Another possible attack vector is to automatically reconstruct the database by writing a script that repeatedly queries Petfinder.com. However, Petfinder's public interface only displays pets currently up for adoption, which represents less than 10% of the total database, making this attack ineffective. In addition, there is no efficient way to track database changes using Petfinder's public interface. The private API provided to MSR by Petfinder is not available to the public.
I just like how this story played out on slashdot versus reddit. On reddit, the story was about Linus slamming the BSD devs. On slashdot, the story is twisted to make Linus look like a hypocrite.
What if I want to buy my Mac preloaded with an older OS a month after the new one comes out?
You can, but it's very difficult. We can't use Leopard because the version of Quark we use doesn't work on Leopard. Our integrator provides new macs running Tiger, but that well is about to dry up. Now we're looking at spending thousands of dollars to upgrade Quark on hundreds of machines.
I have a crashing nvidia driver. On Vista this is what happens: the screen goes black, then comes back, and the crash handler pops up and lets me know that the nvidia driver crashed. I dismiss it and go on with my day. The stability of the OS remains totally unaffected.
Windows ME competes with System 9, not OSX. System 9 is trash. How ridiculous is it that System9 requires the user to tell an application how much ram to use? That's not user friendly, that's not well designed.
But make an ad about how overzealous UAC is in Vista, and you'll get a chuckle out of people. It's funny because it's true.
But it's not true. There is only place where Vista will ask permission that OSX doesn't ask for a password, and that's installing apps as the default user.
I say that OSX not asking for a password to write to the Applications folder is a security vulnerability. Other than that one instance, OSX will nag you just as much as vista.
In other news I actually DO have an African-American friend who applied for an African American scholarship who was later turned down because he's not black
Yeah, I hate the term African-American.
Charlize Theron is African-American. The black guy next door who has lived in the US all his life isn't.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually no.. if you'd actually read the site:
I just like how this story played out on slashdot versus reddit. On reddit, the story was about Linus slamming the BSD devs. On slashdot, the story is twisted to make Linus look like a hypocrite.
You can, but it's very difficult. We can't use Leopard because the version of Quark we use doesn't work on Leopard. Our integrator provides new macs running Tiger, but that well is about to dry up. Now we're looking at spending thousands of dollars to upgrade Quark on hundreds of machines.
IT is very grouchy lately.
Obviously you haven't been following the MobileMe debacle. "unusable", "disaster", and "horrible" are terms being thrown around.
the funny part is that the very expensive macbook air takes up a lot more deskspace than my cheapy 12" ibook.
The mini has an awkward form factor. It doesn't sit well on its side.
On a desk, the mini takes up 42.25 square inches (6.5x6.5). The HP Slimline desktop takes up 35.7 square inches(4.2x8.5).
Plus the slimlines have the 11-in-1 card readers that no mac has.
Considering that image was uploaded on May 22nd, 2006, and development of vista didn't finish until november 2006, I'd say that you need better proof.
At the same time they try to convince us that Jobs hates DRMed music?
Here are the actual numbers from their most recent 10Q:
Raw income, in millions (% of net sales):
desktops+laptops: 3,494 (47%)
ipod: 1,818 (24%)
itunes: 881 (12%)
iphone: 378 (5%)
Unit sales:
desktops+laptops: 2,289,000
ipod: 10,644,000
iphone: 1,703,000
I have a crashing nvidia driver. On Vista this is what happens: the screen goes black, then comes back, and the crash handler pops up and lets me know that the nvidia driver crashed. I dismiss it and go on with my day. The stability of the OS remains totally unaffected.
Except when it doesn't. Try connecting any mac to a wifi network that uses WPA+AES. Doesn't work. OSX only supports TKIP with WPA.
My Wii, 360, TiVo, and all my desktops support WPA+AES... but my mac doesn't.
I don't know about Linux, but I'm sure you can't install Windows on an intel mac without having OSX already installed.
Windows ME competes with System 9, not OSX. System 9 is trash. How ridiculous is it that System9 requires the user to tell an application how much ram to use? That's not user friendly, that's not well designed.
But it's not true. There is only place where Vista will ask permission that OSX doesn't ask for a password, and that's installing apps as the default user.
I say that OSX not asking for a password to write to the Applications folder is a security vulnerability. Other than that one instance, OSX will nag you just as much as vista.
Actually, yes.. it is. Data is indeed a collection of anecdotes.
one of my co-workers went back to school. He says the majority of the CS grad program is indian.
Yeah, I hate the term African-American.
Charlize Theron is African-American. The black guy next door who has lived in the US all his life isn't.
Anyone else reminded of CallBack Verification from their BBS days?
"Hello, yes my name is Sean and yes I am over 21... bye!"
but in this case, the tank is owned by the enemy and the poster won't point it out because he thinks you'll use it too.
Or you can be smart and realize that sites like petfinder already have to sift through.
http://research.microsoft.com/asirra/
over 3 million photos in the dataset.
Yup. Oblivion really needed unskippable minute long summon animations.
Because if there's one thing I know in life, it's that watching the same summon animation hundreds of times never gets old!
It's not a battle unless you've spent over half of it watching the same ridiculous animation over and over again.
True, and it's not just having a PC good enough to play the latest games. It's that after a few years, those games won't work anymore.
I own Dungeon Keeper 2. I can't play it. It doesn't work under Vista. I've tried following the weird hacks online, they don't work for me.
XP has the same problem, so you can't blame Vista. I can't install win98 because of lack of drivers for my hardware.
The kicker is that Dungeon Keeper 2, this game that's too old to play on modern machines, is less than 10 years old.
No console gamer ever had this problem.
Oblivion had a year of extra development for the ps3.. it should look better. Same goes for Bioshock when it comes out.
Burnout Paradise is actually one of the rare times the PS3 version looks better. Even the reviewers are surprised by this.
Even more strange, how is making a copy of something illegal? I thought only distributing copies was illegal. Personal copies should be legal.
It's still locked. You have to beg approval from Apple to develop for the iPhone, and then you must abide by their restrictions.