"When Apple rips off features from Windows XP (fast user switching, video chat, disk encryption, save window with places on left), it's "innovating". When Microsoft invents these features, it's "copying"."
Well, it seems like www.ipodyourbmw.com is just a register.com parked page right now... And www.bmwusa.com/ipod/ is just an empty BMW page with a broken image.
What's up with that?
I recommend Revolution. It's similar to HyperCard and uses a very english-like programming language called Transcript. Works on Windows, Mac OS 9/X, Linux, BSD, etc...:D
This exploit works equally good, or even better, with ordinary zip files. Safari auto-expands these on-the-fly, so it's much faster than mounting a disk image. You can also use.sit or.hqx or whatever; the important thing is that LaunchServices registers the application.
This is how I think Apple could solve this: When an application first is detected, all its URL schemes is un-flagged. The first time the user launches that app, they get flagged, and can be used freely.
If the user (or the exploit!) tries to use these URL schemes before they're flagged, a dialog appears, requesting the user to accept the launch before opening the URL.
I don't think Steve Jobs hated HyperCard at all. In fact, HC was originally created by Bill Atkinson, who was a good friend of Steve. I think the reason Apple dumped HyperCard was the same as with the Newton. They simply had to prioritize more important things, such as the iMac.
How do you measure the speed of a computer? Is a 3 GHz P4 with 4 MB RAM faster than a 1.6 GHz G5 with 16 GB RAM? Not likely. So it's not [only] the clock frequency of the CPU that matters. A fast computer is, IMHO, one which allows me to perform a certain task in a short time. Think about it - isn't this what _really_ matters? Can I write my essays in a shorter time on a 2 GHz G5 than an old iMac? Not really.
Comparing Macs and Windows machines, I'd say Macs have always been faster, and will likely be for quite some time. Since the G5 is the fastest Mac, I'd say it's the fastest computer. My two cents.
A cool use of the Bluetooth could be to share your music. Imagine wirelessly listening to other iPod users' songs... It would automatically detect other iPods within the range and present them on with a menu on the display. Kinda like iTunes but way more cool.
1. open System Preferences's Software Update Control Panel
2. hit the CHECK NOW button
3. hit the INSTALL button
4. wait for Mac OS to download, install, and optimize the updates
Actually, Panther has Software Update right in the Apple menu, so it's only three steps.:)
Here's some goodies I found in the code: (yes, they're real)
shell/win16/commctrl/ctl3d.c:// Some ugly shit goin' on here! inet/controls/framewrk/ctlview.cpp:// wow, this sucks. inet/mshtml/src/site/text/linesrv.hxx:// basically an oversized v-table. C sucks. inet/urlmon/search/b4hook.cxx:// SUPER HACK FUNCTION because InternetCrackUrl sucks. shell/browseui/iaccess.cpp:// This interface sucks. shell/ext/webcheck/throttle.cpp:// Hey! This sucks dude. User said no (or we couldn't increase the cache). shell/ext/cscui/dll/filelist.h:// fnl.AddFile(TEXT("\\\\performance\\poor"), TEXT("sucks.doc")); shell/ext/ftp/priv.h: extracted in such a way that we hit the net. This figgen sucks!!! shell/ext/msident/multiusr.cpp:// Here ends the suck shell/ext/msnspa/proxy.c:// BUGBUG -- Win95 sucks. Close the socket and try again windows/media/avi/drawdib/drawdibi.h:#defin e DDF_BITMAP 0x00040000l/* Display driver sucks! */ windows/media/avi/mciwnd/mciwnd.c:// this manually sometimes because GDI sucks the big wazoo. inet/wininet/ftp/test/multfind/multfind.c: printf("Ha! There is no verbose mode, sucker. Try again\n"); inet/wininet/http/headers.cxx:// "HTTP/1.0 302 Try again, sucker\r\n" ntos/w32/ntcon/server/output.c: * ICK!!!!!! Convert to chars. This sucks. We know inet/mshtml/src/site/text/lscomplx.cxx:// things suck in some more text. windows/shell/shole/shole.c:// If we have a fancy error message, hide ugly message shell/ext/docprop/propdlg.c:// This code is added for bug 188 and the code is ugly !!:) inet/mshtml/src/site/text/onerun.cxx:// Gotcha. Got a previously cached sucker inet/mshtml/tried/triedit/lexer.cpp:// but sucks egss for values. windows/media/avi/compman/icm.c:// Don't show a preview if we can't draw the damn thing! sdktools/vctools/rcdll/p0io.c://- I'll be the first person to admit that this is an ugly solution, but NV_DECLARE_TEAROFF_METHOD( DoTheDarnPasteHTML, dothedarnpastehtml, (IMarkupPointer*, IMarkupPointer*, HGLOBAL )); shell/lib/util.cpp:// _SHPrettyMenu -- make this menu look darn purty shell/comctl32/cutils.c:// Don't freak out about this code. It will do nothing on NT, nothing yet inet/mshtml/src/site/text/linesrv.cxx:// None of the restrictions apply, lets blast the sucker to the screen!
