Well isn't that just dandy? I guess we should all go out and race R/C cars!!! Sounds like so much fun!! And it's so popular, I bet tons of people on my street race R/C cars!!! They could probably fix my iPod battery! Yeah!
Oh god this is great. R/C car enthusiasts are here to save US! Joy! Bless you, R/C car enthusiasts, bless you!
Some other "not that big a deal for some's":
Metalworkers: "When you work with sheet metal on a serious level, you become quite adept at remounting your Pinto's rear bumper to the frame."
EMTs: "When you work with saving lives on a serious level, you become quite adept at removing those small plastic parts from choking children's throats."
Waitresses: "When you work with coffee on a serious level, you become quite adept at not dumping scalding coffee on your lap."
Hairstylists: "When you work with shampoo on a serious level, you become quite adept at not eating the shampoo."
People tired of having to go through the process of creating RHN demo accounts for EACH machine just so they can install the security patches to vulnerabilities coming out, apparently, several times a week, as of late.
Hell, even Microsoft doesn't force you to go through a lengthly (or much of any, besides activation) registration in order to use Windows Update. It also seems like Red Hat is neck and neck with Microsoft concerning number of vulnerabilities, as of late.
Now that Red Hat is becoming more popular, I see these problems only getting worse.
I have not used proprietary software for many years.
Maybe he should start using his competition's software, so that he has an idea of where the industry is going. Then maybe Red Hat software will be really "ready" for the rest of us.
No, it is ignorance on the offender's part for not knowing proper English.
With English we expand the vocabulary as it is used.
That should be "mis-used".
See email.
The term "e-mail" and variants is different. It was a term created to describe an invention. It was not an ignorant mis-use of grammar, such as "your" for "you're", etc.
if enough people use it, it is a word.
True enough, but a word founded on ignorance and/or lack of education.
virii
Virii is not proper English. However, it is an accepted slang term in the computer underground.
Let me preface this insightful comment with a flame. I hate Red Hat Linux. I think it really sucks. As a long time UNIX user, I think it's bloated, clunky, and garbage.
That said, I take anything written by Eugenia with a grain of salt. I find that she is overly picky about things, and places too much importance on things that I think the average user would consider trivial.
THAT said, she's technically competent, and I enjoy reading her articles...just don't take her opinions to heart too much.
Yeah, everyone was too busy to make X11 good for actual work to bother making alpha transparency and other near-useless eye candy features.
What bizarro world do you live in? N
early every X11 user I've spoken to, including myself have bitched about X11's shoddiness for productivity.
Sure, while you have network transparency, you don't have a bunch of other vital functions (say, a standard cut and paste/clipboard, a standard GUI [X11 leaves that up to higher layers, at the expense of tight integration], 3D, and other "near-useless" features, like alpha blending/transparency, which I find highly useful, especially with many terminals open at once).
There is a working virtual desktop for Windows in the free Power Toys collection, and there are Expose and many 3rd party virtual desktop apps for OS X. Both vendors have been quoted as saying that they've asked users, and users don't seem to really want VDs (pun intended).
Personally, I've never needed one for Windows, the taskbar allows me to switch tasks fast enough, don't need one for OS X, Expose does the job. I do need one for my X11 desktop, because I think the multiple running window management for every window manager I've used, sucks.
Unfortunately, he doesn't exactly say how besides "increased investment opportunities". Uh huh. Ditto for the comment about raising the average third world income to $20k.
Right, he also doesn't mention how raising the average income to 150K just makes the rich, richer, and the poor, poorer.
Now, those scummy homeless people only have the scrounge $10 for a bottle of booze, just wait until those bottles start costing $100! *
"Each power beam can be safely received, for example, in an industrially zoned area." I wonder if he's ever played SimCity 2000"
No, I wonder if he's considered aircraft. I don't want my delayed flights to be further delayed because the pilot has to dodge invisible microwave beams. Or even worse yet, to accidentally run through one.
I don't call them "viri", either. I call them "virii", which is the accepted slang pluralization of the proper English "viruses" in the virii community.
It's good to see Sarah still around after all these years. She's smart and definitely had/has her finger on the pulse of the virii community. I'm guessing she doesnt hang out on the AIS BBS anymore?
1. The battery is a major shortcoming? The thing plays for hours and hours. It's not a shortcoming, just because the newly released Dell player does 20 hours.
2. The moving parts (hard drive) are a major shortcoming? I've jogged with my iPod hundreds of times. You set a playlist for the duration of your jog, press play the iPod fills up the memory cache with tunes, you jog. I maybe get one or two skips. Hard drive still not dead in my unit.
