...they'd realize the article kind of made this point already. The article didn't really make any real claim about which was safest, it just presented the results of their study and suggested that it was probably because of admins who didn't know what they were doing.
Everything I've read about UWB so far suggests it will be a competitor for WiFi, not Bluetooth. Bluetooth is slow, it's low power, and despite how ridiculously expensive my Bluetooth cellphone was, it's actually pretty cheap. If UWB is going to be getting up near 480Mb/s, which the article claims it will, then I start to wonder how it can possibly be cheap and low-power. The article doesn't address this, and the link it provides to more information doesn't seem to work (in fact, I don't think it's a link at all, just underlined text). Does anyone have more enlightening information in this regard?
You clearly don't understand the difference between two years and three years. You also clearly have different needs than I do. Before assuming I'm a moron, you might want to consider those factors.
Three years ago, I spent $2500 on a fancy new PC. Since then, I've spent over a thousand dollars upgrading and fixing it, dealing with such issues as my power supply exploding after a year of use, Windows XP running like a dog (requiring a memory upgrade), needing a WiFi card, needing a Firewire card, etc. Every time I needed to do something new, I had to modify the computer.
Meanwhile my buddy bought an iBook around the same time, and decided to upgrade to a power book after a year of use. I bought the iBook off of him for $1000. Its specs don't match up to my expensive desktop machine, but it seems to run faster, I've had no problems with it, it has features like Firewire that just weren't available on PCs at the time, and I'm generally pretty happy with it, and it works a lot better with the unix servers I need to use for school.
I've spent thousands of dollars on a PC desktop that I now use as an iTunes music server (and to play minesweeper) but it useless for anything else, and $1000 on a used iBook that's almost as old and serves all my needs. It's a little slow when doing complex plots, but I can live with that. At least the OS multitasks properly, so my computer doesn't freeze up while they're running.
I know there is third party software coming out with support for m4p files, and if they can do that, they can probably make third-party hardware without significant difficulty.
Although I'm having trouble figuring out whether they'll work with the iTunes DRM. Anyone know? Clearly, if they don't now, newer models will (since there's lots of software that is compatible with the iTunes DRM, so it would just be a matter of time).
...ever looked inside a Dell PC (I know, I know, you don't want to void the warranty by opening the case)? They're not exactly the biggest users of industry standards.
The exploit in question is not a major issue, is likely to affect just about no-one and has only really been big news because most people don't read the details. Apple released a statement clearing this up months ago, and it is pretty clear the author of the article has no idea what he's talkking about.
...apparently gamers do it to improve their reputation.
Instead of a nice post about how wonderful it would be to give games to sick children, we're given the impression that the purpose of doing so is to improve one's image in the media.
I'll give PA the benefit of the doubt and assume their motives in giving are better than The Ticktockman's apparently are.
I didn't get the sense from reading the interview that he was talking about the UI.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think when he says that Linux isn't interesting from a technological standpoint, he's not talking about how easily he can check his email: he's talking about architectural and technological innovation.
There are fundamental differences between the Darwin and Linux kernels that makes Darwin, in my opinion, a more interesting, and "better" design. This has nothing to do with UI.
On a related note: While Bill Joy may or may not be using his computer at home, I don't think it's fair to call him a "home user". I have no doubt that he's quite comfortable on the command-line, and if you read the rest of the interview, you get the sense he's using his G5 for more than just web-browsing.
He says its an interesting business and cultural phenomenon, just not interesting technologically, so while you seem to think he's missing the point, you're actually pretty much agreeing with him.
I haven't read any of the Geronimo stuff in months, so this is all just impressions from the back of my mind. Can someone knowledgeable please clarify?
I'm under the impression that the ASF has a strong working relationship with Sun, and has the intent of certifying Geronimo once it is complete. I think JBoss is not certified for cost reasons.
I could be completely mistaken, but I remember hearing something about Sun agreeing to waive the certification fee for the ASF.
Most of the open source and otherwise IM clients are far less of a pain in the ass than the ones provided by Microsoft, AIM, and ICQ, which seem to have had their interfaces designed by teenagers on uppers.
You're right, there is nothing wrong with trying to make open-source competitors to commercial software.
And I'm also not suggesting that an OSS shouldn't have an office suite or a GUI because someone else thought of it first.
What I do think, is that when they are open-source tools that do things better than their non-open competitors, and have introduced new and innovative features, we're instead highlighting projects like GIMP and OpenOffice, that are essentially just knockoffs.
I'm not saying we shouldn't use them. I use OpenOffice all the time. I'm just saying that they're not really something to get all excited about.
I think Zope and Plone are great innovative products and I had them in mind when I said that certain projects disprove the suggestion that open source is not about innovation.
I just wish more innovative projects like Zope and Plone had been selected.
I hate to say this, but two of the selections seem to have the primary purpose of duplicate functionality found in proprietary applications. Should we really be celebrating pieces of software that while powerful, really don't provide anything remotely new or original, and are basically knockoffs of MS and Adobe products (although OO's embrace of XML is kind of cool)?
It almost seems as though those two selections help to validate many of the criticisms that have been made regarding the open-source model: namely that it lacks true innovation. Many projects, including some of the selections prove such suggestions to be false. I just think it's a shame that projects have been included that have really contributed very little to the advancement of the field.
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...they'd realize the article kind of made this point already. The article didn't really make any real claim about which was safest, it just presented the results of their study and suggested that it was probably because of admins who didn't know what they were doing.
