I understand the chip will be used in Playstation 3, but it will also likely be used in future Apple computers, of which, the G5 is already based on the Power architecture. Maybe IT would've been a better section to put this under?
These little devices simply plug in between the keyboard and the PS/2 port on a PC. They're usually beige in color and look as if they're supposed to be there.
I've never heard of USB keystroke loggers however (probably because the information transfered between USB keyboards is in an arbitrary format), so any computer using a USB keyboard (modern Macs only have USB keyboards) should be safe.
Finally, the method of data retrieval is also fairly simple. Simply unplug the device and plug it into your own computer, and in any text editor start typing a certain "code" to open an interface to the keylogger (I think some might come with special software for it as well).
Torrent files are useless without trackers. What would be interesting is if Freenet could be setup as a Bittorrent tracker, but that would require quite the rewrite...
Uh... this statement is just wrong. I use a Mac, but then again I also own a PC with Debian Linux and Windows XP Pro on it. I'm a software developer with experience in several languages, and lots of experience with various *nixes, yet my main machine is a Mac. Am I "new to computers"? Definitely not.
What's great about Mac OS X is that it's perfect for virtually everyone, it doesn't make using a computer "easy" because it lacks features, but rather because its design is logical and intuitive. At the same time it's a powerful *nix system with FreeBSD (Darwin) under the hood. X11, Fink, Expose, hell, for a more complete list of features just go to apple's site.
OSX is easy to use, and a lack of moving parts on the computer makes it hard to mess with (which is bad for a geek, but good for a newbie).
Perhaps true for the eMac, but certainly not true for the PowerMac, which could very well justly be called a geek's wet dream.
Slashdotter: "My fellow Americans, join me in disabling the DMCA and other such acts that infrige upon our ability to transfer media over our downtown proxies through Peer-to-Peer sharing technologies!"
Yokel: ???
The point is that, as much as it might seem hard to believe, the vast majority of America doesn't _care_ about these issues.
Excellent post, I can't understand the large amount of negativity towards these two articles, they are very well written and truly give you a different perspective on the game that one cannot find in any game magazine.
If you use a mac, there are plenty of graphical applications, some free and some shareware (that you can get from versiontracker.com), that allow you to easily get songs off your iPod and access it through an iTunes-like interface:
1) iPodRip 2) iPod Access
And some cool apps that let you download RSS feeds and news to your iPod like "Pod2Go". Just search versiontracker.com for "ipod", you'll get plenty of results.
Slashdotters are, as usual, not what this iPod's aimed at. Think more in terms of proud family members - mothers and aunts especially.
How true, before all you cynics open your mouths remember when the iPod was first introduced; all the comments on/. were predicting doom and failure ("the prices! OH THE PRICES!!!"). I don't think I need to point out how things turned out...
Now that Apple finally found a way to sink its teeth into the market, I think they're going to be careful about the moves they make this time, especially with competitors itching to steal the market.
Here in Florida I'm lucky if my AC can handle keeping the temperature at 78! For us, 85 is warm, and 75 is a comfortable cool. You pampered bastards...
Is it just me, or does the RIAA seem a bit superfluous? Wouldn't it be better if all artists were independant? We could still have our MTVs and such, and iTunes (and online music in general) would be the perfect method of advertising. It would allow fans the ability to quickly link others to the band and let them listen to previews of their songs.
Compounded with collecting organisations, artists would probably earn even more money than they would with the RIAA. Another pleasant side-effect of this would be that the quality of music would go up, and we would no longer have to deal with artistic-abominations like Britney Spears.
I installed Ubuntu and was pleasantly surprised with how simple the installation was. All my hardware was recognized and X was easily set up. However, Ubuntu is a rather small distribution in reality, and therefore it does lack some rather important packages that some might find essential: KDE and Wine were the most prominent of those I noticed.
For those looking for a debian-based distribution that is powerful and easy to set up, AND has virtually all the packages one needs, check out Libranet. It is the perfect distribution that is sutable for all types of linux users, both experienced and not. It can serve as the perfect development environment, and also act as your primary desktop system (if that is, you refuse to get OS X).