Indeed, not only "some experts", but even Apple says jogging with the iPod is okay, according to their official iPod FAQ:
Question 9: Can I use iPod while running, or doing other activities? Will my music skip? Answer: iPod was designed for people with an active lifestyle. It is compact and lightweight enough to take with you wherever you go. It was designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand or to be slipped into a pocket or purse for easy transport. iPod offers up to 20 minutes of skip protection - twice that of other hard drive-based MP3 players on the market - so you can enjoy outdoor athletic activities without missing a beat.
3. The iPod is expensive. It is pretty expensive, but it's also very high quality. I've dropped the thing on hard ground a few times now, and it still works like a champ. It is well-designed, and it integrates with iTunes seamlessly.
The author suggests MP3 CD players as an alternative, but doesn't this violate his point #2? Yes. It does, you think jogging with an iPod is bad, but jogging with a cheaply manufactured MP3 CD player is better? These units probably have some skip protection, and probably almost no shock absorbtion (walking, driving).
4. You want to make high quality recordings. This is true, rumors are Apple is working on this, who knows.
5. You want a choice in online music stores. Well, I do have a choice in online music stores. I download AACs from iTunes Music Store, and I download MP3s from emusic.com and import them into iTunes.
I heard people bitch for years about how horrible and flakey MusicMatch and others were. Why would I want to go use them? iTunes Music Store is superb, and far exceeds the other choices out there.
Sure the iPod doesn't support "secure" (read: DRM-laden) WMA files, but I don't want to buy those, because they strip me of choice. I want unladen MP3s and perhaps minimally-DRM'd AAC files that are flexible, not draconian "secured" WMA files (which I HAVE experienced, thank you).
This article is just full of bullshit, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was shadow authored by John Dvorak or some MS PR drone*, with the stereotypical bone to pick with Apple.
I have a first generation Quicksilver 867mhz and I am noticing massive IDE (Not Firewire connected) hard disk corruption problems with 10.3.
I first noticed it when Safari would lose all its preference settings and the Itunes Music Library file would corrupt itself.
I aso noticed that when downloading some apps like Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger they'd be corrupt the first time I downloaded them, and then I'd redownload them and they'd work the next time.
Today I did a large amount of ftping, and I was unarchiving and sifting through what I downloaded earlier, and it was viewable and all that. Now, I can't open these files, and when I open some of the text files I read earlier, they are filled with binary gibberish.
Alternatively, you can implement a life plan where you exercise and eat right (Atkins diet != right).
The key is to collect recipes for quick meals that are comprised of as few processed foods as possible. A George Foreman grill is a must. I suggest subscribing to the few men's fitness magazines that are out there, as they have both recipes and exercises for people in a hurry. The magazines are tailored for busy people. Buy the $16.95 Body For Life book as it is full of exercise and food tips.
Dumb bells and a weight bench are cheap, alternatively, you could just go for 30 minute walks. Avoid driving, when possible. Shitcan your pansy-assed Segway. Invest in a good bicycle.
Fad diets, like the Atkins diet, are just stupid shortcuts that work, somewhat, but don't think it's a healthy lifestyle. The Atkins diet is for lazy people who don't exercise much. You'll certainly get thinner, but not any healthier. And once you go off the diet, you'll just balloon up again. Whereas with exercise and more muscle, your body will burn more calories (and fat).
"declined comment" probably means "declined comment" as in they said "no comment", which means they're probably rethinking their course of (stupid) action.
I don't buy into your conspiracy theory. I'm sure a third-party security company with ties to Microsoft isn't going to ruin its reputation by lying about a software/hardware company with ties to Microsoft[1]. Besides, @Stake goes after Microsoft just as roughly.
Some third party news site is making a claim that apple didn't have a comment in and we are supposed to take that to mean that it is true?
Maybe you should try reading the article. And maybe moderators should, too, before modding up your comment.
Relevant section of article below, because you're too lazy to click a link:
Apple declined comment.
David Goldsmith, director of research for @stake, a security company that found four of the vulnerabilities, confirmed that Apple said it wasn't going to patch the flaws in earlier versions of the software.
"In my initial conversations with them, they said they weren't going to fix 10.2, but I wouldn't be surprised if they change that," he said.
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Well isn't that just dandy? I guess we should all go out and race R/C cars!!! Sounds like so much fun!! And it's so popular, I bet tons of people on my street race R/C cars!!! They could probably fix my iPod battery! Yeah!
Oh god this is great. R/C car enthusiasts are here to save US! Joy! Bless you, R/C car enthusiasts, bless you!
Some other "not that big a deal for some's":
Metalworkers:
"When you work with sheet metal on a serious level, you become quite adept at remounting your Pinto's rear bumper to the frame."
EMTs:
"When you work with saving lives on a serious level, you become quite adept at removing those small plastic parts from choking children's throats."
Waitresses:
"When you work with coffee on a serious level, you become quite adept at not dumping scalding coffee on your lap."
