My first introduction to BeOS was a live CD of BeOS R4.5, which was distributed on a magazine's cover CD for the purpose of giving people a taste of BeOS and the chance to see if it'd run on their machines. I suspect they gained a number of customers from that live CD (me included), and I also suspect YellowTAB could benefit similarly.
If ThinkPad development were to cease, what other manufacturer would you turn to? For instance, I love the keyboard on my ThinkPad and can't imagine being satisfied with anything lesser. Do any other manufacturers sell laptops with keyboards as nice as IBM's?
You've missed the point. Of course you're likely only to use one version of Firefox at a time, but the point I made is that updated versions of Firefox are likely to render obsolete spoofs that rely on the old versions' features or appearance.
Bear in mind that this spoof only looks convincing if you haven't changed your Firefox toolbar at all, ie. you haven't switched to smaller icons or added/removed/moved buttons.
It also fails to appear properly on the Macintosh.
If someone wanted to make some kind of exploit with this, they'd want to target a specific platform and Firefox revision. (eg. 0.9 on Windows) Since Firefox is in constant development, it could well change between revisions and render these spoofs obsolete.
I don't really see this as a Firefox vulnerability. Use any browser without a popup blocker, and you'll see a lot of popup ads pretending to be legitimate OS windows and dialogs. This is really just a variation of that.
The original article states that this game has been developed AS PART of research into the technology. There are no plans to make it available for sale. Quoting the article: "The game is not for sale, but it is a way for the researchers to learn how to develop the technology."
The article is from CBBC (Children's BBC), which naturally will be quite dumbed-down and lacking in information.
For more information, pictures and tech specs from one of the developers, check out Robert Burke's web page.
Groklaw covered this yesterday - it's nothing more than confirmation that those institutions received the threatening letter that SCO's been sending out.
Not if you've *backed up* your downloaded music, which is precisely what iTunes allows you to do. Either as a standard music CD, or as a data disc containing your music files.
This is what Apple should have done with the iMac instead of concentrating on anglepoise lamp emulation.
It was switching from an iBook to a Sony Vaio C1VN, that made me realise that Sony really does rival Apple when it comes to kick-ass products, BUT, though this machine has Apple-cool about it, it also has Apple-low-spec.
I'm looking for a new desktop computer, since I don't have a single complete PC, but I want something I can stick a fast graphics card in to play C&C Generals. I just don't see this Vaio as being powerful enough for that.
I'm network administrator for a school in north England, and our county uses the SmartFilter software (I forget the web site) which has the ability to block access to direct IP addresses. That might be useful in blocking some of the warez sites that never bother to register a domain name, though it'll also block the Google cache IP too... (however I believe IPs can be selectively allowed). Just a thought.
The two most comomon types of e-mail spam I receive are the "work from home!" variety, and the ones advertising "hot horny HOUSEWIVES!". I'd always wondered whether there was a *link* between the two...;-)
Apathy is "their" greatest weapon here. Outside of Slashdot readers and people naturally disposed to be concerned about their privacy, how many people do you think are going to care? It's very easy to argue that what could be censored is "harmful" - pornograhy; offensive langugage; whatever else. And a lot of people (particularly those who don't use the internet) are going to buy that argument, despite how it would very quickly lead to an internet non-representative of our culture and society.
And what happens when the government controls culture?
Slashdot Mirror
And let's not forget that BeOS nearly did become Mac OS X, in the way that NEXT eventually did.
;-)
Of course, whether we'd have had Jean Louis Gassee at the helm of Apple now, rather than Steve Jobs... I'll leave to your imagination.
That link isn't to 1.0; it's to RC3. That download is out of date.
My first introduction to BeOS was a live CD of BeOS R4.5, which was distributed on a magazine's cover CD for the purpose of giving people a taste of BeOS and the chance to see if it'd run on their machines. I suspect they gained a number of customers from that live CD (me included), and I also suspect YellowTAB could benefit similarly.
If ThinkPad development were to cease, what other manufacturer would you turn to? For instance, I love the keyboard on my ThinkPad and can't imagine being satisfied with anything lesser. Do any other manufacturers sell laptops with keyboards as nice as IBM's?
You've missed the point. Of course you're likely only to use one version of Firefox at a time, but the point I made is that updated versions of Firefox are likely to render obsolete spoofs that rely on the old versions' features or appearance.
I had a Mac with me and gave it a try. I wasn't making a point.
Bear in mind that this spoof only looks convincing if you haven't changed your Firefox toolbar at all, ie. you haven't switched to smaller icons or added/removed/moved buttons.
It also fails to appear properly on the Macintosh.
If someone wanted to make some kind of exploit with this, they'd want to target a specific platform and Firefox revision. (eg. 0.9 on Windows) Since Firefox is in constant development, it could well change between revisions and render these spoofs obsolete.
I don't really see this as a Firefox vulnerability. Use any browser without a popup blocker, and you'll see a lot of popup ads pretending to be legitimate OS windows and dialogs. This is really just a variation of that.
But they don't call them "pennies" in Europe, which I'd imagine was the point of his post.
The original article states that this game has been developed AS PART of research into the technology. There are no plans to make it available for sale. Quoting the article: "The game is not for sale, but it is a way for the researchers to learn how to develop the technology."
The article is from CBBC (Children's BBC), which naturally will be quite dumbed-down and lacking in information.
For more information, pictures and tech specs from one of the developers, check out Robert Burke's web page.
Coverage and discussion at Groklaw: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200403192 34017885
Groklaw covered this yesterday - it's nothing more than confirmation that those institutions received the threatening letter that SCO's been sending out.
"SCO: Who Do You Want To Sue Today?"
Not if you've *backed up* your downloaded music, which is precisely what iTunes allows you to do. Either as a standard music CD, or as a data disc containing your music files.
Stand on your rooftop with a CD burner and frisbee CDs to anyone who calls to initiate a transfer!
The ONLY way to serve files!
This is what Apple should have done with the iMac instead of concentrating on anglepoise lamp emulation.
It was switching from an iBook to a Sony Vaio C1VN, that made me realise that Sony really does rival Apple when it comes to kick-ass products, BUT, though this machine has Apple-cool about it, it also has Apple-low-spec.
I'm looking for a new desktop computer, since I don't have a single complete PC, but I want something I can stick a fast graphics card in to play C&C Generals. I just don't see this Vaio as being powerful enough for that.
But an excellent bedroom computer at any rate.
I'm network administrator for a school in north England, and our county uses the SmartFilter software (I forget the web site) which has the ability to block access to direct IP addresses. That might be useful in blocking some of the warez sites that never bother to register a domain name, though it'll also block the Google cache IP too... (however I believe IPs can be selectively allowed). Just a thought.
How about multiplayer Delta, or Trolls, or Sanxion? ;-)
*the memories come flooding back*
The two most comomon types of e-mail spam I receive are the "work from home!" variety, and the ones advertising "hot horny HOUSEWIVES!". I'd always wondered whether there was a *link* between the two... ;-)
Obviously you've never been subjected to their television soap operas.
Apathy is "their" greatest weapon here. Outside of Slashdot readers and people naturally disposed to be concerned about their privacy, how many people do you think are going to care? It's very easy to argue that what could be censored is "harmful" - pornograhy; offensive langugage; whatever else. And a lot of people (particularly those who don't use the internet) are going to buy that argument, despite how it would very quickly lead to an internet non-representative of our culture and society.
And what happens when the government controls culture?