Now they need to make 'em edible, so that I can easily and REALLY securely get rid of all that kiddy pr0-err, MP3s that I have on my computer...:::looks around hastily, then runs away:::
I needed a digital camera. Santa's going to be visiting a tad earlier this year.
To tell you the truth, a reusable digital camera is just begging to be hacked. Why these companies are putting them out at all is beyond me, because the analog film quality is so much better.
This guy does bring up a valid point, that Macs aren't bulletproof (leave the Xbox to that), but the writer's article basically is conveying one message.
Despite the fact that Windows is releasing patches on a monthly basis and that its operating system has been riddled with viruses for the second half of the year, Apple's first major flaw in an operating system is enough of a problem to go over all of them.
Now, I would like to point out that I am not an expert in Windows, but the situation hasn't exactly been rosy. Blaster and SoBig being two examples of note, there are still problems that pop up on almost a weekly basis. Its gotten so bad that Microsoft has been dishing out patches like candy on Halloween and Easter all in one, and now its to the point where for people's conveinence they're plugging the holes in their product once a month.
Meanwhile, there have been minor security flaws in OS X, like a screensaver problem, but nothing too major. There have been, I think, 2 security patches since Panther's release. However, Panther is brand new, all of two months old. Let us take the shrink wrap off before you try and tear our operating system to pieces.
In retrospect, just 9 articles below this one on/., there was an article on an IE exploit. Or should I say, another one.
SO, let's give credit where credit is due. Mac OS X isn't a brick wall, and I (myself) have never argued that it was. However, it isn't a slice of swiss cheese like Windows XP seems to be.
Oh, and while we're at it, OS X is more elegant, user-friendly, aesthetic, stable, and fun to use than Windows XP.:P
Don't corporations own enough without owning random bits on some LaCie hard drive somewhere? Information is universal and it should be free. End of story.
There have most likely been refinements to the engine. I mean, Newton was far from perfect in terms of handwriting recognition. It was great, but like everything, it wasn't perfect. Apple could've easily pumped a hundred thousand dollars into it and make it kick ass.
Not to mention that if they DO come out with a tablet, it's going to have the hand recog improved as much as possible.
Apple's bound to make a tablet eventually. If the market demands it, it'll definitely happen, and the current tablets on the market suck. Apple's got the Newton tech for handwriting recog, as well as Inkwell, the most underused feature in OS X...now, all you have to add is a touch sensitive screen and BINGO.
Impressive. Is it possible for OLEDs to have an off value so that they are transparent? That would be most useful in using things like HUDs in airplane helmets and such.
I'm reading a book on quantum dots. It's really cool. Haven't heard them mention light emission other than a byproduct of the dot, but rather as changing physical matter. It's really weird, but so very cool. Here's the Amazon link.
Spam is totally out of control. Even if laws were made to counter spam, they wouldn't be enforcable because they aren't tracable.
However, something must be done. They cause huge problems for users, who must sift through penis enlargement and get 7 billion trillion buckets of ice cream licking stamps to get to the actual email they read (my personal inbox consists of over 300 pieces of spam a day, with as little as 3 or 4 emails I care about). They also create huge problems for mail providers, especially ones for smaller ISPs, who have ALL that traffic. It probably destabilizes the entire internet as whole.
It'd be interesting how much bandwidth spam email takes up over the course of a day.
BusinessWeek alerted me to a good idea for how to eliminate some spam. Using a similar technique as web forums and such that have those cool randomly generated number images, email systems could require that a user enter a number to send an email. It'd reduce the amount of auto-gen spam by a huge number while still not being too much of an irritant to users.
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Now they need to make 'em edible, so that I can easily and REALLY securely get rid of all that kiddy pr0-err, MP3s that I have on my computer...:::looks around hastily, then runs away:::
J00 f4gs!!!
But seriously, VMWare has a kick-ass piece of software. Here's to hoping that it doesn't start to suck.
What's "FNARS" anyway? Sounds like underwater diving equipment.
This is definitely going to help rebuild relations between Spain and Morocco. Of course, I want the whole thing to be Wi-Fi, but thats just me. ~_^
I needed a digital camera. Santa's going to be visiting a tad earlier this year. To tell you the truth, a reusable digital camera is just begging to be hacked. Why these companies are putting them out at all is beyond me, because the analog film quality is so much better.
