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On one hand you're right. On the other hand, if you've never heard of vlc, you've been living under a fucking rock. That's a pretty broad definition of "living under a rock". Lots of people who use computers every day haven't heard of VLC. They aren't living under rocks, they just aren't geeks.
Is the guy they caught really guilty, or did they just grab some guy and beat him until he signed whatever they wanted him to sign? People sign false confessions every day.
the stuff that works on Macs is still a lot less common, probably even less common than that which will work on Linux. Were you high when you wrote this?
I suspect 2007 will be the year the Tablet really hits off, because of it's convinience, if Apple makes a tablet, they might have chance. Tablets have been around too long, people have their minds too set on what Tablets are and aren't.
With a very few exceptions, most of the people I knwo think Tablets are silly and useless computers with limited capabilities. And most of my friends aren't tech geeks. They pretty much laugh at the commercials for Tablets as misleading and lies (which isn't horribly inaccurate IMO).
I ordered a custom built MacBook Pro a few days ago (opted for the 2.3 GHz 15" model with better graphics card + a 200GB hard drive). My main reason was that the MBP has better video hardware than the MB. Plus, I don't like the keyboard on the MacBook, it reminds me of the IBM PCjr.
4. Sesame Street doesn't feature products. Really? I bet the Letter E would have something to say about that. Are you saying Sesame Street was involved with Enron?
This is a very good point. Also, if you can have this kind of problem in Apple's software, wouldn't the same thing (buffer overflow) be possibly with any third party app that uses a stack based buffer?
I'm certainly not trying to say MacOS X is perfect or that Microsoft has it any easier. This is a larger problem than just Apple vs. Microsoft. Unfortunately, the only solution I've seen proposed is Trusted Computing which sounds to me like a solution that is worse than the problem it solves.
I found your original post to be ambiguous and I agree with jpellino that you seem to be blaming Apple users for Apple's security problems. I don't understand that at all.
I have been developing for Apple's platforms for over ten years. I have worked with Apple directly on behalf of various third party developers, etc. I have never found them to be unreasonable. On the contrary, especially since Jobs took over Apple they have been really nice to deal with and very accomodating to developer requests.
I'm not a security researcher, but you seem to be implying that some serious security researcher is going to wake up one day, read some article on Roughly Drafted or MacRumours and decide "Well, fuck Apple, then!" Forgive me if I find this to be highly dubious.
I'm sure there are some anti-Apple "researchers" who have an axe to grind, but who cares?
Could you give some examples of Apple suing people to cover up security holes then? I could easily picture Apple contacting this guy and asking him not to continue to go public with these and agreeing to fix them.
The average joe is more concerned about a steady paycheck then making a stand on principle. There are people, such as myself, who would on principle not take a polygraph. We don't apply for jobs with the FBI/CIA, though. So, we don't get put into that position. (I was offered a job working on a defense project last year. For many reasons I turned it down cold once I knew that it was a military project.)
Apple had a mobile MacOS for a pen based computer along time ago. They dumped working on it because it'd compete with the Newton. Then Steve Jobs returned and dumped Newton. Now there are rumors of a mobile MacOS, again. Was it that it would compete with the Newton, or just that the Newton was designed from the ground up to use pen input while MacOS isn't?
The one I was specifically referring to was the Allegro-Lite rumors which Apple came straight out and denied on the Newton developer conference call in 1997.
Another group of professionals that often have bizarre ideas about physics are automotive mechanics. You would not believe some of the things I've had them tell me. Of course, I'm never sure if they actually believe what they're saying, or are just trying to get more money out of me. If you think the things the mechanics say are bizarre, you should talk to the sales staff!
With respect, you are wrong. I said "power something, such as a car, with a battery." The fact that the example device was a "car" immaterial, as it the fact that most car today are powered by gasoline. Since gasoline/diesel powered cars have batteries, you should probably have been more specific if you mean an electric car. This is Slashdot, not Madam Zorra's Psychic Mind-Reading Parlor.
What medicine? Why was it developed for the space program and why do you think it wouldn't have been developed otherwise? Are you saying that NA$A can develop drugs better than the drug companies?
I got news for you: After the first couple of missions, people quit caring about astronauts going to the moon. That's why congress canceled the last few apollo missions.
There are basically three kinds of attitudes about NASA: the vast majority for whom the space program is nothing but a very boring TV show, space nuts who think we can't possibly throw enough money at NASA, and those people like me who think NASA is a waste (or worse) and should be shut down.
When will you space "nuts" realize that you are just plain nuts??
Why do we have to spend a zillion freaking dollars just so some jerk can say, "Beep Beep - I'm a spaceman!"?
The way NA$A runs it is just a pure waste of money. I'd rather see the deficit reduced or even a National Endowment for Whores before I'd give money to NA$A.
The FBI/Interpol ought to advertise spam services and then give out huge prison sentances to people who attempt to hire them. I think it would help people to think twice about hiring a spammer.
This, of course, would not stop the people who are using spam to send "stock tips" for pump and dump schemes or otherwise promoting their own shit, but it might help reduce some spam.
I use the spam filter in Apple's Mail client. It is basically worthless. It blocks many legitimate emails and lets lots of spam through. The filter we have at work on our Exchange server is worse, though. It has marked every legitimate email I have ever received from outside the company and let through about 50% of the spam.
