Back when 802.11b was new, I was working in a QA lab for a card manufacturer. We were getting our initial offering ready to go, and so we were giving it a good performance shakedown in the lab.
We had a spectrum analyzer going, and were monitoring the frequency while we had a box transferring something huge through an AP about 20 feet away, and it was looking good, then *POW* bandwidth drops to the floor and the spectrum analyzer shows frequency spikes all over the place, right in the middle of the channel we're using. Moving out to a wider selection of frequency (the whole 2.4Ghz band) we see these spikes all over the place.
A technical writer was firing up the microwave in the adjacent room, and the thing was flooding the lab. Needless to say, we did all future performance testing in a faraday cage.
Except to be able to have a complete inventory at the base the planes left from after the ordinance (which was scheduled for decommissioning and destruction, and thus off the books) was dropped.
You don't think that perhaps AT&T footed some of the development bill, do you? Or perhaps they needed to have network support for the advanced features at an early stage in order to make it the device it is today; and said network would not go through the trouble without some incentive to do so?
Holy bat shit Bat Man, we have a hell of hit on our hands. We've hit a home run ! People are willing to spend 12 hours moding our gear to get it the way they want it. I bet they'll be willing to spend a ton of money on our stuff. This is fantastic. Lets give them what they want ! Let's fix that for reality, shall we?
Holy bat shit Bat Man, we have a hell of hit on our hands. We've hit a home run ! People are willing to spend 12 hours moding our gear to get it the way they want it. I bet they'll be willing to spend a ton of money on our stuff. This is fantastic. Lets give them what they want! Let's tear up our contract with AT&T, start selling this thing unlocked, and get rogered with injunctions and lawsuits until our ears bleed! I'm sure AT&T won't mind if we throw out the EXCLUSIVITY CONTRACT that they were touting for the last 8 months!
You are describing every device that passes FCC Part 15 compliance testing - it must not radiate any RF interference, but be able to accept any RF interference that might be present.
Sounds like it failed the first part, and walked all over some other frequency.
Sure, but the parent article that they post, talks about Second Life for all but what I quoted, where there actually are virtual terrorists causing virtual terror, which in no way relates to real world terror from actual terrorists. That "security expert" mentions WoW because it's the biggest out there by reported subscriber volume, and the easiest target to hit (or maybe he's got an axe to grind because his own guild kicked him out for being such a damn noob...)
Either way, the Inquirer decided to add it to their headline, where the original article has nothing to do with World of Warcraft except for that one blithering idiot's quote, and vivdly describes the situation in Second Life for the other 98%.
It's sensationalism to the nth degree, and it's why no one should take The Inquirer seriously.
Slashdot's headline: Second Life & WoW Terrorist Training Camps
The Inquirer's headline: Second Life and WoW "plagued by terrorists"
The article pointed at by The Inquirer doesn't mention World of Warcraft except for in this idiocy from a think tank moron:
Kevin Zuccato, head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre in Canberra, says terrorists can gain training in games such as World of Warcraft in a simulated environment, using weapons that are identical to real-world armaments. Yeah, the next time that a terrorist busts into a crowded mall with his Stormherald and starts stunning the crap out of people with Mortal Strike will be the first.
You don't think it's possibly because of contractual obligations to AT&T do you?
No, I'm sure that Apple wants to limit functionality everyone wants, because telling your customers what they want rather than listening to them and giving them what they want is a great business strategy.
I'm quite sure that if Apple could unlock it and make it 5x more useful to everyone, they would. It would only sell MORE units, not less.
I'm sorry, but it usually takes readers to sell advertisements. To get the readers, you have to have compelling content. None of these magazines have compelling content.
When is the last time you picked up ANYTHING from Ziff Davis and wanted to read it? Most of these magazines are filled with either articles that don't tell the whole story, gussied up press releases, six month old tips for the novice, editorials that are just written by FUD spewing morons selling their page to the highest bidder (I'm looking right at you, Mr. Dvorak), or news I read about three weeks ago on Slashdot (four weeks ago from other sources).
Why the hell do I want to cut down some trees and PAY for that?