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"When Apple rips off features from Windows XP (fast user switching, video chat, disk encryption, save window with places on left), it's "innovating". When Microsoft invents these features, it's "copying"."
And you know why? Because Apple does it better.
"Can Your Car Get 1,700 MPG?"
Well no, but I'm sure it could get 1,300 AVI, at least!
Oh. It turns out the site http://www.apple.com/ipod/bmw/ uses a popup window, so turn off popup blocking before loading it. :-/
Well, it seems like www.ipodyourbmw.com is just a register.com parked page right now... And www.bmwusa.com/ipod/ is just an empty BMW page with a broken image. What's up with that?
Check this page out:
http://www.museekster.com/allofmp3faq.htm
I recommend Revolution. It's similar to HyperCard and uses a very english-like programming language called Transcript. Works on Windows, Mac OS 9/X, Linux, BSD, etc... :D
http://www.runrev.com/
There are too many clueless users out there, who have no idea of what they are doing.
:-)
Okay, fair enough. Then instead of displaying a dialog box, let's disable the URL schemes completely until the first launch of the app.
This exploit works equally good, or even better, with ordinary zip files. Safari auto-expands these on-the-fly, so it's much faster than mounting a disk image. You can also use .sit or .hqx or whatever; the important thing is that LaunchServices registers the application.
This is how I think Apple could solve this:
When an application first is detected, all its URL schemes is un-flagged. The first time the user launches that app, they get flagged, and can be used freely.
If the user (or the exploit!) tries to use these URL schemes before they're flagged, a dialog appears, requesting the user to accept the launch before opening the URL.
HFS+ has been around since OS 8.5 (?? somewhere in OS 8).
Yeah, it has been available since 8.1.
Please enlighten me... Would this make it possible for MS to get a patent on office suites?
I don't think Steve Jobs hated HyperCard at all. In fact, HC was originally created by Bill Atkinson, who was a good friend of Steve. I think the reason Apple dumped HyperCard was the same as with the Newton. They simply had to prioritize more important things, such as the iMac.
How do you measure the speed of a computer?
Is a 3 GHz P4 with 4 MB RAM faster than a 1.6 GHz G5 with 16 GB RAM? Not likely. So it's not [only] the clock frequency of the CPU that matters.
A fast computer is, IMHO, one which allows me to perform a certain task in a short time. Think about it - isn't this what _really_ matters? Can I write my essays in a shorter time on a 2 GHz G5 than an old iMac? Not really.
Comparing Macs and Windows machines, I'd say Macs have always been faster, and will likely be for quite some time. Since the G5 is the fastest Mac, I'd say it's the fastest computer.
My two cents.
I believe you can hold down the Shift key while logging in to skip autostart items. Have fun ;-)
I can use my iPod for music piracy... I can have my iPod in my pocket... Will there be an extra tax on jeans too?