Despite the fact that Windows is releasing patches on a monthly basis and that its operating system has been riddled with viruses for the second half of the year, Apple's first major flaw in an operating system is enough of a problem to go over all of them.
Now, I would like to point out that I am not an expert in Windows, but the situation hasn't exactly been rosy. Blaster and SoBig being two examples of note, there are still problems that pop up on almost a weekly basis. Its gotten so bad that Microsoft has been dishing out patches like candy on Halloween and Easter all in one, and now its to the point where for people's conveinence they're plugging the holes in their product once a month.
Meanwhile, there have been minor security flaws in OS X, like a screensaver problem, but nothing too major. There have been, I think, 2 security patches since Panther's release. However, Panther is brand new, all of two months old. Let us take the shrink wrap off before you try and tear our operating system to pieces.
In retrospect, just 9 articles below this one on /., there was an article on an IE exploit. Or should I say, another one.
SO, let's give credit where credit is due. Mac OS X isn't a brick wall, and I (myself) have never argued that it was. However, it isn't a slice of swiss cheese like Windows XP seems to be.
Oh, and while we're at it, OS X is more elegant, user-friendly, aesthetic, stable, and fun to use than Windows XP. :P
There are people in Utah? Maybe that's how they got so far with the Wi-Fi...
Soo......what does this mean? RSA-576 sounds like the name of a fighter plane.
Excellent. These have been a long time in coming. I'm more curious, though, on burning quality. How good is the picture?
Bet those passengers were scared out of their pants. With it flying that fast, I'd be...if the thing derailed, you'd be really screwed.
Man...go AC or something before you go and make yourself look like an ass like that. Tha's not coo', j0.
Don't corporations own enough without owning random bits on some LaCie hard drive somewhere? Information is universal and it should be free. End of story.
There have most likely been refinements to the engine. I mean, Newton was far from perfect in terms of handwriting recognition. It was great, but like everything, it wasn't perfect. Apple could've easily pumped a hundred thousand dollars into it and make it kick ass. Not to mention that if they DO come out with a tablet, it's going to have the hand recog improved as much as possible.
Apple's bound to make a tablet eventually. If the market demands it, it'll definitely happen, and the current tablets on the market suck. Apple's got the Newton tech for handwriting recog, as well as Inkwell, the most underused feature in OS X...now, all you have to add is a touch sensitive screen and BINGO.
Impressive. Is it possible for OLEDs to have an off value so that they are transparent? That would be most useful in using things like HUDs in airplane helmets and such.
I'm reading a book on quantum dots. It's really cool. Haven't heard them mention light emission other than a byproduct of the dot, but rather as changing physical matter. It's really weird, but so very cool. Here's the Amazon link.
Of course we'll still be bitching. We're American.
Until the average blue-collar worker in this country cannot afford a 62" Plasma TV, the prices of displays are too high.
We need some technology that makes it all CHEAP. Because I spent over $1,000 on a 20" LCD, and although its a kick-ass monitor, its still too pricey.
I thought I'd be the first one with a Contact joke. Seems I'm one of the last.
And about time, too. Too many rainy-day stories about e-voting.
We should all rise up and sue the MPAA for cutting off our distrubution of movies on BitTorrent. :P
Spam is totally out of control. Even if laws were made to counter spam, they wouldn't be enforcable because they aren't tracable. However, something must be done. They cause huge problems for users, who must sift through penis enlargement and get 7 billion trillion buckets of ice cream licking stamps to get to the actual email they read (my personal inbox consists of over 300 pieces of spam a day, with as little as 3 or 4 emails I care about). They also create huge problems for mail providers, especially ones for smaller ISPs, who have ALL that traffic. It probably destabilizes the entire internet as whole. It'd be interesting how much bandwidth spam email takes up over the course of a day. BusinessWeek alerted me to a good idea for how to eliminate some spam. Using a similar technique as web forums and such that have those cool randomly generated number images, email systems could require that a user enter a number to send an email. It'd reduce the amount of auto-gen spam by a huge number while still not being too much of an irritant to users.
If they don't do it right on the first try, e-voting won't ever take off.
Can't M$ just leave Apple's limited marketshare where it is? :::sigh:::