Depending on your branch of Christianity, suicide is considered "Murder of self." Thus, a sin, and since you're dead you have no chance to repent. Instant damnation.
Safari gets the zip file, and sees it contains a JPG, which is "safe" because JPGs can't spread a virus. It decompresses the ZIp and opens the JPG... which is really a shell script. Normally, even that wouldn't be a problem. But, the script is malformed in just the right way that the OS doesn't catch it as dangerous.
...if a Safari user has the "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option checked (which enables movies, images, music, text, PDF, and a few other automatic documents to be automatically opened upon completion of a download), a specially designed shell script can be executed. Normally, shell scripts will not be executed after Safari downloads them without user confirmation. However, if the script lacks a "shebang line" (e.g., #!/bin/csh) and the Finder is set to open scripts using Terminal, the Finder will pass the scripts to the Terminal application, where they will be executed.
I think that's a miscalculation. People know what "no support" means.
BS. I work tech support for a cell phone company, and we constantly get people who put their SIM chips into other phones that are not compatible, then expect us to troubleshoot when it doesn't work.
Scientifically speaking, he's right. We detect one thing when something else hits our bodies. Whether it's a chemical (as in taste), a photon (for sight), or a physical object (for touch), something has to hit us for us to know it's there.
And there's only so many things that can do that. Electromagnetic fields are one thing that hit us daily and we really don't even know it*, but sharks apparently can. No matter what, there has to be some sort of particle or wave there to actually hit us before we can sense it.
* EM is caused by the movement of electrons. The one exception to us being unable to feel it is lightning. And I really don't think it matters at that point, do you?;)
You certainly implied it in the concept that you need a larger iPod to handle your music moods.
Personally, my music moods are also pretty eclectic. However, I can still get that with a smaller player by having Smart Playlists that pick a random selection of songs for me before syncing, or just loading up a variety of songs myself. It won't always get me a specific song, but odds are I'll have something in that vein.
As far as the benefits, what about them? In the first place I think it's laughable to worry about hospital visitation. That's just such a bogeyman. No one is really going to be denied access to their gf/bf or whatever without a marriage license. What - do you think married couples carry around a copy of the license to get into the hospital?
You're not thinking this through. I've known couples where the other partner was denied entry because they weren't allowed to marry. The family disapproved, and denied the partner in, which they could not have done if marriage were allowed.
I would think all that money could go into educating people and focusing on prevention. AIDS seems to be a completely preventable disease -- all that needs to change is sexual behavior and blood transfusion methods.
Let's be honest here: while prevention is a laudable method, do you really think a public awareness program is going to much of an impact on human sexual behavior? Yes, we need better blood transfusion safeguards, but we damn well better work on a cure/innoculation for it, because people are going to have casual sex.
I like how to refer to the sony format as "proprietary" yet mention PDF as one of the formats you want to use.
PDFs are readable on practically anything you could want. Windows, MacOS, Linux, WinMob, PalmOS, etc. They're proprietary in the legal, 'one company owns the format' sense; they're open in the 'damn near anyone can read the file' sense.
This Sony format is only for the Reader. It's a one-machine file format, which doesn't bode well for books Sony may sell for the Reader itself.
Besides, you still have the original source file (even if it is PDF), you run it through the loader program to get it on the ebook. What's the problem?
It's the translation itself that annoys me. It's an extra step, and translation always introduces errors into the resulting file.
You'll be able to view plaintext, HTML and PDF on the new reader... but, before it gets loaded onto the reader, it gets converted into Sony's proprietary file format. So, it's not a simple matter of drag-and-drop, you have to run it through a file converter to get it onto the reader.
I'll second eReader. I love the fact that their books work on Windows, MacOS, PalmOS and Windows CE/Mobile/flavoroftheweek. Plus it'll read the open "Palm Doc" files available anywhere.
The DRM concept is brilliant, too. Your 'serial number' to open the book is just your name & credit card number used to purchase the book. Plus, if you start using a different credit card on their store, you can re-download all your previous purchases, which updates them to use the new card number as their unlock code. It's pretty slick, for DRM.
The slick bit is that the widgets are always running, but hidden. A single keypress (or mouse in the corner of the screen, or mouse key, etc>) causes all your running widgets to appear on the screen & update their contents. Another keypress/click and they go away.
The other appeal is that they're mostly just HTML + JavaScript. Since they're on a Mac they can also take advantage of AppleScript and some features of Cocoa, but most of them are just little webpages with a pretty front-end that run in the background on your machine.
To be honest, your post confused me at first too. Here on/. I generally ignore the subject line of a post, because it usually ends up irrelevant to the post itself. So, splitting part of your sentence into the subject caused the context to be lost.
I considered buying an HDTV this year... but ultimately didn't. Why?
Because I live in an area where I can't get any HDTV signals. And by 2009, when the new regs finally go in place, it'll be about time for a new TV anyway. So, why bother buying an extra-expensive TV I can't use right now?
I'd rather use the Ars Technica System Guides. They tend to be a bit more realistic and don't hype up a specific price point. Plus, they get all the components in.;)
Their Budget Box is comparable to the one Tom's built, and actually includes all the necessary parts in the price.
Unless they happen to have an authentic ship of the type used in the siege... which is impossible, given those ships will have rotted away many centuries ago. Perhaps you meant, "Unless they happen to build an authentic replica..."
Then again, even a replica won't satisfy some folks, so there's no way to 100% prove or disprove the concept.
Looks like, so long as you use either H.264 or MPEG-4 (at the proper bitrates & resolution), you can put whatever videos you want into iTunes and play them on the iPod.
I think it's time for me to download a decent DVD ripper again.
