What, you mean a new feature? Wikipedia is your friend, there's a long list of new features for every major OSX version. e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osx_lion
No, the fix to the problem was to ship the latest Java build which had closed the vulnerability. And then to follow that up with an update that removed any infection already there.
Java is deprecated. As a development platform for OSX it was deprecated going on for a decade ago. And as a platform supported by Apple, back in 2010. With the current version of OSX it doesn't even ship as standard. It only gets downloaded and installed for the minority of people that actually use some software that needs it.
Nevertheless, the only part that is getting switched off when it's not been used for a while is the browser plugin. And reenabling it if required is easy.
Basically it's a bit like Flash - being helped on the road to complete obsolescence because it's not needed and tends to have vulnerabilities.
Patent trolling is the action of a company that does not themselves use an invention, creating patents for the sole purpose of extracting money from those who might inadvertantly tread on the patent.
A company that creates products and patents those parts of the products that they invent is by definition not a troll, but a company using the patent system exactly how it was intended. Regardless of whether they choose to license the rights out to others or not, and at what price. That's entirely their right, as is the intention of the law.
What Koolaid? The right to fork a project and do what you like with that fork is a fundamental freedom guaranteed by the free software movement. With the condition that if you distribute any binaries from that modified fork you also release the source. Which Apple does. There's no obligation to accept code to any such fork from anyone else. (They do, but they don't have to.)
You're complaining about Apple exercising the fundamental freedom of free software.
I may well junk the PS3, as I have learned that Sony is made from the same moral stuff as Apple.
It's good that you're actually engaging in discussion now. But that action won't help. If manufacture of products at Foxconn is indeed bad for workers the damage was done at time of manufacture. But by your theories it's not just Sony is it? As far as Smartphones go, 70% of them manufactured in Chinese factories are Android. Are you going to throw your Android phone away too?
By the way, you are treading on the wrong side of the law. Just a warning. Do not assume that your anonymous nick is a shield.
It's perfectly simple. You decided to be abusive, by using this forum to post off topic links, in the place of discussion. Because you knew you couldn't win the argument, because your argument had been based on the lies of Mike Daisey.
The bigger truth as you've let slip in by wht you've linked is that you don't really care about chinese workers, so the truth on that topic doesn't matter to you. Rather you're just playing platform advocacy trolling. You're a fan of Linux, and so by extension you support Android. And like a sports fan you want to do the opposition down. That's the reason for your trollish links.
You thought you were untouchable. That you could troll, and be untouched. But you were wrong.
Be a reasonable human being, Daniel, and you wouldn't bring it upon yourself. Doesn't mean you have to stop criticising Apple. Just do it via on-topic discussion rather than off topic links without discussion.
Or don't. But if you don't, don't expect cartooney threats to put me off responding in kind.
Thanks for that Daniel Phillips of 834 2nd st, Suite 6 , Santa Monica, CA 90403.
according to new stats from Beijing-based Analysys International, which estimate the Google platform now accounts for nearly 70 per cent of Chinese smartphones.
So what you're saying is that 70% of the Chinese smartphone making sweatshops,with suicides, barbed wire etc. are actually producing Android phones. And you're so proud of it, you're posting a link on Slashdot.
You've debunked yourself Daniel. You've proved that all you care about is Android vs iOS advocacy. You don't have any moral concerns for Chinese workers whatsoever.
And of course having been caught out, you don't even have the guts to discuss it. It'll just be another impotent random link, as usual. Because you know when you argue the case you always lose.
Your source is cherry picking. There are multiple surveys all showing Fox News viewers to be more misinformed than other news channels. And they are asking points of fact.
Even that cherry you picked was a question of fact, though it's true some people might have interpreted it as a call for an opinion. But that was one question out of many, from one survey out of many.
Accept it. Either Fox News misinforms its viewers. Or stupid people watch Fox News.