Hairstylists:
"When you work with shampoo on a serious level, you become quite adept at not eating the shampoo."
People tired of having to go through the process of creating RHN demo accounts for EACH machine just so they can install the security patches to vulnerabilities coming out, apparently, several times a week, as of late.
Hell, even Microsoft doesn't force you to go through a lengthly (or much of any, besides activation) registration in order to use Windows Update. It also seems like Red Hat is neck and neck with Microsoft concerning number of vulnerabilities, as of late.
Now that Red Hat is becoming more popular, I see these problems only getting worse.
I have not used proprietary software for many years.
Maybe he should start using his competition's software, so that he has an idea of where the industry is going. Then maybe Red Hat software will be really "ready" for the rest of us.
Not knowing your enemy is a serious weakness.
Maybe R2 came from the Canary Islands.
Have you ever watched Star Wars and been amazed that Human beings could understand what R2D2 is saying?
Actually no, not at all.
zo we shud excep'd speling like dis? becuz al langwudge iz bast on ignurince?
eye dunt theenk zo
Maybe you should read a comment before you reply to it. Here, let me reproduce the portion relevant to yours:
if enough people use it, it is a word.
True enough, but a word founded on ignorance and/or lack of education.
No, not flamebait. Just ignorance on your part.
No, it is ignorance on the offender's part for not knowing proper English.
With English we expand the vocabulary as it is used.
That should be "mis-used".
See email.
The term "e-mail" and variants is different. It was a term created to describe an invention. It was not an ignorant mis-use of grammar, such as "your" for "you're", etc.
if enough people use it, it is a word.
True enough, but a word founded on ignorance and/or lack of education.
virii
Virii is not proper English. However, it is an accepted slang term in the computer underground.
Let me preface this insightful comment with a flame. I hate Red Hat Linux. I think it really sucks. As a long time UNIX user, I think it's bloated, clunky, and garbage.
That said, I take anything written by Eugenia with a grain of salt. I find that she is overly picky about things, and places too much importance on things that I think the average user would consider trivial.
THAT said, she's technically competent, and I enjoy reading her articles...just don't take her opinions to heart too much.
Yeah, everyone was too busy to make X11 good for actual work to bother making alpha transparency and other near-useless eye candy features.
What bizarro world do you live in? N
early every X11 user I've spoken to, including myself have bitched about X11's shoddiness for productivity.
Sure, while you have network transparency, you don't have a bunch of other vital functions (say, a standard cut and paste/clipboard, a standard GUI [X11 leaves that up to higher layers, at the expense of tight integration], 3D, and other "near-useless" features, like alpha blending/transparency, which I find highly useful, especially with many terminals open at once).
There is a working virtual desktop for Windows in the free Power Toys collection, and there are Expose and many 3rd party virtual desktop apps for OS X. Both vendors have been quoted as saying that they've asked users, and users don't seem to really want VDs (pun intended).
Personally, I've never needed one for Windows, the taskbar allows me to switch tasks fast enough, don't need one for OS X, Expose does the job. I do need one for my X11 desktop, because I think the multiple running window management for every window manager I've used, sucks.
X11 2003 = Windows '99 = Mac OS X '98
Old news on the Windows and OS X platforms.
Unfortunately, he doesn't exactly say how besides "increased investment opportunities". Uh huh. Ditto for the comment about raising the average third world income to $20k.
Right, he also doesn't mention how raising the average income to 150K just makes the rich, richer, and the poor, poorer.
Now, those scummy homeless people only have the scrounge $10 for a bottle of booze, just wait until those bottles start costing $100! *
* note sarcasm.
"Each power beam can be safely received, for example, in an industrially zoned area." I wonder if he's ever played SimCity 2000"
No, I wonder if he's considered aircraft. I don't want my delayed flights to be further delayed because the pilot has to dodge invisible microwave beams. Or even worse yet, to accidentally run through one.
Why is Jared from Subway a celebrity and this kid [jedimaster.net] isn't?
Because Jared stuck to a crazy diet for over a year and lost a massive amount of weight, and the Star Wars kid is still just some fat, creepy nerd?
I don't call them "viri", either. I call them "virii", which is the accepted slang pluralization of the proper English "viruses" in the virii community.
Shows how much you know.
It's good to see Sarah still around after all these years. She's smart and definitely had/has her finger on the pulse of the virii community. I'm guessing she doesnt hang out on the AIS BBS anymore?
Major shortcomings??
1. The battery is a major shortcoming? The thing plays for hours and hours. It's not a shortcoming, just because the newly released Dell player does 20 hours.
2. The moving parts (hard drive) are a major shortcoming? I've jogged with my iPod hundreds of times. You set a playlist for the duration of your jog, press play the iPod fills up the memory cache with tunes, you jog. I maybe get one or two skips. Hard drive still not dead in my unit.
