If you think this is an underhanded deed, then why don't you check your cookie files, you'll see quite a few, 90% are there solely to help you
Really? 100% of the cookies that I allow are there to help, but at least 60% of my banned cookie site list is from advertisers, who I doubt are are putting cookies there to help me.
From the article: They were able to expose the circuit to the light by scraping most of the protective coating from the surface of the microprocessor circuit that is embedded in each smart card.
With more study, the researchers were able to focus the flash on individual transistors within the chip by beaming the flash through a standard laboratory microscope.
Could they make the cards so that removing the coating destroyed the chip?
...at least with OmniWeb (and presumably other browsers) where I can set up my own keywords to go to a site rather than relying on someone else's based on what they paid.
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In OS 9, if you dragged a file over a folder icon, the folder would temporarily open so you could put a file many layers deep without having to open the window first for the folder you wanted the file in, then move windows about so that the original file and the folder you want to put it in are both visible and so on.
Once you were finished all the temporary open folder windows were closed.
It's nice to know that I can't do anything to my computer that will destroy anything other than ~/
I feel that the effort of reinstalling everything is far greater than the effort of typing "sudo"
True, but only if you drop them separately. If you drop them at the same time, they will land at the same time. The Earth will be pulled towards the bowling ball more, but the feather is in the same direction so it gains as well.
Would it be possible to get away with the following:
Pay for the software by check, and on the back of it write something like
"By paying in this check, you agree to give me unlimited rights to copy, disassemble and modify the software, placing no restrictions on what I can do"
The only real difference between that and an EULA is that the company can afford lawyers.
IIRC, the eMate died because it was education only. It's probably just obeying the law of nature that says that if Apple does something good, they have to do something stupid to compensate.
A few years ago I was connecting an old-ish Mac to the internet. It accessed fine, but I wasn't able to get the email working. I phoned some ludicrously expensive helpline, and after about 5 minutes they stopped the music and answered it.
I described the problem and told them what OS I was using. Their answer was "I'm sorry, we don't support that operating system. You shouldn't be able to access the internet at all."
It turned out that the web browser they supplied didn't have the javascript support for the webpage where you signed up for the email.
The documentation for EV Nova says that Captain Hector is a he.
In real life, things may be different.
The article implies that people will choose this
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From article:
"Users may buy a trusted PC even if it won't show a digital video lent by a friend, because it will act less like a temperamental computer and more like a crash-free super-VCR."
How long would it be before someone produced an equally stable computer that could show copied DV?
Not long. In fact, I'm probably using one now.
What I meant was that the current IE only pages wouldn't work and AOLers would complain. It would be good in the long run for most of us once standards were actually standards, but there are so many web pages out there that break the standards and so only work in IE.
The problem is that if AOL changes over from IE, all these IE-only pages will be screwed up and AOL will get constant complaints of "The internet isn't working and it did before I upgraded" I imagine they'll take a lot of flak unless they modify Mozilla to work with Microsoft 'standards'.
It's completely unusable for me, partly because you can't start typing a filename like you can in the Finder. I really don't have the patience to scroll through the 250 items in my downloads folder one at a time to find what I'm looking for.
2D file manager work fine for me at the moment.
But/. generally links to things that/.ers find interesting. I imagine that sites like this would be a good way of linking wider subject areas (computers + popular science) together.
Ng said Jones' campaign was unaware the e-mail was being processed from off-shore servers and promised to address the issue with the e-mail marketing vendor that did the mailings for the campaign.
Sounds like that standard disclaimer when a company spams.
If I lived in California, I'd go out of my way not to vote for this guy.
I do think that OS X is the best OS I've used, and far better than 9.
There isn't anything major wrong, just little things.
For example, is it possible to start a filename with a dot in the GUI? I'd like an option saying "Yes, I know what a dot does, let me do it." It would be less fiddly than having to mess about with these files in the terminal.
Another nice thing would be being able to su in the GUI, especially for old installers that insist on putting a folder on the top level of the disk.
I have heard rumours of a way to open a GUI app from the terminal but I haven't been able to find anything.
I've been using OS X for a while now
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What annoys me most is the "You don't need to know" attitude it takes to a lot of the things in it. For example, it's possible to get detailed info on startup, but they hardly make it obvious how. And the help features are incredibly annoying.
