At the risk of being modded Off-topic, I'd like to ask if you know whether the calling conventions for OS X are documented someplace? Have they changed from the old PowerPC conventions?
They call out that they work with their own stuff knowing that everyone will make the assumption it will work with other b/g solutions out there. You just need to look at whether the equipment has a WiFi certification logo.
However, I am a developer who works with Wireless on a daily basis. Our testing here has shown some very significant problems with certain access points and cards. For example, one vendor's access point responds to probe requests for a particular network by responding when they are not the network that should be responding. This can prevent some cards from being able to switch to a particular ad-hoc network in the presence of this access point.
Basically laptop A says "Who is on network foo?" Bad access point responds, "I'm on bar!"
From the testing we've done here, there are definately certain vendors that I would avoid like the plague for WiFi equipment.
Apple's stuff works OK. The problem with the Apple equipment is generally that they follow the standard exactly and don't always work the way the user would like when other equipment is misbehaving. But from a technical perspective its not Apple's fault. At user level, sometimes the problems manifest themselves on the Mac.
They are not the only vendor that behaves like that. Other vendors sometimes have problems in the presence of malfunctioning equipment too.
If you did stick with an Apple-only solution, you wouldn't have any problems.
Other brands I think are pretty good are Cisco and NetGear.
Yes, I have. Inside the airport extreme base station I took apart is an Airport card with the same label on it as the Airport Extreme cards you would buy at Frys.
Which is fine if you want to interact with the computer only through the terminal. As a longtime Mac user, I'd prefer not having to learn how to move files around via the terminal.
Up until 1993 I was an Atari user. I bought an Atari 800 in 1979. In 1981 the IBM PC was introduced. My family all piled into the car and we went to a computer store to look at it with the intention of possibly buying it. IBM had a good reputation and we thought they might have a better computer. After checking the technical specs and using the machine, we decided that the Atari 800 we already had was a superior computer. The Atari had good color graphics, basically the same storage options, and about the same amount of memory, and more software available.
I continued to use my Atari system all through the 80s. In 1993, I needed a new computer and had intended to buy an Atari ST. However, my local Atari computer store was no longer selling them and they were basically not competitive computers any more. So, I looked at my options and bought Macintosh PowerBook 160. At the time PowerBooks were the best selling laptops in the world and Apple was the #1 computer company on the planet. Buying a Mac was not a bad choice although it wasn't exactly a "no brainer".
In the past 11 years, I've never had a reason to change platforms. There was never a time when Windows was enough better than the Mac to justiy the hassel of chainging platforms. The switch to OS X was not a big deal - I transitioned while 10.2 was current.
Today I have several PowerBook G4 and iBook systems running MacOS X. I have used Windows, but it seems klunky to me and I see no compelling reason to switch.
In the Sharing panel of the settings you can have the iMac share its internet connection with 802.11b users. This would be a nice feature if some of the teens have WiFi laptops and/or PDAs.
This works OK, but you probably can't fit the entire image of the hard drive onto one CD. A DVD, maybe.
However, the guy should be able to image the computer, then store the image file someplace. Disk Copy in Jaguar or (I think its called Disk Utility in Panther) can do this very well.
Once you have the root account setup, you can log into the computer as root through the graphical login interface and then you are, in fact, root.
To do this, first enable the root account via NetInfo Manager application. (Applications/Utilities). In 10.2, you choose "Enable Root User" from the Security menu. Then you have to set a root password. It is similar in 10.3. Then, at the login window, you choose "Other" and then type "root" as the username along with the root password. Presto, you are now logged in as root. I do this all the time when I need to setup something (such as installing headers for a private framework, etc.)
I use Mail.app, I have Panther, and I keep everything current. Still, Mail often misses many pieces of spam every day and gives me false positives from time to time. YMMV. Still, I find the junk mail filter useful enough to leave on.
I'm not saying the guy is in the clear. What I am saying is that the court is unlikely to rule that he is legally liable merely because some contract his ISP made him sign says he is.
No, your ISP will disconnect you and you'll go jail. Go read your ISP's terms of service/acceptable use policy. Chances are that it says two things:
1. You cannot act as a common carrier.
2. You are legally responsibile for all traffic coming from your connection.
Therefore, you're hosed.
