Did it occur to them to examine the contents of this supposed DDoS? You know, take a look at the source / destination IPs and perhaps a sampling of packet payloads in an attempt to figure out what was going on?
I'm not in favor of indiscriminate snooping, but as a security professional, this would be the first thing I would expect.
In some cases, you don't even have to shut down virtual machine to move it to a different host. VMWare's VMotion has been doing this for a while. It's very impressive if you've never seen it before. http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/vmotion.html
A few weeks ago, I called Tivo and asked that they cancel my service due to lack of Mac OS support and these DRM issues (it's been known for a while that Tivo would honor the broadcast flag with or without a legislative requirement to do so).
They transfered me to a customer retention specialist who offered me a free month of service. I declined the offer. He then offered me half price service for life. I took the offer.
So even if you don't care about these DRM issues or Mac OS support, call Tivo and threaten to cancel so that you can get half price service. It'll save you about $80 a year.
The article states "...Their partnership with Motorola for the ROKR could be for the simple reason that they want to understand what they are getting into before actually getting into it full time..."
I fail to see how the ROKR will help Apple understand "what they are getting". Apple would never ship anything remotely similar to the ROKR. I can imagine Steve Jobs being disgusted with the ROKR and every other cell phone on the market right now (with the exception, perhaps, of the SideKick).
By all accounts, the ROKR is a mediocre product at best, with a typical cellphone user interace. It will most likely fail in the market.
Here's another theory: Steve Jobs holds grudges. There has been a tension between Motorola and Jobs ever since he killed the clones. Motorola was left with millions of dollars of unsold inventory and probably as much R&D costs. Shortly after Jobs killed the clones, Motorola got rid of all Macs from their corporate campus in Austin and began switching their PPC strategy from Desktop/Server towards imbedded. So now Jobs is sucker punching Motorola by convincing them to spend millions (again) on a product that's bound to fail. I wouldn't be surprised to see Jobs yank the iTunes rights away from Motorola in a few months.
Puhlease. This isn't nanotechnology. Until you have created a nanoassemblier, a self-replicating nanobot, or a gray goo apocalypse you aren't actually using "nanotechnology". You're making something made of very small pieces. Congrats, but it isn't nanotech.
Start by reading "Engines of Creation" and get back to me when you're not a marketing droid trying to hop on the nanotech bandwagon.
The circular pictured to the right of the first-gen iPod is incorrect. That is clearly a picture of a touch-sensitive device, which the first-gen iPod doesn't have.
The first gen iPod uses an optical encoder to track the movement of the scroll-wheel in much the same way a mouse works (non-optical mouse).
Yes, you can control your iPod from the car's radio or steering wheel, but the integration leaves a lot to be desired. It works by emulating a 5-disc CD Changer. Hence you can have "five unique BMW playlists".
You will not be able to see the song name or artist on the radio's display. Nor will you be able to access any of the other iPod functions or features, such as browsing by name/artist/genre etc. You will only be able to FF and RW one of five playlists.
Apple and BMW should go back to the drawing board.
I know you cannot comment on or acknowledge Apple's future plans. However, it appears increasingly evident that the recording industry is going to force Apple to increase the price of songs sold on the iTunes Music Store from $0.99 to $1.25.
I know that you, Steve are taking a hard line on $0.99 pricing, and I appreciate that.
So far, I have spent $225 at the iTunes Music Store, as it has become my sole source of music these days. However, I would sooner go without music altogether than spend $1.25 per song at the iTunes Music Store. I already find it distressing that several albums on the iTMS are more expensive than their physical-CD counterparts from Amazon.
I know that I am not the only one with this sentiment. My friends and I have literally spend thousands of dollars at the iTMS, and I can assure you that this revenue stream will run dry if the prices go up.
Feel free to share this email with the fat cats in the recording industry.
Sincerely, -Jason Sewell
Steve's Reply: Actually, this is not true. Our prices remain $0.99 per track!
I suspect that we may all still have a very long wait until we (non-developers) can install applications on our (non-development) SideKicks.
Like you, I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for an SSH client for my SK. The fact that the application has existed for months, and that I've played with it on the emulator, and that it appears to be fully functional just makes the wait more frustrating.
Although the guys at Danger are relatively responsive and appear to be competent, they seem to have an excruciatingly long software developement cycle. Combine this with the closed nature of the SK's operating system and application distrubution mechanism, and I would be suprised if we have SSH running on the SK any time soon.
As I understand it, Danger must revise and upgrade the SideKick's operating system before you'll be able to install applications. And even after the upgrade, obtaining and installing new applications will never be straight-forward in the same way that it is with PalmOS or PocketPC phones. I suspect that the mass-distribution of applications will require the blessing and cooperation of Danger Inc. to provide the backend equipement for over-the-air installations.
