somewhat reduced quality? Have you listened to the crap they play when they put you on hold? Pretty much anything in my music collection is going to be better quality than the cheesy muzak they normally put on there.....
Watch it, buster:-)
I was jamming to Dave Brubeck's album Time Out when I was on Apple's Customer Service line the other day.
I admit it felt a bit geeky to actually have "hold music" in my music library:-p
All this information was almost
certainly provided and was certainly received, but was it certainly put to use effectively? I'm guessing certainly not.
Apparently Apple also thought the news item was too short... so they released Xcode 1.1, which is also available through Software Update (if you have the developer tools installed). Yet another update to add to the list:-)
I'm really disappointed in the lack of sensationalist responses to this story. When I installed:
My PowerBook instantaneously caught fire, despite the other reports of increased fan activity
As soon as I extinguished the flames, iTunes started downloading and playing all the pop "music" available from iTMS. Charged to my visa, of course.
The volume selector somehow moved all the way to full power, and was no longer controllable.
My "Documents" folder was instantly transformed into a FileVault archive to which I didn't have the password.
IE reclaimed "default browser" status, and began popping up Shockwave porn ads all over the place, much to the dismay of the elderly folks in the room.
Oh, whoops, it installed just great. You go ahead and try now;-)
I have succesfully updated this machine on the command line since failing to do QT 6.4. It's just this one update. Any advice for getting it to work remotely (I am 3500 miles away from it and unlikely to be near it any time soon)?
If you're 3500 miles away from the computer, I can't imagine having the newest QuickTime on it is a high priority:-p
mlMac is a GUI front end to mlDonkey which is eDonkey for the Mac, not Kazaa for the Mac.
I don't know the gorey details, but the way I understand it, mlDonkey connects to Fasttrack, which is basically the Kazaa network...
Something like that. Read the mlDonkey page, and you'll see that it connects up to Kazaa's networks... so, no, it's not Kazaa... but yes, it uses their files.
On any computer using OSX, it is possible to change the root password with 6 easy steps: [snip]
This suggestion wouldn't work if the computer was secured with the Open Firmware Password method.
Yes, the OF Password is also circumventable, but not if the machine is physically locked:-)
If you want your machine to be secure, you can take steps to ensure that it is, regardless of platform, but when there is physical access to the machine it generally takes a lot more security to do so.
In a graphical multi-user OS, a screensaver exploit is pretty bad. If the root user leaves the machine screen-locked then anyone can access the system. How is this not bad?
I highly doubt that the select people who have gone through the steps to activate the root account on OS X will login through the GUI and let it sit around unprotected.
The people who choose to activate the root account generally know what they're doing, and those that don't are just asking for it.
What will happen if people close their account before buying that 21st song?
Easy. They could charge your credit card under three situations:
You go over $20 in songs or
you close out your account with unpaid fees or
you leave your account idle for a long period of time (1 month?).
I'm not sure if what you heard about the $20 thing is true, but it is very smart way to do business... that way you [the company] save a LOT in credit card fees.
As long as you don't neglect items #2 and #3 above, it isn't too much of a risk either.
Apparently owners of current (old) iPods will not be getting a firmware upgrade that enables the new features like On-The-Fly playlists, notes, games, etc. [snip] I am outraged by this decision and won't be supporting the iTunes music store.
As far as the games and such are concerned: can you tell me how Solitaire would make ANY sense with the "old" button setup? It seems as though you would need some horizontal buttons of some kind, which the new iPods have.
As far as being outraged to the point of not using the music store, that's ridiculous. These two groups at apple have VERY LITTLE, if ANYTHING to do with each other. Also, I highly doubt that you complaining on/. is going to help out. Go to Apple's site and fill out a feedback form.
While doing this, however, try to remember if Apple Reps have ever promised updates for life for the iPod... be thrilled you got AAC, because that's what the iPod is about, audio... right?
My opinion remains firm on the game issue though... Different controls are meant for different jobs. Imagine playing "Brickles/Breakout/Brickout" on a device with vertical buttons:-)
The big deal is that immediately after posting his rant, the company that makes Opera decided he had the perfect attitude for the job... so they gave him a spot on their Executive Team.
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In addition to getting the pulse-less heart operation, they could embed tiny skin flaps in the nose to encourage snoring. :-)
I was jamming to Dave Brubeck's album Time Out when I was on Apple's Customer Service line the other day.
I admit it felt a bit geeky to actually have "hold music" in my music library :-p
- My PowerBook instantaneously caught fire, despite the other reports of increased fan activity
- As soon as I extinguished the flames, iTunes started downloading and playing all the pop "music" available from iTMS. Charged to my visa, of course.
- The volume selector somehow moved all the way to full power, and was no longer controllable.
- My "Documents" folder was instantly transformed into a FileVault archive to which I didn't have the password.
- IE reclaimed "default browser" status, and began popping up Shockwave porn ads all over the place, much to the dismay of the elderly folks in the room.
Oh, whoops, it installed just great. You go ahead and try nowGreat job.
Amazing how similar this is to walking through the woods - you want a tall person in front of you to catch all the spider webs ;-)
I always knew SOMETHING was wrong with this place.... maybe that's it :-)
Something like that. Read the mlDonkey page, and you'll see that it connects up to Kazaa's networks... so, no, it's not Kazaa... but yes, it uses their files.
Yes, the OF Password is also circumventable, but not if the machine is physically locked :-)
If you want your machine to be secure, you can take steps to ensure that it is, regardless of platform, but when there is physical access to the machine it generally takes a lot more security to do so.
The people who choose to activate the root account generally know what they're doing, and those that don't are just asking for it.
(For those who missed out, "trombone" is french for "paper-clip")
Hell, if I ran the matrix, I'd want to have it on a LAN protected by a firewall as well.
Coincidence? PERHAPS NOT. :-p
Easy. They could charge your credit card under three situations:
I'm not sure if what you heard about the $20 thing is true, but it is very smart way to do business... that way you [the company] save a LOT in credit card fees.
As long as you don't neglect items #2 and #3 above, it isn't too much of a risk either.
As far as being outraged to the point of not using the music store, that's ridiculous. These two groups at apple have VERY LITTLE, if ANYTHING to do with each other. Also, I highly doubt that you complaining on /. is going to help out. Go to Apple's site and fill out a feedback form.
While doing this, however, try to remember if Apple Reps have ever promised updates for life for the iPod... be thrilled you got AAC, because that's what the iPod is about, audio... right?
My opinion remains firm on the game issue though... Different controls are meant for different jobs. Imagine playing "Brickles/Breakout/Brickout" on a device with vertical buttons :-)