When your best system is a handheld there is something wrong.
Funny you say this, since technically, the best systems have always BEEN the Nintendo ones up until this generation, developers just didn't "get" them either. But since Microsoft and Sony are now sucking wind too, they are being forced to actually work for once.
The only thing the Nintendo 64 did wrong was go with carts, but graphically it was better than the PS1, just more expensive to develop for because of those carts, and the only thing the Gamecube did wrong was launch late, since just about every bit of it was technically superior to even the Xbox.
Um no, a ton of people in the computing world, many reporters with no connection to Apple completely blasted the GP report for what it was, complete bullshit propaganda targeting a major company with a hippy image to spur publicity with no evidence anything they reported was true (and infact much of it was not yet they refused to retract the story)
Read real info before you ever read greenpeace PR. They are like PETA completely batshit insane making a industry out of scaring people and activism.
Only that would explain why the founders of the group have publicly come out against its new leaders in recent years.
Having read the book, I can tell you that it does not debunk it. It simply says that while it was sold as a way to create a network that could survive a nuclear attack, it less than a few weeks into the project that they realized it was impossible and switched gears.
Spin that however you want, but the original intent was for a nuclear secure network, they just realized very soon into development that it was impossible and switched gears to the general networking aspect.
but the fission detonator is of such a low quality and is so small there would never be a issue in ever creating them. You could get enough material to create the trigger from scraping the sensors of fire detectors.
There is no proof. In Fact you can google up a video posted by a commenter here on Slashdot in one of the older stories related to this that shows it was completely impossible to execute the same hack using Apples hardware.
It pretty much exposed the entire sordid story of how badly these two lied and how idiotic Ou was to take them at face value and then defend himself in the face of vast amounts of info proving him wrong that Im kinda shocked it hasnt been forwarded to Ou's ZD masters.
Except they never disclosed the info to Apple directly, which was the point of everyone in the security community who bashed them. They just released the info during Black Hat (misrepresenting what the problem actually was) all the while making fun of Apple and Mac users.
Their entire presentation did a lot more harm to their case than the exploit ever could have left untouched. Ou is just picking up the pieces left of his credibility now since the entire IT world slammed him hard and exposed him for being a liar.
they never did, Ou is lying out of his ass. Hell the simple fact that OS X has a thing called "security updates" proves that Ou is lying out of his ass.
Ou has this mistaken belief that Apple was attacking him and the two guys who did the exploit. The facts of the time though show that not only did Apple pretty much ignore them, but the rest of the "security world" they are hiding behind completely bashed them for their gall.
If you check out Ou's blog, you will find that while he targets Apple in particular, he has conspiracies for just about every company out there against him. Basically he's the 2000's version of Dvorak.
Not true, the RIAA is completely behind this. The fee that this new hike collects goes directly to the RIAA and not the performers which is what the fee's for terrestrial radio go to.
Im sure there are, but the problem is we are a schoolsystem whos main server room is a converted autoshop in the old industrial arts building. Even if we wanted to move, all we could move to would be the training lab, which is in use by people outside of our district since the board of ed rents it out for the extra school funding it needs.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
I wish I could quote this and give it to my boss....
Not only do I work in the server room... we have CUBICLES in the server room with the network admins office RIGHT NEXT TO THE STACK.
Needless to say, I cant hear the secretaries phone ring anymore.
um your point? Microsoft has long sold the shares that they bought nor did Apple ever need Microsoft to buy them, it was a gesture of good will between the companies. Before you go pulling up some webpage from the.com bubble days, maybe you should ALSO look into the facts about that instance. Microsoft has nothing invested in Apple anymore.
Why dont you woo Apple (who have a shakey relationship with Microsoft to start)and in return get help for that long promised native OpenOffice version not using java like NeoOffice has to do...
oh wait, I forgot the guys in charge dont like Apple either.
no the conspiracy comes in the fact that we have more than ample supply to meet demand and thus the prices shouldnt go up, but do, this year expecting to be worse than even after Katrina. And that a good 60-70% of our government (Republican and Democrat) has their fortunes tied to that price going up.
THATS where you sit back and say "hmmm somethings not right here."
Yes, the modern enterprise needs WiFi on fricking corporate desktops, FireWire, BlueTooth and remote control. And what if you want just 256MB RAM for the secretary who doesn't use anything but Outlook? Nope, you can't buy a Mac without at least 512MB of RAM! And, you get to pay for it!
Sorry, your hard pressed to find a XP machine that can run most business packages with 256meg well. Nor would you want to, the number one fuckup most IT departments do (mine included) is buying for what you need then, and not what you will need a year of two down the line. Likewise while WiFi isnt usually needed, nor bluetooth (unless you use VoIP where you could then just use a bluetooth headset) firewire is a VERY nice thing ot have on the machines. I have been removing machines without it in my system simply because it greatly speeds up support of a machine if it needs to be re-imaged or for backup needs without backing up to a network. Also you could even do Firewire networking, which I know of a lot of graphics houses who do because of the transfer speeds which tend to be higher than standard eithernet. Lastly all Apple machines have Firewire Target Disk mode, which means I can save files on a machine that has OS issues without having to rip the damn disk out if it is a good disk.
Wow, another basic feature without which the enterprise cannot function. The webcam!
