I know Apple was the first to start shipping Bluetooth 2.0? What did they have to do with these security problems?
Few people realize how Apple's responsible for many of the technologies that plague personal computers today. For example, the first computer virus recorded came out in 1982 on Apple hardware and exploited flaws in Apple's early operating system. Apple also had a key role in the development of the MIME attachemnt protocol (via their NeXT subsidiary) that allowed malicious executable software to be mailed around with ease.
I'm sure glad that my sampod has SCREWS! Easy to get to the battery. (And it plays Vorbis, WMA, and MP3.)
My G2 iPod 20 GB gets about 1 hour, and the headset connector is all crackly. (To compare, my 1984 Sony FM Walkman still works fine.)
Class Action Lawsuits are great for consumers. Even if all you get is a low-value gift certificate. It keeps Greedy Companies from overstepping their bounds.
It supports open, industry standards like OGG Vorbis. Also, the "DRM" is used by a wide number of vendors, giving me the choice of at least 8 on-line music stores to purchase or "lease" music from.
I simply plugged it into my Windows XP laptop and it worked--no software to install. Just press the "sync" button from Windows Media player 10.
I thus don't think it's a good idea to name a project after a mountain top famous for failed and deadly attempts to finally climb it.
I don't think it's a good idea to name a project after the animal that took a bite out of (Sigfreid's) Roy!
There are better thin client applications out there than Windows. Apps that will run with fewer resources, less psychotic licensing schemes, and which cost a hell of a lot less.
And Microsoft's never been known for "thin".
I'm a big fan of "thin clients." And while I think that Citrix is the current thin-client leader, Microsoft has done an EXCELLENT job with Windows Remote Desktop, that's built into Windows XP.
In fact, one reason we recommend Windows XP for many applications over, say Mac OS X, is the ability to remote into machines easily and with built-in software.
Years ago, at a W3C conference, I nearly got into a fistfight with the Amaya folks (they swung first!). I was the senior engineer on a GUI HTML editor project and they wanted to know why I didn't test the output on Amaya. I told them it's because "Amaya doesn't matter." That's when they started swinging....
Sounds like a decent idea from the Redmond crew to me."
If I were Microsoft, I'd test Mac OS, Free BSD, and L*nux the same way, in order to best server the public, and to show that Microsoft products (we would hope!) are no more fundamentally flawed than other modern networked operating systems.
Here's my problem with the movie (as seen in the LA preview yesterday):
You should be able to see epsiode 3 followed by episode 4 and have it not look like you're jumping from 2005 filmmaking technology to 1977 era special effects.
What would have been cool would be to slowly shift the look over the course of III back to 1977 filmmaking technology. Do it gradually so it's not jarring. Then if you watch the films back-to-back it would look better.
Of course, if George wanted my opinion, he'd ask me!
...as anyone with XP device driver experience could tell you. Unlike the 60s era Unix technology that's the core of an Unix-based architecture, Windows XP was designed from the ground up to be modular, portable, and extensible.
Cutler wrote a book on it, which is still worth reading, though out of print. Microsoft has a current "XP Internals" book available from Microsoft press.
Also, Microsoft has an XP-based embeddable operating system, which eliminates many of XPs "desktop" enhancements. And of course, the excellent handheld operating systems that are the heart of Windows Mobile.
...for widespread acceptance of Pen PCs. Microsoft has never given up with the tablet format (Unlike A--le), and I'm glad.
I'm a big believer in this; I have a transmeta-based tablet here that's too slow for general use, and I also use the Logitech/Anoto pen for all engineering notetaking. I'm really hoping for a good tablet so I can go completely paperless...
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I live about 1 mile from Apple HQ, and need lots of tin foil on my walls to keep the reality distortion field out.
This is a great example of the level of support, dedication, and customer service you get from a company like Microsoft.
Few people realize how Apple's responsible for many of the technologies that plague personal computers today. For example, the first computer virus recorded came out in 1982 on Apple hardware and exploited flaws in Apple's early operating system. Apple also had a key role in the development of the MIME attachemnt protocol (via their NeXT subsidiary) that allowed malicious executable software to be mailed around with ease.
My G2 iPod 20 GB gets about 1 hour, and the headset connector is all crackly. (To compare, my 1984 Sony FM Walkman still works fine.)