Yeah, he's hosed because his ISP controls all the laws, the courts, and the jails. I'm sure glad we elected his ISP to congress so that its contracts were now binding criminal law. You always get thrown in jail if you violate the terms of some contract written by an ISP. Besides, the guy can not be found by a court to be a common carrier because the ISP defined him as not being one right there in its contract. No judge could ever rule otherwise since obviously the ISP would just throw the judge in jail if he ruled that way.
Yep, he's hosed
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Not the same thing. When crude oil is refined, you get many things out of it. Its not a case of saying, which do you want to make from this oil, plastic or gasoline? It's more of a case of removing the gasoline, then being left with plastic.
Gee, I could print just fine from my Apple//e without a network.
I print just fine today using my PowerBook G4 attached to a inkjet printer with a USB cable. Back in the 80s, I used to print just fine from my Atari 800 attached with a centronics cable to my Smith Corona TP-1 daisy wheel printer. Networking not involved in either case.
That's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard. Most of the people I know who "home school" their children have no idea how to teach anything and are uneducated themselves. If they weren't they would have a job instead of being able to stay home, collect welfare, and "home school" their children.
"Play quietly, mom has a hangover." is not an education.
I think it would be a good idea to have a feature in OS X that could launch a program as "untrusted". It should be able to restrict the programs access to the file system, the network stack, etc. Kind of like what.Net does, except not as extreme.
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At the risk of being modded Off-topic, I'd like to ask if you know whether the calling conventions for OS X are documented someplace? Have they changed from the old PowerPC conventions?
They call out that they work with their own stuff knowing that everyone will make the assumption it will work with other b/g solutions out there. You just need to look at whether the equipment has a WiFi certification logo.
However, I am a developer who works with Wireless on a daily basis. Our testing here has shown some very significant problems with certain access points and cards. For example, one vendor's access point responds to probe requests for a particular network by responding when they are not the network that should be responding. This can prevent some cards from being able to switch to a particular ad-hoc network in the presence of this access point.
Basically laptop A says "Who is on network foo?"
Bad access point responds, "I'm on bar!"
From the testing we've done here, there are definately certain vendors that I would avoid like the plague for WiFi equipment.
Apple's stuff works OK. The problem with the Apple equipment is generally that they follow the standard exactly and don't always work the way the user would like when other equipment is misbehaving. But from a technical perspective its not Apple's fault. At user level, sometimes the problems manifest themselves on the Mac.
They are not the only vendor that behaves like that. Other vendors sometimes have problems in the presence of malfunctioning equipment too.
If you did stick with an Apple-only solution, you wouldn't have any problems.
Other brands I think are pretty good are Cisco and NetGear.
Any one taken one apart and looked?
Yes, I have. Inside the airport extreme base station I took apart is an Airport card with the same label on it as the Airport Extreme cards you would buy at Frys.
Which is fine if you want to interact with the computer only through the terminal. As a longtime Mac user, I'd prefer not having to learn how to move files around via the terminal.
Up until 1993 I was an Atari user. I bought an Atari 800 in 1979. In 1981 the IBM PC was introduced. My family all piled into the car and we went to a computer store to look at it with the intention of possibly buying it. IBM had a good reputation and we thought they might have a better computer. After checking the technical specs and using the machine, we decided that the Atari 800 we already had was a superior computer. The Atari had good color graphics, basically the same storage options, and about the same amount of memory, and more software available.
I continued to use my Atari system all through the 80s. In 1993, I needed a new computer and had intended to buy an Atari ST. However, my local Atari computer store was no longer selling them and they were basically not competitive computers any more. So, I looked at my options and bought Macintosh PowerBook 160. At the time PowerBooks were the best selling laptops in the world and Apple was the #1 computer company on the planet. Buying a Mac was not a bad choice although it wasn't exactly a "no brainer".
In the past 11 years, I've never had a reason to change platforms. There was never a time when Windows was enough better than the Mac to justiy the hassel of chainging platforms. The switch to OS X was not a big deal - I transitioned while 10.2 was current.
