The BILD (Europe's most-read tabloid; printed in Germany; notable for being everything a newspaper/magazine shouldn't be) has been doing this for months. You snap a photo, send it to their number and maybe get a couple hundred Euros for it. Of course they get all rights and if the photo happens to violate someone's privacy (which is exactly what they intend) they kick out some intern who "was supposed to" make sure that everything is okay with the photo.
Of course this asshattery has immediately caught on with tabloids and even reputable magazines around the world. This is just the next step.
If security is really the issue, shouldn't they remove IE altogether?
That's hardly possible; lots of programs rely on MSHTML.
But how about geting rid of Trident and building an entirely new, clean HTML engine? Or maybe port Tasman to Windows; IE/Mac was always superior to IE/Win.
You're kidding, right? You know what people want? They want a beautiful-as-hell UI, which is what OS X comes with. I mean, Aqua is so damn good it made me my morning coffee today. And I'm not talking about regular coffee; Apple has made a deal with Sun and now they ship their own flavor of Java, which is like, all integrated and stuff. That makes for some damn fucking good coffee. It even _looks_ better than regular coffee.
You know what people want? They want Adobe Photo-fucking-shop. They want Quark Goddamn Express. World of Motherfucking Warcraft. That's the shit they crave and that's what OS X is fucking filled to the brim with. I mean, it's so damn good I developed Tourette Fucking Syndrome just thinking about using something else. It's like REAL ultimate power, just with less stabbing and more damn eye-candy.
PS: As for the superior speed: I just ran a benchmark and the dual 3 GHz Xeon Mac Pro ran circles around the Unix system I compared it with (a Sun Blade 150 workstation), thus OS X must be the most efficient operating system in existence. qed.
True. Webcomics are one of my hobbies (I follow about 35 of them) and one thing I'd really like to do if I had the money is to go to a major convention like the San Diego Comic-Con and meet some of the persons who supply me with my daily dose of fun in person. But then again that'd mean that I'd have to subject myself to things like American border controls, the TSA and the screwy American legal system. I've been to the States a couple times in the last few years (family visits) and I got increasingly uncomfortable with the way I was treated at the border, just like I get increasingly uncomfortable with the thought of entering the USA. Honestly, I'm starting to have less faith in the USA than in countries like Turkey.
I hope that in the future the States get their act together and strive to deserve the moniker "land of the free" again. Currently they don't.
How can these laws pass at all? So, is it a matter of time before they pass a law against some religion, and invade alternative of Poland?
Dear Mr. Slidersy,
I understand your question so that there are people in Canada who wish that we mobilize the building workers of the USA to build a wall. I am not aware of such an intention. The building workers of our country are mainly busy with house building and their manpower is fully used for that. No one has any intention of building a wall.
Well, Linux does have one advantage: Random decay usually only happens during upgrades and is easily tracable. It doesn't take long to figure out which package is broken.
On Windows boxen that see a lot of (ab)use such decay also occurs when no obvious modifications were done to the system - and it's not always easy to tell what's causing the problems. Indeed even some gamers who do know how to fix obscure problems within the OS tend to reinstall their system every couple months to get rid of undiagnosable prolems or slowdowns.
Neither Windows nor Linux make it easy to fix the strange problems that prop up over time but Linux makes it easier (and in some cases just possible) to isolate and diagnose them.
By the way, installing new devices is not a problem with Windows, but sometimes it's a PITA to talk it into letting go of an old driver. It got better with XP, but still changing the graphics card can be a bit of a pain.
* Wild Level: None
* Number of Infections: 0 - 1
* Number of Sites: 0 - 1
* Geographical Distribution: Where the author lives
* Threat Containment: Don't ask the author to give you a copy
* Removal: Delete the infected directory, feel cool because you got to try out a proof-of-concept Mac virus
Damage
* Damage Level: Low
* Modifies Files: Appends itself to files in the current directory on the compromised computer.
Distribution
* Distribution Level: One (1) computer, given that the author hasn't deleted it
Threat Assesment
Wild
* Wild Level: None
* Number of Infections: 0 - 1
* Number of Sites: 0 - 1
* Geographical Distribution: Where the author lives
* Threat Containment: Don't ask the author to give you a copy
* Removal: Delete the infected directory, feel cool because you got to try out a proof-of-concept Mac virus
Damage
* Damage Level: Low
* Modifies Files: Appends itself to files in the current directory on the compromised computer.
Distribution
* Distribution Level: One (1) computer, given that the author hasn't deleted it
The wording implies that the virus itself was written by "AV vendor Symantec," where I'm bloody sure that the intent was to say that the report was by Symantec.
Actually, I think the virus was entitled OSX.Macarena by Symantec. It's amazing how you can put three meanings in one sentence.
AMD64 is a very cool-as-in-temperature architecture (and quite cool-as-in-nifty, too). My X2 runs cooler on full load than my last 32bit Athlon did while idling. Actually, I can even let the computer run with the water cooling system's pump switched off without risking stability problems. Heck, if they make the low-consumption X2s/C2Ds a bit cooler we might get back to passively cooled CPUs!