Yep cause you know its easier to spend a couple hundred on a telecon setup when you could just use the damn computer. (which is pretty much standard at any decent size business these days)
Yes there is no comparison, on one hand you have multiple vendors some of who will pre-install Linux, and almost infinite hardware configurability and on other hand you have limited configurations shoved down your throat whether you need them or not. Macs may be enterprise-worthy, but this article sure doesn't make a case for it. I recommend that Computer World articles be blacklisted.
dont work business IT do you. Rule of thumb... start having more than 3-4 different versions of a client side configuration (IE different models and such) and your nearly tripling your support time. With the small staff many medium size businesses have, your basically sealing your ulcer in support headaches. The less choices the better honestly. What may be overpowered for a secretary might not be for a employee, but in the end you can easily move one to the other or back if you have to.
This guy is a pro and works for a company that has been making fun games when SERIOUS power was 8mhz.
He's not a pro beyond he has his name in the media, thats all, and while working for Maxis he only recently was hired, and he has NEVER shipped a game ever in the years he's been in the gaming world. If this was Will Wright I would take notice, but he is infact just a chode who ALSO recently slammed the other systems for having too MANY prossesors...
I think the parent is confused on what the Republican Party stands for post Reagan, which a lot of Americans are these days.
Gone are the days where the Republicans where the champions of citizen rights and small government. Now they are the champions of the religious facists and big business.
As someone who has also taught in Japan (not a third world country but supposedly better than the US) and the United States, I can 100% confirm you full of shit.
Why dont we have our students actually learn in school and not pander to the test mentality which has proven to be ineffective and misleading.
Even better, why dont we stop comparing our entire populations abilities to the abilities of only the best of other countries.
Heck even better, why dont we just accept the fact that a lot of people are just not cut out to being college grads and help them better themselves in a industrial field like other countries do.
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The only thing the Nintendo 64 did wrong was go with carts, but graphically it was better than the PS1, just more expensive to develop for because of those carts, and the only thing the Gamecube did wrong was launch late, since just about every bit of it was technically superior to even the Xbox.
Read real info before you ever read greenpeace PR. They are like PETA completely batshit insane making a industry out of scaring people and activism. Only that would explain why the founders of the group have publicly come out against its new leaders in recent years.
Spin that however you want, but the original intent was for a nuclear secure network, they just realized very soon into development that it was impossible and switched gears to the general networking aspect.
Not true, see here Amazon.com: Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet: Books: Katie Hafner While it was soon found that it would be useless in a nuclear attack, comments saying that it wasnt intended for use in one are revisionist history, even the budget allocations show, ARPANET was meant to be created to survive a nuclear attack.
yes but so can quicksilver which is a hell of a lot more useful and hackable.
no no no no thats where we bury them all ;-)
but the fission detonator is of such a low quality and is so small there would never be a issue in ever creating them. You could get enough material to create the trigger from scraping the sensors of fire detectors.
We already know how to cause mass destruction with Fusion. None of our current military nuclear weapons use fission anymore, they all use fusion.
It pretty much exposed the entire sordid story of how badly these two lied and how idiotic Ou was to take them at face value and then defend himself in the face of vast amounts of info proving him wrong that Im kinda shocked it hasnt been forwarded to Ou's ZD masters.
no you need to stop smoking the M$ cock. Microsoft documented well over 476 "critical" bugs of the nature OS X had.
Their entire presentation did a lot more harm to their case than the exploit ever could have left untouched. Ou is just picking up the pieces left of his credibility now since the entire IT world slammed him hard and exposed him for being a liar.
Ou has this mistaken belief that Apple was attacking him and the two guys who did the exploit. The facts of the time though show that not only did Apple pretty much ignore them, but the rest of the "security world" they are hiding behind completely bashed them for their gall.
If you check out Ou's blog, you will find that while he targets Apple in particular, he has conspiracies for just about every company out there against him. Basically he's the 2000's version of Dvorak.
Not true, the RIAA is completely behind this. The fee that this new hike collects goes directly to the RIAA and not the performers which is what the fee's for terrestrial radio go to.
Im sure there are, but the problem is we are a schoolsystem whos main server room is a converted autoshop in the old industrial arts building. Even if we wanted to move, all we could move to would be the training lab, which is in use by people outside of our district since the board of ed rents it out for the extra school funding it needs.
Not only do I work in the server room... we have CUBICLES in the server room with the network admins office RIGHT NEXT TO THE STACK. Needless to say, I cant hear the secretaries phone ring anymore.
because iWork is not a full feature office suit like Open Office is. Its just a publishing/presentation suit.
um your point? Microsoft has long sold the shares that they bought nor did Apple ever need Microsoft to buy them, it was a gesture of good will between the companies. Before you go pulling up some webpage from the .com bubble days, maybe you should ALSO look into the facts about that instance. Microsoft has nothing invested in Apple anymore.
oh wait, I forgot the guys in charge dont like Apple either.
No they were not. Same base? Yeah, but they all had their quirks and where all not compatible at all.
THATS where you sit back and say "hmmm somethings not right here."
Gone are the days where the Republicans where the champions of citizen rights and small government. Now they are the champions of the religious facists and big business.
As someone who has also taught in Japan (not a third world country but supposedly better than the US) and the United States, I can 100% confirm you full of shit.
Even better, why dont we stop comparing our entire populations abilities to the abilities of only the best of other countries.
Heck even better, why dont we just accept the fact that a lot of people are just not cut out to being college grads and help them better themselves in a industrial field like other countries do.