Everything I've read about UWB so far suggests it will be a competitor for WiFi, not Bluetooth. Bluetooth is slow, it's low power, and despite how ridiculously expensive my Bluetooth cellphone was, it's actually pretty cheap. If UWB is going to be getting up near 480Mb/s, which the article claims it will, then I start to wonder how it can possibly be cheap and low-power. The article doesn't address this, and the link it provides to more information doesn't seem to work (in fact, I don't think it's a link at all, just underlined text). Does anyone have more enlightening information in this regard?
You clearly don't understand the difference between two years and three years. You also clearly have different needs than I do. Before assuming I'm a moron, you might want to consider those factors.
Three years ago, I spent $2500 on a fancy new PC. Since then, I've spent over a thousand dollars upgrading and fixing it, dealing with such issues as my power supply exploding after a year of use, Windows XP running like a dog (requiring a memory upgrade), needing a WiFi card, needing a Firewire card, etc. Every time I needed to do something new, I had to modify the computer. Meanwhile my buddy bought an iBook around the same time, and decided to upgrade to a power book after a year of use. I bought the iBook off of him for $1000. Its specs don't match up to my expensive desktop machine, but it seems to run faster, I've had no problems with it, it has features like Firewire that just weren't available on PCs at the time, and I'm generally pretty happy with it, and it works a lot better with the unix servers I need to use for school. I've spent thousands of dollars on a PC desktop that I now use as an iTunes music server (and to play minesweeper) but it useless for anything else, and $1000 on a used iBook that's almost as old and serves all my needs. It's a little slow when doing complex plots, but I can live with that. At least the OS multitasks properly, so my computer doesn't freeze up while they're running.
...won't he be reading this?
I know there is third party software coming out with support for m4p files, and if they can do that, they can probably make third-party hardware without significant difficulty.
Although I'm having trouble figuring out whether they'll work with the iTunes DRM. Anyone know? Clearly, if they don't now, newer models will (since there's lots of software that is compatible with the iTunes DRM, so it would just be a matter of time).
Perhaps they've improved... I haven't gone near a Dell desktop since high-school.
...ever looked inside a Dell PC (I know, I know, you don't want to void the warranty by opening the case)? They're not exactly the biggest users of industry standards.
The iPod has worked on Windows for quite a while now... if you want a Linux version, there's no time like the present to start coding.
AAC isn't a proprietary Apple technology, and there are other AAC players available.
The exploit in question is not a major issue, is likely to affect just about no-one and has only really been big news because most people don't read the details. Apple released a statement clearing this up months ago, and it is pretty clear the author of the article has no idea what he's talkking about.
...apparently gamers do it to improve their reputation.
Instead of a nice post about how wonderful it would be to give games to sick children, we're given the impression that the purpose of doing so is to improve one's image in the media.
I'll give PA the benefit of the doubt and assume their motives in giving are better than The Ticktockman's apparently are.
I didn't get the sense from reading the interview that he was talking about the UI.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think when he says that Linux isn't interesting from a technological standpoint, he's not talking about how easily he can check his email: he's talking about architectural and technological innovation.
There are fundamental differences between the Darwin and Linux kernels that makes Darwin, in my opinion, a more interesting, and "better" design. This has nothing to do with UI.
On a related note: While Bill Joy may or may not be using his computer at home, I don't think it's fair to call him a "home user". I have no doubt that he's quite comfortable on the command-line, and if you read the rest of the interview, you get the sense he's using his G5 for more than just web-browsing.
He says its an interesting business and cultural phenomenon, just not interesting technologically, so while you seem to think he's missing the point, you're actually pretty much agreeing with him.
I haven't read any of the Geronimo stuff in months, so this is all just impressions from the back of my mind. Can someone knowledgeable please clarify? I'm under the impression that the ASF has a strong working relationship with Sun, and has the intent of certifying Geronimo once it is complete. I think JBoss is not certified for cost reasons. I could be completely mistaken, but I remember hearing something about Sun agreeing to waive the certification fee for the ASF.
...do I get a prize?
Most of the open source and otherwise IM clients are far less of a pain in the ass than the ones provided by Microsoft, AIM, and ICQ, which seem to have had their interfaces designed by teenagers on uppers.
You're right, there is nothing wrong with trying to make open-source competitors to commercial software.
And I'm also not suggesting that an OSS shouldn't have an office suite or a GUI because someone else thought of it first.
What I do think, is that when they are open-source tools that do things better than their non-open competitors, and have introduced new and innovative features, we're instead highlighting projects like GIMP and OpenOffice, that are essentially just knockoffs.
I'm not saying we shouldn't use them. I use OpenOffice all the time. I'm just saying that they're not really something to get all excited about.
I think Zope and Plone are great innovative products and I had them in mind when I said that certain projects disprove the suggestion that open source is not about innovation. I just wish more innovative projects like Zope and Plone had been selected.
I hate to say this, but two of the selections seem to have the primary purpose of duplicate functionality found in proprietary applications. Should we really be celebrating pieces of software that while powerful, really don't provide anything remotely new or original, and are basically knockoffs of MS and Adobe products (although OO's embrace of XML is kind of cool)?
It almost seems as though those two selections help to validate many of the criticisms that have been made regarding the open-source model: namely that it lacks true innovation. Many projects, including some of the selections prove such suggestions to be false. I just think it's a shame that projects have been included that have really contributed very little to the advancement of the field.
Has all the same problems as RealOne, plus the way it gets on your computer is really insidious... it's on there before you even open the box.
Not to mention that Microsoft's WMP strategy is probably illegal.