...start selling OS X to PC users, rather than restricting it to the Mac. I don't see any valid reason why Apple isn't doing this...
Well, one reason is simple, they don't have to depend on the third party hardware vendors to support their platform. The integration of the OS and the hardware that Apple achieves is the beauty of what they do. How many driver conflicts need to be addressed when you run Windows? If you're a gamer there are many times when you have to update drivers for third party hardware that doesn't quite work with the version of the software you are running, so you scour the web and update and hope that nothing breaks. Apple supplies the drivers for all the hardware they support in the OS and in the updates. You don't have to go hunting around when their hardware options are covered by the OS off the bat because of the control over the hardware and software.
This is the typical Windows-centric problem of understanding. If you want a cheap PC then cheap out and buy one/build one. If you want a consistent user experience with an OS that is about five years ahead of Windows, buy a Mac.
I'd be happy to do what you suggest if there was some realistic way to live off the land these days, but the fish from the great lakes, the rivers and streams and the oceans are filled with mercury and other heavy metals. Most of the native wildlife has been killed off or forced into such a small area that it isn't possible to survive for long in the world today. The water has become so polluted due to this laissez-faire attitude that you and so many others have that it's not realistic anymore. The areas with a reasonable climate to support our species are so overrun with development and pollution that your suggestions are jokes, and they aren't funny ones.
Sure the planet disrupts things without our help, but your apathetic position is just what I described, lazy and selfish. I admit that I am selfish because I want a better environment to live in and I do a little bit every single day to try and improve things the best that I can. While people like you sit back and throw stones and suggest that the beliefs of the majority of scientists and the general population today are wrong because you aren't willing to make the changes necessary to improve things yourself. One person or family changing their habits isn't enough, according to the science, it's got to be everybody working together to improve things. People with your attitude don't have any real evidence to support your positions, but you're completely unwilling to make any effort to change things in case you're wrong. If I'm wrong, the changes might improve things even though we're doomed, if you're wrong things just get worse as that balance tips. It doesn't matter why you do the things to attempt to improve the situation, it just matters that you do them.
The saddest part is that, like the scientologists, you're using some science fiction author's perspective to justify your position. Your position seems to be purely a lazy one.
It'd be great if you just admit that you just don't give a shit and turn your back, instead, you attack the position of those that aren't as lazy as you are.
...I don't believe Global Warming is going to wipe us all out...
Why not? What do you think Global Warming is going to do? Just make things hotter?
...because the climate of the planet changes all the time.
So what? There are also mass extinctions that go along with those fluctuations, which we've been seeing. If the food chain is disrupted enough then our bountiful selection is damaged and there isn't much hope. There is a delicate balance and once that balance begins to tip we could see a drastic effect that would tend to become very bad very fast. This isn't about things merely getting too hot or too cold, it's about a delicate ecosystem where everything is tied together. As a species we tend to place ourselves above the rest of the life on this planet and that tends to lead to us ignoring that we, just like every other living thing on the planet, are very closely tied together. We can't be responsible with this arrogant attitude.
If you're right then we go blindly along without changing our habits and nothing happens. If you're wrong, as most of the scientific community appear to believe, then it's the end. If we act progressively and curb emissions in a reasonable manner what harm is done? The oil executives don't make as much of a profit, but the rest of us benefit.
I see the Crichton argument as an excuse as to why we shouldn't make any effort to change and be more "responsible" in our behavior. I also see his perspective as being very selfish and lazy. At what point does it become reasonable to make those changes? Our adaptability isn't limitless.
Everybody that I know that hates Apple hates them for the same reason that the dedicated users love them. The arguments are presented that in their attempts to deliver the best possible experience they "lock-out" their system. The integration causes their prices to be higher and that premium price isn't appreciated by the "average" consumer that is looking for the lowest price. The integration of hardware and software is viewed by the Apple haters as Steve Jobs just wanting to control everything so that he can screw over the customer rather than the desire to produce the single best user experience in the computer industry. Then there's the competition factor. When you're a Windows user and Apple keeps beating "your" company to the punch by continually innovating the industry, sometimes this threatens your "team", thereby threatening you.
