Information doesn't come out. But information != entropy. Black holes are the ultimate rand() it seems.
Still think it's weird (call me a dummy, you will, anyway:) How can it generate entropy when nothing can escape it ? Or is it ultimately random about *what* it sucks in ?
And I was under the impression that all that black holes were good for, was for sucking stuff in that never can get out ? Oh well, guess I should have payed more attention in class as a kid...
No. Nothing requires this. Palm can use the same interface other vendors use to interact with an iTunes music library, and wow, they have no issues at all! Palm is creating its own issues all by itself.
Thanks for clearing that up.
(If I could mod the parent up I would)
Apple's trying to use the vendor ID merely to block sync with devices that would otherwise be technically perfectly capable of correctly syncing with iTunes.
Sounds like 'Apple Is Evil' to me... Oh well, nevermind...
Honestly, does Palm really need Apple's USB vendor ID in order to enable iTunes media synchronization with its new Pre smartphone ? If so, there's something really wrong with Apple here, and not Palm.
No, seriously, if even a website like Amazon.com can't 'recommend' me items correctly based on past purchases, how the hell else are competitors gonna get it right ? I really don't mind targeted ads (but then again, I'm European) but they *do* have to get it right and recommend/advertise me stuff that I *really* would like to buy.
I don't want to fuel this old thread, but I upgraded my computer, which was a dual boot machine. Windows and Linux. I changed everything but the hardrive. After the upgrade, Linux just booted at the new hardware without a blink. But iIt took me three hours to set up windows properly.
Well, I just added a hard drive to *my* dual boot system, and it took me 3 hours to convince lilo that the boot drive had changed...
Just like the proud, self-made carpenter, who used to do everything himself by hand, has to install pre-fab kitchen's in a day these days (and never mind how it's done, just make sure that it's installed in a single day), yes, the 'glory' has gone out of IT for *most* (if not *all*) people in IT these days. It might still be a *fun* job, because you get to 'play' with computers all day, but most of the glory has been lost to 'professionalism'.
Unfortunately, they will. You can't imagine how quickly people will forget (or never bother to check) that Microsoft is behind this foundation. Also, Im guessing that people will be quick to forget Microsoft's track record, and participate.
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Information doesn't come out. But information != entropy. Black holes are the ultimate rand() it seems.
Still think it's weird (call me a dummy, you will, anyway :) How can it generate entropy when nothing can escape it ? Or is it ultimately random about *what* it sucks in ?
And I was under the impression that all that black holes were good for, was for sucking stuff in that never can get out ? Oh well, guess I should have payed more attention in class as a kid...
Ok, I *really* don't get this 'Hotel California' analogy.... but maybe that's caused by the fact that 'The Eagles' are like way before my time ?
... Welcome to the hotel california
"
Such a lovely place... "
I had really shopped around for ema1il services (as well as running my own on a VPS for a while) before settling on fastmail many years ago.
Sorry, but I stuck to Gmail years ago...
Neverheardofthem. Move along...
Palm are just being lazy, because they don't want to have to write and support their own sync code.
Thanks for clearing that one up for me.
No. Nothing requires this. Palm can use the same interface other vendors use to interact with an iTunes music library, and wow, they have no issues at all! Palm is creating its own issues all by itself.
Thanks for clearing that up.
(If I could mod the parent up I would)
Apple doesn't like other hardware pretending to be their own hardware.
Exactly my point1: No-one *should* have to pretend to be Apple's hardware for interoperability reasons...
Apple's trying to use the vendor ID merely to block sync with devices that would otherwise be technically perfectly capable of correctly syncing with iTunes.
Sounds like 'Apple Is Evil' to me... Oh well, nevermind...
What would happen: nothing.
If so, how come Palm using Apple's USB vendor ID *is* a big deal then ? I fail to see the difference.
Honestly, does Palm really need Apple's USB vendor ID in order to enable iTunes media synchronization with its new Pre smartphone ? If so, there's something really wrong with Apple here, and not Palm.
Microsoft got sued and had to cough up a really huge clam on the order of a billion dollars or so.
And yet, DrDOS 'died' and MS-DOS 'won', commercially speaking... Go figure...
I were to use another company's MAC/Ethernet pre-fix code's for my own company's Ethernet cards ?
You mean to say that you actually got stuck in the Twilight Zone for 50 years ?
'Social Engineering' found to be more effective than 'hacking' computer systems.
No, seriously, if even a website like Amazon.com can't 'recommend' me items correctly based on past purchases, how the hell else are competitors gonna get it right ? I really don't mind targeted ads (but then again, I'm European) but they *do* have to get it right and recommend/advertise me stuff that I *really* would like to buy.
These days, I feel like a cabinet maker working in home depot.
Sorta my original point... Nevermind...
I don't want to fuel this old thread, but I upgraded my computer, which was a dual boot machine. Windows and Linux. I changed everything but the hardrive. After the upgrade, Linux just booted at the new hardware without a blink. But iIt took me three hours to set up windows properly.
Well, I just added a hard drive to *my* dual boot system, and it took me 3 hours to convince lilo that the boot drive had changed...
Just like the proud, self-made carpenter, who used to do everything himself by hand, has to install pre-fab kitchen's in a day these days (and never mind how it's done, just make sure that it's installed in a single day), yes, the 'glory' has gone out of IT for *most* (if not *all*) people in IT these days. It might still be a *fun* job, because you get to 'play' with computers all day, but most of the glory has been lost to 'professionalism'.
I know Hanlon's Razor, "never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"
' A sufficiently advanced form of incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. '
Really, you'll just have to nuke the authenticating partner from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...
'Nuff' Said...
Unfortunately, they will. You can't imagine how quickly people will forget (or never bother to check) that Microsoft is behind this foundation. Also, Im guessing that people will be quick to forget Microsoft's track record, and participate.
Obviosuly, you never knew about BASICS's 'peek' and 'poke', in order to get assembly.
... some high level expert engineers seriously start thinking about ways we *can* detect e-mail snooping has taken place ...