It is certainly possible, but I think it is unlikely.
1) The Consumer line I mentioned already makes them more money than the Professional line.
2) They killed hardware, not software. OSX 1U servers went away. Latest gen of OSX Server (the software) was marketed for MacPro (good for larger installations), and MacMini Server (which should actually be a good choice for many SOHO installations). They also started allowing OSX Server in a virtualized environment.
3) Even if they killed the Professional Line, they would still need to keep it alive as a development platform (since the Consumer dev tools are intricately tied to it). It would also put them at the mercy of someone else to supply the Development environment. I don't see Apple being all too eager to have their bread and butter depend on someone else (Windows, Linux, etc.). Yes, they could charge $$$$ for a developer license, but if they are maintaining that anyway, why not just spend a little more $$ and maintain the whole Professional line also (which in turn brings in more revenue than just the dev licenses, helps keep/build brand awareness, takes money from competitors pockets, keeps you from being completely dependent on another company, etc.)
There are just too many reasons for OSX to continue as it is that I just have to laugh when I see all these doom and gloom predictions.
Would Apple (and MicroSoft) like computers to just be simple dumb devices they have complete control over? Sure.
Is it going to happen? Probably not in our lifetime (especially when alternatives which provide full access exist and can compete in the same marketplace)
The lack of a removable battery and docking station option on the MBP make it's "Professional" highly questionable as well.
Depends. In truth I think in the 10 years I was traveling regularly with a laptop as a consultant, I used a spare battery about a dozen times (and that was more because I had it than because I needed it).
Somehow the company I work for seems to do just fine with MBP for everyone from Developers to Sales to Corporate. While Corporate and Sales might not qualify as your idea of "Professional" (although I would Developers do), they DO qualify that way for lots of people. Not saying the MBPs are a good fit for everyone, but the lack of a removable battery does not make it "non-professional" (although it may mean that it isn't a good fit for your typical workflow).
i wouldn't call the imac a professional level device, nor the macbook. it's really just the macbook pro and mac pro.
It depends what your profession is.
I know several Graphic Designers who have a MacBook to work at remote locations when they are traveling (usually on business).
I also know someone who works in the publishing business (typesetting / layout editor), who uses iMacs exclusively. Big screen, compact device for a SoHo, lots of expansion ports for Scanner, TimeMachine backup drive, printer.
One Professional's Requirements may not be the same as another Professional.
More likely, Apple will sell two increasingly separated lines of computers: the "consumer" line and the "professional" line, and the professional line will cost many times more and not be locked down like the consumer line. Those who pay the "professional premium" will be allowed to run their own programs without approval from Apple, including compilers and scripting environments, and will of course be able to develop programs for consumer computers (but will naturally have to pay Apple for distribution privileges).
They already do this. The Consumer line has names like "iPhone", "iPod", "iPad", "AppleTV". The Professional line has names like "iMac", "MacBook", "MacPro".
The lines have a fair amount of synergy between them, and there has been a push to make the Consumer line more "stand-a-lone" (over-the-air updating exists for AppleTV but is rumored to finally come to the iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad in iOSv5).
Except that a lot of the people that consist of the Apple "Grass Roots" are power users who are likely to balk at such a setup.
More likely, someone realized that since OS X DVDs do NOT come with a License key, and you can already make an ISO image of them easily using the software built into OS X, why not just sell it through the App Store and let people download and burn their own image?
It costs less to the Manufacturer. (packaging/shipping costs) It cuts the middleman out. (don't need to give Best Buy or other non-apple on-line/retail stores a cut) It provides quick availability. (as fast as their servers and your pipe can handle) It provides a remote backup for customers. (a + for non-technically savvy customers)
All in all it seems like wins all around, I'm not sure why Apple WOULDN'T do this.
I blame Sony for not having security sufficient to prevent such an attack in the first place. What, did we have a Win '08 server facing the 'net without a firewall??
Nope: Linux running Apache. They use PHP, and where either owned via a known vulnerability in PHP or Apache. They haven't made it clear which, just that it was a known vulnerability with their "web application software."
Which is Linux based.
Just out of curiosity, can you point to any links saying it was a PHP/Apache vulnerability, or even that it was a vulnerability in their Web Stack? I'm not disproving (I didn't read the whole Congressional Letter, so it may be in there), but I haven't seen any sources as to HOW the systems were compromised (from anyone).