Hopefully, this color SK will have the needed OS revisions to allow the installation of applications, or better yet come with SSH built-in.
I've done something similar... here's why
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About a year ago, I spilled an entire mug of steaming hot coffee (with cream and sugar) into my PowerBook G4 while it was running. My first thought was that I had just ruined a $2500 computer.
I immediately unplugged the machine and removed the battery. I then proceeded to completely disassemble the machine into its constituent components. I washed the pieces individually in distilled water using a soft-bristled toothbrush to get in all of the nicks and crannies. The only pieces that I didn't wash were the display, hard drive, and Airport card.
I gave the pieces a final rinse in distilled water and then baked them in the oven for 30 minutes at 175 degrees (F). The idea was to cause all of the water to evaporate out of the components. Since it was distilled water, I was hoping that it wouldn't leave any deposits or residue behind.
I reassembled the machine, held by breath, and hit the power button... It worked and continues to work properly to this day.
According to the article, a vessel using this antimatter engine could reach a speed of 260,000 mph in four months. This converts to an acceleration of roughly 0.0112 meters per second^2.
I think the goal should be for the interstellar starship to accelerate at 9.8 meters per second^2. This would allow to craft to simulate Earth's gravity for its occupants. Once the ship reached the halfway point, they could turn around and accelerated at 9.8 meters per second^2 in the other direction, thus coming to a complete stop upon reaching the destination.
This older article isn't really building a Macitosh from "scratch". It's building it from salvaged parts.
I get the impression that the author of this current story wants to build a PPC computer from the ground up. In other words, he wants to build the logic board.
I don't understand this. What does using a BlueTooth enabled headset have to do with a ban on Cell phones while driving?
Does the proposed ban make an exception for headsets? If so does it also allow wired headsets? Or wireless technologies other than BlueTooth? And how would having BlueTooth built into the car make any difference?
And why is everyone so excited about wireless Bluetooth headsets anyway? This seems like overkill when traditional, cheap, analog wireless would accomplish the same thing.
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The word you are looking for is jibe, not jive.
And it was awesome that Pixar reproduced these glitches in the opening scenes Cars.
Did it occur to them to examine the contents of this supposed DDoS? You know, take a look at the source / destination IPs and perhaps a sampling of packet payloads in an attempt to figure out what was going on?
I'm not in favor of indiscriminate snooping, but as a security professional, this would be the first thing I would expect.
Oil slick? Seriously? Does this system also add a button in the middle of my steering wheel that plays "Peter Gunn" and summons the Weapons Van?
In some cases, you don't even have to shut down virtual machine to move it to a different host. VMWare's VMotion has been doing this for a while. It's very impressive if you've never seen it before. http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/vc/vmotion.html
The University of Richmond's IP Institute web site has more information and links on this story.
http://ipinstitute.blogspot.com/
A few weeks ago, I called Tivo and asked that they cancel my service due to lack of Mac OS support and these DRM issues (it's been known for a while that Tivo would honor the broadcast flag with or without a legislative requirement to do so).
They transfered me to a customer retention specialist who offered me a free month of service. I declined the offer. He then offered me half price service for life. I took the offer.
So even if you don't care about these DRM issues or Mac OS support, call Tivo and threaten to cancel so that you can get half price service. It'll save you about $80 a year.
-J
The article states "...Their partnership with Motorola for the ROKR could be for the simple reason that they want to understand what they are getting into before actually getting into it full time..."
I fail to see how the ROKR will help Apple understand "what they are getting". Apple would never ship anything remotely similar to the ROKR. I can imagine Steve Jobs being disgusted with the ROKR and every other cell phone on the market right now (with the exception, perhaps, of the SideKick).
By all accounts, the ROKR is a mediocre product at best, with a typical cellphone user interace. It will most likely fail in the market.
Here's another theory: Steve Jobs holds grudges. There has been a tension between Motorola and Jobs ever since he killed the clones. Motorola was left with millions of dollars of unsold inventory and probably as much R&D costs. Shortly after Jobs killed the clones, Motorola got rid of all Macs from their corporate campus in Austin and began switching their PPC strategy from Desktop/Server towards imbedded. So now Jobs is sucker punching Motorola by convincing them to spend millions (again) on a product that's bound to fail. I wouldn't be surprised to see Jobs yank the iTunes rights away from Motorola in a few months.
-J
Puhlease. This isn't nanotechnology. Until you have created a nanoassemblier, a self-replicating nanobot, or a gray goo apocalypse you aren't actually using "nanotechnology". You're making something made of very small pieces. Congrats, but it isn't nanotech.
Start by reading "Engines of Creation" and get back to me when you're not a marketing droid trying to hop on the nanotech bandwagon.
