So you would rather protect site visitation information, IE, information that can't really be used to hurt you TOO much, than information (credit card number) that can be used by any opportunistic person on the street and be at least a major inconvenience to you? That's logical.
Why would you say the ALA is RIP? Is it just because you dislike that they called Bloggers amateurish? Who fights against censorship as much as they do?
You talk of the democratizing effect of the Internet but ignore the fact that without libraries, many of the poorer areas around the country would go without any access to the Internet or even computers.
I don't think you'd like what the world (or at least US) would be without libraries. You may not realize it but they've done alot to fight much of the same issues we see here on/.
had to be said. but seriously, imagine if you could have a backplane and plugging in an additional mac mini could increase the performance of your total system. great for lowering the barriers to entry while giving a path forward and almost nickel and diming your customers.
re: spring loaded folders. you can turn those off with a click of a checkbox.
"(lack of) a central location to add/remove software from your computer." - uh, no lack there. open applications folder. drag application to trash. done. mac apps don't scatter application bits across your hard drive so they don't have a need for central application removal application. the only remnants that may be left would be fonts if it installed any and preferences that would be in your home directory in a directory named preferences. (and not in an easily corruptable central registry.)
re: closing apps: why wait for an application to start up again? let it sit in the background, it's not doing anything anyway. and you can close an app by hitting cmd-q or using the menus app-menu->quit-app.
better is subjective. to some, running os x without having to deal with viruses and spyware is better. to others better is being able to swap processors the second the latest amd chip comes out. to each his own. but don't discount the fact that what the slashdot crowd wants is never the same as what the rest of the world wants. you can build a computer for $500 but the majority of the world cannot and has no desire to.
how's the store taking responsibility for acting as a parent? if the store clerk sees a video game that has a big "M" in bright orange on it, he says, "can i see some id?" if the kid can't produce proper id, they don't get to buy it. same goes for alcohol, cigarettes and even movies already.
now that i think of it, maybe they'll need to rename it "the bureau of alcohol, tabacoo, fire arms and video games."
Hey, if they can make this look like jewelry or an accessory, this thing will be in fashion magazines up the wazoo. It'll be next year's fashion accessory to have. There will be ipod flash brooches by Kate Spade and Louis Vuitton. I don't think any other company would be able to pull it off either.
ever walk into an apple store? the most popular item is undoubtedly the ipod mini. these things sell not because of "value" or number of gizmos but for design.
you don't find teenage girls walking into best buy, picking up a rio mp3 player and saying "ooh it's so cute, i want pink!" "yuck becky, pink is so last week, i want gold. that's hot." but you do see that in apple stores. and then their mom comes in behind them and says, "ok, but you're not getting that louis vuitton bag for christmas!"
i'd like to see a breakdown by ipod model as well, but anecdotal data says the ipod mini has cache among markets that other mp3 players don't even address. other tech companies are trying to market to the slashdot crowd, with gee-whiz features and more storage for less money. apple's realized the rest of the world is a much bigger, less fickle market and now they're getting paid for it.
umm, there are formal driving schools out there. you take 6 hours of driving school and your insurance is lowered. most US high schools offer a class for at least the written part of driver's license exams. these "users" are educated from the get-go before even being allowed to take to the wheel. and in the event that you need it as an adult, there are adult driving schools, though they mainly serve to remove points from licenses.
as for your other point about raising barriers of entry, think about it. who creates the software that is most often blamed for poor security? microsoft, which likely has pretty high hiring requirements already. now assuming they're not farming out their major software development to high school dropouts, i think it's a pretty safe assumption that these developers are already pretty well qualified, short of a "do no harm" oath.
Like this one from Philips?
Even smaller than any camera phone and 2megapixels to boot. The only thing these measures stop are "crimes" of opportunity.
This is a GOOD THING!
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People, even if you don't use it, it means the Mozilla engine now has more marketing muscle behind it. And the more the Mozilla engine is used--regardless of whether it's Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, Camino--it's one less copy of IE in use!
And really, what's the big deal if people use Netscape instead of Firefox?
Yeah and make the gap small enough so that you also get an aerodynamic advantage! And now that the FX will have a Lane Departure Warning system, you've probably got enough for a rudimentary auto-drive system!
Maybe cars could send out telemetry so nearby cars can react (especially from behind) in this future automated driving system.