Yes, it is a mistake. The square root of 4 is 2, whether the computer is using integer maths of floating point maths. Floating point maths is not an excuse for getting an incorrect answer when the correct answer can be expressed exactly in floating point form.
Nothing to do with human expectations, or usability. It's mathematically the wrong answer. Even in floating point. Even in floating point when viewed in raw binary. It's wrong in every possible way.
If you're defending it, you're confused.
And as we've seen, other calculators don't make this mistake. Nor did putting the calculation in a C program as someone tried elsewhere on the thread. There is no excuse for it. Someone fucked up.
Sorry, that's just wrong. It's an anachronism. They were "personal computers" sometime, not PCs. Though the were more often called microcomputers and home computers.
Without knowing the difference, most people would be hard pressed to tell any between a first gen and a last gen iPhone based on how the software works. They didn't get it right the first time, they just haven't improved it.
Not really. It was released when Google still gave their engineers 20% time. With the result that they'd just release huge amounts of beta software with no apparent business purpose. ChromeOS was indistinguishable from the rest.
Slashdot Mirror
Another OP gave further info here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2783397&threshold=0&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=39671209
What, you mean a new feature? Wikipedia is your friend, there's a long list of new features for every major OSX version.
e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osx_lion
No, the fix to the problem was to ship the latest Java build which had closed the vulnerability. And then to follow that up with an update that removed any infection already there.
Java is deprecated. As a development platform for OSX it was deprecated going on for a decade ago. And as a platform supported by Apple, back in 2010. With the current version of OSX it doesn't even ship as standard. It only gets downloaded and installed for the minority of people that actually use some software that needs it.
Nevertheless, the only part that is getting switched off when it's not been used for a while is the browser plugin. And reenabling it if required is easy.
Basically it's a bit like Flash - being helped on the road to complete obsolescence because it's not needed and tends to have vulnerabilities.
Perfectly sensible.
I asked you for which particular model you meant. You've come back with nothing. So it looks like you were full of shit again.
Patent trolling is the action of a company that does not themselves use an invention, creating patents for the sole purpose of extracting money from those who might inadvertantly tread on the patent.
A company that creates products and patents those parts of the products that they invent is by definition not a troll, but a company using the patent system exactly how it was intended. Regardless of whether they choose to license the rights out to others or not, and at what price. That's entirely their right, as is the intention of the law.
What Koolaid? The right to fork a project and do what you like with that fork is a fundamental freedom guaranteed by the free software movement. With the condition that if you distribute any binaries from that modified fork you also release the source. Which Apple does. There's no obligation to accept code to any such fork from anyone else. (They do, but they don't have to.)
You're complaining about Apple exercising the fundamental freedom of free software.
I may well junk the PS3, as I have learned that Sony is made from the same moral stuff as Apple.
It's good that you're actually engaging in discussion now. But that action won't help. If manufacture of products at Foxconn is indeed bad for workers the damage was done at time of manufacture. But by your theories it's not just Sony is it? As far as Smartphones go, 70% of them manufactured in Chinese factories are Android. Are you going to throw your Android phone away too?
By the way, you are treading on the wrong side of the law. Just a warning. Do not assume that your anonymous nick is a shield.
Does the word cartooney mean anything to you?
It's perfectly simple. You decided to be abusive, by using this forum to post off topic links, in the place of discussion. Because you knew you couldn't win the argument, because your argument had been based on the lies of Mike Daisey.
The bigger truth as you've let slip in by wht you've linked is that you don't really care about chinese workers, so the truth on that topic doesn't matter to you. Rather you're just playing platform advocacy trolling. You're a fan of Linux, and so by extension you support Android. And like a sports fan you want to do the opposition down. That's the reason for your trollish links.
You thought you were untouchable. That you could troll, and be untouched. But you were wrong.
Be a reasonable human being, Daniel, and you wouldn't bring it upon yourself. Doesn't mean you have to stop criticising Apple. Just do it via on-topic discussion rather than off topic links without discussion.
