... the hole [cert.org] that allows a specially crafted, chunk-encoded HTTP request to execute arbitrary code on the server...
Well, Apache 1.3.26 is included in the update, and as far as I thought, Apache 1.3.26 was an update specifically to fix that hole. But I could be wrong.
So why can't I run a server without a "business" package, even though my upstream is capped? Wasn't the whole point of an upstream cap to *discourage* people from running servers while not banning it altogether?
When you wake it up, you do need to give it a signal... it doesn't detect case opening.
Weird. What model do you have? On mine, when it is sleeping with the lid closed, all I have to do is open the lid and it wakes up. If it's sleeping with the lid open, then, yah, I have to hit the space bar or something, but thats only if the lid was already open. (I've got the 600/12.1 model)
Thats right, but why would you want a PCMCIA slot? Everything I ever used in one--ethernet, modem,firewire card--is built-in to the iBook. I can see there being other things but I gather the people concerned with such obscure items aren't the ones the iBook is designed for.
I've got the iBook 600 (384/20G/12.1/DVD-CDRW/Airport), and I would definitely recommended one of these for what you want. When I initially bought mine, I got it for mainly the same reasons: small and light, rugged, plenty of features. I was also interested in OS X, but not ready to commit--the fact that I could use Debian was the only thing that cinched the purchase for me. When I received it, I reformatted, installing Debian alongside OS 9 and OS X. For the first couple months or so, I used Linux quite a bit, but recently, I reformatted and went all OS X. This is because OS X is fast and stable enough now, and any software I ever used on Linux could be used, all in a much nicer GUI than Linux ever saw. Obviously, the iBook isn't for everyone, but your needs sound rather similar to mine, and I have been nothing but happy with my iBook in the 4 months or so that I've owned it.
I'm not entirely sure about the keymaps, but even if you buy an iBook now, it comes with coupons that will get you a free OS upgrade when its available. As well, be aware that you have up to a year after you buy the machine to decide if you want the extended warranty. In my experience, the standard 1 yr has been more than enough (the only problems I ever had with any Mac happened within that 1st year).
> Why should GNU get so much credit for writing a compiler and few other tools.
Because if you were to remove the compiler and "few other tools" like glib you'd be left with a pile of neat source code.
That's like saying that because my car requires gas to function, that it should be called a Nissan Texaco/Altima, or a Nissan Chevron/Altima. If I were to remove that precious gas, I'd be left with a pile of metal. I do lack the time to make my car go without gas, so I guess I won't be ditching it anytime soon. But I won't be prepending Texaco/ or Chevron/ or anything else in order to show my appreciation.
The really depressing part of all this is that when this fails, it will fail because the dirty thieves on the internet want something for nothing, not because they tied themselves to a wrongheaded proprietary format that nobody asked for and nobody needs.
No, when this fails, it will be because they tied themselves to a wrongheaded proprietary format that nobody asked for and nobody needs. There will always be dirty pirates that want something for nothing, and there's nothing that will change that. The exact customers that would really make this a success are the going to be the ones that reject it, simply because they are using a wrongheaded proprietary format.
Altogether, font anti-aliasing is really a niche feature that's best left off by default. Only a few applications really benefit from it--mostly graphic design and photo editing applications dealing with large fonts.
Personally, I prefer that it be on by default. Far more things than design and photo editing benefit from it--IE, namely. The text rendering in IE on OS X is just downright horrid compared to some of the other browsers available (Chimera, OmniWeb)--so much so that I had started to use IE less and less as Chimera matured, solely because Chimera looks so much better. After installing Silk, IE looks essentially just as good as Chimera. Now, until Chimera really advances in features and stability, I've got no reason to use it because the text in IE finally looks as good as the rest of OS X.
have worked incredibly well since purchasing them. The first is a Jornada 548. Not the perfect PDA I'd say, but it has been rock solid for nearly 2 years now. The other is a Photosmart 1215 printer. This thing is not only fast compared to most inkjets I've owned, but also extremely quiet. Beyond that, it has built-in CF/SM card readers and apparently will print photos right from the memory cards, although I've never tried. It seems to me, that like any other hardware manufacturer, HP has their share of lemons, but also certainly has their share of high quality, reliable products.