A cool use of the Bluetooth could be to share your music. Imagine wirelessly listening to other iPod users' songs... It would automatically detect other iPods within the range and present them on with a menu on the display. Kinda like iTunes but way more cool.
Just set up a poll on Slashdot! I think one would have to leave out the CowboyNeal option though.
"dynamic PHP script"
I prefer static PHP scripts, thank you.
Toward? It's spelled 'Torvalds' you insensitive clods... ;)
1. open System Preferences's Software Update Control Panel
:)
2. hit the CHECK NOW button
3. hit the INSTALL button
4. wait for Mac OS to download, install, and optimize the updates
Actually, Panther has Software Update right in the Apple menu, so it's only three steps.
I want my slashdot account id as my phone number, of course! :)
Here's some goodies I found in the code: (yes, they're real)
// Some ugly shit goin' on here! // wow, this sucks. // This interface sucks. // Hey! This sucks dude. User said no (or we couldn't increase the cache). // Here ends the suck // BUGBUG -- Win95 sucks. Close the socket and try againn e DDF_BITMAP 0x00040000l /* Display driver sucks! */ // this manually sometimes because GDI sucks the big wazoo.: printf("Ha! There is no verbose mode, sucker. Try again\n"); // "HTTP/1.0 302 Try again, sucker\r\n" // things suck in some more text. // If we have a fancy error message, hide ugly message // This code is added for bug 188 and the code is ugly !! :) // Gotcha. Got a previously cached sucker // but sucks egss for values. // Don't show a preview if we can't draw the damn thing! //- I'll be the first person to admit that this is an ugly solution, but // None of the restrictions apply, lets blast the sucker to the screen!
shell/win16/commctrl/ctl3d.c:
inet/controls/framewrk/ctlview.cpp:
inet/mshtml/src/site/text/linesrv.hxx:// basically an oversized v-table. C sucks.
inet/urlmon/search/b4hook.cxx:// SUPER HACK FUNCTION because InternetCrackUrl sucks.
shell/browseui/iaccess.cpp:
shell/ext/webcheck/throttle.cpp:
shell/ext/cscui/dll/filelist.h:// fnl.AddFile(TEXT("\\\\performance\\poor"), TEXT("sucks.doc"));
shell/ext/ftp/priv.h: extracted in such a way that we hit the net. This figgen sucks!!!
shell/ext/msident/multiusr.cpp:
shell/ext/msnspa/proxy.c:
windows/media/avi/drawdib/drawdibi.h:#defi
windows/media/avi/mciwnd/mciwnd.c:
inet/wininet/ftp/test/multfind/multfind.c
inet/wininet/http/headers.cxx:
ntos/w32/ntcon/server/output.c: * ICK!!!!!! Convert to chars. This sucks. We know
inet/mshtml/src/site/text/lscomplx.cxx:
windows/shell/shole/shole.c:
shell/ext/docprop/propdlg.c:
inet/mshtml/src/site/text/onerun.cxx:
inet/mshtml/tried/triedit/lexer.cpp:
windows/media/avi/compman/icm.c:
sdktools/vctools/rcdll/p0io.c:
NV_DECLARE_TEAROFF_METHOD( DoTheDarnPasteHTML, dothedarnpastehtml, (IMarkupPointer*, IMarkupPointer*, HGLOBAL ));
shell/lib/util.cpp:// _SHPrettyMenu -- make this menu look darn purty
shell/comctl32/cutils.c:// Don't freak out about this code. It will do nothing on NT, nothing yet
inet/mshtml/src/site/text/linesrv.cxx:
Wow, being able to search for wedding photos! ;-)
OK, that's it - I'm switching to Longhorn!
"(maps anyone?)," That's the last thing I'd want a BSOD on.
Call be dumb, but this looks like a PDA to me. There's already gadgets out there that can play videos and mp3s, etc, no?
It wouldn't fit in his garage.