Once the FFII has finally won and Europe is rid of software patents the phrase "bork bork patents bork" will be struck from the legal understanding of the EULA.
New in stores: The AMD Fusion. Five cores give you the best performance possible and when you flip the die there's a single core for precision calculations. Best used with AMD Series Cooling Gel.
SDL comes close, but it's still not entirely the catch-all that DX is - although there are lots of addon libraries like SDL-net etc. Still, DX is guaranteed to be available on every Windows system while SDL-net isn't. We're getting there, but SDL isn't nearly as visible (and a bit less comfortable) as DirectX. Maybe we should advertise SDL more aggressively.
Also, of course, D3D tends to be a bit ahead of OpenGL.
Quite true. I'm waiting for the term being replaced with "Web Office Suite",
with "Web Database" and
with "Noninteractive Web Spreadsheet". The stuff will be built by Web Development Engineers, Web Style Engineers and Web Hosting Engineers. People access these appall-- amazing new features through their Web BIOS (formerly known as a browser).
I remember hearing about some guys named Brian and Dennis and uh I forget the third guy's name - it was back in the 60's - trying to write an operating system based on the idea that each part should do one distinct thing, and do it well. I don't know if anything ever came of it, but I thought that it sounded like a good idea.
Well, Brian and Dennis went on to write a book. Obviously their OS idea didn't play out.
Over here in Germany the politicians are talking about getting rid of DST entirely as the amount of energy saved is so miniscule that the amount of work spent adjusting the time (and one's sleeping cycle) twice a year is hardly worth it. Interestingly, it's mostly the younger people who want to keep DST.
Firstly, those who wouldn't accept any other computer because it'd break their aura of style. They are usually gay and make their money with Photoshop or Quark Express.
Secondly, the geeks who buy a Mac because it comes with what they describe as a "very sexy Unix". They profit from the Mac breaking their aura of anti-style; owning a Mac sends out a message to normal people saying: "Hey! This guy at least has some sense of style - with some work he might even move out of his mother's basement!" Long-time Mac-owning geeks can be distinguished from recent Mac buyers by the fact that sexuality is present.
An easy way to distinguish between gay graphic designers and Apple geeks (apart from the obvious differences in trendiness) is to ask them about things like "resource bundles", "data forks", "Cocoa" or "xnu". If they start spewing technobabble you can rest assured that you're talking to a geek.
As for me, I still have to find yellow sunglasses that go well with duct tape.
It's true! I've been a Windows power user for years - no relationship with the other sex whatsoever. Then I switched to Linux - still no dice. About two years ago I bought an iBook and now I have a girlfriend.
Only 450 dollars. That's pretty close to the price of a Mac mini, which comes with features such as being a full-featured personal computer. I mean, seriously. Four hundred fifty fscking dollars. If I actually paid for Microsoft products that'd be a price I'd be pretty upset over.
In most areas. What's lacking is a DirectX equivalent to woo over the game developers. Coincidentally, that's the only reason why I keep a native install of WinXP around, which is soon becoming obsolete thanks to DirectX 10 being Vista exclusive.
The trick lies in liquidating the officer instead of the gun. Unfortunately, though, it tends to attract other officers who want to liquidate you instead.
Even worse, I have the tendency to park the pointer in aesthetically pleasing locations, where "aesthetically pleasing" depends on which app I'm using, which apps are open, which OS I'm, working with and my current mood. Also, I don't always do this. Thus, occasionally I make mouse movements completely devoid of anything the computer should care about. A clickless interface would go nuts over me (and vice versa).
Also, I already have enough trouble with menus disappearing on me when I moved the mouse a little too fast and accidentally brushed the wrong submenu - and I can't imagine I'm the only person who makes fast mouse movements when in a hurry. Having an entire interface like that would make hectic working even more hectic as you'd spend even more time redoing stuff because the interface misinterpreted your wild mouse gestures.
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The BILD (Europe's most-read tabloid; printed in Germany; notable for being everything a newspaper/magazine shouldn't be) has been doing this for months. You snap a photo, send it to their number and maybe get a couple hundred Euros for it. Of course they get all rights and if the photo happens to violate someone's privacy (which is exactly what they intend) they kick out some intern who "was supposed to" make sure that everything is okay with the photo.
Of course this asshattery has immediately caught on with tabloids and even reputable magazines around the world. This is just the next step.
If security is really the issue, shouldn't they remove IE altogether?
That's hardly possible; lots of programs rely on MSHTML.
But how about geting rid of Trident and building an entirely new, clean HTML engine? Or maybe port Tasman to Windows; IE/Mac was always superior to IE/Win.