"but that does not absolve the THIEF of responsibility"
I haven't seen a single comment yet on any Sony article here that implies this.
Yet, every Sony article I've read here contains much vitriol that points to it being entirely Sony's fault. If its entirely Sony's fault, then the Thief bares no responsibility.
They also were attacked separately where the theft took place. They don't know if these groups were working together. They blame the latter on Anonymous too. How did they draw that final conclusion??
If A=B, and B=C, then C="Anonymous fucking did it!" That's basic logic right there.
Not to mention the file Sony says they found claiming "Anonymous" breached their systems.
I'm starting to wonder if some technically proficient hacker/cracker in Anonymous actually did crack Sony's servers, maybe just to plant the file saying Anonymous did it (for LOLs or to show they could), and inadvertently left the systems more vulnerable for an unrelated third-party to waltz in and get access to the data.
Either that or an unrelated third part decided this was a good time to try cracking Sony's systems since they would be dealing with all the extra load from Anonymous' attack.
We also informed the subcommittee of the following:...
- We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named "Anonymous" with the words "We are Legion."...
Well, it may be slander, but they claimed (Under Oath?), that they were informed that Anonymous was responsible for the break-ins on the SOE servers. I don't think they actually said "Anonymous is behind the attacks", they just listed the evidence they have found since then.
Sony itself freely admits that Anonymous may have not been involved in the attack itself, but states that the initial intrusion seems to have happened at the same point that the initial Anonymous DoS attack did, and that the initial attack, knowingly or not, helped provide concealment for the breach.
If Anonymous ISN'T behind these attacks and just patsies/dupes (as Sony admits is possible), then they should probably use much of their world renowned internet ability to help track down who ACTUALLY broke into the servers, if for no other reason than to clear their name.
There is no official "anonymous" and there is no leadership or command structure. It's a concept, an idea to describe an emergent system of hacktivism. Saying anonymous is responsible for this (or anything) is like saying democracy is responsible for causing the wars in the middle east. You're mixing up an idea, an ethos, with an organization.
Yes, but when an organization runs around saying they are attacking targets, and when that organization has no real leadership (collective/mob), they also can't cry foul if someone co-opts their name, claims to be part of them (since they have no real membership requirement or leadership, whose to say), and decides to either:
1) Partake in the attack even though it has been officially "called off" (hey, just because most of Anonymous might be clueless, doesn't mean some of it can't hack/crack with the best of them.
2) Use your name as a convenient scape goat to pin their crime on (okay, we take as much data as we can, and point the finger at THOSE guys over there).
Either which way, saying "Anonymous Denied all Responsibility, It MUST BE SONY'S FAULT!" is the biggest LOL of them all.
Its the fault of the malicious idiot who attacked and broke into the network. Yeah, Sony should have done a better job securing the data, but that does not absolve the THIEF of responsibility (in spite of what most slashdotters seem to think).
...where Judges are applying an understanding of the technical issues, common sense, and considering the situation of ordinary citizens?
The same world where bin Ladin is dead, democracy is sweeping the middle east like a sandstorm, Duke Nukem Forever will ship in June and the NDP are the official opposition in Canada.
2011 is pretty interesting so far.
Its all just a trap to lull us into a false sense of happiness before 2012 brings worldwide destruction and devastation.
Did you all miss the tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes and nuclear meltdowns? 2011 hasn't been all kittens and puppies.
Sorry, it wasn't in my MyFaceTwit feed, so I didn't hear about them.... did those things impact many people? Why didn't my parents mention it when they brought me dinner? I mean, why else would I be^H^H... I mean... HAVE THEM living with me.
...where Judges are applying an understanding of the technical issues, common sense, and considering the situation of ordinary citizens?
The same world where bin Ladin is dead, democracy is sweeping the middle east like a sandstorm, Duke Nukem Forever will ship in June and the NDP are the official opposition in Canada.
2011 is pretty interesting so far.
Its all just a trap to lull us into a false sense of happiness before 2012 brings worldwide destruction and devastation.
I would imagine a big old truecrypt partition, though perhaps he didn't encrypt things for some reason?