Does the nationality of the fatass really matter much? I think he is implying that only Americans are fat because in other countries they can't afford food.
I wasn't sure I believed either of the parents, so I just tried it myself. AM/FM makes no difference. when a cell phone was held near a radio (near the antenna, near the speaker and touching antenna to antenna) in the standby mode, while dialing, while connected or while receiving a call, nothing happened on the radio. Not a single bit of noise or static. Does this "noise" spoken of only occur when the cell phone drops to analog mode? It happens when the phone is checking in with the tower - not all the time. I've seen this happen a lot in meetings in conference rooms where there is a speaker phone - the speaker phone doesn't have to be on. Lay a GSM on the table within a couple of feet of the speaker phone. From time to time, I would some noise coming from the speaker. Sometimes it means someone's phone is about to ring.
I did not have this problem before switching to GSM.
I hear the same distinct noise on my TV sometimes when my phone is near it. Again, I have to stress that this is not constant - it lasts about 3 seconds perhaps once per half hour.
Then they won't be able to. And if we program them "open-ended" to discover how to WANT things, we'll lose the #1 reason we have robots...to send them unquestioningly into any job or situation. Otherwise they become superhumans and why would they want us around? Energy source? This is a good point. I wish I had mod points, but since I don't, I'll point out that pretty much anything that can be done will be done. This is due to the high number of jackasses in the world.
I hate to break it to you, but you are (or were) in fact a Palm developer. Just because you didn't wind up using/selling the software is moot. Obviously though, you are not in fact two Palm developers as you mentioned. I registered twice with different email addresses each time.
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Is the guy they caught really guilty, or did they just grab some guy and beat him until he signed whatever they wanted him to sign? People sign false confessions every day.
With a very few exceptions, most of the people I knwo think Tablets are silly and useless computers with limited capabilities. And most of my friends aren't tech geeks. They pretty much laugh at the commercials for Tablets as misleading and lies (which isn't horribly inaccurate IMO).
I ordered a custom built MacBook Pro a few days ago (opted for the 2.3 GHz 15" model with better graphics card + a 200GB hard drive). My main reason was that the MBP has better video hardware than the MB. Plus, I don't like the keyboard on the MacBook, it reminds me of the IBM PCjr.
This is a very good point. Also, if you can have this kind of problem in Apple's software, wouldn't the same thing (buffer overflow) be possibly with any third party app that uses a stack based buffer?
I'm certainly not trying to say MacOS X is perfect or that Microsoft has it any easier. This is a larger problem than just Apple vs. Microsoft. Unfortunately, the only solution I've seen proposed is Trusted Computing which sounds to me like a solution that is worse than the problem it solves.
I found your original post to be ambiguous and I agree with jpellino that you seem to be blaming Apple users for Apple's security problems. I don't understand that at all.
I have been developing for Apple's platforms for over ten years. I have worked with Apple directly on behalf of various third party developers, etc. I have never found them to be unreasonable. On the contrary, especially since Jobs took over Apple they have been really nice to deal with and very accomodating to developer requests.
I'm not a security researcher, but you seem to be implying that some serious security researcher is going to wake up one day, read some article on Roughly Drafted or MacRumours and decide "Well, fuck Apple, then!" Forgive me if I find this to be highly dubious.
I'm sure there are some anti-Apple "researchers" who have an axe to grind, but who cares?
The one I was specifically referring to was the Allegro-Lite rumors which Apple came straight out and denied on the Newton developer conference call in 1997.
There was a rumor in 1997-8 about Apple developing a mobile version of MacOS to replace the Newton.
I still don't think this is going to happen.
I disagree. ZeFrank's The Show is excellent. Podstarrunner is excellent. It is possible for people to create good content without a huge budget.
What medicine? Why was it developed for the space program and why do you think it wouldn't have been developed otherwise? Are you saying that NA$A can develop drugs better than the drug companies?
I got news for you: After the first couple of missions, people quit caring about astronauts going to the moon. That's why congress canceled the last few apollo missions.
There are basically three kinds of attitudes about NASA: the vast majority for whom the space program is nothing but a very boring TV show, space nuts who think we can't possibly throw enough money at NASA, and those people like me who think NASA is a waste (or worse) and should be shut down.
When will you space "nuts" realize that you are just plain nuts??
Why do we have to spend a zillion freaking dollars just so some jerk can say, "Beep Beep - I'm a spaceman!"?
The way NA$A runs it is just a pure waste of money. I'd rather see the deficit reduced or even a National Endowment for Whores before I'd give money to NA$A.
The FBI/Interpol ought to advertise spam services and then give out huge prison sentances to people who attempt to hire them. I think it would help people to think twice about hiring a spammer.
This, of course, would not stop the people who are using spam to send "stock tips" for pump and dump schemes or otherwise promoting their own shit, but it might help reduce some spam.
I use the spam filter in Apple's Mail client. It is basically worthless. It blocks many legitimate emails and lets lots of spam through. The filter we have at work on our Exchange server is worse, though. It has marked every legitimate email I have ever received from outside the company and let through about 50% of the spam.
When the President is flying coach on Delta, we'll take your point seriously.
I did not have this problem before switching to GSM.
I hear the same distinct noise on my TV sometimes when my phone is near it. Again, I have to stress that this is not constant - it lasts about 3 seconds perhaps once per half hour.