I concur! I've got an FX35 as well and it's been a sleeper feature for me. I got the Tech package only for the nav system and DVD entertainment system and it turns out the Adaptive Cruise is the one I use the most now!
It's especially useful during my commute where I'll end up stuck behind some grandma on a 3 mile road who can't keep a constant speed. I just set it on smart cruise and I find I get less aggravated at following someone who can't keep a constant 40mph.
And while it won't brake to a stop, it will hit the brakes pretty hard and take you down to around 25mph. All the while it's beeping like crazy and you should have enough time to react since it's already started the braking process for you.
This is a developer version. The final copy won't be out until probably this time next year. It's probably cheaper to burn 1 dvd instead of 4-5 CDs. I'm pretty sure Apple's developer program has switched to DVDs for a lot of their software distribution. (I remember starting to get DVDs last year before my membership expired.)
But how dynamic is your IP? Does it change every single time you access a web site? Or is it pretty much stable, changing when you power down your connection? My cable connection hasn't changed IP since 2 months ago when I installed a new router.
This is mostly off topic but seeing as how most software patents that make it to Slashdot are frivolous and have a long history of prior art, why has no one gone through this:
http://www.nist.gov/dads/
and patented everything in there? At the time the algorithm or data structure was created, it was a novel invention. Hell any algorithm is novel otherwise it wouldn't be worth learning in school right?
I think I'm gonna patent calculus and see how far I can get with it.
Tog: Get over it. Start living in the present. Classic OS is gone, kaput. 3 years ago, I had many of the same reservations about OS X as the majority of long-time Mac users.
However, having solely used OS X for the past 2 years or so, I can safely say my reservations have been 95% unfounded. As it turned out, it was more a case of "I fear change" than anything substantial. My overall productivity is still much higher as a result of the whole of OS X's new features.
His Panther review reads more like a list of rants simply because Apple didn't do it exactly like he wanted.
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So you would rather protect site visitation information, IE, information that can't really be used to hurt you TOO much, than information (credit card number) that can be used by any opportunistic person on the street and be at least a major inconvenience to you? That's logical.
Why would you say the ALA is RIP? Is it just because you dislike that they called Bloggers amateurish? Who fights against censorship as much as they do?
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You talk of the democratizing effect of the Internet but ignore the fact that without libraries, many of the poorer areas around the country would go without any access to the Internet or even computers.
I don't think you'd like what the world (or at least US) would be without libraries. You may not realize it but they've done alot to fight much of the same issues we see here on
had to be said. but seriously, imagine if you could have a backplane and plugging in an additional mac mini could increase the performance of your total system. great for lowering the barriers to entry while giving a path forward and almost nickel and diming your customers.
for somewhere around 8 million people, the ipod was a must have item.
re: spring loaded folders. you can turn those off with a click of a checkbox.
"(lack of) a central location to add/remove software from your computer." - uh, no lack there. open applications folder. drag application to trash. done. mac apps don't scatter application bits across your hard drive so they don't have a need for central application removal application. the only remnants that may be left would be fonts if it installed any and preferences that would be in your home directory in a directory named preferences. (and not in an easily corruptable central registry.)
re: closing apps: why wait for an application to start up again? let it sit in the background, it's not doing anything anyway. and you can close an app by hitting cmd-q or using the menus app-menu->quit-app.
better is subjective. to some, running os x without having to deal with viruses and spyware is better. to others better is being able to swap processors the second the latest amd chip comes out. to each his own. but don't discount the fact that what the slashdot crowd wants is never the same as what the rest of the world wants. you can build a computer for $500 but the majority of the world cannot and has no desire to.
Bump parent up. All discussions of DRM should be prefaced with the correct definition of the acronym.
how's the store taking responsibility for acting as a parent? if the store clerk sees a video game that has a big "M" in bright orange on it, he says, "can i see some id?" if the kid can't produce proper id, they don't get to buy it. same goes for alcohol, cigarettes and even movies already.
now that i think of it, maybe they'll need to rename it "the bureau of alcohol, tabacoo, fire arms and video games."