The guy was 54 and the latter part of those years was spent in some pretty remote areas. I doubt he had much expertise in computer security. They probably relied much more on physical security, i.e. being to blow all their stuff up if the shit hit the fan (or their stuff going up in same bombing raid as them.)
Not to mention, he escaped from the Afghan caves and has been successfully hiding from authorities for the better part of 6 years. That might have helped make him more careless in security matters ( such as "They couldn't catch me! Ha!" or "They missed me once, and haven't been able to find the backside of their own hands since my Pakistani colleagues have been feeding them shit for intelligence").
"The people who died that day were liberal and conservative, but all were American."
Hate to break it to you, but 24 Canadians were killed during the attack. I would imagine there were more than a handful of Britons, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Indians, Brazilians... name a country and there's a good chance they lost people.
To rephrase the GP: With the exception of 19 assholes, all the people killed in the 9/11 attacks were from all walks of life, and from many ethnicities, races, religions, and cultures. They were all Citizens of the World just going about their daily business until they found themselves swept up in something much larger than they ever expected.
If 9/11 should have taught us anything, it was that Society can not afford to turn a blind eye toward intolerance and extremism, in whatever form it takes.
When I was a boy our Nintendo Was carved from an old Apple tree And we used garden hose to connect it To our steam-powered color tv.
But it still beat that ancient Atari 'Cuz I almost went blind, don'tcha know, Playing Breakout and Pong on a video game Hooked up to the radio.
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse Barefoot, uphill both ways, Through blizzards in summer and winter Back in the good old days. Back when Fortran was not even Three-tran And the PC was only a toy And we did our computing by gaslight When I was a boy.
When I was a boy all our networks Were for hauling in fish from the sea-- Our bawd rate was eight bits an hour (and she was worth it!), And our IP address was just 3.
And you kids who complain that the World Wide Web Is too slow oughtta cut out your bitchin', 'Cuz when I was a boy every packet Was delivered by carrier pigeon
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse Barefoot, uphill both ways, Through blizzards in summer and winter Back in the good old days. Back when Fortran was not even Two-tran And the mainframe was only a toy And we did our computing by torchlight When I was a boy.
When I was a boy our IS shop Built relational tables from wood, And we wrappered our data in oilcloth To preserve it the best that we could.
And we carried our bits in a bucket, And our mainframe weighed 900 tons, And we programmed in ones and in zeros And sometimes we ran out of ones.
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse Barefoot, uphill both ways, Through blizzards in summer and winter Back in the good old days. Back when Fortran was not even One-tran And the abacus? Only a toy! And we did our computing in primordial darkness When I was a boy.
I think it has more to do with how mature hardware is in a given space, than any desire to arbitrarily Obsolete machines.
I can't speak toward the 68XXX machines, but I was an apple user during the transition to Intel architecture. Intel started rolling out during Tiger's (OS 10.4) deployment period.
Apple released Leopard (10.5) with support for both Intel and PPC.
One of the major features of 10.6 (from what I remember) is Grand Central Dispatch, allowing programs to run on multi-core machines, without having to explicitly code for multiple cores. Apple started transitioning to Intel chipsets in 2006, OSX 10.6 was released in mid 2009, about 3 1/2 years later. While it is sad to see older hardware not able to run the latest and greatest versions of the OS we may want, the sad fact is that coding to two separate architectures, especially one that has not been sold for 3.5 years does not make sense.
G4s and G5s will run OSX 10.5 just fine, and should work well for most people who write email, browse the web, and occasionally use it for other things.
I'm "aware of the problem" but at least now with Intel based Macs, the machines will always be able to run Linux pretty well... hell, even Windows 7 for that matter. I'm guessing Apple is already regretting their decision to go with Intel based architecture.
Pitty there isn't/wasn't a way to run Linux on all those PPC architecture computers... oh wait http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/. Really, Apple could care less what OS you choose to run on your computer, as long as they were the ones to sell you the hardware.
With the iPhone, the hardware has seen major upgrades in terms of functionality since the initial model has been released. This is still a very evolving market-space, and I expect hardware specs to keep evolving in the SmartPhone space for another generation or two before they start to stabilize on features enough to have a "common" hardware platform to work off of.
