Apple didn't "go with" BSD for OS X, it came as part of the NeXTStep bits, which predate Linux by several years (first commercial release in 1989 for NeXTStep vs 0.1 or whatever in 1991 for Linux).
NeXTStep was a microkernel, with a BSD "personality" module (so people could run portable software), and an advanced (at the time) GUI. IIRC there were plans for other "personality" modules, but I don't think any were ever built... people wanted NeXT GUI software for everything that wasn't "good enough" on the BSD command-line.
Unless things have changed in the last ~2 years, Outlook rolls its own HTML/CSS/JavaScript engine to avoid IE issues like this.
Unfortunately, it opens Outlook up to their own HTML/CSS/JavaScript related bugs, and their implementation is half-assed like old versions of IE (that is, you can't expect HTML and CSS to work normally, even for features that Outlook implements).
Sorry, PTSD moment from having to "fix" HTML newsletters for Outlook once upon a time...
Have you considered putting Block Story on RIM's PlayBook platform? Since version 2.0 of the PlayBook OS, they've supported Android executables (although you do have to repackage them). It seems to help with downloads and sales.
It's a trivial "port" if your app doesn't require native code, so it's not a huge investment on your part. BlackBerry 10 is going to support Android apps too, so you won't be limited to just the PlayBook for long.
I was looking through the full list of new features yesterday for some reason to upgrade (I don't use iCloud, I already have Steam, and I'm not Chinese) and found awesome revolutionary new features like "We're in the process of getting FIPS-140 certification" and "Chess now knows about Game Center".
Seriously; look at the new MacBook Pro "Retina", it's entirely disposable. You can't upgrade or replace the RAM, disk or battery, the three things you'd need to touch in a laptop to keep using it for more than a couple of years.
I've been buying Mac laptops since the iBook G4, but if this is the new normal, forget it. Not looking forward to trying to find a decent PC laptop though, everyone seems to have ten billion slightly different and incomprehensibly named models...
My Time Capsule recently died (awesome thermal design there Apple) and I've been looking for a replacement WAP.
Thanks Cisco, you just eliminated about a million slightly different models for me. My pre-Cisco WRT54G has been a trooper though, that's for sure... it's slow for wireless these days, but it's still a great router (running a Tomato hacked up to do IPv6).
Probably for buying out and shutting down a potential competitor?
Or maybe they've got good Mac integration, since MS's Lync support on Mac is sort of half-there (it's basically just Communicator, there's no group support, etc.).
They have a major deep-seated cultural problems where their only morality is getting rich, no matter how much damage they cause or how many people they hurt.
Wait, when did we start talking about MBAs and C-level executives?!
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion helps make managing mobile devices faster, easier and more organized than ever before. From a single, web-based interface, provision, audit and protect mobile devices, including BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry PlayBook tablets and devices that use iOS and Android operating systems. This unified approach helps provide secure mobile access to work email and data in a cost-effective way.
"Unlimited" was redefined to mean "always connected" quite some time ago, since dial-up was usually limited to some set number of hours per day or month.
Making the users change their passwords every 60 days is the reason why people use passwords like that.
On services where you never change your password (most web services) you should definitely use a strong passphrase. But if you're stuck changing it frequently, using a strong passphrase punishes you.
WebGL is a huge security risk; you're basically running any old code, from the Internet, on your GPU. How well do you trust your browser, graphics drivers, etc. to not have bugs?
The point of a game is to be fun, and that's what Minecraft is. Unless you're writing an engine that you'll be reusing and/or licensing, "efficiency" is largely irrelevant.
I'm honestly curious about the i7 laptop; who makes good laptops these days, other than Apple?
In a year or two I'd like to replace my Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, and I'm not entirely sure I like where Apple is taking their OS. I could live with Windows 7, but I'd like some hardware that isn't crap thrown together and designed to be thrown out after a year.
We've got Lenovo ThinkPads at work, and they seem to be crap, unless we've just fallen victim to their ten billion different models (and I hate the keyboard nipple). Who makes the good "Windows" laptops?
We've been interviewing co-op students for internships this week; two things that always lower my opinion of them... sending their resume in MS Word format, and having @hotmail.com as their email address.
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Apple didn't "go with" BSD for OS X, it came as part of the NeXTStep bits, which predate Linux by several years (first commercial release in 1989 for NeXTStep vs 0.1 or whatever in 1991 for Linux).