The installation is both simple and powerful, allowing automatic detection of virtually all hardware (even your mouse!), it even installed hard accelerated drivers for my nVidia card.
I'm not sure, but it seems to be a sort of diamond-in-the-rough since very few people I know of have heard of it. After installing multiple linux distro's including Gentoo, Mandrake, Debian, and Ubuntu, I've decided that Libranet is by far the best debian-based distro out there.
Apple does not have its loyal fan base because of "blink love". There are very legitimate, and valid reasons that people adore Apple, and that should be respected.
Apple has been struggling for the past couple of years with its small market share while manufacturing the "Ferrari" of computers. The company has received countless rewards (grammies, etc) for its pioneering work with various forms of technology: The optical mouse, FireWire, breaking away from floppies, Final Cut Pro, iTunes, iMovie, iMac, Wireless standards, iPhoto, iPod, iThis-and-iThat, pioneering and helping the Open Source movement.
Now that Apple has decided to let the Windows world in on just a sample of what it has to offer, it is not surprise that it has immediately jumped to the #1 position in that market niche. Obviously Apple wants to hold this position it so rightly deserves. And it seems as if they're making all the right moves, because the iPod and iTunes have remained #1 for several years now.
I furrow my eyebrows at anyone who is surprised by people's responses to REAL's vigilantism. Apple just doesn't receive the credit it deserves, and sadly many do not understand that.
Believe it or not, and no matter how hard it might be to accept, there are legitimate reasons for the existance of Mac Zealots, and though we hate them for their gusto, we should not judge Apple based upon their actions.
Slashdot Mirror
PORN!!!
Thanks for the gusto! I can now see the reason for the confusion...
"Maybe IT would've..."
I think I should've specified "IT section"....
I'm fairly sure I suggested the IT section, though I could be wrong. Perhaps lending me some of your gusto would help me see better?
I understand the chip will be used in Playstation 3, but it will also likely be used in future Apple computers, of which, the G5 is already based on the Power architecture. Maybe IT would've been a better section to put this under?
These little devices simply plug in between the keyboard and the PS/2 port on a PC. They're usually beige in color and look as if they're supposed to be there.
You can get them at sites like this and this.
I've never heard of USB keystroke loggers however (probably because the information transfered between USB keyboards is in an arbitrary format), so any computer using a USB keyboard (modern Macs only have USB keyboards) should be safe.
Finally, the method of data retrieval is also fairly simple. Simply unplug the device and plug it into your own computer, and in any text editor start typing a certain "code" to open an interface to the keylogger (I think some might come with special software for it as well).
Torrent files are useless without trackers. What would be interesting is if Freenet could be setup as a Bittorrent tracker, but that would require quite the rewrite...
I believe that's one of the reasons they, and many other companies, are lobbying against it...
You trying to deny the extremely small percentage of female "geeks"? Sad but true, and the reason why this got so much attention in the first place.
Macs are good for "new to computers" people.
Uh... this statement is just wrong. I use a Mac, but then again I also own a PC with Debian Linux and Windows XP Pro on it. I'm a software developer with experience in several languages, and lots of experience with various *nixes, yet my main machine is a Mac. Am I "new to computers"? Definitely not.
What's great about Mac OS X is that it's perfect for virtually everyone, it doesn't make using a computer "easy" because it lacks features, but rather because its design is logical and intuitive. At the same time it's a powerful *nix system with FreeBSD (Darwin) under the hood. X11, Fink, Expose, hell, for a more complete list of features just go to apple's site.
OSX is easy to use, and a lack of moving parts on the computer makes it hard to mess with (which is bad for a geek, but good for a newbie).
Perhaps true for the eMac, but certainly not true for the PowerMac, which could very well justly be called a geek's wet dream.
..anyone who can figure out where that figure came from, and who's getting it...
You're kidding me right?
Slashdotter: "My fellow Americans, join me in disabling the DMCA and other such acts that infrige upon our ability to transfer media over our downtown proxies through Peer-to-Peer sharing technologies!"
Yokel: ???
The point is that, as much as it might seem hard to believe, the vast majority of America doesn't _care_ about these issues.