Some of this complaint of obsolescence seems almost like complaining that I can't run Windows XP on my 386.
I don't know where you think Normal games can't connect. Most can, its only on-line multiplayer (which requires a PSN account, and performs authentication and matchmaking through PSN I believe), and certain titles that require the user to log in and confirm that they've purchased the content (mainly downloaded games from Capcom). I'm not aware of any other games that are specifically requiring you to log in, or else you're SoL.
As an aside, I was playing some on my PS3 just yesterday and it worked just fine. The demos nagged me to upgrade to the Full Version, the Mini games worked as-is, and the games that scored trophies score them locally, and then attempt to sync once you reconnect to PSN at a later time.
Not so terrible really.
I'd also suspect that if it is an intrusion, it is something they can quickly address, since it SHOULD just be a matter of implementing more/more stringent validation checking than anything else (unless it is something fundamental that is broken).
Netflix is working even though PSN is down. When you start the Netflix app it prompts for a login about three times, but after that it works normally. I've used it a couple of times since the PSN troubles started. Just keep attempting to sign in and it'll eventually let you through.
Wish the Hulu+ client did that. It seems like they are about to start hemorrhaging customers instead.
Game Updates are working fine now (don't know about earlier), even though PSN itself is still down and can't log in.
They might be related services, but they seem to be different servers.
Now, I'd LOVE to know why the Hulu+ program needs me to log in, when I also had to tie the PS3 to my Hulu+ account. Wish that worked the way the Netflix clients seem to be.
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It is certainly possible, but I think it is unlikely.
1) The Consumer line I mentioned already makes them more money than the Professional line.
2) They killed hardware, not software. OSX 1U servers went away. Latest gen of OSX Server (the software) was marketed for MacPro (good for larger installations), and MacMini Server (which should actually be a good choice for many SOHO installations). They also started allowing OSX Server in a virtualized environment.
3) Even if they killed the Professional Line, they would still need to keep it alive as a development platform (since the Consumer dev tools are intricately tied to it). It would also put them at the mercy of someone else to supply the Development environment. I don't see Apple being all too eager to have their bread and butter depend on someone else (Windows, Linux, etc.). Yes, they could charge $$$$ for a developer license, but if they are maintaining that anyway, why not just spend a little more $$ and maintain the whole Professional line also (which in turn brings in more revenue than just the dev licenses, helps keep/build brand awareness, takes money from competitors pockets, keeps you from being completely dependent on another company, etc.)
There are just too many reasons for OSX to continue as it is that I just have to laugh when I see all these doom and gloom predictions.
Would Apple (and MicroSoft) like computers to just be simple dumb devices they have complete control over? Sure.
Is it going to happen? Probably not in our lifetime (especially when alternatives which provide full access exist and can compete in the same marketplace)
it's really just the macbook pro and mac pro.
The lack of a removable battery and docking station option on the MBP make it's "Professional" highly questionable as well.
Depends. In truth I think in the 10 years I was traveling regularly with a laptop as a consultant, I used a spare battery about a dozen times (and that was more because I had it than because I needed it).
Somehow the company I work for seems to do just fine with MBP for everyone from Developers to Sales to Corporate. While Corporate and Sales might not qualify as your idea of "Professional" (although I would Developers do), they DO qualify that way for lots of people. Not saying the MBPs are a good fit for everyone, but the lack of a removable battery does not make it "non-professional" (although it may mean that it isn't a good fit for your typical workflow).
i wouldn't call the imac a professional level device, nor the macbook. it's really just the macbook pro and mac pro.
It depends what your profession is.
I know several Graphic Designers who have a MacBook to work at remote locations when they are traveling (usually on business).
I also know someone who works in the publishing business (typesetting / layout editor), who uses iMacs exclusively. Big screen, compact device for a SoHo, lots of expansion ports for Scanner, TimeMachine backup drive, printer.
One Professional's Requirements may not be the same as another Professional.
More likely, Apple will sell two increasingly separated lines of computers: the "consumer" line and the "professional" line, and the professional line will cost many times more and not be locked down like the consumer line. Those who pay the "professional premium" will be allowed to run their own programs without approval from Apple, including compilers and scripting environments, and will of course be able to develop programs for consumer computers (but will naturally have to pay Apple for distribution privileges).
