Nokia's Series 60 phones are much better than this article is claiming. I have used them since the first generation (Nokia 3650) and never looked back. I currently own a Nokia E60 and use most of its features, including automatic email retrieving through WiFi, VoIP (it automatically logs on to my SIP provider when I'm home), and even navigation (TomTom), although for that I prefer my Windows PocketPC for its speedier CPU and big touchscreen. The new and improved user interface in the 3rd generation Symbian is also beautiful and much handier than its predecessors.
It's just stupid to say that these phones are bad because they try to do too much. Of course, they do a lot, and if you want a phone to simply call, then just get another phone! Even Nokia makes simple phones for both consumers (3220) and business users (6230i). I have used them both and hated them, they feel so awfully dumb after using a Symbian. Just simple features of Copy & Paste, or the excellent call log feature of the Series 60 phone makes it worthwhile.
These phones have their market, the same market that has embraced the blackberry when everyone was saying it was a chunky overpriced device. Nokia is the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world and it only stands to reason that they have a wide range of phones with something for everyone.
Apart from the obvious problem of getting the energy down (though I suppose a space-elevator-like cable could be used, which has never been tested of course), there could be some more problems.
The whole point of the sunshade thing is that it stops the sun's heat, and therefore energy, from reaching the earth. If we start capturing that electrically and transporting it down to the surface, we will use it and eventually it will end up as heat anyway. So the net effect will be zero then. Or maybe even worse, because by placing the solar panels above the earth they will capture much more energy than they ever would on the surface.
But I think these points are all moot anyway because making a 'trillion' space ships will cost so much in energy to produce (extracting ore etc) and lauch, that it will kick the balance beyond repair.
I'm an account holder with Bank of Ireland, and have had several accounts with Dutch banks. ALL Dutch banks use two-factor authentication when making payments, either with a digital "calculator" device or a list of passwords, where for every payment a different password is requested, and the list renewed when it has been used up.
Bank of Ireland, on the other hand, uses just a lame 6-digit password, your contact phone number and a 6-digit account number. Very lousy security there. I definitely don't feel safe using their internet banking facilities. Even 8 years ago my Dutch bank modem service already used 2-factor auth.
So, yes, I feel that in this case BOI is completely to blame for this.
Exactly. I too think MI3 was by far the best in the series. The graphics were astonishing and created a great sense of atmosphere, especially in the last part on Blood Island. The in-game movies were very funny and really added to the experience. Everything matched perfectly, the graphics, the music, the characters. And the game wasn't as hard as MI2, just the right level for me to play it without any help and not be frustrated.
Then MI4 came... With OK graphics but characters that were so basic-3D that they were rat-ugly compared to the background graphics and totally didn't blend in. I think it's a shame, the whole 3D thing didn't add anything to the game and made it feel all out of whack. This alone was a disappointment to me. The game in itself was OK but it lacked the magical feel of MI3.
By the way, I just re-played MI1 through 3 after playing nr. 4 on my PocketPC using ScummVM which is one piece of excellent software. The 640x480 graphics of MI3 are scaled down with anti-aliasing to my screen and the touchpad is much better for this kind of game than a mouse has ever been. Greatly recommended.
Oops!
Several other people already came up with that idea:) It was only anyway.
Also, the author of the letter said that these solutions are not practical and that he's not even answering the request. Anyway I wish you good luck with this, Paul!!
That's very cheap of D-Link to be hardcoding his server.
I know what I would do: Set up a new server for the 'intended' audience (other Danish NTP stratum-2 servers), and on the IP/Hostname of the old one (that D-Link refers to) I would run a modified NTP server that sends out random times to all those D-Link customers and watch them get swamped in support calls.
I wouldn't call it great customer service when a company charges for support calls after 90 days. And it's not cheap either (50 euro as far as I've heard)
If you buy computer equipment at the premium Apple prices, you would expect free lifetime phone support. I understand that they have to charge for extended warranties after the first year, but having to whip out your credit card just to talk to someone after the first 3 months is purely ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, I love my powerbook and I don't care myself because I can solve my own software issues. But I think it's very tight of Apple. This is NOT a reason to love Apple.
