It's true that you don't have to worry about this if you switch off the "Open safe files" option, but I've always thought the option was a bad idea, especially when left on by default. It was a vuln waiting to happen because as soon as you figure out how to trick Safari into seeing a malicious file as "safe", you can own a large portion of Mac users.
How does this information compare with the Slashdot crowd's real-world experience?
I'd say it jibes with my experience. I am right at the bottom of the pay range they estimate for.NET developers, with 1.5 years' experience (DC area). It's tough right now finding good developers, without even being picky about what technologies they are familiar with.
Good point about/Library and ~/Library, although there's no guarantee a reinstall of a Windows app will fix problems (registry keys, etc). Plus uninstalls of Windows seem to fail disturbingly often.
Yeah, I would say that the Windows way of installing apps leaves the user with less control. You don't necessarily have any idea where an installer is putting files, what it's overwriting, what it's messing up. OS X app bundles stay in one place.
They don't necessarily have to be Apple Lossless files, either. iTunes just converts MP3, AIFF, AAC, etc. to Apple Lossless before streaming to the Airport Express. So if someone can come up with a way to convert to Apple Lossless on the fly, any type of audio can be streamed.
The menu, play/pause, fast forward, and previous buttons are integrated into the wheel, rather than having those buttons separate from the wheel as in the 3G iPods. This design was introduced with the iPod minis.
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Wow, fanboys of a technology of some kind are using misleading figures and unnecessarily degrading their competition? No way. That never happens.
But... but she's a girl!
It's true that you don't have to worry about this if you switch off the "Open safe files" option, but I've always thought the option was a bad idea, especially when left on by default. It was a vuln waiting to happen because as soon as you figure out how to trick Safari into seeing a malicious file as "safe", you can own a large portion of Mac users.
I'd say it jibes with my experience. I am right at the bottom of the pay range they estimate for .NET developers, with 1.5 years' experience (DC area). It's tough right now finding good developers, without even being picky about what technologies they are familiar with.
Perhaps this is more of a statement about our tax code than about Gates's fortune.
I don't think the footnote-looking abbreviated stories were a very good idea. It wasn't too hard to figure out how to disable them, though.
eh, i'd say that comment is pretty accurate
that's vice city, retard
Good point about /Library and ~/Library, although there's no guarantee a reinstall of a Windows app will fix problems (registry keys, etc). Plus uninstalls of Windows seem to fail disturbingly often.
Yeah, I would say that the Windows way of installing apps leaves the user with less control. You don't necessarily have any idea where an installer is putting files, what it's overwriting, what it's messing up. OS X app bundles stay in one place.
Jeez, I've never seen a "news at 11" joke delivered so poorly.
Last I checked, www.appleinsider.com has a popup that gets around the google toolbar, m'lud.
Eww, mysql.
You're thinking of Airport Express. Airport Extreme is just an 802.11g card for Macs.
I'm 100% sure microsoft did this as more for Mac users who actually care about how peripherals use
I guess you PC users don't care about trivial things like "making sense", either.
shut up, hippy
They don't necessarily have to be Apple Lossless files, either. iTunes just converts MP3, AIFF, AAC, etc. to Apple Lossless before streaming to the Airport Express. So if someone can come up with a way to convert to Apple Lossless on the fly, any type of audio can be streamed.
I can!
you are an idiot
The slogan is pretty lame, too.
Yeah, drunk like those lousy Germans.
It looks like the new iPods have the same form factor on the top, and the same connector on the bottom, so this might not be an issue.
The menu, play/pause, fast forward, and previous buttons are integrated into the wheel, rather than having those buttons separate from the wheel as in the 3G iPods. This design was introduced with the iPod minis.
One of the web browsers has a big blue e, just like on Windows :)
Please stop posting on Slashdot, thank you