(e.g. when the user runs MacOS on Mac hardware with a virtualizer in between the OS and hardware).
Which, by the way, is not permitted by the EULA unless you are running Mac OS X Server 10.5, where it is explicitly allowed to virtualize it as long as the host hardware is Apple-branded hardware.
VMWare actually demo'd it at Macworld in January installed straight off the Apple-printed DVD.
So I should assume that my Mac Pro is infected?
Bad assumptions are bad.
I was asking, because I'm sitting in a Fortune 500 office, and would really like to know if this crap is on our network.
So this guy that is very good at math, does some math, and says that we'll all die in a nuclear war?
Can he do a shitload of math next that will tell me if water is still wet?
And what do you do with all the non-reduced-consumption devices? Toss hundreds of thousands of brominated plastic-shelled silicon substrate PCB electronic devices in a landfill where the chemicals can leech into groundwater? You'd really replace perfectly working devices with some that use marginally less energy?
Spare me your half-baked conservationism. Replacing the device probably costs more energy and resources than a new device that uses 10% less power would save.
Why not? Damned if you do, damned if you don't - that's why.
If Apple doesn't include Flash, people bash them, as you see in this thread. If they include it and it sucks donkey choad (as Mr. Jobs is suggesting it would) then people bitch about how much it sucks, and Apple takes one on the nose for poor quality implementation, even though it might not even be their fault.
The iPhone is a flagship product, and it's claim to fame is largely based on how slick it is, and how well it works. Strapping on some allegedly half-assed bloatware code from another vendor is quite possibly the best way to destroy that reputation.
Before you call bullshit, you should actually know what you're talking about.
Remember the first portable MP3 player? The Diamond Multimedia Rio 300? Diamond WAS sued.
Only because 'the Rio must be able to reproduce, either "directly" or "from a transmission," a "digital music recording."' did Diamond win, a.k.a. the fact that it did not support music transfer off the device without software hacks.
This is the legal precedent that the entire industry has been shielded under.
You mean that it won't survive being tossed off a hydroelectric dam and run through the turbines, fished out of the water after going over the spillway and work perfectly without a scratch?
Or waiting for some minimum-wage paid douche to get off his ass and actually come over and do his job...
(Note, not all douches are paid minimum wage, and not all people earning minimum wage are douches, but the two go hand in hand when I'm sitting there unable to do what the law mandates they do for me.)
Sitting in SE Portland right now, I can tell you that the State believes that I'm not qualified to safely transfer fuel into my own vehicle. However, if I drive north of the Columbia, East of the Snake, or south of the Siskyiou Mountains, I somehow develop this ability... only to lose it again once traversing back.
And this is yet another reason that people don't trust doctors. Instead of seeing a person as a patient, and quite frankly, the single most experienced person with their body, you see an "asshat".
I'm afraid that the terms "patient" and "asshat" are not mutually exclusive. Especially in your case.
You had some bad experiences with some doctors. Congratulations. Does this mean that every doctor everywhere is as outrageously incompetent as you seem to think they are? This DOCTOR just told you why doctors won't just whip out the Rx pad and write up a script for any old thing the patient wants, and you're arguing that he should just prescribe the wrong treatment for what the patient has.
Did it ever occur to you that you JUST might have been the exception to the rule, and that most people don't know jack shit about what's going on with their body, THUS THE VISIT TO THE DOCTOR?
Exactly, the company that I work for buys Dell workstations and Lenovo laptops. Every single one of them comes with a Vista license sticker, and we immediately image the machine with XP.
There's a couple hundred of those licenses right there. I'm sure we're not the only Fortune 100 business doing this, either.
True, but how many times should something not happen on a computer, yet it does?
I love how everyone is quick to smack Apple upside the chops on this - how do we know it wasn't Adobe that screwed up here by using the API incorrectly, and now they're getting bit on the ass?
Does this occur in other (non-Apple) apps that compress to QuickTime?
Please, before accusing others of fanboi-ism, be objective yourself. If Apple b0rked this, then they deserve the hit on the chin they're getting. If Adobe fucked up, then you're no better than the fanbois.
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(e.g. when the user runs MacOS on Mac hardware with a virtualizer in between the OS and hardware).
Which, by the way, is not permitted by the EULA unless you are running Mac OS X Server 10.5, where it is explicitly allowed to virtualize it as long as the host hardware is Apple-branded hardware.
VMWare actually demo'd it at Macworld in January installed straight off the Apple-printed DVD.
So I should assume that my Mac Pro is infected? Bad assumptions are bad. I was asking, because I'm sitting in a Fortune 500 office, and would really like to know if this crap is on our network.