Some people just don't understand. Some people are just cheap. Some people are afraid of change and innovation.
This means that if someone guesses your password or steals it (and has access to it locally or via SSH), they can take over your box just as if you had root enabled.
[SARCASM]Well, I certainly didn't think that if someone guesses my password that my account might be at risk.[/SARCASM]
Thanks for that truly groundbreaking observation. I never would've guessed that might be a problem.
Not to that extent. You can blow your way through certain plaster walls, but not the tunneling like in Red Faction...
Maybe you make too many stupid assumptions.
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The impression I get from the game is that this secret, stealthy agent is working way through the jungle when suddenly you hear "KSHHHHH AGENT BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE TARGETS INCOMING!!!" The fact that your opponents don't react to this loud and obvious element of their surroundings may indicate that you are listening to your radio through earbuds or headphones. I just think it means their AI wasn't programmed to react to that part of the game.
While the rest of us understand that a "stealth" agent would be wearing earbuds on a covert mission like the one in the game.
This game does FPS right. They didn't add in all the unecessary crap like you get in Perfect Dark.
The attention to detail in the layout of this game is great.
What were people expecting? The prices to be the same? This is a new and better technology.
The original cost to buy a single DirecTV DSS receiver and dish when they came out was around $1200. They're now, several years later, giving them away to get people to subscribe to the service.
Patience grasshoppers these prices will come down too.
So, if you aren't under contract, why spend the time on something that you aren't being paid for?
I can see doing it in your spare time. If you do take the time to document something that you aren't contracted to do and report it to a company is there an expectation of remuneration? Is there some industry accepted timeframe for the fixing of a reported bug prior to going public with it?
What is the perceived benefit of making it public prior to patching if not as a form of "incentive" for the company to pay the discoverer of the coding mistake?
"In my experience -- which is also the experience of some of my peers -- Apple has been very slow to respond to reported security vulnerabilities. It expects security researchers to wait indefinitely to release the vulnerabilities and offers no incentive for them to do so," said Archibald.
Why do "security experts" like this come across like blackmailers and extortionists? Maybe it's the language he chose to use... It almost appears like he thinks that software manufacturers should pay up whenever there is a bug found in their code.
Suresec appears to be a not-for-profit organization, from the ".org". So, why is Neil Archibald coming across like he is expecting compensation/incentive to not go public with discovered bugs and exploits ASAP?
It has always struck me as odd that these bug finders want to tell the world as soon as possible. Revealing the discovered exploits doesn't help to protect the end user if it's in the code, it just makes them more vulnerable. Once the information is revealed the dark siders have information to further their own not-so-friendly agendas and place the end users at risk.
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Why would you expect Apple or any other developer to support a piece of vaporware?
Apparently you haven't heard about the Mighty Mouse. But, then again, why not beat that horse just a few more times...
Yes. Didn't you know that XBox and XBox360 are totally illegal?
This is the typical Windows-centric problem of understanding. If you want a cheap PC then cheap out and buy one/build one. If you want a consistent user experience with an OS that is about five years ahead of Windows, buy a Mac.
I'd be happy to do what you suggest if there was some realistic way to live off the land these days, but the fish from the great lakes, the rivers and streams and the oceans are filled with mercury and other heavy metals. Most of the native wildlife has been killed off or forced into such a small area that it isn't possible to survive for long in the world today. The water has become so polluted due to this laissez-faire attitude that you and so many others have that it's not realistic anymore. The areas with a reasonable climate to support our species are so overrun with development and pollution that your suggestions are jokes, and they aren't funny ones.
Sure the planet disrupts things without our help, but your apathetic position is just what I described, lazy and selfish. I admit that I am selfish because I want a better environment to live in and I do a little bit every single day to try and improve things the best that I can. While people like you sit back and throw stones and suggest that the beliefs of the majority of scientists and the general population today are wrong because you aren't willing to make the changes necessary to improve things yourself. One person or family changing their habits isn't enough, according to the science, it's got to be everybody working together to improve things. People with your attitude don't have any real evidence to support your positions, but you're completely unwilling to make any effort to change things in case you're wrong. If I'm wrong, the changes might improve things even though we're doomed, if you're wrong things just get worse as that balance tips. It doesn't matter why you do the things to attempt to improve the situation, it just matters that you do them.