Indeed, not only "some experts", but even Apple says jogging with the iPod is okay, according to their official iPod FAQ:
Question 9: Can I use iPod while running, or doing other activities? Will my music skip?
Answer: iPod was designed for people with an active lifestyle. It is compact and lightweight enough to take with you wherever you go. It was designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand or to be slipped into a pocket or purse for easy transport. iPod offers up to 20 minutes of skip protection - twice that of other hard drive-based MP3 players on the market - so you can enjoy outdoor athletic activities without missing a beat.
3. The iPod is expensive. It is pretty expensive, but it's also very high quality. I've dropped the thing on hard ground a few times now, and it still works like a champ. It is well-designed, and it integrates with iTunes seamlessly.
The author suggests MP3 CD players as an alternative, but doesn't this violate his point #2? Yes. It does, you think jogging with an iPod is bad, but jogging with a cheaply manufactured MP3 CD player is better? These units probably have some skip protection, and probably almost no shock absorbtion (walking, driving).
4. You want to make high quality recordings. This is true, rumors are Apple is working on this, who knows.
5. You want a choice in online music stores. Well, I do have a choice in online music stores. I download AACs from iTunes Music Store, and I download MP3s from emusic.com and import them into iTunes.
I heard people bitch for years about how horrible and flakey MusicMatch and others were. Why would I want to go use them? iTunes Music Store is superb, and far exceeds the other choices out there.
Sure the iPod doesn't support "secure" (read: DRM-laden) WMA files, but I don't want to buy those, because they strip me of choice. I want unladen MP3s and perhaps minimally-DRM'd AAC files that are flexible, not draconian "secured" WMA files (which I HAVE experienced, thank you).
This article is just full of bullshit, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was shadow authored by John Dvorak or some MS PR drone*, with the stereotypical bone to pick with Apple.
* Note: I am not a Linux zealot.
Worst... plant... ever.
Which can be had for under $200, is Linux/OpenRG-based, and has a ton more features, including VPN and snmpd and much more.
s Wr v54g
This one is also in the process of being hacked apart. More info here:
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Linksy
Update: this problem appears to be a bug in FileVault. Don't have it enabled. See Apple Support Discussions site for further info.
I have a first generation Quicksilver 867mhz and I am noticing massive IDE (Not Firewire connected) hard disk corruption problems with 10.3.
I first noticed it when Safari would lose all its preference settings and the Itunes Music Library file would corrupt itself.
I aso noticed that when downloading some apps like Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger they'd be corrupt the first time I downloaded them, and then I'd redownload them and they'd work the next time.
Today I did a large amount of ftping, and I was unarchiving and sifting through what I downloaded earlier, and it was viewable and all that. Now, I can't open these files, and when I open some of the text files I read earlier, they are filled with binary gibberish.
Today, I lost a lot of data... a lot.
Not...f'ing... good.
mazama at absent dot org
So true, so true, I'd mod this way up, if I had the points
Alternatively, you can implement a life plan where you exercise and eat right (Atkins diet != right).
The key is to collect recipes for quick meals that are comprised of as few processed foods as possible. A George Foreman grill is a must. I suggest subscribing to the few men's fitness magazines that are out there, as they have both recipes and exercises for people in a hurry. The magazines are tailored for busy people. Buy the $16.95 Body For Life book as it is full of exercise and food tips.
Dumb bells and a weight bench are cheap, alternatively, you could just go for 30 minute walks. Avoid driving, when possible. Shitcan your pansy-assed Segway. Invest in a good bicycle.
Fad diets, like the Atkins diet, are just stupid shortcuts that work, somewhat, but don't think it's a healthy lifestyle. The Atkins diet is for lazy people who don't exercise much. You'll certainly get thinner, but not any healthier. And once you go off the diet, you'll just balloon up again. Whereas with exercise and more muscle, your body will burn more calories (and fat).
"declined comment" probably means "declined comment" as in they said "no comment", which means they're probably rethinking their course of (stupid) action.
I don't buy into your conspiracy theory. I'm sure a third-party security company with ties to Microsoft isn't going to ruin its reputation by lying about a software/hardware company with ties to Microsoft[1]. Besides, @Stake goes after Microsoft just as roughly.
1. That's Apple, if you didn't figure it out.
Some third party news site is making a claim that apple didn't have a comment in and we are supposed to take that to mean that it is true?
Maybe you should try reading the article. And maybe moderators should, too, before modding up your comment.
Relevant section of article below, because you're too lazy to click a link:
Apple declined comment.
David Goldsmith, director of research for @stake, a security company that found four of the vulnerabilities, confirmed that Apple said it wasn't going to patch the flaws in earlier versions of the software.
"In my initial conversations with them, they said they weren't going to fix 10.2, but I wouldn't be surprised if they change that," he said.