I was referring to boxes, not PVR. The TiVo just happens to also have PVR capability (in addition to CC cable box tuning). Hence my point that I can plug my TV directly into the cable and shove a CC in it. No TiVo nor COX BOX(tm) required.
The PVR issue really comes down to that utterly asinine patent of theirs. It's so incredibly obvious as to be ludicrous. I designed a "tivo" back in '89 or '90 (I called mine MemTV), but hard drive prices/ram prices were too high, and hard drives were too unreliable. One of the first design requirements I wrote down was that I'd need to be able to both read & write to the hard drive at the same time. Duh...
I figured. I was just teasing you because of the "lottery" comment. No offense intended [you CAN get Macs in the 200-300 dollar range... but I'm assuming it becomes a bang/buck argument at that point].
I'm NOT going to buy a Mac unless I win the lottery or something.
Wow. What's the jackpot currently sitting at for the Lotto in your state? Like $2000 or something? (I'm assuming you plan to take it as a cash disbursement rather than spread out over 20 years)
I agree that the tone of the summary makes it sound like the boxes aren't available. I also have the TivoHD with 2 CC in it. And my TV itself came CC ready. Which, while technically not a "set top box", certainly makes it a CC device that I didn't get from the cable company [nor for which I pay a subscription fee].
Also good points. I think you underestimate the value of Office though. The most basic software that people ask about is Word and Excel. It's hard enough getting people to use a Mac with Office [because the interface is different], let alone trying to get them to use Open Office or similar. The Mac has Palm support, Office [without Access and Project], 3rd party Polar support [but nothing from Polar themselves - not even on the latest models - which seems stupid], and some games. But adoption rates are still low, particularly in the business sector. Which I mostly attribute to not having Access and Project available. At least those are the 2 apps that always come up when someone asks about getting a Mac for their home laptop but want to connect to work with it.
how long are we going to have to wait for the big breakthrough?
The day MS releases Office for Linux is the day that will happen. Which I figure will be never. I'm certain the only reason that MS doesn't offer Access with Office for the Mac is specifically because they want to provide barriers for Apple in the business market. If MS had been split into OS and applications companies, there might be some chance of that port getting done. But not the way things stand now.
Please don't confuse the issue with the facts. It takes all of the joy out of country bashing!
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According to this blog http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=842, the wifi sync requires it to be docked. Which, if true, sort of misses the whole point. Not completely misses it, but sort of misses it...
However, I'm unable to find any confirmation of that info. Anyone?
They run via WebKit. However, they do include OS level coding. So there's definitely more flexibility. But the fact that you can make a phone call from the iPhone apps tells you that the Safari for iPhone API has more interfaces to the phone than a desktop browser has available from the sandbox.
You probably got hammered on due to the misleading statement that they don't want any 3rd party development. Because they do. And announced it well before the release. Are even providing an IDE to do so [OS X only at the moment]. Just not at the OS level. Why is that such a massive, hysteria breeding problem? The same is true of other platforms. Like using J2ME - you don't get access to the underlying OS. Just what the vendor provides APIs for. But I don't recall seeing everyone all spooled up about that.
I understand clueless journalists getting suckered into words like "closed" and "proprietary" and other similar FUD. But I thought this was supposed to be a geek hangout. You wouldn't know it by most of the posts getting "insightful" mods.
Yes - I know - I'm about to get the "You're new 'round these parts, ain't ya?" responses.
Safari 3.0.3 running on a MacBook Pro 2.33, OS 10.4.10
MD5 Benchmark took 3.113 seconds for 3000 hashes (964 hashes/second) MD4 Benchmark took 2.112 seconds for 2700 hashes (1278 hashes/second)
SHA1 Benchmark took 3.554 seconds for 1900 hashes (535 hashes/second)
Funnily, the final benchmark number is off because Safari throws a popup indicating that the page may be hanging Safari and asking if you want to continue running it. lol.
Having tried to do some JS intensive mapping with the Google Maps API, I can certainly attest to the potential slowness of Safari 2 [haven't checked Safari 3 with the same code].
I don't know what couldn't possibly sound trollish about that... as if the iPhone is different than any of the other locked down phones. You want an unlocked phone in the US? You're free to buy it. Just expect to pay a premium. Boo hoo.
Is Cowboy Neal really this freaking gullible? I mean - I'll give the BBC a pass because, hey - they're journalists. Judging by most of the "technical" stories I read by journalists, I've come to the conclusion that the bulk of them would be hard pressed to explain how to tie a knot, let alone understand something even mildly technical.