Today I have several PowerBook G4 and iBook systems running MacOS X. I have used Windows, but it seems klunky to me and I see no compelling reason to switch.
In the Sharing panel of the settings you can have the iMac share its internet connection with 802.11b users. This would be a nice feature if some of the teens have WiFi laptops and/or PDAs.
This works OK, but you probably can't fit the entire image of the hard drive onto one CD. A DVD, maybe.
However, the guy should be able to image the computer, then store the image file someplace. Disk Copy in Jaguar or (I think its called Disk Utility in Panther) can do this very well.
What would Jesus do?
Who cares? The real question is, "What would Steve Jobs do?"
Once you have the root account setup, you can log into the computer as root through the graphical login interface and then you are, in fact, root.
To do this, first enable the root account via NetInfo Manager application. (Applications/Utilities). In 10.2, you choose "Enable Root User" from the Security menu. Then you have to set a root password. It is similar in 10.3. Then, at the login window, you choose "Other" and then type "root" as the username along with the root password. Presto, you are now logged in as root. I do this all the time when I need to setup something (such as installing headers for a private framework, etc.)
What if I was pissed at a pharmacy and created a sexually explicit ad for viagra?
What if I owned a rival pr0n company?
What if I *was* pissed at a pr0n company? Or just randomly a jerk?
Perfect. Now I can get revenge on businesses I hate.
Step 1: Find legitimate online ad for business.
Step 2: Rejigger ad into sexually explicit pr0n ad that links to their sales site.
Step 3:Send pr0n from ow3nD boxes running a trojan.
Step 4: Let justice be done!
OK, I wouldn't really do this, but someone else will which is why this law may not work.
I use Mail.app, I have Panther, and I keep everything current. Still, Mail often misses many pieces of spam every day and gives me false positives from time to time. YMMV. Still, I find the junk mail filter useful enough to leave on.
I'm not a lawyer
That's obvious.
I'm not saying the guy is in the clear. What I am saying is that the court is unlikely to rule that he is legally liable merely because some contract his ISP made him sign says he is.
No, your ISP will disconnect you and you'll go jail. Go read your ISP's terms of service/acceptable use policy. Chances are that it says two things:
1. You cannot act as a common carrier.
2. You are legally responsibile for all traffic coming from your connection.
Therefore, you're hosed.
Yeah, he's hosed because his ISP controls all the laws, the courts, and the jails. I'm sure glad we elected his ISP to congress so that its contracts were now binding criminal law. You always get thrown in jail if you violate the terms of some contract written by an ISP. Besides, the guy can not be found by a court to be a common carrier because the ISP defined him as not being one right there in its contract. No judge could ever rule otherwise since obviously the ISP would just throw the judge in jail if he ruled that way.
Yep, he's hosed
Not the same thing. When crude oil is refined, you get many things out of it. Its not a case of saying, which do you want to make from this oil, plastic or gasoline? It's more of a case of removing the gasoline, then being left with plastic.
Which am I? When people ask me, I say, "I choose to believe in the non existance of God."
RTFA. They said that their simulation shows that HIV will not mutate as a result of this.
Gee, I could print just fine from my Apple //e without a network.
I print just fine today using my PowerBook G4 attached to a inkjet printer with a USB cable. Back in the 80s, I used to print just fine from my Atari 800 attached with a centronics cable to my Smith Corona TP-1 daisy wheel printer. Networking not involved in either case.
That's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard. Most of the people I know who "home school" their children have no idea how to teach anything and are uneducated themselves. If they weren't they would have a job instead of being able to stay home, collect welfare, and "home school" their children.
"Play quietly, mom has a hangover." is not an education.
I think it would be a good idea to have a feature in OS X that could launch a program as "untrusted". It should be able to restrict the programs access to the file system, the network stack, etc. Kind of like what .Net does, except not as extreme.
Waiter at airport restaurant: What will you have?
Me: Patty Melt
Security: Take him to guantanamo, boys!
Who cares if it prevents crime. The purpose of these kind of laws is to incovienience people.
I don't think there are any "icebears" anywhere. I've heard of "polar bears", but not "icebears".
Maybe I could get an ice cube tray that makes ice in the shape of little bears.
Come on!
Mmmmmm...Sandwich