The circular pictured to the right of the first-gen iPod is incorrect. That is clearly a picture of a touch-sensitive device, which the first-gen iPod doesn't have.
The first gen iPod uses an optical encoder to track the movement of the scroll-wheel in much the same way a mouse works (non-optical mouse).
Yes, you can control your iPod from the car's radio or steering wheel, but the integration leaves a lot to be desired. It works by emulating a 5-disc CD Changer. Hence you can have "five unique BMW playlists".
You will not be able to see the song name or artist on the radio's display. Nor will you be able to access any of the other iPod functions or features, such as browsing by name/artist/genre etc. You will only be able to FF and RW one of five playlists.
Apple and BMW should go back to the drawing board.
On May 7, 2004, at 6:59 AM, Jason Sewell wrote:
Steve,
I know you cannot comment on or acknowledge Apple's future plans. However, it appears increasingly evident that the recording industry is going to force Apple to increase the price of songs sold on the iTunes Music Store from $0.99 to $1.25.
I know that you, Steve are taking a hard line on $0.99 pricing, and I appreciate that.
So far, I have spent $225 at the iTunes Music Store, as it has become my sole source of music these days. However, I would sooner go without music altogether than spend $1.25 per song at the iTunes Music Store. I already find it distressing that several albums on the iTMS are more expensive than their physical-CD counterparts from Amazon.
I know that I am not the only one with this sentiment. My friends and I have literally spend thousands of dollars at the iTMS, and I can assure you that this revenue stream will run dry if the prices go up.
Feel free to share this email with the fat cats in the recording industry.
Sincerely,
-Jason Sewell
Steve's Reply:
Actually, this is not true. Our prices remain $0.99 per track!
Steve
I suspect that we may all still have a very long wait until we (non-developers) can install applications on our (non-development) SideKicks.
Like you, I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for an SSH client for my SK. The fact that the application has existed for months, and that I've played with it on the emulator, and that it appears to be fully functional just makes the wait more frustrating.
Although the guys at Danger are relatively responsive and appear to be competent, they seem to have an excruciatingly long software developement cycle. Combine this with the closed nature of the SK's operating system and application distrubution mechanism, and I would be suprised if we have SSH running on the SK any time soon.
As I understand it, Danger must revise and upgrade the SideKick's operating system before you'll be able to install applications. And even after the upgrade, obtaining and installing new applications will never be straight-forward in the same way that it is with PalmOS or PocketPC phones. I suspect that the mass-distribution of applications will require the blessing and cooperation of Danger Inc. to provide the backend equipement for over-the-air installations.
Hopefully, this color SK will have the needed OS revisions to allow the installation of applications, or better yet come with SSH built-in.
About a year ago, I spilled an entire mug of steaming hot coffee (with cream and sugar) into my PowerBook G4 while it was running. My first thought was that I had just ruined a $2500 computer.
I immediately unplugged the machine and removed the battery. I then proceeded to completely disassemble the machine into its constituent components. I washed the pieces individually in distilled water using a soft-bristled toothbrush to get in all of the nicks and crannies. The only pieces that I didn't wash were the display, hard drive, and Airport card.
I gave the pieces a final rinse in distilled water and then baked them in the oven for 30 minutes at 175 degrees (F). The idea was to cause all of the water to evaporate out of the components. Since it was distilled water, I was hoping that it wouldn't leave any deposits or residue behind.
I reassembled the machine, held by breath, and hit the power button... It worked and continues to work properly to this day.
Generally, something is considered a cybercrime if it motivates the use of digital forensics to collect and preserve evidence.
-Jason
According to the article, a vessel using this antimatter engine could reach a speed of 260,000 mph in four months. This converts to an acceleration of roughly 0.0112 meters per second^2.
I think the goal should be for the interstellar starship to accelerate at 9.8 meters per second^2. This would allow to craft to simulate Earth's gravity for its occupants. Once the ship reached the halfway point, they could turn around and accelerated at 9.8 meters per second^2 in the other direction, thus coming to a complete stop upon reaching the destination.
-Jason
This older article isn't really building a Macitosh from "scratch". It's building it from salvaged parts.
I get the impression that the author of this current story wants to build a PPC computer from the ground up. In other words, he wants to build the logic board.
-Jason
Look here:
IBM's POP Motherboard
IBM has an open PowerPC motherboard design. I suspect you could build this using off-the-shelf parts, and probably get linux running on it.
-Jason
I don't understand this. What does using a BlueTooth enabled headset have to do with a ban on Cell phones while driving?
Does the proposed ban make an exception for headsets? If so does it also allow wired headsets? Or wireless technologies other than BlueTooth? And how would having BlueTooth built into the car make any difference?
And why is everyone so excited about wireless Bluetooth headsets anyway? This seems like overkill when traditional, cheap, analog wireless would accomplish the same thing.
-Jason