Excellent post, I can't understand the large amount of negativity towards these two articles, they are very well written and truly give you a different perspective on the game that one cannot find in any game magazine.
Liar, then why isn't your name JakusMaximus?
Their software doesn't offer support for the Macintosh platform! Oh my! I guess I better install Virtual PC...
Excellent, that was very well put my good sir, I only wish /. could give higher ratings than a 5. Keep modding this up!
If you use a mac, there are plenty of graphical applications, some free and some shareware (that you can get from versiontracker.com), that allow you to easily get songs off your iPod and access it through an iTunes-like interface:
1) iPodRip
2) iPod Access
And some cool apps that let you download RSS feeds and news to your iPod like "Pod2Go". Just search versiontracker.com for "ipod", you'll get plenty of results.
Of course not! It's the low-carb version!
Slashdotters are, as usual, not what this iPod's aimed at. Think more in terms of proud family members - mothers and aunts especially.
/. were predicting doom and failure ("the prices! OH THE PRICES!!!"). I don't think I need to point out how things turned out...
How true, before all you cynics open your mouths remember when the iPod was first introduced; all the comments on
Now that Apple finally found a way to sink its teeth into the market, I think they're going to be careful about the moves they make this time, especially with competitors itching to steal the market.
(nothing to look at there yet).
/.'ed anyways... ppffft!
You think anyone here cares about that??? It'll be
Here in Florida I'm lucky if my AC can handle keeping the temperature at 78! For us, 85 is warm, and 75 is a comfortable cool. You pampered bastards...
Is it just me, or does the RIAA seem a bit superfluous? Wouldn't it be better if all artists were independant? We could still have our MTVs and such, and iTunes (and online music in general) would be the perfect method of advertising. It would allow fans the ability to quickly link others to the band and let them listen to previews of their songs.
Compounded with collecting organisations, artists would probably earn even more money than they would with the RIAA. Another pleasant side-effect of this would be that the quality of music would go up, and we would no longer have to deal with artistic-abominations like Britney Spears.
I installed Ubuntu and was pleasantly surprised with how simple the installation was. All my hardware was recognized and X was easily set up. However, Ubuntu is a rather small distribution in reality, and therefore it does lack some rather important packages that some might find essential: KDE and Wine were the most prominent of those I noticed.
For those looking for a debian-based distribution that is powerful and easy to set up, AND has virtually all the packages one needs, check out Libranet. It is the perfect distribution that is sutable for all types of linux users, both experienced and not. It can serve as the perfect development environment, and also act as your primary desktop system (if that is, you refuse to get OS X).
The installation is both simple and powerful, allowing automatic detection of virtually all hardware (even your mouse!), it even installed hard accelerated drivers for my nVidia card.
I'm not sure, but it seems to be a sort of diamond-in-the-rough since very few people I know of have heard of it. After installing multiple linux distro's including Gentoo, Mandrake, Debian, and Ubuntu, I've decided that Libranet is by far the best debian-based distro out there.
I told you the vogons were coming!
Actually... I mispelled it... twice. :-p
Apple does not have its loyal fan base because of "blink love". There are very legitimate, and valid reasons that people adore Apple, and that should be respected.
Apple has been struggling for the past couple of years with its small market share while manufacturing the "Ferrari" of computers. The company has received countless rewards (grammies, etc) for its pioneering work with various forms of technology: The optical mouse, FireWire, breaking away from floppies, Final Cut Pro, iTunes, iMovie, iMac, Wireless standards, iPhoto, iPod, iThis-and-iThat, pioneering and helping the Open Source movement.
Now that Apple has decided to let the Windows world in on just a sample of what it has to offer, it is not surprise that it has immediately jumped to the #1 position in that market niche. Obviously Apple wants to hold this position it so rightly deserves. And it seems as if they're making all the right moves, because the iPod and iTunes have remained #1 for several years now.
I furrow my eyebrows at anyone who is surprised by people's responses to REAL's vigilantism. Apple just doesn't receive the credit it deserves, and sadly many do not understand that.
Believe it or not, and no matter how hard it might be to accept, there are legitimate reasons for the existance of Mac Zealots, and though we hate them for their gusto, we should not judge Apple based upon their actions.