It's more like arresting someone if they hear you shouting from your porch. When you choose to run an unencrypted access point, you are deliberately broadcasting that information to the public. One does not have to "spy" into your house; one only has to drive by while in possession of a laptop. I guess we should ban laptops.
The summary tries to spin this story as "theft increases sales". In reality the theft just prompted the author to do the smart thing and talk to potential customers.
They already do worse than this; they allow you to "conveniently" add everyone that's in your phone's list. If you have a friend that's done this, then Facebook already has your phone number.
Public transportation is not viable in most of the US. The distances are too great. If you want to spend 3 hours getting to work, then that's your choice I suppose.
Just because you can technically do it doesn't mean it's allowed by your license agreement. An analogy is, if I have volume-licensed software at work that doesn't require activation, that doesn't make it legal for me to take it home and install it, even though the software technically will permit it.
It's easy to question Apple's marketing campaign that says "Mac is for cool, young people. If you work for a living or have to get real shit done other than listening to your iPod or fucking around with your webcam, or are older than 25, Mac is not for you."
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That strategy seems to do well enough for Apple.
is it any surprise that it failed?
Mod parent up.
The Republicans are corporatist, not constitutionalist. The "Tea Party" thing is just a front. Not that the Democrats are much better.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Just enter a fake number, and you're done.
"Unity requires compositing to work properly, which means users need functioning 3D support to use the interface."
What if you have an app that doesn't work correctly with compiz enabled?
"the PAL rate is close enough as makes no difference to the film standard of 24 fps."
As long as you don't mind everyone sounding like they've inhaled helium, and the music being in a higher key.
It's more like arresting someone if they hear you shouting from your porch. When you choose to run an unencrypted access point, you are deliberately broadcasting that information to the public. One does not have to "spy" into your house; one only has to drive by while in possession of a laptop. I guess we should ban laptops.
I guess they better arrest those WiFi users for broadcasting that information. And the router manufacturers for permitting an insecure configuration.
This data was broadcast publicly. Privacy is not an issue here.
It may not be explicit, but it is the underlying message. Why else post it on Slashdot?
Apple is a good example of this phenomenon.
The summary tries to spin this story as "theft increases sales". In reality the theft just prompted the author to do the smart thing and talk to potential customers.
Who the hell has $10,000 lying around to invest? I guess this is just one of those "the rich get richer" type of things.
This is not energy that would have gone wasted. That's not how induction works. Doing this does infact increase the load on the system.
They already do worse than this; they allow you to "conveniently" add everyone that's in your phone's list. If you have a friend that's done this, then Facebook already has your phone number.
Are there any sources for this besides a blog post?
Public transportation is not viable in most of the US. The distances are too great. If you want to spend 3 hours getting to work, then that's your choice I suppose.
I agree with him. Apple evidently does not agree with him.
Just because you can technically do it doesn't mean it's allowed by your license agreement. An analogy is, if I have volume-licensed software at work that doesn't require activation, that doesn't make it legal for me to take it home and install it, even though the software technically will permit it.
I agree; the Mac is a great platform for that kind of thing. I was just criticizing Apple's marketing.
It's easy to question Apple's marketing campaign that says "Mac is for cool, young people. If you work for a living or have to get real shit done other than listening to your iPod or fucking around with your webcam, or are older than 25, Mac is not for you."
And you think that'll stop most Slashdotters? Using others' work without compensating them for it is a point of pride.
That requires a modified (and illegal to distribute) copy of OS X.