By the way, I work at a callcenter of a major computer peripheral manufacturer and we DO offer free lifetime telephone support. And 2 to 3 years free hardware warranty, depending on product type. If we can do it, so can Apple. No, I won't say which company.
VMWare Server is free now, too! And it runs fine on my desktop here at work (P4 3.0Ghz) so I'd say it should be fine to run on a MBP once it becomes available for OSX. No need to get an expensive VMWare Workstation license.
Exactly what I was thinking.. When I started with computers (like my Atari 800XL) I didn't have a modem for the first 5 years. The communications infrastructure was a typical sneakernet, me calling round to my friends to copy audio tapes with software.
These PC's can be used for educational software, such as audio-based games which teach the children to read and write while playing with it even if they don't go to school (which is often impossible because they have to work from a very early age to survive).
When they get older and are interested they can try writing software themselves or sharing stuff with friends by meeting up and having a 'lan-party'. The Internet is not required for communications, it's just a lot slower without it. But time is one thing these people do have.
So, I completely agree with your comments.
I am a bit worried though if these laptops will ever arrive at the children they're intended for. Even if they make it through the corruption, I'm afraid the parents will take them for themselves just because it's a prize toy. One of my friends worked in Africa as an aid worker for a year and she said that most men there are the macho-head of the family and children are regarded with contempt.
The man of the house gets all the best food, the leftovers go to the wife & children. Would they allow their children to possess something cool like a laptop (which is definitely a status-symbol) which they don't have themselves? I'm afraid not. I guess MIT could make it look a bit more childish (paint bunnies on it or something:) so it would look so silly the parent's wouldn't want it.
No lawsuit... Apple has already said many times that they won't do anything to stop people from running Windows. And Microsoft will be happy with the extra sales.
Wel... Games, for one, like you already said:) This is something that REALLY requires dual-booting. I mean, you're not going to run a game in VMWare or Virtual PC even if it did support OpenGL or DirectX. Just too slow.
I know a Mac is not for hardcore gamers but someone like me who wants to play the occasional game and not be tied into the pathetically small line-up for Mac games, dual-booting into Windows is a perfect solution.
But there's lots of other uses (most of which would work fine within a virtual machine), like company-supported apps that are not available for Windows.
However, I wish they'd spend some more time fixing important security holes in their OS rather than writing articles. We still don't have a patch for this Extremely Critical vulnerability http://secunia.com/advisories/18963. And it's been a week now.
I'd rather have a secure OS running on my powerbook than a tutorial on some programming language I've never heard of before:) And yes, I am a programmer myself. But if I wanted to program in Ruby I'd probably have found a tutorial somewhere already.
P.S.: This is not intended as a flame, just as a question where Apple's priorities lie.
He's asking a legitimate question so I don't see why he should be modded down as Troll. A second mouse button would be really useful for anyone wanting to run Windows on their MacBook.
Imagine calling tech support, and them saying: 'Please right-click on my computer':-) Whoops!
Unfortunately, from the pictures I've seen it seems they still have only one button so there'll have to be a software solution for right-clicking or something.
Is this available in Europe too? Or will we be excluded again like with every other cool content on iTunes Music Store (none of the TV series are available in Europe:(
Just wondering... Is this site really offering a proof of concept or is it a fake trying to install a rootkit or something? It doesn't have a lot of pages for a big corporate website..
Yeah, I had the same problem at first. It was REALLY bad then. What I did was I moved the modem to the highest point in the attic (into a little crawlspace right under the top of the roof) and ran a network cable 2 floors down to the computer. Because of the stronger signal I had much better reception there.