I've stayed in a number of Hyatt hotels across the country, most recently the Elliot Grand Hyatt in downtown Seattle. I can't remember a single one that hasn't had internet access via ethernet in the last 3 or 4 years or so. At least at the one in Seattle, it was free but required a daily sign-in to re-authenticate the host for access. A lot of the smaller hotels have Internet access as well, you just have to ask. I stayed at a small Marriot property near LA a couple months back, and even they had it.
I downloaded the album in MP3 and immediately made a music CD of it. When I put it into a Windows box and Winamp queried CDDB, it came back as Eminem/The Eminem Show. And obviously, I'm not the only one who's done this. I just wonder what percentage of the early discs are MP3 downloads and what percentage are physical copies someone bought...
If you make something with it (in, say, a week), you owe them at least giving them unrestricted access to it - they put in 5 years X x Developers and you, a week and $50.00. right?
Hardly. That's like saying that because Apple has invested years into developing iMovie, I owe them unrestricted access to movies I make with it. Wrong. Their compensation from me came when I purchased their product. Why should I compensate them any further by giving them any rights to my creations?
Technically, sure. At my last job, I had a rackmount IBM server sitting on a desk for almost a year. They're optimized for racks--but that certainly doesn't mean there would be some inherent problem in just leaving at your desk.
In your case, I'd say the drive that burned your CD-R is at fault. Saying that Apple is at fault because these "CDs" can ruin the drives is just ludicrous. It would be like me saying that Nissan is at fault because when I put a new synthetic oil in my car, it ruined the engine. Just as my beef in that case would have to be with the oil maker and not Nissan, if I had a drive toasted by one of these discs, my problem would be with the disc's manufacturer, not with Apple. It is likewise absurd that Apple should just fix the machines and then turn around and try to bill Sony or whoever. Just the logistics in doing that correctly would be hideous, let alone trying to collect any actual money from the disc manufacturers. In the end, it sucks for the users, but the manufacturers of the discs are the ones to blame, not Apple.
.... Now all we need is a language whose syntax makes sense!....
Which is the exact reason I've moved pretty much completely to Objective-C. After cursing C++ for years, I've finally found peace with a C-like, object-oriented language that makes sense. I learned Obj-C when I was getting familiar with OS X development, and I haven't used C++ on anything since, on any platform. Obviously, I still have to maintain plenty of C++ code, but as time goes on, that amount will become less and less and eventually, I'll be rid of C++ forever!
Yah, the linux install was definitely more for the Just-Because-I-Can factor than anything else. I think I only boot it maybe once a week or so, and even that has become less frequent lately.
As someone else said, you can just replace the patched UxTheme.dll file. Not a process for the typical Windows simp, but for anyone here its probably a no-brainer. The main thing I wanted to mention is that themes apply to any app which is linked with a new enough version of the common controls AND has a manifest resource either compiled in or accompanying it that specifies it is to use themes. In essence, support for themes IS app-specific, but it is so incredibly easy to add (took me about 30 minutes to change and recompile 5 separate apps to support themes) that I don't think I've seen any app that purports to support XP and doesn't support themes.
I've got VirtualPC 5 on OS X with two virtual machines, one installed with WinXP and the other installed with Mandrake 8.2. Obviously, it takes a year to boot all the way to KDE and get it up and running, and its noticeably slow, but it is not so slow as to be unuseable. For the few times when I actually need access to a Linux desktop, it has been the perfect solution.
Perhaps if you re-read the submission, you'll notice that "his" is referring to the previous record holder, Douglas Adams, who was most certainly a man.
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... the hole [cert.org] that allows a specially crafted, chunk-encoded HTTP request to execute arbitrary code on the server ...