I really wish I could give you mod points here. I've known this trick for a long time, but it helps to get the word out. Turning off autorun is the smartest thing you can do with your Windows PC. Not just for this, but to prevent the (admittedly rare) cases where a virus/trojan is found on the CD of a program you just bought.
One scary thing: software + processor + media format giants can make the worst DRM imaginable. What if Sony pandered to Linux or OS X or just the PS3 market?
Well, Apple has already announced they'll be including BluRay drives in future machines, once the hardware starts shipping...
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Note that he said "the best environment" not "an identical environment." He did his Newton coding on a Mac, not a Newton, for example.
The fatal flaw in your argument is that any vehicle designed to put anything into space is capable of deploying weapons there.
Depending on your branch of Christianity, suicide is considered "Murder of self." Thus, a sin, and since you're dead you have no chance to repent. Instant damnation.
According to Ars Technica:
BS. I work tech support for a cell phone company, and we constantly get people who put their SIM chips into other phones that are not compatible, then expect us to troubleshoot when it doesn't work.
Into which category would you place WWI and WWII, then?
Just a thought.
Scientifically speaking, he's right. We detect one thing when something else hits our bodies. Whether it's a chemical (as in taste), a photon (for sight), or a physical object (for touch), something has to hit us for us to know it's there.
;)
And there's only so many things that can do that. Electromagnetic fields are one thing that hit us daily and we really don't even know it*, but sharks apparently can. No matter what, there has to be some sort of particle or wave there to actually hit us before we can sense it.
* EM is caused by the movement of electrons. The one exception to us being unable to feel it is lightning. And I really don't think it matters at that point, do you?
You certainly implied it in the concept that you need a larger iPod to handle your music moods.
Personally, my music moods are also pretty eclectic. However, I can still get that with a smaller player by having Smart Playlists that pick a random selection of songs for me before syncing, or just loading up a variety of songs myself. It won't always get me a specific song, but odds are I'll have something in that vein.
Meh. Didn't get my italics tag closed properly. First paragraph is quoted from the parent, rest is my own.
You're not thinking this through. I've known couples where the other partner was denied entry because they weren't allowed to marry. The family disapproved, and denied the partner in, which they could not have done if marriage were allowed.
You may think it's laughable, but it happens.
Let's be honest here: while prevention is a laudable method, do you really think a public awareness program is going to much of an impact on human sexual behavior? Yes, we need better blood transfusion safeguards, but we damn well better work on a cure/innoculation for it, because people are going to have casual sex.
PDFs are readable on practically anything you could want. Windows, MacOS, Linux, WinMob, PalmOS, etc. They're proprietary in the legal, 'one company owns the format' sense; they're open in the 'damn near anyone can read the file' sense.
This Sony format is only for the Reader. It's a one-machine file format, which doesn't bode well for books Sony may sell for the Reader itself.
Besides, you still have the original source file (even if it is PDF), you run it through the loader program to get it on the ebook. What's the problem?
It's the translation itself that annoys me. It's an extra step, and translation always introduces errors into the resulting file.
You'll be able to view plaintext, HTML and PDF on the new reader... but, before it gets loaded onto the reader, it gets converted into Sony's proprietary file format. So, it's not a simple matter of drag-and-drop, you have to run it through a file converter to get it onto the reader.
:/
That's the deal-breaker for me.
I'll second eReader. I love the fact that their books work on Windows, MacOS, PalmOS and Windows CE/Mobile/flavoroftheweek. Plus it'll read the open "Palm Doc" files available anywhere.
The DRM concept is brilliant, too. Your 'serial number' to open the book is just your name & credit card number used to purchase the book. Plus, if you start using a different credit card on their store, you can re-download all your previous purchases, which updates them to use the new card number as their unlock code. It's pretty slick, for DRM.
The slick bit is that the widgets are always running, but hidden. A single keypress (or mouse in the corner of the screen, or mouse key, etc>) causes all your running widgets to appear on the screen & update their contents. Another keypress/click and they go away.
The other appeal is that they're mostly just HTML + JavaScript. Since they're on a Mac they can also take advantage of AppleScript and some features of Cocoa, but most of them are just little webpages with a pretty front-end that run in the background on your machine.
To be honest, your post confused me at first too. Here on /. I generally ignore the subject line of a post, because it usually ends up irrelevant to the post itself. So, splitting part of your sentence into the subject caused the context to be lost.
I think you ment fallacies. Otherwise, that's some very interesting logic there!
;)
Ahem.
Because I live in an area where I can't get any HDTV signals. And by 2009, when the new regs finally go in place, it'll be about time for a new TV anyway. So, why bother buying an extra-expensive TV I can't use right now?
Their Budget Box is comparable to the one Tom's built, and actually includes all the necessary parts in the price.
* Seriously. "Illegal immigrants are using giant slingshots to cross the border." I know folks who believe that crap.
Unless they happen to have an authentic ship of the type used in the siege ... which is impossible, given those ships will have rotted away many centuries ago. Perhaps you meant, "Unless they happen to build an authentic replica..."
Then again, even a replica won't satisfy some folks, so there's no way to 100% prove or disprove the concept.
Looks like, so long as you use either H.264 or MPEG-4 (at the proper bitrates & resolution), you can put whatever videos you want into iTunes and play them on the iPod.
I think it's time for me to download a decent DVD ripper again.
I really wish I could give you mod points here. I've known this trick for a long time, but it helps to get the word out. Turning off autorun is the smartest thing you can do with your Windows PC. Not just for this, but to prevent the (admittedly rare) cases where a virus/trojan is found on the CD of a program you just bought.
Well, Apple has already announced they'll be including BluRay drives in future machines, once the hardware starts shipping...