But you'd at least expect someone editing for a self proclaimed nerd site would be a bit more savvy than this. The first thing I did was tag the thing !news scam. I seem to recall this guy hawking his wares in Popular Science and Popular Mechanics back in the early to mid 70's. You'd be better off taking a helicopter and adding a flight control computer to it that translated traditional steering wheel inputs [with the forward/aft motions of an airplane yoke] into cyclic, collective, and rotor pedal inputs. Granted, helicopter maintenance is obnoxiously expensive, but it sure as hell doesn't take that kind of horsepower to keep one aloft [although hovering outside of ground effect takes a fair amount of power].
Now. If he developed an engine for it that ran on water, that would be another matter entirely.
I know it will never happen due to the huge campaign contributions politicians get from cable companies.
Out of curiosity, how much do the cable companies contribute to politicians [say.. broken down by company and politician]. Or is this just another example of common "knowledge"? Like - for example - the rich not paying any taxes while simultaneously getting the biggest tax cut.
On a final note, I completely agree that the FCC needs to stick to the mandate. I'm sitting here with a TiVo 3 dual tuner with 2 cable cards in it. I'm gonna be mighty pissed if it stops working. It was obnoxiously expensive.
Not that I completely disagree with you, because I don't, I still feel the need to point out that the pundits thought McGovern was going to win the presidency too.
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.10, Mac OS X Server v10.4.10
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the UPnP IGD (Internet Gateway Device Standardized Device Control Protocol) code used to create Port Mappings on home NAT gateways in the Mac OS X implementation of mDNSResponder. By sending a maliciously crafted packet, an attacker on the local network can trigger the overflow which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by removing UPnP IGD support. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.4.
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I was referring to boxes, not PVR. The TiVo just happens to also have PVR capability (in addition to CC cable box tuning). Hence my point that I can plug my TV directly into the cable and shove a CC in it. No TiVo nor COX BOX(tm) required.
The PVR issue really comes down to that utterly asinine patent of theirs. It's so incredibly obvious as to be ludicrous. I designed a "tivo" back in '89 or '90 (I called mine MemTV), but hard drive prices/ram prices were too high, and hard drives were too unreliable. One of the first design requirements I wrote down was that I'd need to be able to both read & write to the hard drive at the same time. Duh...
I figured. I was just teasing you because of the "lottery" comment. No offense intended [you CAN get Macs in the 200-300 dollar range... but I'm assuming it becomes a bang/buck argument at that point].
The funny thing is that they don't actually have any licensing agreement comments/headers of any sort embedded in said "code".
Wow. What's the jackpot currently sitting at for the Lotto in your state? Like $2000 or something? (I'm assuming you plan to take it as a cash disbursement rather than spread out over 20 years)
I agree that the tone of the summary makes it sound like the boxes aren't available. I also have the TivoHD with 2 CC in it. And my TV itself came CC ready. Which, while technically not a "set top box", certainly makes it a CC device that I didn't get from the cable company [nor for which I pay a subscription fee].
Also good points. I think you underestimate the value of Office though. The most basic software that people ask about is Word and Excel. It's hard enough getting people to use a Mac with Office [because the interface is different], let alone trying to get them to use Open Office or similar. The Mac has Palm support, Office [without Access and Project], 3rd party Polar support [but nothing from Polar themselves - not even on the latest models - which seems stupid], and some games. But adoption rates are still low, particularly in the business sector. Which I mostly attribute to not having Access and Project available. At least those are the 2 apps that always come up when someone asks about getting a Mac for their home laptop but want to connect to work with it.
The day MS releases Office for Linux is the day that will happen. Which I figure will be never. I'm certain the only reason that MS doesn't offer Access with Office for the Mac is specifically because they want to provide barriers for Apple in the business market. If MS had been split into OS and applications companies, there might be some chance of that port getting done. But not the way things stand now.
Please don't confuse the issue with the facts. It takes all of the joy out of country bashing!
According to this blog http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=842, the wifi sync requires it to be docked. Which, if true, sort of misses the whole point. Not completely misses it, but sort of misses it...
However, I'm unable to find any confirmation of that info. Anyone?