Well, Apache 1.3.26 is included in the update, and as far as I thought, Apache 1.3.26 was an update specifically to fix that hole. But I could be wrong.
So why can't I run a server without a "business" package, even though my upstream is capped? Wasn't the whole point of an upstream cap to *discourage* people from running servers while not banning it altogether?
When you wake it up, you do need to give it a signal... it doesn't detect case opening.
Weird. What model do you have? On mine, when it is sleeping with the lid closed, all I have to do is open the lid and it wakes up. If it's sleeping with the lid open, then, yah, I have to hit the space bar or something, but thats only if the lid was already open. (I've got the 600/12.1 model)
I needed this as well. My solution:
http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/pdaadapter
Thats right, but why would you want a PCMCIA slot? Everything I ever used in one--ethernet, modem,firewire card--is built-in to the iBook. I can see there being other things but I gather the people concerned with such obscure items aren't the ones the iBook is designed for.
I've got the iBook 600 (384/20G/12.1/DVD-CDRW/Airport), and I would definitely recommended one of these for what you want. When I initially bought mine, I got it for mainly the same reasons: small and light, rugged, plenty of features. I was also interested in OS X, but not ready to commit--the fact that I could use Debian was the only thing that cinched the purchase for me. When I received it, I reformatted, installing Debian alongside OS 9 and OS X. For the first couple months or so, I used Linux quite a bit, but recently, I reformatted and went all OS X. This is because OS X is fast and stable enough now, and any software I ever used on Linux could be used, all in a much nicer GUI than Linux ever saw. Obviously, the iBook isn't for everyone, but your needs sound rather similar to mine, and I have been nothing but happy with my iBook in the 4 months or so that I've owned it.
I'm not entirely sure about the keymaps, but even if you buy an iBook now, it comes with coupons that will get you a free OS upgrade when its available. As well, be aware that you have up to a year after you buy the machine to decide if you want the extended warranty. In my experience, the standard 1 yr has been more than enough (the only problems I ever had with any Mac happened within that 1st year).
..Red Hat, IIRC.
> Why should GNU get so much credit for writing a compiler and few other tools.
Because if you were to remove the compiler and "few other tools" like glib you'd be left with a pile of neat source code.
That's like saying that because my car requires gas to function, that it should be called a Nissan Texaco/Altima, or a Nissan Chevron/Altima. If I were to remove that precious gas, I'd be left with a pile of metal. I do lack the time to make my car go without gas, so I guess I won't be ditching it anytime soon. But I won't be prepending Texaco/ or Chevron/ or anything else in order to show my appreciation.
The really depressing part of all this is that when this fails, it will fail because the dirty thieves on the internet want something for nothing, not because they tied themselves to a wrongheaded proprietary format that nobody asked for and nobody needs.
No, when this fails, it will be because they tied themselves to a wrongheaded proprietary format that nobody asked for and nobody needs. There will always be dirty pirates that want something for nothing, and there's nothing that will change that. The exact customers that would really make this a success are the going to be the ones that reject it, simply because they are using a wrongheaded proprietary format.
Altogether, font anti-aliasing is really a niche feature that's best left off by default. Only a few applications really benefit from it--mostly graphic design and photo editing applications dealing with large fonts.
Personally, I prefer that it be on by default. Far more things than design and photo editing benefit from it--IE, namely. The text rendering in IE on OS X is just downright horrid compared to some of the other browsers available (Chimera, OmniWeb)--so much so that I had started to use IE less and less as Chimera matured, solely because Chimera looks so much better. After installing Silk, IE looks essentially just as good as Chimera. Now, until Chimera really advances in features and stability, I've got no reason to use it because the text in IE finally looks as good as the rest of OS X.
have worked incredibly well since purchasing them. The first is a Jornada 548. Not the perfect PDA I'd say, but it has been rock solid for nearly 2 years now. The other is a Photosmart 1215 printer. This thing is not only fast compared to most inkjets I've owned, but also extremely quiet. Beyond that, it has built-in CF/SM card readers and apparently will print photos right from the memory cards, although I've never tried. It seems to me, that like any other hardware manufacturer, HP has their share of lemons, but also certainly has their share of high quality, reliable products.