They already do this.
The Consumer line has names like "iPhone", "iPod", "iPad", "AppleTV".
The Professional line has names like "iMac", "MacBook", "MacPro".
The lines have a fair amount of synergy between them, and there has been a push to make the Consumer line more "stand-a-lone" (over-the-air updating exists for AppleTV but is rumored to finally come to the iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad in iOSv5).
Except that a lot of the people that consist of the Apple "Grass Roots" are power users who are likely to balk at such a setup.
More likely, someone realized that since OS X DVDs do NOT come with a License key, and you can already make an ISO image of them easily using the software built into OS X, why not just sell it through the App Store and let people download and burn their own image?
It costs less to the Manufacturer. (packaging/shipping costs)
It cuts the middleman out. (don't need to give Best Buy or other non-apple on-line/retail stores a cut)
It provides quick availability. (as fast as their servers and your pipe can handle)
It provides a remote backup for customers. (a + for non-technically savvy customers)
All in all it seems like wins all around, I'm not sure why Apple WOULDN'T do this.
I blame Sony for not having security sufficient to prevent such an attack in the first place. What, did we have a Win '08 server facing the 'net without a firewall??
Nope: Linux running Apache. They use PHP, and where either owned via a known vulnerability in PHP or Apache. They haven't made it clear which, just that it was a known vulnerability with their "web application software."
Which is Linux based.
Just out of curiosity, can you point to any links saying it was a PHP/Apache vulnerability, or even that it was a vulnerability in their Web Stack? I'm not disproving (I didn't read the whole Congressional Letter, so it may be in there), but I haven't seen any sources as to HOW the systems were compromised (from anyone).
"but that does not absolve the THIEF of responsibility"
I haven't seen a single comment yet on any Sony article here that implies this.
Yet, every Sony article I've read here contains much vitriol that points to it being entirely Sony's fault. If its entirely Sony's fault, then the Thief bares no responsibility.
They also were attacked separately where the theft took place. They don't know if these groups were working together. They blame the latter on Anonymous too. How did they draw that final conclusion??
If A=B, and B=C, then C="Anonymous fucking did it!" That's basic logic right there.
Not to mention the file Sony says they found claiming "Anonymous" breached their systems.
I'm starting to wonder if some technically proficient hacker/cracker in Anonymous actually did crack Sony's servers, maybe just to plant the file saying Anonymous did it (for LOLs or to show they could), and inadvertently left the systems more vulnerable for an unrelated third-party to waltz in and get access to the data.
Either that or an unrelated third part decided this was a good time to try cracking Sony's systems since they would be dealing with all the extra load from Anonymous' attack.
FTFA:
We also informed the subcommittee of the following: ...
- We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named "Anonymous" with the words "We are Legion." ...
Well, it may be slander, but they claimed (Under Oath?), that they were informed that Anonymous was responsible for the break-ins on the SOE servers. I don't think they actually said "Anonymous is behind the attacks", they just listed the evidence they have found since then.
Sony itself freely admits that Anonymous may have not been involved in the attack itself, but states that the initial intrusion seems to have happened at the same point that the initial Anonymous DoS attack did, and that the initial attack, knowingly or not, helped provide concealment for the breach.
Specifically read the last 3-4 paragraphs on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/5687533298/in/set-72157626521862165/lightbox/ and the first one on http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/5687532796/in/set-72157626521862165/lightbox/
(I'd copy and paste the relevant paragraphs, but its tough to do that with pictures, so if you really care, go read what they wrote).
If Anonymous ISN'T behind these attacks and just patsies/dupes (as Sony admits is possible), then they should probably use much of their world renowned internet ability to help track down who ACTUALLY broke into the servers, if for no other reason than to clear their name.
There is no official "anonymous" and there is no leadership or command structure. It's a concept, an idea to describe an emergent system of hacktivism. Saying anonymous is responsible for this (or anything) is like saying democracy is responsible for causing the wars in the middle east. You're mixing up an idea, an ethos, with an organization.
Yes, but when an organization runs around saying they are attacking targets, and when that organization has no real leadership (collective/mob), they also can't cry foul if someone co-opts their name, claims to be part of them (since they have no real membership requirement or leadership, whose to say), and decides to either:
1) Partake in the attack even though it has been officially "called off" (hey, just because most of Anonymous might be clueless, doesn't mean some of it can't hack/crack with the best of them.