One other thing: I think the designers spent too much time thinking "Feature X is cool" and not enough time on "Will feature X be incredibly annoying after a few weeks' use?"
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Connect speaker out cable on new player to mike in cable on computer.
Problem solved. The fidelity might not be perfect, but it would be good enough.
...it would be illegal to leave the room during the adverts.
Really? 100% of the cookies that I allow are there to help, but at least 60% of my banned cookie site list is from advertisers, who I doubt are are putting cookies there to help me.
Will the government now ban duct tape because it can be used for card fraud?
They were able to expose the circuit to the light by scraping most of the protective coating from the surface of the microprocessor circuit that is embedded in each smart card.
With more study, the researchers were able to focus the flash on individual transistors within the chip by beaming the flash through a standard laboratory microscope.
Could they make the cards so that removing the coating destroyed the chip?
...at least with OmniWeb (and presumably other browsers) where I can set up my own keywords to go to a site rather than relying on someone else's based on what they paid.
In OS 9, if you dragged a file over a folder icon, the folder would temporarily open so you could put a file many layers deep without having to open the window first for the folder you wanted the file in, then move windows about so that the original file and the folder you want to put it in are both visible and so on. Once you were finished all the temporary open folder windows were closed.
It's nice to know that I can't do anything to my computer that will destroy anything other than ~/ I feel that the effort of reinstalling everything is far greater than the effort of typing "sudo"
True, but only if you drop them separately. If you drop them at the same time, they will land at the same time. The Earth will be pulled towards the bowling ball more, but the feather is in the same direction so it gains as well.
Would it be possible to get away with the following: Pay for the software by check, and on the back of it write something like "By paying in this check, you agree to give me unlimited rights to copy, disassemble and modify the software, placing no restrictions on what I can do" The only real difference between that and an EULA is that the company can afford lawyers.
IIRC, the eMate died because it was education only. It's probably just obeying the law of nature that says that if Apple does something good, they have to do something stupid to compensate.
I described the problem and told them what OS I was using. Their answer was "I'm sorry, we don't support that operating system. You shouldn't be able to access the internet at all."
It turned out that the web browser they supplied didn't have the javascript support for the webpage where you signed up for the email.
The documentation for EV Nova says that Captain Hector is a he. In real life, things may be different.
From article: "Users may buy a trusted PC even if it won't show a digital video lent by a friend, because it will act less like a temperamental computer and more like a crash-free super-VCR." How long would it be before someone produced an equally stable computer that could show copied DV? Not long. In fact, I'm probably using one now.
What I meant was that the current IE only pages wouldn't work and AOLers would complain. It would be good in the long run for most of us once standards were actually standards, but there are so many web pages out there that break the standards and so only work in IE.
The problem is that if AOL changes over from IE, all these IE-only pages will be screwed up and AOL will get constant complaints of "The internet isn't working and it did before I upgraded" I imagine they'll take a lot of flak unless they modify Mozilla to work with Microsoft 'standards'.
It's completely unusable for me, partly because you can't start typing a filename like you can in the Finder. I really don't have the patience to scroll through the 250 items in my downloads folder one at a time to find what I'm looking for. 2D file manager work fine for me at the moment.
But /. generally links to things that /.ers find interesting. I imagine that sites like this would be a good way of linking wider subject areas (computers + popular science) together.
Ng said Jones' campaign was unaware the e-mail was being processed from off-shore servers and promised to address the issue with the e-mail marketing vendor that did the mailings for the campaign.
Sounds like that standard disclaimer when a company spams. If I lived in California, I'd go out of my way not to vote for this guy.
I do think that OS X is the best OS I've used, and far better than 9. There isn't anything major wrong, just little things. For example, is it possible to start a filename with a dot in the GUI? I'd like an option saying "Yes, I know what a dot does, let me do it." It would be less fiddly than having to mess about with these files in the terminal. Another nice thing would be being able to su in the GUI, especially for old installers that insist on putting a folder on the top level of the disk. I have heard rumours of a way to open a GUI app from the terminal but I haven't been able to find anything.
What annoys me most is the "You don't need to know" attitude it takes to a lot of the things in it. For example, it's possible to get detailed info on startup, but they hardly make it obvious how. And the help features are incredibly annoying. One other thing: I think the designers spent too much time thinking "Feature X is cool" and not enough time on "Will feature X be incredibly annoying after a few weeks' use?"