Hey, if they can make this look like jewelry or an accessory, this thing will be in fashion magazines up the wazoo. It'll be next year's fashion accessory to have. There will be ipod flash brooches by Kate Spade and Louis Vuitton. I don't think any other company would be able to pull it off either.
ever walk into an apple store? the most popular item is undoubtedly the ipod mini. these things sell not because of "value" or number of gizmos but for design.
you don't find teenage girls walking into best buy, picking up a rio mp3 player and saying "ooh it's so cute, i want pink!" "yuck becky, pink is so last week, i want gold. that's hot." but you do see that in apple stores. and then their mom comes in behind them and says, "ok, but you're not getting that louis vuitton bag for christmas!"
i'd like to see a breakdown by ipod model as well, but anecdotal data says the ipod mini has cache among markets that other mp3 players don't even address. other tech companies are trying to market to the slashdot crowd, with gee-whiz features and more storage for less money. apple's realized the rest of the world is a much bigger, less fickle market and now they're getting paid for it.
umm, there are formal driving schools out there. you take 6 hours of driving school and your insurance is lowered. most US high schools offer a class for at least the written part of driver's license exams. these "users" are educated from the get-go before even being allowed to take to the wheel. and in the event that you need it as an adult, there are adult driving schools, though they mainly serve to remove points from licenses.
as for your other point about raising barriers of entry, think about it. who creates the software that is most often blamed for poor security? microsoft, which likely has pretty high hiring requirements already. now assuming they're not farming out their major software development to high school dropouts, i think it's a pretty safe assumption that these developers are already pretty well qualified, short of a "do no harm" oath.
except you don't.
Cool, I'm not the only one with that idea. I'm sure someone at Apple has thought of that too. I'd love to see that utility!
Like this one from Philips? Even smaller than any camera phone and 2megapixels to boot. The only thing these measures stop are "crimes" of opportunity.
People, even if you don't use it, it means the Mozilla engine now has more marketing muscle behind it. And the more the Mozilla engine is used--regardless of whether it's Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, Camino--it's one less copy of IE in use!
And really, what's the big deal if people use Netscape instead of Firefox?
Yeah and make the gap small enough so that you also get an aerodynamic advantage! And now that the FX will have a Lane Departure Warning system, you've probably got enough for a rudimentary auto-drive system!
Maybe cars could send out telemetry so nearby cars can react (especially from behind) in this future automated driving system.
Why anyone would laugh at the owner of a Ferrari 360 is beyond me! Even if it is for that cute shift lever. (Which does look a bit dinky.)
I concur! I've got an FX35 as well and it's been a sleeper feature for me. I got the Tech package only for the nav system and DVD entertainment system and it turns out the Adaptive Cruise is the one I use the most now!
It's especially useful during my commute where I'll end up stuck behind some grandma on a 3 mile road who can't keep a constant speed. I just set it on smart cruise and I find I get less aggravated at following someone who can't keep a constant 40mph.
And while it won't brake to a stop, it will hit the brakes pretty hard and take you down to around 25mph. All the while it's beeping like crazy and you should have enough time to react since it's already started the braking process for you.
Exactly! And why would vFolders be considered the "correct" nomenclature? Is it because Linux had them already? Who cares?!
This is a developer version. The final copy won't be out until probably this time next year. It's probably cheaper to burn 1 dvd instead of 4-5 CDs. I'm pretty sure Apple's developer program has switched to DVDs for a lot of their software distribution. (I remember starting to get DVDs last year before my membership expired.)
Hmm, so then why are the record labels more willing to experiment with copy protected music discs (which are not CDs) in Europe than in US?
But how dynamic is your IP? Does it change every single time you access a web site? Or is it pretty much stable, changing when you power down your connection? My cable connection hasn't changed IP since 2 months ago when I installed a new router.
Actually you can claim a loss. . . BUT they're strict in defining what a "worthless security" is. Search on irs.gov for it or go here:
S ec urities.html
http://www.turbotax.com/articles/FAQonWorthless
This is mostly off topic but seeing as how most software patents that make it to Slashdot are frivolous and have a long history of prior art, why has no one gone through this:
http://www.nist.gov/dads/
and patented everything in there? At the time the algorithm or data structure was created, it was a novel invention. Hell any algorithm is novel otherwise it wouldn't be worth learning in school right?
I think I'm gonna patent calculus and see how far I can get with it.
Tog: Get over it. Start living in the present. Classic OS is gone, kaput. 3 years ago, I had many of the same reservations about OS X as the majority of long-time Mac users.
However, having solely used OS X for the past 2 years or so, I can safely say my reservations have been 95% unfounded. As it turned out, it was more a case of "I fear change" than anything substantial. My overall productivity is still much higher as a result of the whole of OS X's new features.
His Panther review reads more like a list of rants simply because Apple didn't do it exactly like he wanted.