible blood on that car?
Once reported, though, I would bet you'll find the police were operating under probable cause. They'd had a report. If someone in your house is screaming, the cops don't need a warrant to enter.
I guess I mean making it more streamlined with Spotlight itself - having an easy way to convert a search-in-progress to a smart folder would be damn handy.
As it is, there are two seperate mechanisms to do a search and create a saved search (unless I'm missing something, which is possible).
Call me when Folders become saved queries
This is possible right now, in Tiger. I've been working on setting up a few saved Spotlight Searches that appear as Smart Folders in Finder.
They do work pretty well, but it might be more interesting to have such folders create themselves automatically somehow, so that the first time you collect files based on certain metadata can be the last time you have to do so.
what CFO in his right mind would get locked into a single vendor for the OS and hardware
Any CFO who authorized purchases of Sun hardware running Solaris, IBM hardware running AIX, or HP hardware running HP/UX would fall under that category. Do you allege they were out of their minds?
Apple may not be positioned to make inroads in the server department, they are more apt to get traction first on the desktop and small-server market. I still don't see how ordering computers from them is in any way senseless, though, just as it isn't when you buy bigger iron.
One thing is for certain - when your hardware and OS come from the same people, there's no fingerpointing when something goes wrong they can't immediately solve. You can just lean on Sun/IBM/HP and say "it's all your stuff, fellas. FIX IT."
I like the way you're thinking. Personally I am a fan of keeping my PDA and my phone in seperate devices, since that makes it much easier to use both at once (jotting down notes while on a call, for example).
You make a great case for that type of physical seperation, and point out some advantages I wouldn't have thought of.
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But then again, so is Freebsd, and look at what happened with Apple Mac OS X
What happened with it? Darwin is the chunk of code in OS X that came from BSD, and all the changes are there for you to see and use.
That's incorrect. You can read the Safari Software License Agreement here:
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/SafariWindows.pdf
The DMCA already allows you to circumvent encryption for the purpose of interoperability. Whether that applies in this particular case, I wouldn't know.
In OSX > 10.4.9, although the /etc/fstab file is missing the automounter will pick up and use any settings present in that file.
Just FYI - you don't need a VNC server on 10.4 (not sure on earlier versions). In System Preferences, under Sharing, activate Apple Remote Desktop and then configure Access Privileges. You can allow VNC clients to connect, and set a password. Superior to OSXVNC in my experience. You do still need a VNC client, however.
You're correct about Apple Remote Desktop, the client is not free (and not cheap) - but it can do a whole lot more than VNC can.
As long as support for Windows on a Mac is unofficial, which I suspect will always be the case, game developers will have the same justification for releasing OSX versions.
You probably already know this, however: I have Miles Davis' albums Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain, as well as a few classical CDs, on my iPod in Apple Lossless format. Each consumes about 350MB of space. That figure seems to be typical for your average CD, so a 60GB iPod can only hold about 170 CDs or so in that format. We've got nearly 500 CDs in our collection, so I'm waiting for the ~200GB iPod before I start re-encoding to lossless. =)
You are probably also already aware that playing lossless tracks can reduce the total playtime on battery, since the iPod has to go to the disk more often to re-fill the cache. May or may not be an issue for you.
Happy listening ~ p
http://www.dell.com/windows
Error: The system cannot find the file specified.
http://www.dell.com/microsoft , however, leads you to a page much like the /linux one, and says that "Dell recommends Windows XP."
I readily admit that Congress has the power to alter the U.S. Code. That is their function. I get to vote for those persons in Congress who enact such legislation.
Now, don't complain if Congress says that you must pass a firearms course before being part of the militia. Or if Congress says that you must be an "officer" in the militia to own large caliber rifles.
I certainly won't, if the law appears bounded by Constitutional restraint, but as yet they have not done so. Your examples are acutally good ones - though "arms" as the 2nd Amendment refers to weapons is generally taken to mean small arms such as are currently allowed in the hands of non-military citizens, you could argue that for the militia to be effective, larger arms would be necessary. Restricting those types of weapons to higher "ranks" in that organization seems not only prudent, but a way to ensure that they are deployed and utilized effectively. I don't have a problem with that kind of regulation - just as the 2nd implies is necessary.