Class Action Lawsuits are great for consumers. Even if all you get is a low-value gift certificate. It keeps Greedy Companies from overstepping their bounds.
Does the actual hardware sound better than that? And why does it use MP3 instead of something that sounds better at a lower bitrate like WMA?
Isn't it "publically readable" to anyone with access to the log files on an external link? The hash is in the referring URL, right?
1. You should never have a password appear in a publically readable "hash" or URL parameter, even if it's one-way encrypted
/. or nytimes registration) that don't really matter
2. You should NEVER use a password for a site that's the same as an important password
I tend to have three tiers of password:
1. "junk" passwords for non-critical sites (like
2. secure passwords for web-based email, etc, that I wouldn't want getting out
3. High-security passwords for banking, etc (these are different for each site, and I write them down and keep the list in my safe.)
It supports open, industry standards like OGG Vorbis. Also, the "DRM" is used by a wide number of vendors, giving me the choice of at least 8 on-line music stores to purchase or "lease" music from.
I simply plugged it into my Windows XP laptop and it worked--no software to install. Just press the "sync" button from Windows Media player 10.
Copying music off is as easy as copying music on.
Take that, megahurtz myth!
Apple's spent a lot of PR money convincing its user base that Intel is as evil as Microsoft...I wonder how they'll backpedal this one.
But then again, I have "no idea how to use Mac OS X." And it's friendly folk like you who keep me far away from the poisionous Macintosh "subculture"
Frankly, it's not Macintoshes I don't like---it's Machintosh users
I thus don't think it's a good idea to name a project after a mountain top famous for failed and deadly attempts to finally climb it. I don't think it's a good idea to name a project after the animal that took a bite out of (Sigfreid's) Roy!
I'm a big fan of "thin clients." And while I think that Citrix is the current thin-client leader, Microsoft has done an EXCELLENT job with Windows Remote Desktop, that's built into Windows XP.
In fact, one reason we recommend Windows XP for many applications over, say Mac OS X, is the ability to remote into machines easily and with built-in software.
Years ago, at a W3C conference, I nearly got into a fistfight with the Amaya folks (they swung first!). I was the senior engineer on a GUI HTML editor project and they wanted to know why I didn't test the output on Amaya. I told them it's because "Amaya doesn't matter." That's when they started swinging....
If I were Microsoft, I'd test Mac OS, Free BSD, and L*nux the same way, in order to best server the public, and to show that Microsoft products (we would hope!) are no more fundamentally flawed than other modern networked operating systems.
That's it! I'm going to ask the /. folks for a REFUND!
You should be able to see epsiode 3 followed by episode 4 and have it not look like you're jumping from 2005 filmmaking technology to 1977 era special effects.
What would have been cool would be to slowly shift the look over the course of III back to 1977 filmmaking technology. Do it gradually so it's not jarring. Then if you watch the films back-to-back it would look better.
Of course, if George wanted my opinion, he'd ask me!
Wouldn't you be better off buying a *real* laptop? And if running L*nux (or FreeBSD) is your goal, you can get a trailing-edge, used laptop cheap.
As a developer, Windows Mobile is a much easier platform to work with.
Cutler wrote a book on it, which is still worth reading, though out of print. Microsoft has a current "XP Internals" book available from Microsoft press.
Also, Microsoft has an XP-based embeddable operating system, which eliminates many of XPs "desktop" enhancements. And of course, the excellent handheld operating systems that are the heart of Windows Mobile.
...the "Tandy 100". Portable (but not pocket sized) and widely used as a mobile typewriter by news reporters in the mid 80s.
This satellite will be great--when there's a good HD PVR solution to replace TiVo for DirectTV customers....
...I'll use it. I've wasted several hours trying it and rejecting it. (In fact, it doesn't even render slashdot correctly!
...for widespread acceptance of Pen PCs. Microsoft has never given up with the tablet format (Unlike A--le), and I'm glad. I'm a big believer in this; I have a transmeta-based tablet here that's too slow for general use, and I also use the Logitech/Anoto pen for all engineering notetaking. I'm really hoping for a good tablet so I can go completely paperless...
It's been out of beta for months. (Unlike, say, google groups, or froogle, or gmail, etc.)