The following 2 links are Web 2.0 style [meaning, AJAX/HTML - not including the social components] apps for the Mac.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/dashboard.html [this is a quicktime video]
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dashboard/
They run via WebKit. However, they do include OS level coding. So there's definitely more flexibility. But the fact that you can make a phone call from the iPhone apps tells you that the Safari for iPhone API has more interfaces to the phone than a desktop browser has available from the sandbox.
You probably got hammered on due to the misleading statement that they don't want any 3rd party development. Because they do. And announced it well before the release. Are even providing an IDE to do so [OS X only at the moment]. Just not at the OS level. Why is that such a massive, hysteria breeding problem? The same is true of other platforms. Like using J2ME - you don't get access to the underlying OS. Just what the vendor provides APIs for. But I don't recall seeing everyone all spooled up about that.
I understand clueless journalists getting suckered into words like "closed" and "proprietary" and other similar FUD. But I thought this was supposed to be a geek hangout. You wouldn't know it by most of the posts getting "insightful" mods.
Yes - I know - I'm about to get the "You're new 'round these parts, ain't ya?" responses.
Thank you moderators. The fact the I got mod'd flamebait nearly immediately quite clearly makes my case for me.
You also forgot "Liberals for reason and logic?"
That's exactly what caught my eye in the summary. Thanks for saving me the effort of having to post a repl... oh - damn.
Safari 3.0.3 running on a MacBook Pro 2.33, OS 10.4.10
MD5 Benchmark took 3.113 seconds for 3000 hashes (964 hashes/second)
MD4 Benchmark took 2.112 seconds for 2700 hashes (1278 hashes/second)
SHA1 Benchmark took 3.554 seconds for 1900 hashes (535 hashes/second)
Funnily, the final benchmark number is off because Safari throws a popup indicating that the page may be hanging Safari and asking if you want to continue running it. lol.
Having tried to do some JS intensive mapping with the Google Maps API, I can certainly attest to the potential slowness of Safari 2 [haven't checked Safari 3 with the same code].
I don't know what couldn't possibly sound trollish about that... as if the iPhone is different than any of the other locked down phones. You want an unlocked phone in the US? You're free to buy it. Just expect to pay a premium. Boo hoo.
Guess I better go back & tag this "slownewsday".
Is Cowboy Neal really this freaking gullible? I mean - I'll give the BBC a pass because, hey - they're journalists. Judging by most of the "technical" stories I read by journalists, I've come to the conclusion that the bulk of them would be hard pressed to explain how to tie a knot, let alone understand something even mildly technical.
But you'd at least expect someone editing for a self proclaimed nerd site would be a bit more savvy than this. The first thing I did was tag the thing !news scam. I seem to recall this guy hawking his wares in Popular Science and Popular Mechanics back in the early to mid 70's. You'd be better off taking a helicopter and adding a flight control computer to it that translated traditional steering wheel inputs [with the forward/aft motions of an airplane yoke] into cyclic, collective, and rotor pedal inputs. Granted, helicopter maintenance is obnoxiously expensive, but it sure as hell doesn't take that kind of horsepower to keep one aloft [although hovering outside of ground effect takes a fair amount of power].
Now. If he developed an engine for it that ran on water, that would be another matter entirely.
I know it will never happen due to the huge campaign contributions politicians get from cable companies.
Out of curiosity, how much do the cable companies contribute to politicians [say.. broken down by company and politician]. Or is this just another example of common "knowledge"? Like - for example - the rich not paying any taxes while simultaneously getting the biggest tax cut.
On a final note, I completely agree that the FCC needs to stick to the mandate. I'm sitting here with a TiVo 3 dual tuner with 2 cable cards in it. I'm gonna be mighty pissed if it stops working. It was obnoxiously expensive.
Not that I completely disagree with you, because I don't, I still feel the need to point out that the pundits thought McGovern was going to win the presidency too.
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CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3744
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.10, Mac OS X Server v10.4.10
Impact: An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the UPnP IGD (Internet Gateway Device Standardized Device Control Protocol) code used to create Port Mappings on home NAT gateways in the Mac OS X implementation of mDNSResponder. By sending a maliciously crafted packet, an attacker on the local network can trigger the overflow which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by removing UPnP IGD support. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.4.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30
Also - notice in the same doc that iChat had the same problem, but they fixed it by adding more robust data checking.
Goodbye Reggie Dwight,
Though I never liked you at all
You had the technophobia
To lash out at us all.
Oh yeah. KRONOS, SCOPE, XEDIT.... that was real computing. Want it back? Signup at cray-cyber.org. I've got an account. That's the good stuff.