You see, the same respect for the law that allows me to be comfortable in the ownership of firearms would also dictate that I comply with laws that modified the conditions of that ownership, so long as they are not so onerous as to impact the intent of the Constitution's restrictions on government's power to prohibit civilian arms.
I can't hunt in a neighboring state unless I present proof of having taken a firearms saftey course, for example. That's fine with me. If Congress decided that all gun owners in the U.S. had to periodically say, qualify on a firing range to demonstrate proficiency, I would not only agree but applaud. =)
I am not opposed to the presence of firearms in the homes of trained, competent handlers. It's likely that the same undisciplined or sociopathic posessors of guns in this country that may concern you concern me, as well. Thanks for replying.
From Answers.com: The current United States Code, Title 10 (Armed forces), section 311 (Militia: Composition and Classes), paragraph (a) states "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard."
I am an able-bodied male between 17 and 45 and I am a citizen of the United States. According to U.S. Code, I am a member of the militia. Under the 2nd Amendment's most plain interpretation, that since this militia is necessary to secure our freedom, Congress can't make a law preventing my owning a firearm. That's MY take on it.
When you stop caring about MIPS/$ as your sole metric, SPARC, PPC/G5 and POWER-5 start becoming more compelling.
I do agree with most of what you say, but slamming well-founded and high performance architectures based on a cost-per-CPU cycle is unfair to the throughput of the system performance taken in total.
Well, isn't that a good enough reason to treat them differently or give more doubt benefit than a company who DOES behave like a tyrannical monopoly?
Humans judge most entities they are familiar with based on expectations formed by past experience. If Apple shows a history of not mistreating them or falling short of their expectations, and other companies have, I would fully expect Apple to be cut more slack than a company that HAD failed them.
Perception is reality, by and large. If all you've ever had with, say, Microsoft were good experiences and Apple burned you over and again, you'd be willing to cut MS more slack than Apple if you found they'd engaged in questionable activities.
Do you think people are more forgiving of Apple because they like Apple, or like them because they have few reasons to be skeptical of their motivations?
>This is simply not true. Dynamic friction (skidding) is lower than static friction.
Not to mention that skidding is much less safe. If you've locked up your front tires, you cannot steer the car at all. Anti-lock brakes are as useful for retaining steering input under heavy braking as they are for reduce braking distance.
Fixed that for you.
If you don't live here, try 89.3's live stream.
Regarding the home/end key behaviour - place the following in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict :
Regarding the home/end key behaviour - place the following in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict : /* Sane Home/End Keys*/
{
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:"; /* home */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:"; /* end */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* shift + home */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* shift + end */
}
>Ever? Seems like you forgot about the clones era.
I'm not so sure. If the police see blood dripping, they can probably investigate under probable cause. In fact, I'm pretty certain they can, and would.
The question here though is whether the suspiciously named files = dripping blood. What if there was no visible blood on that car?
Once reported, though, I would bet you'll find the police were operating under probable cause. They'd had a report. If someone in your house is screaming, the cops don't need a warrant to enter.
I guess I mean making it more streamlined with Spotlight itself - having an easy way to convert a search-in-progress to a smart folder would be damn handy.
As it is, there are two seperate mechanisms to do a search and create a saved search (unless I'm missing something, which is possible).
Call me when Folders become saved queries
This is possible right now, in Tiger. I've been working on setting up a few saved Spotlight Searches that appear as Smart Folders in Finder.
They do work pretty well, but it might be more interesting to have such folders create themselves automatically somehow, so that the first time you collect files based on certain metadata can be the last time you have to do so.
Hold it there, cowboy. Where's the
X. ???
step? That's the key step! It's where the magic happens!
Any CFO who authorized purchases of Sun hardware running Solaris, IBM hardware running AIX, or HP hardware running HP/UX would fall under that category. Do you allege they were out of their minds?
Apple may not be positioned to make inroads in the server department, they are more apt to get traction first on the desktop and small-server market. I still don't see how ordering computers from them is in any way senseless, though, just as it isn't when you buy bigger iron.
One thing is for certain - when your hardware and OS come from the same people, there's no fingerpointing when something goes wrong they can't immediately solve. You can just lean on Sun/IBM/HP and say "it's all your stuff, fellas. FIX IT."
You make a great case for that type of physical seperation, and point out some advantages I wouldn't have thought of.