I actually used to have a job for a PR firm that worked exclusively for tech companies. One of my duties was to scan these rags for articles about clients, or about their field of business. In that year, I skimmed pretty much every tech publication that was worth mentioning: PC Week, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Byte, Wired, Red Herring, Dr. Dobb's Journal, PC World, CRM, etc. Not a single one can keep up in print, with the pace of the tech sector today. They barely could 10 years ago when the web was new. Now, they are relegated to informing people that only have a passing interest in technology, because all the people that are actively engaged already know.
No, a Democrat didn't do any of that...... yet. I'm sure if we give them the chance, it will happen though. Corruption and thirst for power are bipartisan affairs.
You aren't just whistling "Dixie" on this one. Here's a link about this exact concern here in Portland, supposedly one of the "greener" cities out there.
As someone that lives in the northwest, we're used to the Huskies rolling over in the face of stiff competition. I don't see why the administrative buildings should be any different than their football stadium =P
Here comes the negative moderation; but while the OGG format is open and standardized, it's use is severely limited in comparison to other "standards" like MP3, AAC, and WMA.
Apple chose to use formats that were already in wide use, rather than increase the price of the product through development and QA testing costs to support every codec under the sun. It's the 80 / 20 rule - support what 80% of the user base wants, and let the other 20% find other products that fit their needs better.
on the current MacBook line you can't even replace the Airport card without performing major surgery, and getting the RAM in there is a complete bitch.
Yeah, popping out the battery and removing two screws is just too much work.
Having done the exact same procedure on my 3G iPod 40G, I have no deformity in the case, and I actually put in a *bigger* battery than the OEM.
I've also done several upgrades to a couple Mac Minis, including RAM upgrades, and installation of the AirPort module, with no scratches, dents, dings, chips, or mutilations.
Just because you can't do it right, doesn't mean other people aren't capable. There's also people out there that will do it for you.
Predominantly, you guys aren't designers. You are engineers.
Designers don't give a damn about open source, free software, EULAs, software patents, etc.
Designers care about getting a tool that allows them to complete their workflow in the highest quality, in the shortest amount of time. If the tool they are given has some fucked up interface where they can't find anything, that prevents them from getting their work done, and they get pissed off. They see no benefit to using GIMP over Photoshop, because they have been using Photoshop for years, and know exactly where everything is.
I managed to ramrod through a transition from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign at the company I work for three years ago, and the only way I could make that transition was to set InDesign to use Quark keyboard shortcuts and menus - something Adobe added because they knew it was necessary to match functionality and ease transition, because no one in their target demographic is going to take a couple weeks out of their advertising schedule in order to learn new layout software.
In the real world, billboards and newspaper ads need to be produced, and fucking around with the flavor-of-the-month OSS version of layout or editing software impedes that for most people. Paying Adobe's price usually ends up saving a lot of time and money in the end.
I'm sure that even though Apple has a crack team of lawyers ready to go at a moment's notice, they would much rather not have to use them in an actual courtroom if they don't have to.
Well, they had "no word" about if Front Row plays DivX - and it does flawlessly after installing the codec.
Perhaps they just don't want to have the hassle of supporting other people's technology (and the subsequent lawsuits over IP even though they might use open variations, etc.)?
Certificates? Yeah it does that little standard called X.509. It uses the keychain to manage these for the users, and Mac OS X Server can even be a CA using OpenSSL.
Distributed Policy Management? Oh, you can do that with Open Directory on Mac OS X Server.
Packaged Software Distribution? Ok, Apple doesn't really have their own infrastructure for this, but there are 3rd party ones that work as good as anything Apple could hope for. Try FileWave. http://www.filewave.com/
Please research a bit next time before pointing out a bunch of crap that is wrong.
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Back when 802.11b was new, I was working in a QA lab for a card manufacturer. We were getting our initial offering ready to go, and so we were giving it a good performance shakedown in the lab.
We had a spectrum analyzer going, and were monitoring the frequency while we had a box transferring something huge through an AP about 20 feet away, and it was looking good, then *POW* bandwidth drops to the floor and the spectrum analyzer shows frequency spikes all over the place, right in the middle of the channel we're using. Moving out to a wider selection of frequency (the whole 2.4Ghz band) we see these spikes all over the place.