I've stayed in a number of Hyatt hotels across the country, most recently the Elliot Grand Hyatt in downtown Seattle. I can't remember a single one that hasn't had internet access via ethernet in the last 3 or 4 years or so. At least at the one in Seattle, it was free but required a daily sign-in to re-authenticate the host for access. A lot of the smaller hotels have Internet access as well, you just have to ask. I stayed at a small Marriot property near LA a couple months back, and even they had it.
I downloaded the album in MP3 and immediately made a music CD of it. When I put it into a Windows box and Winamp queried CDDB, it came back as Eminem/The Eminem Show. And obviously, I'm not the only one who's done this. I just wonder what percentage of the early discs are MP3 downloads and what percentage are physical copies someone bought...
If you make something with it (in, say, a week), you owe them at least giving them unrestricted access to it - they put in 5 years X x Developers and you, a week and $50.00. right?
Hardly. That's like saying that because Apple has invested years into developing iMovie, I owe them unrestricted access to movies I make with it. Wrong. Their compensation from me came when I purchased their product. Why should I compensate them any further by giving them any rights to my creations?
Technically, sure. At my last job, I had a rackmount IBM server sitting on a desk for almost a year. They're optimized for racks--but that certainly doesn't mean there would be some inherent problem in just leaving at your desk.
In your case, I'd say the drive that burned your CD-R is at fault. Saying that Apple is at fault because these "CDs" can ruin the drives is just ludicrous. It would be like me saying that Nissan is at fault because when I put a new synthetic oil in my car, it ruined the engine. Just as my beef in that case would have to be with the oil maker and not Nissan, if I had a drive toasted by one of these discs, my problem would be with the disc's manufacturer, not with Apple. It is likewise absurd that Apple should just fix the machines and then turn around and try to bill Sony or whoever. Just the logistics in doing that correctly would be hideous, let alone trying to collect any actual money from the disc manufacturers. In the end, it sucks for the users, but the manufacturers of the discs are the ones to blame, not Apple.
.... Now all we need is a language whose syntax makes sense! ....
Which is the exact reason I've moved pretty much completely to Objective-C. After cursing C++ for years, I've finally found peace with a C-like, object-oriented language that makes sense. I learned Obj-C when I was getting familiar with OS X development, and I haven't used C++ on anything since, on any platform. Obviously, I still have to maintain plenty of C++ code, but as time goes on, that amount will become less and less and eventually, I'll be rid of C++ forever!
What about OpenBSD prevents it from running on there?
Yah, the linux install was definitely more for the Just-Because-I-Can factor than anything else. I think I only boot it maybe once a week or so, and even that has become less frequent lately.
As someone else said, you can just replace the patched UxTheme.dll file. Not a process for the typical Windows simp, but for anyone here its probably a no-brainer. The main thing I wanted to mention is that themes apply to any app which is linked with a new enough version of the common controls AND has a manifest resource either compiled in or accompanying it that specifies it is to use themes. In essence, support for themes IS app-specific, but it is so incredibly easy to add (took me about 30 minutes to change and recompile 5 separate apps to support themes) that I don't think I've seen any app that purports to support XP and doesn't support themes.
I've got VirtualPC 5 on OS X with two virtual machines, one installed with WinXP and the other installed with Mandrake 8.2. Obviously, it takes a year to boot all the way to KDE and get it up and running, and its noticeably slow, but it is not so slow as to be unuseable. For the few times when I actually need access to a Linux desktop, it has been the perfect solution.
How about the theme of some Joe Shmoe damning the man and just doing it his own way. That seems to be a fairly recurring theme on /.
Perhaps if you re-read the submission, you'll notice that "his" is referring to the previous record holder, Douglas Adams, who was most certainly a man.
Maybe I'm missing something, but where was it implied that she's a he?