So this guy that is very good at math, does some math, and says that we'll all die in a nuclear war? Can he do a shitload of math next that will tell me if water is still wet?
I guess #14 is "constantly cave in to the crying masses" ??
Does anyone else find it absolutely aggravating that these stories
1. Never tell you how you know if you're infected, and
2. Never tell you how to clean up your shit if you are.
However, they always give massively generalized statistics on how vulnerable you are!
Thanks, asshats.
And what do you do with all the non-reduced-consumption devices? Toss hundreds of thousands of brominated plastic-shelled silicon substrate PCB electronic devices in a landfill where the chemicals can leech into groundwater? You'd really replace perfectly working devices with some that use marginally less energy?
Spare me your half-baked conservationism. Replacing the device probably costs more energy and resources than a new device that uses 10% less power would save.
The YouTube videos played on the iPhone aren't Flash Video. They are H.264.
Why not? Damned if you do, damned if you don't - that's why.
If Apple doesn't include Flash, people bash them, as you see in this thread. If they include it and it sucks donkey choad (as Mr. Jobs is suggesting it would) then people bitch about how much it sucks, and Apple takes one on the nose for poor quality implementation, even though it might not even be their fault.
The iPhone is a flagship product, and it's claim to fame is largely based on how slick it is, and how well it works. Strapping on some allegedly half-assed bloatware code from another vendor is quite possibly the best way to destroy that reputation.
Hopefully with the impending release of a (presumed?) proper SDK for the iPhone, these questions will be answered rather quickly.
Now there you go, letting little things like facts get in the way of a good prejudiced rant...
"expensive and needless capacity upgrades" which the US Taxpayers ALREADY PAID FOR THROUGH EXCISE FEES?!
The telcos can eat a bag of dicks.
Only when interfacing using a NIC card.
Apple also released Aperture 2.0 today. Perhaps it supports these cameras.
Insert gripe about having to buy a new version here.
Or it's because the legal precedent that allows MP3 players to exist requires that the device cannot produce digital copies.
See: RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia.
Before you call bullshit, you should actually know what you're talking about.
Remember the first portable MP3 player? The Diamond Multimedia Rio 300? Diamond WAS sued.
Only because 'the Rio must be able to reproduce, either "directly" or "from a transmission," a "digital music recording."' did Diamond win, a.k.a. the fact that it did not support music transfer off the device without software hacks.
This is the legal precedent that the entire industry has been shielded under.
You mean that it won't survive being tossed off a hydroelectric dam and run through the turbines, fished out of the water after going over the spillway and work perfectly without a scratch?
What a piece of SHIT.
If only there weren't two states that didn't allow you to pump your own gas.
However, don't let that get in the way of your straw man argument.
Or waiting for some minimum-wage paid douche to get off his ass and actually come over and do his job...
(Note, not all douches are paid minimum wage, and not all people earning minimum wage are douches, but the two go hand in hand when I'm sitting there unable to do what the law mandates they do for me.)
Sitting in SE Portland right now, I can tell you that the State believes that I'm not qualified to safely transfer fuel into my own vehicle. However, if I drive north of the Columbia, East of the Snake, or south of the Siskyiou Mountains, I somehow develop this ability... only to lose it again once traversing back.
I'm afraid that the terms "patient" and "asshat" are not mutually exclusive. Especially in your case.
You had some bad experiences with some doctors. Congratulations. Does this mean that every doctor everywhere is as outrageously incompetent as you seem to think they are? This DOCTOR just told you why doctors won't just whip out the Rx pad and write up a script for any old thing the patient wants, and you're arguing that he should just prescribe the wrong treatment for what the patient has.
Did it ever occur to you that you JUST might have been the exception to the rule, and that most people don't know jack shit about what's going on with their body, THUS THE VISIT TO THE DOCTOR?
You should have said "because we have THIS republican president."
And by "couple hundred", I only refer to what our division does. The overall enterprise has 60,000+ PCs
Exactly, the company that I work for buys Dell workstations and Lenovo laptops. Every single one of them comes with a Vista license sticker, and we immediately image the machine with XP.
There's a couple hundred of those licenses right there. I'm sure we're not the only Fortune 100 business doing this, either.
True, but how many times should something not happen on a computer, yet it does?
I love how everyone is quick to smack Apple upside the chops on this - how do we know it wasn't Adobe that screwed up here by using the API incorrectly, and now they're getting bit on the ass?
Does this occur in other (non-Apple) apps that compress to QuickTime?
Please, before accusing others of fanboi-ism, be objective yourself. If Apple b0rked this, then they deserve the hit on the chin they're getting. If Adobe fucked up, then you're no better than the fanbois.
Yeah, cause Microsoft never needlessly breaks compatibility with anything...