2) Use your name as a convenient scape goat to pin their crime on (okay, we take as much data as we can, and point the finger at THOSE guys over there).
Either which way, saying "Anonymous Denied all Responsibility, It MUST BE SONY'S FAULT!" is the biggest LOL of them all.
Its the fault of the malicious idiot who attacked and broke into the network. Yeah, Sony should have done a better job securing the data, but that does not absolve the THIEF of responsibility (in spite of what most slashdotters seem to think).
...where Judges are applying an understanding of the technical issues, common sense, and considering the situation of ordinary citizens?
The same world where bin Ladin is dead, democracy is sweeping the middle east like a sandstorm, Duke Nukem Forever will ship in June and the NDP are the official opposition in Canada.
2011 is pretty interesting so far.
Its all just a trap to lull us into a false sense of happiness before 2012 brings worldwide destruction and devastation.
Did you all miss the tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes and nuclear meltdowns? 2011 hasn't been all kittens and puppies.
Sorry, it wasn't in my MyFaceTwit feed, so I didn't hear about them. ... did those things impact many people? Why didn't my parents mention it when they brought me dinner? I mean, why else would I be^H^H ... I mean ... HAVE THEM living with me.
...where Judges are applying an understanding of the technical issues, common sense, and considering the situation of ordinary citizens?
The same world where bin Ladin is dead, democracy is sweeping the middle east like a sandstorm, Duke Nukem Forever will ship in June and the NDP are the official opposition in Canada.
2011 is pretty interesting so far.
Its all just a trap to lull us into a false sense of happiness before 2012 brings worldwide destruction and devastation.
I would imagine a big old truecrypt partition, though perhaps he didn't encrypt things for some reason?
The guy was 54 and the latter part of those years was spent in some pretty remote areas. I doubt he had much expertise in computer security. They probably relied much more on physical security, i.e. being to blow all their stuff up if the shit hit the fan (or their stuff going up in same bombing raid as them.)
Not to mention, he escaped from the Afghan caves and has been successfully hiding from authorities for the better part of 6 years. That might have helped make him more careless in security matters ( such as "They couldn't catch me! Ha!" or "They missed me once, and haven't been able to find the backside of their own hands since my Pakistani colleagues have been feeding them shit for intelligence").
R.I.P Osama Bin Laden - World Hide And Go Seek Champion (2001 - 2011)
Yeah, I remember when he took the Title from Salman Rushdie.
"The people who died that day were liberal and conservative, but all were American."
Hate to break it to you, but 24 Canadians were killed during the attack. I would imagine there were more than a handful of Britons, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Indians, Brazilians... name a country and there's a good chance they lost people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks#Non-American_casualties
To rephrase the GP:
With the exception of 19 assholes, all the people killed in the 9/11 attacks were from all walks of life, and from many ethnicities, races, religions, and cultures. They were all Citizens of the World just going about their daily business until they found themselves swept up in something much larger than they ever expected.
If 9/11 should have taught us anything, it was that Society can not afford to turn a blind eye toward intolerance and extremism, in whatever form it takes.
So can we now call the "War on Terror" "Won" and try to go back to Normal?
When I was a Boy by Frank Hayes:
Videos:
Faster Paced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUFfy9ZhoE
Really Slow Paced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fBd7UbQPA
Lyrics:
http://www.stevemacdonald.org/lyrics/wiwab.html
When I was a boy our Nintendo
Was carved from an old Apple tree
And we used garden hose to connect it
To our steam-powered color tv.
But it still beat that ancient Atari
'Cuz I almost went blind, don'tcha know,
Playing Breakout and Pong on a video game
Hooked up to the radio.
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse
Barefoot, uphill both ways,
Through blizzards in summer and winter
Back in the good old days.
Back when Fortran was not even Three-tran
And the PC was only a toy
And we did our computing by gaslight
When I was a boy.
When I was a boy all our networks
Were for hauling in fish from the sea--
Our bawd rate was eight bits an hour (and she was worth it!),
And our IP address was just 3.