IBB apparently (TV commercial) recommend putting the modem next to the computer which wasn't sufficient in my case. If you have the opportunity (and you can't switch to another provider altogether) I would make sure to put the modem in the highest place possible, where its view is obstructed by the softest material possible. The roof is better than a wall (as long as the insulation material doesn't contain any metal, make sure you check this).
By doing this I was able to increase my signal to the same level as my colleague's who lives very close to the transmitter. Unfortunately on most days the connection was still very lousy. But before I did this I had hardly any at all.
Hope this helps, if you want to discuss it further, please email me at @gmail.com
Exactly! I just sent my modem back, glad to get rid of it.
Problems I had with it were:
VERY bad latency (variable from 200 to 2000 ms
Some days it dropped out every minute for at least 20 seconds
Throughput on busy days was below 2kbyte/s even though it was supposed to be a 512/128 connection.
Basically it was totally not useable for SSH and Voice-Over-IP (what I wanted to use it for). Also no good for gaming. Downloading was only possible on 'good' days.
And yes, I wasn't very close to the transmitter but some of my colleagues who had the service too had line-of-sight within 200 metres from the transmitter and their service was just as bad.
It was also bad for them on the same days, we even used to text each other when it was fast again so we could all start a download quickly before it would drop again.
If these devices work like the RSA SecurID does, clock lagging is not a problem. Every time the customer logs in, the server accepts not just the current password, but also the next and previous x (10, for example) passwords. So if the clock is a bit off, it will still accept the password.
Furthermore, once the password is accepted the server will then know exactly how far off the clock in the keyfob is and change its 'expected' timeslot accordingly. This only goes wrong if the customer doesn't log in for extremely long times, which shouldn't happen much anyway.
If HR-1201 becomes law, every consumer could legally hack any TPM by claiming fair use, and as fair use isn't codified, there would be as many definitions of it as there are consumers. Consumers would be legally sanctioned to break their contracts with the content provider.
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Nokia's Series 60 phones are much better than this article is claiming. I have used them since the first generation (Nokia 3650) and never looked back. I currently own a Nokia E60 and use most of its features, including automatic email retrieving through WiFi, VoIP (it automatically logs on to my SIP provider when I'm home), and even navigation (TomTom), although for that I prefer my Windows PocketPC for its speedier CPU and big touchscreen. The new and improved user interface in the 3rd generation Symbian is also beautiful and much handier than its predecessors.
It's just stupid to say that these phones are bad because they try to do too much. Of course, they do a lot, and if you want a phone to simply call, then just get another phone! Even Nokia makes simple phones for both consumers (3220) and business users (6230i). I have used them both and hated them, they feel so awfully dumb after using a Symbian. Just simple features of Copy & Paste, or the excellent call log feature of the Series 60 phone makes it worthwhile.
These phones have their market, the same market that has embraced the blackberry when everyone was saying it was a chunky overpriced device. Nokia is the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world and it only stands to reason that they have a wide range of phones with something for everyone.
Apart from the obvious problem of getting the energy down (though I suppose a space-elevator-like cable could be used, which has never been tested of course), there could be some more problems. The whole point of the sunshade thing is that it stops the sun's heat, and therefore energy, from reaching the earth. If we start capturing that electrically and transporting it down to the surface, we will use it and eventually it will end up as heat anyway. So the net effect will be zero then. Or maybe even worse, because by placing the solar panels above the earth they will capture much more energy than they ever would on the surface. But I think these points are all moot anyway because making a 'trillion' space ships will cost so much in energy to produce (extracting ore etc) and lauch, that it will kick the balance beyond repair.
I'm an account holder with Bank of Ireland, and have had several accounts with Dutch banks. ALL Dutch banks use two-factor authentication when making payments, either with a digital "calculator" device or a list of passwords, where for every payment a different password is requested, and the list renewed when it has been used up.
Bank of Ireland, on the other hand, uses just a lame 6-digit password, your contact phone number and a 6-digit account number. Very lousy security there. I definitely don't feel safe using their internet banking facilities. Even 8 years ago my Dutch bank modem service already used 2-factor auth.