The saddest part is that, like the scientologists, you're using some science fiction author's perspective to justify your position. Your position seems to be purely a lazy one.
It'd be great if you just admit that you just don't give a shit and turn your back, instead, you attack the position of those that aren't as lazy as you are.
If you're right then we go blindly along without changing our habits and nothing happens. If you're wrong, as most of the scientific community appear to believe, then it's the end. If we act progressively and curb emissions in a reasonable manner what harm is done? The oil executives don't make as much of a profit, but the rest of us benefit.
I see the Crichton argument as an excuse as to why we shouldn't make any effort to change and be more "responsible" in our behavior. I also see his perspective as being very selfish and lazy. At what point does it become reasonable to make those changes? Our adaptability isn't limitless.
That they have them in stock and I can order one online... :(
Damn Lucent! You just want to rain on my parade, don't you?
How about being on the side of humanity and it's continued survival on the planet?
Follow the logic. Why not go to your local library and borrow the CD and rip it to the format of your choice?
Everybody that I know that hates Apple hates them for the same reason that the dedicated users love them. The arguments are presented that in their attempts to deliver the best possible experience they "lock-out" their system. The integration causes their prices to be higher and that premium price isn't appreciated by the "average" consumer that is looking for the lowest price. The integration of hardware and software is viewed by the Apple haters as Steve Jobs just wanting to control everything so that he can screw over the customer rather than the desire to produce the single best user experience in the computer industry. Then there's the competition factor. When you're a Windows user and Apple keeps beating "your" company to the punch by continually innovating the industry, sometimes this threatens your "team", thereby threatening you.
Some people just don't understand. Some people are just cheap. Some people are afraid of change and innovation.
Move along people.
Just wait. Any psychologist will tell you, once his kids get out from under his controlling thumb... LOOK OUT!!!
Thanks for that truly groundbreaking observation. I never would've guessed that might be a problem.
Not to that extent. You can blow your way through certain plaster walls, but not the tunneling like in Red Faction...
This game does FPS right. They didn't add in all the unecessary crap like you get in Perfect Dark.
The attention to detail in the layout of this game is great.
What were people expecting? The prices to be the same? This is a new and better technology.
The original cost to buy a single DirecTV DSS receiver and dish when they came out was around $1200. They're now, several years later, giving them away to get people to subscribe to the service.
Patience grasshoppers these prices will come down too.
So, if you aren't under contract, why spend the time on something that you aren't being paid for?
I can see doing it in your spare time. If you do take the time to document something that you aren't contracted to do and report it to a company is there an expectation of remuneration? Is there some industry accepted timeframe for the fixing of a reported bug prior to going public with it?
What is the perceived benefit of making it public prior to patching if not as a form of "incentive" for the company to pay the discoverer of the coding mistake?
Funny that's what we're still saying about 2000...
It seems that virtually every new feature has been removed. So, what's Vista going to have in it?
You're right, it's easier for most to understand it that way.
Most people don't even realize that there's a difference between megabytes and megabits and think that Mb and MB are the same thing.
Suresec appears to be a not-for-profit organization, from the ".org". So, why is Neil Archibald coming across like he is expecting compensation/incentive to not go public with discovered bugs and exploits ASAP?
It has always struck me as odd that these bug finders want to tell the world as soon as possible. Revealing the discovered exploits doesn't help to protect the end user if it's in the code, it just makes them more vulnerable. Once the information is revealed the dark siders have information to further their own not-so-friendly agendas and place the end users at risk.
As it says in the quote, those are approximate numbers. Can't count the overhead.
So, 400/8 roughly = 50, in this case.
Just trying to clarify...
Rather than leave it to third party hardware companies to do it for them?
If this comes to fruition, how much are they willing to lose per unit, like the XBox and the XBox 360?
"FireWire 400 can transfer data between devices at 100, 200, or 400 Mbit/s data rates (actually 98.304, 196.608, or 393.216 Mbit/s, but commonly referred to as S100, S200, and S400)."