A technical writer was firing up the microwave in the adjacent room, and the thing was flooding the lab. Needless to say, we did all future performance testing in a faraday cage.
Sounds like you aren't happy with ANY power generation, as they ALL have problems.
I would suggest the following in order to make you happier (and not as much of a hypocrite, since you're using said power to post this rant):
1. Find your breaker box.
2. Put your hand squarely on the biggest switch inside.
3. Move it to the "off" position.
Now you are no longer part of the problem. Also, sell your car.
Except to be able to have a complete inventory at the base the planes left from after the ordinance (which was scheduled for decommissioning and destruction, and thus off the books) was dropped.
Far fetched and unlikely, but still scary.
You don't think that perhaps AT&T footed some of the development bill, do you? Or perhaps they needed to have network support for the advanced features at an early stage in order to make it the device it is today; and said network would not go through the trouble without some incentive to do so?
Pull you head out of your ass.
Holy bat shit Bat Man, we have a hell of hit on our hands. We've hit a home run ! People are willing to spend 12 hours moding our gear to get it the way they want it. I bet they'll be willing to spend a ton of money on our stuff. This is fantastic. Lets give them what they want! Let's tear up our contract with AT&T, start selling this thing unlocked, and get rogered with injunctions and lawsuits until our ears bleed! I'm sure AT&T won't mind if we throw out the EXCLUSIVITY CONTRACT that they were touting for the last 8 months!
Get a clue please.
He can't even spell it right, and you want him to get the exact strain (E. Coli 057:H7) right?
You must be new here.
You are describing every device that passes FCC Part 15 compliance testing - it must not radiate any RF interference, but be able to accept any RF interference that might be present.
Sounds like it failed the first part, and walked all over some other frequency.
Sure, but the parent article that they post, talks about Second Life for all but what I quoted, where there actually are virtual terrorists causing virtual terror, which in no way relates to real world terror from actual terrorists. That "security expert" mentions WoW because it's the biggest out there by reported subscriber volume, and the easiest target to hit (or maybe he's got an axe to grind because his own guild kicked him out for being such a damn noob...)
Either way, the Inquirer decided to add it to their headline, where the original article has nothing to do with World of Warcraft except for that one blithering idiot's quote, and vivdly describes the situation in Second Life for the other 98%.
It's sensationalism to the nth degree, and it's why no one should take The Inquirer seriously.
The Inquirer's headline: Second Life and WoW "plagued by terrorists"
The article pointed at by The Inquirer doesn't mention World of Warcraft except for in this idiocy from a think tank moron: Kevin Zuccato, head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre in Canberra, says terrorists can gain training in games such as World of Warcraft in a simulated environment, using weapons that are identical to real-world armaments. Yeah, the next time that a terrorist busts into a crowded mall with his Stormherald and starts stunning the crap out of people with Mortal Strike will be the first.
Just stop linking The Inquirer already.
You don't think it's possibly because of contractual obligations to AT&T do you?
No, I'm sure that Apple wants to limit functionality everyone wants, because telling your customers what they want rather than listening to them and giving them what they want is a great business strategy.
I'm quite sure that if Apple could unlock it and make it 5x more useful to everyone, they would. It would only sell MORE units, not less.
I'm sorry, but it usually takes readers to sell advertisements. To get the readers, you have to have compelling content. None of these magazines have compelling content.
When is the last time you picked up ANYTHING from Ziff Davis and wanted to read it? Most of these magazines are filled with either articles that don't tell the whole story, gussied up press releases, six month old tips for the novice, editorials that are just written by FUD spewing morons selling their page to the highest bidder (I'm looking right at you, Mr. Dvorak), or news I read about three weeks ago on Slashdot (four weeks ago from other sources).
Why the hell do I want to cut down some trees and PAY for that?