So, yes, I feel that in this case BOI is completely to blame for this.
What TFA doesn't say is that the first episode will be released this fall. See the telltale website.
This is really ridiculous! Shame on Philips.
I'll never buy a TV with that feature (if it can't be activated/hacked or something)
Exactly. I too think MI3 was by far the best in the series. The graphics were astonishing and created a great sense of atmosphere, especially in the last part on Blood Island. The in-game movies were very funny and really added to the experience. Everything matched perfectly, the graphics, the music, the characters. And the game wasn't as hard as MI2, just the right level for me to play it without any help and not be frustrated.
Then MI4 came... With OK graphics but characters that were so basic-3D that they were rat-ugly compared to the background graphics and totally didn't blend in. I think it's a shame, the whole 3D thing didn't add anything to the game and made it feel all out of whack. This alone was a disappointment to me. The game in itself was OK but it lacked the magical feel of MI3.
By the way, I just re-played MI1 through 3 after playing nr. 4 on my PocketPC using ScummVM which is one piece of excellent software. The 640x480 graphics of MI3 are scaled down with anti-aliasing to my screen and the touchpad is much better for this kind of game than a mouse has ever been. Greatly recommended.
Oops! Several other people already came up with that idea :) It was only anyway.
Also, the author of the letter said that these solutions are not practical and that he's not even answering the request. Anyway I wish you good luck with this, Paul!!
That's very cheap of D-Link to be hardcoding his server.
:)
I know what I would do: Set up a new server for the 'intended' audience (other Danish NTP stratum-2 servers), and on the IP/Hostname of the old one (that D-Link refers to) I would run a modified NTP server that sends out random times to all those D-Link customers and watch them get swamped in support calls.
That'll teach 'em
I wouldn't call it great customer service when a company charges for support calls after 90 days. And it's not cheap either (50 euro as far as I've heard)
If you buy computer equipment at the premium Apple prices, you would expect free lifetime phone support. I understand that they have to charge for extended warranties after the first year, but having to whip out your credit card just to talk to someone after the first 3 months is purely ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, I love my powerbook and I don't care myself because I can solve my own software issues. But I think it's very tight of Apple. This is NOT a reason to love Apple.
By the way, I work at a callcenter of a major computer peripheral manufacturer and we DO offer free lifetime telephone support. And 2 to 3 years free hardware warranty, depending on product type. If we can do it, so can Apple. No, I won't say which company.
VMWare Server is free now, too! And it runs fine on my desktop here at work (P4 3.0Ghz) so I'd say it should be fine to run on a MBP once it becomes available for OSX. No need to get an expensive VMWare Workstation license.
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
Exactly what I was thinking.. When I started with computers (like my Atari 800XL) I didn't have a modem for the first 5 years. The communications infrastructure was a typical sneakernet, me calling round to my friends to copy audio tapes with software.
:) so it would look so silly the parent's wouldn't want it.
These PC's can be used for educational software, such as audio-based games which teach the children to read and write while playing with it even if they don't go to school (which is often impossible because they have to work from a very early age to survive).
When they get older and are interested they can try writing software themselves or sharing stuff with friends by meeting up and having a 'lan-party'. The Internet is not required for communications, it's just a lot slower without it. But time is one thing these people do have.
So, I completely agree with your comments.
I am a bit worried though if these laptops will ever arrive at the children they're intended for. Even if they make it through the corruption, I'm afraid the parents will take them for themselves just because it's a prize toy. One of my friends worked in Africa as an aid worker for a year and she said that most men there are the macho-head of the family and children are regarded with contempt.
The man of the house gets all the best food, the leftovers go to the wife & children. Would they allow their children to possess something cool like a laptop (which is definitely a status-symbol) which they don't have themselves? I'm afraid not. I guess MIT could make it look a bit more childish (paint bunnies on it or something
No lawsuit... Apple has already said many times that they won't do anything to stop people from running Windows. And Microsoft will be happy with the extra sales.
Where can I get this? I haven't found any details or downloads yet...
Wel... Games, for one, like you already said :) This is something that REALLY requires dual-booting. I mean, you're not going to run a game in VMWare or Virtual PC even if it did support OpenGL or DirectX. Just too slow.
I know a Mac is not for hardcore gamers but someone like me who wants to play the occasional game and not be tied into the pathetically small line-up for Mac games, dual-booting into Windows is a perfect solution.
But there's lots of other uses (most of which would work fine within a virtual machine), like company-supported apps that are not available for Windows.
Great!
:) And yes, I am a programmer myself. But if I wanted to program in Ruby I'd probably have found a tutorial somewhere already.
However, I wish they'd spend some more time fixing important security holes in their OS rather than writing articles. We still don't have a patch for this Extremely Critical vulnerability http://secunia.com/advisories/18963. And it's been a week now.
I'd rather have a secure OS running on my powerbook than a tutorial on some programming language I've never heard of before
P.S.: This is not intended as a flame, just as a question where Apple's priorities lie.
He's asking a legitimate question so I don't see why he should be modded down as Troll. A second mouse button would be really useful for anyone wanting to run Windows on their MacBook.
:-) Whoops!
Imagine calling tech support, and them saying: 'Please right-click on my computer'
Unfortunately, from the pictures I've seen it seems they still have only one button so there'll have to be a software solution for right-clicking or something.
Is this available in Europe too? Or will we be excluded again like with every other cool content on iTunes Music Store (none of the TV series are available in Europe :(
I just saw that the same link is in the original secunia article so I can assume it is real.. Sorry for posting too soon :)
Just wondering... Is this site really offering a proof of concept or is it a fake trying to install a rootkit or something? It doesn't have a lot of pages for a big corporate website..
Thanks! Symantec Antivirus 9 blocked it here but crashed IE :)
IBB apparently (TV commercial) recommend putting the modem next to the computer which wasn't sufficient in my case. If you have the opportunity (and you can't switch to another provider altogether) I would make sure to put the modem in the highest place possible, where its view is obstructed by the softest material possible. The roof is better than a wall (as long as the insulation material doesn't contain any metal, make sure you check this).
By doing this I was able to increase my signal to the same level as my colleague's who lives very close to the transmitter. Unfortunately on most days the connection was still very lousy. But before I did this I had hardly any at all.
Hope this helps, if you want to discuss it further, please email me at @gmail.com
Problems I had with it were:
Basically it was totally not useable for SSH and Voice-Over-IP (what I wanted to use it for). Also no good for gaming. Downloading was only possible on 'good' days.
And yes, I wasn't very close to the transmitter but some of my colleagues who had the service too had line-of-sight within 200 metres from the transmitter and their service was just as bad.
It was also bad for them on the same days, we even used to text each other when it was fast again so we could all start a download quickly before it would drop again.
I'm glad I switched to cable!
If these devices work like the RSA SecurID does, clock lagging is not a problem. Every time the customer logs in, the server accepts not just the current password, but also the next and previous x (10, for example) passwords. So if the clock is a bit off, it will still accept the password.
Furthermore, once the password is accepted the server will then know exactly how far off the clock in the keyfob is and change its 'expected' timeslot accordingly. This only goes wrong if the customer doesn't log in for extremely long times, which shouldn't happen much anyway.
If HR-1201 becomes law, every consumer could legally hack any TPM by claiming fair use, and as fair use isn't codified, there would be as many definitions of it as there are consumers. Consumers would be legally sanctioned to break their contracts with the content provider.
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Sources are also reporting that the pending Power Mac revision will be the last Mac upgrade of the calendar year. Contrary to other reports, Apple's PowerBook line, last revised in February with only incremental upgrades, will likely not see an upgrade before Macworld Expo San Francisco in January 2006, at the earliest.