And you kids who complain that the World Wide Web
Is too slow oughtta cut out your bitchin',
'Cuz when I was a boy every packet
Was delivered by carrier pigeon
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse
Barefoot, uphill both ways,
Through blizzards in summer and winter
Back in the good old days.
Back when Fortran was not even Two-tran
And the mainframe was only a toy
And we did our computing by torchlight
When I was a boy.
When I was a boy our IS shop
Built relational tables from wood,
And we wrappered our data in oilcloth
To preserve it the best that we could.
And we carried our bits in a bucket,
And our mainframe weighed 900 tons,
And we programmed in ones and in zeros
And sometimes we ran out of ones.
And we walked twenty miles to the schoolhouse
Barefoot, uphill both ways,
Through blizzards in summer and winter
Back in the good old days.
Back when Fortran was not even One-tran
And the abacus? Only a toy!
And we did our computing in primordial darkness
When I was a boy.
Basically.
Although to back it up we might need a 2nd Gig.
Perhaps they designed it that way, but a programmer left a few debugging lines in the code...
or the system was exposed via a different vector since Sony's mentioned rebuilding the servers, which seems to imply that they were compromised.
Isn't that one of the reasons Class Action Lawsuits exist?
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I think it has more to do with how mature hardware is in a given space, than any desire to arbitrarily Obsolete machines.
I can't speak toward the 68XXX machines, but I was an apple user during the transition to Intel architecture. Intel started rolling out during Tiger's (OS 10.4) deployment period.
Apple released Leopard (10.5) with support for both Intel and PPC.
One of the major features of 10.6 (from what I remember) is Grand Central Dispatch, allowing programs to run on multi-core machines, without having to explicitly code for multiple cores. Apple started transitioning to Intel chipsets in 2006, OSX 10.6 was released in mid 2009, about 3 1/2 years later. While it is sad to see older hardware not able to run the latest and greatest versions of the OS we may want, the sad fact is that coding to two separate architectures, especially one that has not been sold for 3.5 years does not make sense.
G4s and G5s will run OSX 10.5 just fine, and should work well for most people who write email, browse the web, and occasionally use it for other things.
I'm "aware of the problem" but at least now with Intel based Macs, the machines will always be able to run Linux pretty well... hell, even Windows 7 for that matter. I'm guessing Apple is already regretting their decision to go with Intel based architecture.
Pitty there isn't/wasn't a way to run Linux on all those PPC architecture computers ... oh wait http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/. Really, Apple could care less what OS you choose to run on your computer, as long as they were the ones to sell you the hardware.
With the iPhone, the hardware has seen major upgrades in terms of functionality since the initial model has been released. This is still a very evolving market-space, and I expect hardware specs to keep evolving in the SmartPhone space for another generation or two before they start to stabilize on features enough to have a "common" hardware platform to work off of.
Some of this complaint of obsolescence seems almost like complaining that I can't run Windows XP on my 386.
I don't know where you think Normal games can't connect. Most can, its only on-line multiplayer (which requires a PSN account, and performs authentication and matchmaking through PSN I believe), and certain titles that require the user to log in and confirm that they've purchased the content (mainly downloaded games from Capcom). I'm not aware of any other games that are specifically requiring you to log in, or else you're SoL.
As an aside, I was playing some on my PS3 just yesterday and it worked just fine. The demos nagged me to upgrade to the Full Version, the Mini games worked as-is, and the games that scored trophies score them locally, and then attempt to sync once you reconnect to PSN at a later time.
Not so terrible really.
I'd also suspect that if it is an intrusion, it is something they can quickly address, since it SHOULD just be a matter of implementing more/more stringent validation checking than anything else (unless it is something fundamental that is broken).
Netflix is working even though PSN is down. When you start the Netflix app it prompts for a login about three times, but after that it works normally. I've used it a couple of times since the PSN troubles started. Just keep attempting to sign in and it'll eventually let you through.
Wish the Hulu+ client did that. It seems like they are about to start hemorrhaging customers instead.
Game Updates are working fine now (don't know about earlier), even though PSN itself is still down and can't log in.
They might be related services, but they seem to be different servers.
Now, I'd LOVE to know why the Hulu+ program needs me to log in, when I also had to tie the PS3 to my Hulu+ account. Wish that worked the way the Netflix clients seem to be.