Or don't. But if you don't, don't expect cartooney threats to put me off responding in kind.
They are just a bunch of random schmucks like you and me, who happened to hit the sweet spot on Google's rather random interview process.
What's up? Would Google not give you a job?
Perhaps they weren't impressed by the failure of Tux2 and Tux3.
You've got a PS3? They're manufactured by Foxconn. Yet more hypocrisy from Daniel Phillips, 834 2nd st, Suite 6 , Santa Monica, CA 90403.
Fox News does have the highest viewing numbers. Which just goes to demonstrate there's no shortage of idiots.
Thanks for that Daniel Phillips of 834 2nd st, Suite 6 , Santa Monica, CA 90403.
according to new stats from Beijing-based Analysys International, which estimate the Google platform now accounts for nearly 70 per cent of Chinese smartphones.
So what you're saying is that 70% of the Chinese smartphone making sweatshops,with suicides, barbed wire etc. are actually producing Android phones. And you're so proud of it, you're posting a link on Slashdot.
You've debunked yourself Daniel. You've proved that all you care about is Android vs iOS advocacy. You don't have any moral concerns for Chinese workers whatsoever.
And of course having been caught out, you don't even have the guts to discuss it. It'll just be another impotent random link, as usual. Because you know when you argue the case you always lose.
Your source is cherry picking. There are multiple surveys all showing Fox News viewers to be more misinformed than other news channels. And they are asking points of fact.
Even that cherry you picked was a question of fact, though it's true some people might have interpreted it as a call for an opinion. But that was one question out of many, from one survey out of many.
Accept it. Either Fox News misinforms its viewers. Or stupid people watch Fox News.
Yes, it is a mistake. The square root of 4 is 2, whether the computer is using integer maths of floating point maths. Floating point maths is not an excuse for getting an incorrect answer when the correct answer can be expressed exactly in floating point form.
Nothing to do with human expectations, or usability. It's mathematically the wrong answer. Even in floating point. Even in floating point when viewed in raw binary. It's wrong in every possible way.
If you're defending it, you're confused.
And as we've seen, other calculators don't make this mistake. Nor did putting the calculation in a C program as someone tried elsewhere on the thread. There is no excuse for it. Someone fucked up.
How about http://politics.slashdot.org/
he's more hispanic than white
You're confusing ethnicity and race. Hispanics can be black white, brown, yellow or any other colour a human can be.
No, the normal procedure would have been to keep a killer in custody until they decided whether to charge him with murder or not.
Meanwhile, the surveys always show it's the Fox News viewers who are the most misinformed.
http://g.co/maps/zz6dq
Still impotent.
Nope, they were PCs before IBM manufactured them.
Sorry, that's just wrong. It's an anachronism.
They were "personal computers" sometime, not PCs. Though the were more often called microcomputers and home computers.
e.g.
TRS-80 Microscomputer: http://techmisadventures.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/6213180-583-800.jpg
Commodore Pet Home Computer: http://i.techrepublic.com.com/gallery/6213166-568-800.jpg
Apple II Personal Computer: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/10/article-2036072-0DD160A800000578-895_468x566.jpg
The rest of your post I agree with.
"Typically".
And most new phones don't even ship with Ice Cream Sandwich yet and that's been out half a year.
Without knowing the difference, most people would be hard pressed to tell any between a first gen and a last gen iPhone based on how the software works. They didn't get it right the first time, they just haven't improved it.
Do you actually enjoy looking stupid? Huge amounts of functionality have been added since the first version.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history
Not really. It was released when Google still gave their engineers 20% time. With the result that they'd just release huge amounts of beta software with no apparent business purpose. ChromeOS was indistinguishable from the rest.
Yes, Daniel Phillips, 834 2nd St, Suite 6 , Santa Monica, CA 90403. Still impotent.
More so. All OSs that accept third party applications are vulnerable to malware. Most calculators don't make mistakes in simple calculations.
Yes. In fact it doubled overnight.