NeXTStep was a microkernel, with a BSD "personality" module (so people could run portable software), and an advanced (at the time) GUI. IIRC there were plans for other "personality" modules, but I don't think any were ever built... people wanted NeXT GUI software for everything that wasn't "good enough" on the BSD command-line.
I know, Stephen Harper is such a weasel isn't he?
Apparently all of Yahoo!'s users only use the latest top-of-the-line smartphones. Even some that aren't available yet.
Unless things have changed in the last ~2 years, Outlook rolls its own HTML/CSS/JavaScript engine to avoid IE issues like this.
Unfortunately, it opens Outlook up to their own HTML/CSS/JavaScript related bugs, and their implementation is half-assed like old versions of IE (that is, you can't expect HTML and CSS to work normally, even for features that Outlook implements).
Sorry, PTSD moment from having to "fix" HTML newsletters for Outlook once upon a time...
Have you considered putting Block Story on RIM's PlayBook platform? Since version 2.0 of the PlayBook OS, they've supported Android executables (although you do have to repackage them). It seems to help with downloads and sales.
It's a trivial "port" if your app doesn't require native code, so it's not a huge investment on your part. BlackBerry 10 is going to support Android apps too, so you won't be limited to just the PlayBook for long.
Disclosure: I work for RIM.
Except, of course, that pirated music comes in lossless formats or at least in higher bitrates than what Amazon is giving you here.
Uh, not that I'd know. A friend told me.
Where's +1, Sarcasm when you need it?
I was looking through the full list of new features yesterday for some reason to upgrade (I don't use iCloud, I already have Steam, and I'm not Chinese) and found awesome revolutionary new features like "We're in the process of getting FIPS-140 certification" and "Chess now knows about Game Center".
I've tried to read that three times now, and I keep reading it as US Hipsters.
Seriously; look at the new MacBook Pro "Retina", it's entirely disposable. You can't upgrade or replace the RAM, disk or battery, the three things you'd need to touch in a laptop to keep using it for more than a couple of years.
I've been buying Mac laptops since the iBook G4, but if this is the new normal, forget it. Not looking forward to trying to find a decent PC laptop though, everyone seems to have ten billion slightly different and incomprehensibly named models...
My Time Capsule recently died (awesome thermal design there Apple) and I've been looking for a replacement WAP.
Thanks Cisco, you just eliminated about a million slightly different models for me. My pre-Cisco WRT54G has been a trooper though, that's for sure... it's slow for wireless these days, but it's still a great router (running a Tomato hacked up to do IPv6).
Probably for buying out and shutting down a potential competitor?
Or maybe they've got good Mac integration, since MS's Lync support on Mac is sort of half-there (it's basically just Communicator, there's no group support, etc.).
Wait, when did we start talking about MBAs and C-level executives?!
You mean sort of like this?
There are a lot of things that dump a ton of crap in C: on Windows, even if you've told them to install somewhere else.
VisualStudio, I'm looking at you.
"Unlimited" was redefined to mean "always connected" quite some time ago, since dial-up was usually limited to some set number of hours per day or month.
Fucking marketing.
Except it's disturbing instead of erotic due to her chicken skin hallucinations.
Making the users change their passwords every 60 days is the reason why people use passwords like that.
On services where you never change your password (most web services) you should definitely use a strong passphrase. But if you're stuck changing it frequently, using a strong passphrase punishes you.
WebGL is a huge security risk; you're basically running any old code, from the Internet, on your GPU. How well do you trust your browser, graphics drivers, etc. to not have bugs?
The thing is, who the hell cares?
The point of a game is to be fun, and that's what Minecraft is. Unless you're writing an engine that you'll be reusing and/or licensing, "efficiency" is largely irrelevant.
I'm honestly curious about the i7 laptop; who makes good laptops these days, other than Apple?
In a year or two I'd like to replace my Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, and I'm not entirely sure I like where Apple is taking their OS. I could live with Windows 7, but I'd like some hardware that isn't crap thrown together and designed to be thrown out after a year.
We've got Lenovo ThinkPads at work, and they seem to be crap, unless we've just fallen victim to their ten billion different models (and I hate the keyboard nipple). Who makes the good "Windows" laptops?
We've been interviewing co-op students for internships this week; two things that always lower my opinion of them... sending their resume in MS Word format, and having @hotmail.com as their email address.
Just send in a drone, then you don't need to worry about warrants or anything.
I wouldn't use an ISP that posts ".htm" pages. Are they hosting that machine on a Windows '95 box?
If she'd used a BlackBerry it would've certainly been "BlackBerry Allows Easy, Wireless Credit Card Fraud."