I actually used to have a job for a PR firm that worked exclusively for tech companies. One of my duties was to scan these rags for articles about clients, or about their field of business. In that year, I skimmed pretty much every tech publication that was worth mentioning: PC Week, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Byte, Wired, Red Herring, Dr. Dobb's Journal, PC World, CRM, etc. Not a single one can keep up in print, with the pace of the tech sector today. They barely could 10 years ago when the web was new. Now, they are relegated to informing people that only have a passing interest in technology, because all the people that are actively engaged already know.
I can't imagine why the advertisers are leaving.
No, a Democrat didn't do any of that... ... yet. I'm sure if we give them the chance, it will happen though. Corruption and thirst for power are bipartisan affairs.
You aren't just whistling "Dixie" on this one. Here's a link about this exact concern here in Portland, supposedly one of the "greener" cities out there.
As someone that lives in the northwest, we're used to the Huskies rolling over in the face of stiff competition. I don't see why the administrative buildings should be any different than their football stadium =P
Here comes the negative moderation; but while the OGG format is open and standardized, it's use is severely limited in comparison to other "standards" like MP3, AAC, and WMA.
Apple chose to use formats that were already in wide use, rather than increase the price of the product through development and QA testing costs to support every codec under the sun. It's the 80 / 20 rule - support what 80% of the user base wants, and let the other 20% find other products that fit their needs better.
on the current MacBook line you can't even replace the Airport card without performing major surgery, and getting the RAM in there is a complete bitch.
Yeah, popping out the battery and removing two screws is just too much work.
Are you serious?
Having done the exact same procedure on my 3G iPod 40G, I have no deformity in the case, and I actually put in a *bigger* battery than the OEM.
I've also done several upgrades to a couple Mac Minis, including RAM upgrades, and installation of the AirPort module, with no scratches, dents, dings, chips, or mutilations.
Just because you can't do it right, doesn't mean other people aren't capable. There's also people out there that will do it for you.
Predominantly, you guys aren't designers. You are engineers.
Designers don't give a damn about open source, free software, EULAs, software patents, etc.
Designers care about getting a tool that allows them to complete their workflow in the highest quality, in the shortest amount of time. If the tool they are given has some fucked up interface where they can't find anything, that prevents them from getting their work done, and they get pissed off. They see no benefit to using GIMP over Photoshop, because they have been using Photoshop for years, and know exactly where everything is.
I managed to ramrod through a transition from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign at the company I work for three years ago, and the only way I could make that transition was to set InDesign to use Quark keyboard shortcuts and menus - something Adobe added because they knew it was necessary to match functionality and ease transition, because no one in their target demographic is going to take a couple weeks out of their advertising schedule in order to learn new layout software.
In the real world, billboards and newspaper ads need to be produced, and fucking around with the flavor-of-the-month OSS version of layout or editing software impedes that for most people. Paying Adobe's price usually ends up saving a lot of time and money in the end.
Well, it can't possibly load any slower than Office 2004 on an Intel Mac. Carbon MS bloat + rosetta = crap.
Recognize when someone changes the network location, and adjust proxy settings accordingly.
This bugs the crap out of me, and is the primary reason why Firefox isn't used on my MacBook Pro.
"Contractual Obligations"
I'm sure that even though Apple has a crack team of lawyers ready to go at a moment's notice, they would much rather not have to use them in an actual courtroom if they don't have to.
Well, they had "no word" about if Front Row plays DivX - and it does flawlessly after installing the codec.
Perhaps they just don't want to have the hassle of supporting other people's technology (and the subsequent lawsuits over IP even though they might use open variations, etc.)?
Not until all the malware works too!
Smart Cards? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304 035
Certificates? Yeah it does that little standard called X.509. It uses the keychain to manage these for the users, and Mac OS X Server can even be a CA using OpenSSL.
Distributed Policy Management? Oh, you can do that with Open Directory on Mac OS X Server.
Packaged Software Distribution? Ok, Apple doesn't really have their own infrastructure for this, but there are 3rd party ones that work as good as anything Apple could hope for. Try FileWave. http://www.filewave.com/
Please research a bit next time before pointing out a bunch of crap that is wrong.
Instead of Will Smith, get Samuel L. Jackson.
"Fire the GOD DAMN PHASERS AT THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS."