They should do more to keep it from happening in the first place. Seriously, there's a new breach at some major corporation or government office every other week or so. It's ridiculous.
Maybe it's just because I work with pro audio, and have to rearrange equipment or move things from place to place every so often...I guess you're probably right, with a network, it's not like it's getting changed around too frequently.
According to Quantum theory anyway, you cannot help but change something like the resulting wave form simply by observing it, and you NEED to observe it in order to change it into an encrypted form, and then again in order to apply the unencryption key.
Just to humor this ridiculous suggestion that encryption changes the waveform...I'd like to make two points:
1. Quantum theory only applies to things on the quantum level. Audible waveforms are significantly larger than that.
2. It doesn't take a double blind test or any of that hoo-ha to tell that the recordings are the same. Do what you said, take two mp3's, and run one through a PGP encryption algorithm. Then reverse the phase of one of the recordings, and mix them together (surely, if you have 17 years experience, you'll know how to do that). Do they completely cancel each other out? That's because they're exactly the same...magic ears or not.
I've never had any problems opening documents from newer versions of Word. To the best of my knowledge, they haven't changed the file spec at all since 97.
It's not about "advancement", it's about balance coming back to a market that Microsoft is seem to dominate (inevitably).
I would really love to see some other office suite take a majority share. I've been using Office97 since, well, 1997, mostly because I don't care enough about my office suite to purchase an upgrade. I _could_ use OpenOffice, but really, most of my use for an office suite is to open my colleagues' files, and OpenOffice doesn't open.doc files perfectly. It's close, but it's really not close enough. That said, I would *really* like to be able to use a product like OpenOffice...
I'll just refer you to the nintey hojillion 'would you rather have some google or no google' posts.
I would rather not live in a society where the government controls my access to information. If you want to create a censored version of Wikipedia, have at it, but I applaud Jimmy Wales for refusing to do so.
Thirdly, if you honestly think that it's lack of a really good search engine that'll be the last straw that incites the Chinese to rise up and revolt, I don't even know what to say. Get outside more, I guess, would be a start.
Your points may all be true, but it doesn't make it right to help a government censor information.
Those folk in China are really experiencing the gift of freedom of information right now, aren't they? We're so uptight about upholding an ideal that they get *nothing*.
And hopefully that *nothing* will help to spur social change for the Chinese, rather than putting a bandage over the problem by allowing censored content.
It seems like "reasonably easy" in-part because of the prevalence of Windows, IMO.
I've developed apps on both OSX and Windows, and I've crashed OSX a number of times. It may be possible to properly sandbox a development environment, but it's definitely not built into OSX by default.
At the 3 software development companies I've worked at in the last year, all XP stations, crash frequently. This isn't specifically XP's fault, but the fault of the apps or specific needs of developers.
That's not really saying much...any developer can crash a computer reasonably easily...
You know I really hate that 90% argument, I mean for god's sake with all the nerd press that OSX gets you'd think if it was really that easy somebody somewhere would have written a simple self-propogating mac virus just for the street cred if nothing else. But the fact is it cannot be 'just as insecure' as Windows because it simply has not happened yet.
I don't know that I would say that the lack of security inherent in IE, Outlook, and Outlook Express are necessarily the best indicators of the security of an operating system. If a user uses Firefox and Thunderbird, and uses the built-in firewall in Windows, they're pretty unlikely to have a problem with any sort of self-propogating viruses.
Actually OSX is fundamentally more secure than XP by design. It has nothing to do with installed userbase. There would definitely be more attempts if more people used it though.
I suppose, but it's definitely not unhackable. People hack into Linux boxes all the time, and there's no striking fundamental difference between the architecture of OSX and the architecture of Linux. There's no such thing as an unhackable computer. The best you can get is to make it more difficult and/or costly than it's worth to hack...
I know you are trolling but why do you have a problem with more flexibility?
I'm not trolling, nor do I have a problem with more flexibility. I'm just trying to draw a parallel between two marketing strategies that have worked for Apple. I don't understand how that's trolling or flamebait. I like OSX. I have a Mac. I also have two Windows machines and a Linux Box. I have no problem at all with this particular marketing strategy...just because I mention it, doesn't mean that I do.
Now something like that has been brought to the Windows world. What is Microsoft's NTFS licensing policy like?
I'm not demonizing Apple or lionizing Microsoft. My point was merely that Apple often tries to find little things that their computers can do, often just because of licensing (not because of any intrinsic differences in their hardware), that Microsoft cannot, and capitalize on it. They also tend to overexaggerate the differences between the systems in their advertising campaigns.
Before an Apple fanboy mods this flambait like my first post, I'm not saying that's a bad thing!. It's a marketing strategy that has worked well for Apple in the past. I can't fault them for that. I like OSX and I like Windows and Linux too. I'm trying to draw a parellel between the marketing that was made possible by the open-license of FAT16 in the floppy disk era, and the marketing made possible by Apple computers running Windows now.
Of course, I suppose I should know better than to say anything even remotely critical of Apple in an Apple thread...
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They should do more to keep it from happening in the first place. Seriously, there's a new breach at some major corporation or government office every other week or so. It's ridiculous.
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Wierd Al was one of the first geeks in a sense. He had his own equipment and worked out of his parents basement.
That's true, Another one Rides the Bus was recorded in a bathroom...
That Segway bit cracked me up. I can't wait until this album comes out.
Velcro ties.
Yes, they do come in handy.
Maybe it's just because I work with pro audio, and have to rearrange equipment or move things from place to place every so often...I guess you're probably right, with a network, it's not like it's getting changed around too frequently.
The cabling might be incredibly neat and tidy, but when replacing one cable means cutting 50+ cable ties, isn't that going a bit overboard?
Plus, anything you can run of gasoline, with a little tweaking of the carbuerator, will run off of Whiskey.
Really? Where exactly do I find the carbuerator on my fuel-injected car?
And therefore on all levels, if you follow the principals of quantum mechanics to their logical conclusions.
Except that's not how the universe actually works. Hence the need for, theoretically, a "Grand Unified Theory".
I believe in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.
That doesn't change how things actually work.
According to Quantum theory anyway, you cannot help but change something like the resulting wave form simply by observing it, and you NEED to observe it in order to change it into an encrypted form, and then again in order to apply the unencryption key.
Just to humor this ridiculous suggestion that encryption changes the waveform...I'd like to make two points: 1. Quantum theory only applies to things on the quantum level. Audible waveforms are significantly larger than that. 2. It doesn't take a double blind test or any of that hoo-ha to tell that the recordings are the same. Do what you said, take two mp3's, and run one through a PGP encryption algorithm. Then reverse the phase of one of the recordings, and mix them together (surely, if you have 17 years experience, you'll know how to do that). Do they completely cancel each other out? That's because they're exactly the same...magic ears or not.
I've never had any problems opening documents from newer versions of Word. To the best of my knowledge, they haven't changed the file spec at all since 97.
Okay, somebody should mod *you* interesting too ;-)
I understand why many don't do it, nobody is doing it in a (hardware) DSP yet so software only playback eats CPU and battery.
Somebody should mod that "interesting". I've been wondering for years why there aren't any hardware players that support Flac or OGG.
It's not about "advancement", it's about balance coming back to a market that Microsoft is seem to dominate (inevitably).
.doc files perfectly. It's close, but it's really not close enough. That said, I would *really* like to be able to use a product like OpenOffice...
I would really love to see some other office suite take a majority share. I've been using Office97 since, well, 1997, mostly because I don't care enough about my office suite to purchase an upgrade. I _could_ use OpenOffice, but really, most of my use for an office suite is to open my colleagues' files, and OpenOffice doesn't open
I'll just refer you to the nintey hojillion 'would you rather have some google or no google' posts.
I would rather not live in a society where the government controls my access to information. If you want to create a censored version of Wikipedia, have at it, but I applaud Jimmy Wales for refusing to do so.
Thirdly, if you honestly think that it's lack of a really good search engine that'll be the last straw that incites the Chinese to rise up and revolt, I don't even know what to say. Get outside more, I guess, would be a start.
Your points may all be true, but it doesn't make it right to help a government censor information.
Those folk in China are really experiencing the gift of freedom of information right now, aren't they? We're so uptight about upholding an ideal that they get *nothing*.
And hopefully that *nothing* will help to spur social change for the Chinese, rather than putting a bandage over the problem by allowing censored content.
I think it is possible to *find* flux-free solder wire, but I don't think it's typically used for electronics. I'm hardly an expert, though.
I heard this on NPR today...I was wondering why they didn't say "Aging gene surpresses tumors"...
Does anyone have the list of the cities redesigned to accomodate the Segway?
I've seen the Chicago police on Segways, and there are some Segway-based tours of the city. Never been on one, though.
It seems like "reasonably easy" in-part because of the prevalence of Windows, IMO.
I've developed apps on both OSX and Windows, and I've crashed OSX a number of times. It may be possible to properly sandbox a development environment, but it's definitely not built into OSX by default.
At the 3 software development companies I've worked at in the last year, all XP stations, crash frequently. This isn't specifically XP's fault, but the fault of the apps or specific needs of developers.
That's not really saying much...any developer can crash a computer reasonably easily...
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You know I really hate that 90% argument, I mean for god's sake with all the nerd press that OSX gets you'd think if it was really that easy somebody somewhere would have written a simple self-propogating mac virus just for the street cred if nothing else. But the fact is it cannot be 'just as insecure' as Windows because it simply has not happened yet.
I don't know that I would say that the lack of security inherent in IE, Outlook, and Outlook Express are necessarily the best indicators of the security of an operating system. If a user uses Firefox and Thunderbird, and uses the built-in firewall in Windows, they're pretty unlikely to have a problem with any sort of self-propogating viruses.
Actually OSX is fundamentally more secure than XP by design. It has nothing to do with installed userbase. There would definitely be more attempts if more people used it though.
I suppose, but it's definitely not unhackable. People hack into Linux boxes all the time, and there's no striking fundamental difference between the architecture of OSX and the architecture of Linux. There's no such thing as an unhackable computer. The best you can get is to make it more difficult and/or costly than it's worth to hack...
I know you are trolling but why do you have a problem with more flexibility?
I'm not trolling, nor do I have a problem with more flexibility. I'm just trying to draw a parallel between two marketing strategies that have worked for Apple. I don't understand how that's trolling or flamebait. I like OSX. I have a Mac. I also have two Windows machines and a Linux Box. I have no problem at all with this particular marketing strategy...just because I mention it, doesn't mean that I do.
Now something like that has been brought to the Windows world. What is Microsoft's NTFS licensing policy like?
I'm not demonizing Apple or lionizing Microsoft. My point was merely that Apple often tries to find little things that their computers can do, often just because of licensing (not because of any intrinsic differences in their hardware), that Microsoft cannot, and capitalize on it. They also tend to overexaggerate the differences between the systems in their advertising campaigns.
Before an Apple fanboy mods this flambait like my first post, I'm not saying that's a bad thing!. It's a marketing strategy that has worked well for Apple in the past. I can't fault them for that. I like OSX and I like Windows and Linux too. I'm trying to draw a parellel between the marketing that was made possible by the open-license of FAT16 in the floppy disk era, and the marketing made possible by Apple computers running Windows now.
Of course, I suppose I should know better than to say anything even remotely critical of Apple in an Apple thread...