If it really did come on just a few of the blank hard drives, in order to catch this with testing they'd have to test every single freshly formatted drive. Granted, I'm sure they'll do that now, but not doing a virus scan on freshly formatted disks hardly qualifies as "no testing."
Apparently this particular virus makes it impossible to safely remove the iPod. That ought to make it easier to identify -- or would if people didn't just unplug it, anyway.
Well said! I bought a couple of the classic games for GBA because I liked the games enough to want to play them years after I moved on from the older console. Nothing forced me to get rid of my old console. I am happy - even grateful - that Nintendo recognized there was a market for their older games ported/updated/emulated on newer systems. (I don't actually know what tech is being used, and don't really care that much.)
At worst, the Wii's Virtual console is something I will ignore. At best, it will offer me a few games with nostalgic value for a lot less effort than trying to find a used console/game.
The "issue" mentioned was compatibility. DRM is an aspect of that, but only an aspect.
Compatibility is not much of an issue. An iPod car adapter puts tunes in a car, and without requiring burning CDs of MP3 music. It's a better solution - the iPod is a lot more flexible than most car decks. Likewise, streaming to a home stereo system is a matter of getting an AirPort Express and running a headphone-to-RCA hookup between them. Again, a better solution.
It always amazes me that users who are running a Microsoft operating system with dozens of services and executables active applications - and even more services-like behavior concealed within services or system libraries - would object to iTunesHelper.
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Because for them (and for me, honestly) it isn't something to "barely even realize" -- it really isn't an issue.
About the only useful thing to come from PowerTalk was the system-wide keychain. For some reason, it took until Mac OS 9 for Apple to introduce this feature to the Mac community at large.
Actually, I don't know about 20f. That's pretty cold. I don't know of *any* hard drive that will work when its that cold, although I'm sure there's some ruggedized ones here. Around here it bottoms out at just below freezing, and my iPod is still working. Does the iRiver support that kind of temperature?
Actually, all five of those points are wrong. The only one that's even debatable is the battery one - and I'm still using the battery that came with my iPod when I bought it in April 2003. But if by "MP3 only" you really mean "lots of formats, but no OGG" you'd be right.
Interfaces are entirely subjective, though. If you like your iRiver, that's great.:)
Not that I disagree with telling kids about spying, but if you've raised your children so their response is to "lock and load," you have much bigger problems.
Wikipedia calls a Trojan "a malicious program that is disguised as or embedded within legitimate software." Given that, something that the installer knows about and isn't malicious can't really be "a benign Trojan."
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If it really did come on just a few of the blank hard drives, in order to catch this with testing they'd have to test every single freshly formatted drive. Granted, I'm sure they'll do that now, but not doing a virus scan on freshly formatted disks hardly qualifies as "no testing."
But which will be which?
Apparently this particular virus makes it impossible to safely remove the iPod. That ought to make it easier to identify -- or would if people didn't just unplug it, anyway.
Well said! I bought a couple of the classic games for GBA because I liked the games enough to want to play them years after I moved on from the older console. Nothing forced me to get rid of my old console. I am happy - even grateful - that Nintendo recognized there was a market for their older games ported/updated/emulated on newer systems. (I don't actually know what tech is being used, and don't really care that much.)
At worst, the Wii's Virtual console is something I will ignore. At best, it will offer me a few games with nostalgic value for a lot less effort than trying to find a used console/game.
Then turn off the iPodHelper service. Again, what's the problem here?
Err. The iPod service is optional. Btw, I'm posting this from a Windows box.
I think iTunes is a little more clever about resetting the counter than "any change," but you're basically right.
The "issue" mentioned was compatibility. DRM is an aspect of that, but only an aspect.
Compatibility is not much of an issue. An iPod car adapter puts tunes in a car, and without requiring burning CDs of MP3 music. It's a better solution - the iPod is a lot more flexible than most car decks. Likewise, streaming to a home stereo system is a matter of getting an AirPort Express and running a headphone-to-RCA hookup between them. Again, a better solution.
Granted, but if the issue is wanting to know "everything that is running," is it really that hard to find out what iTunesHelper does?
It always amazes me that users who are running a Microsoft operating system with dozens of services and executables active applications - and even more services-like behavior concealed within services or system libraries - would object to iTunesHelper.
Because for them (and for me, honestly) it isn't something to "barely even realize" -- it really isn't an issue.
Obviously, the public can't be safe enough.
If it didn't make business sense before Microsoft tried to shoot themselves in the foot, why would it make sense after?
About the only useful thing to come from PowerTalk was the system-wide keychain. For some reason, it took until Mac OS 9 for Apple to introduce this feature to the Mac community at large.
The employees gain productivity from a large monitor, obviously, but they also lose some because they spend time bragging about it to coworkers.
Actually, I don't know about 20f. That's pretty cold. I don't know of *any* hard drive that will work when its that cold, although I'm sure there's some ruggedized ones here. Around here it bottoms out at just below freezing, and my iPod is still working. Does the iRiver support that kind of temperature?
Actually, all five of those points are wrong. The only one that's even debatable is the battery one - and I'm still using the battery that came with my iPod when I bought it in April 2003. But if by "MP3 only" you really mean "lots of formats, but no OGG" you'd be right.
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Interfaces are entirely subjective, though. If you like your iRiver, that's great.
True, but we could definitely use less Ubi.
Personally, I question the military priority of a site that takes two hours to launch.
I think I missed where I blamed video games. I'm glad you didn't.
Not that I disagree with telling kids about spying, but if you've raised your children so their response is to "lock and load," you have much bigger problems.
"As much as I like meeting new people, I'm definitely not going to do it online," he said. "A lot of kids are smarter than adults think."
Big difference.
I used wikipedia only because it was the first online reference I checked, and it lines up with the classical definition.
And at least spell wikipedia right if you expect to be taken as an authority on it.
Wikipedia calls a Trojan "a malicious program that is disguised as or embedded within legitimate software." Given that, something that the installer knows about and isn't malicious can't really be "a benign Trojan."
You could do it back in 1994 if you installed Microsoft Office 6.