You're kidding, right? You know what people want? They want a beautiful-as-hell UI, which is what OS X comes with. I mean, Aqua is so damn good it made me my morning coffee today. And I'm not talking about regular coffee; Apple has made a deal with Sun and now they ship their own flavor of Java, which is like, all integrated and stuff. That makes for some damn fucking good coffee. It even _looks_ better than regular coffee.
You know what people want? They want Adobe Photo-fucking-shop. They want Quark Goddamn Express. World of Motherfucking Warcraft. That's the shit they crave and that's what OS X is fucking filled to the brim with. I mean, it's so damn good I developed Tourette Fucking Syndrome just thinking about using something else. It's like REAL ultimate power, just with less stabbing and more damn eye-candy.
PS: As for the superior speed: I just ran a benchmark and the dual 3 GHz Xeon Mac Pro ran circles around the Unix system I compared it with (a Sun Blade 150 workstation), thus OS X must be the most efficient operating system in existence. qed.
True. Webcomics are one of my hobbies (I follow about 35 of them) and one thing I'd really like to do if I had the money is to go to a major convention like the San Diego Comic-Con and meet some of the persons who supply me with my daily dose of fun in person. But then again that'd mean that I'd have to subject myself to things like American border controls, the TSA and the screwy American legal system. I've been to the States a couple times in the last few years (family visits) and I got increasingly uncomfortable with the way I was treated at the border, just like I get increasingly uncomfortable with the thought of entering the USA. Honestly, I'm starting to have less faith in the USA than in countries like Turkey.
I hope that in the future the States get their act together and strive to deserve the moniker "land of the free" again. Currently they don't.
How can these laws pass at all? So, is it a matter of time before they pass a law against some religion, and invade alternative of Poland?
Dear Mr. Slidersy,
I understand your question so that there are people in Canada who wish that we mobilize the building workers of the USA to build a wall. I am not aware of such an intention. The building workers of our country are mainly busy with house building and their manpower is fully used for that. No one has any intention of building a wall.
Sincerely,
George Walker Bush
Well, Linux does have one advantage: Random decay usually only happens during upgrades and is easily tracable. It doesn't take long to figure out which package is broken.
On Windows boxen that see a lot of (ab)use such decay also occurs when no obvious modifications were done to the system - and it's not always easy to tell what's causing the problems. Indeed even some gamers who do know how to fix obscure problems within the OS tend to reinstall their system every couple months to get rid of undiagnosable prolems or slowdowns.
Neither Windows nor Linux make it easy to fix the strange problems that prop up over time but Linux makes it easier (and in some cases just possible) to isolate and diagnose them.
By the way, installing new devices is not a problem with Windows, but sometimes it's a PITA to talk it into letting go of an old driver. It got better with XP, but still changing the graphics card can be a bit of a pain.
The wording implies that the virus itself was written by "AV vendor Symantec," where I'm bloody sure that the intent was to say that the report was by Symantec.
Actually, I think the virus was entitled OSX.Macarena by Symantec. It's amazing how you can put three meanings in one sentence.
Note that in the Windows world "the shell" is either the GUI or any kernel interface. The Windows word for "shell" is "command line".
I think that will soon be available as an upgrade. The XBox played DVDs, the XBox 360 cooks eggs.
AMD64 is a very cool-as-in-temperature architecture (and quite cool-as-in-nifty, too). My X2 runs cooler on full load than my last 32bit Athlon did while idling. Actually, I can even let the computer run with the water cooling system's pump switched off without risking stability problems. Heck, if they make the low-consumption X2s/C2Ds a bit cooler we might get back to passively cooled CPUs!
Once the FFII has finally won and Europe is rid of software patents the phrase "bork bork patents bork" will be struck from the legal understanding of the EULA.
New in stores: The AMD Fusion. Five cores give you the best performance possible and when you flip the die there's a single core for precision calculations. Best used with AMD Series Cooling Gel.
SDL comes close, but it's still not entirely the catch-all that DX is - although there are lots of addon libraries like SDL-net etc. Still, DX is guaranteed to be available on every Windows system while SDL-net isn't. We're getting there, but SDL isn't nearly as visible (and a bit less comfortable) as DirectX. Maybe we should advertise SDL more aggressively.
Also, of course, D3D tends to be a bit ahead of OpenGL.
Quite true. I'm waiting for the term being replaced with "Web Office Suite", with "Web Database" and with "Noninteractive Web Spreadsheet". The stuff will be built by Web Development Engineers, Web Style Engineers and Web Hosting Engineers. People access these appall-- amazing new features through their Web BIOS (formerly known as a browser).
It'll be so innovative it hurts.
I remember hearing about some guys named Brian and Dennis and uh I forget the third guy's name - it was back in the 60's - trying to write an operating system based on the idea that each part should do one distinct thing, and do it well. I don't know if anything ever came of it, but I thought that it sounded like a good idea.
Well, Brian and Dennis went on to write a book. Obviously their OS idea didn't play out.
Over here in Germany the politicians are talking about getting rid of DST entirely as the amount of energy saved is so miniscule that the amount of work spent adjusting the time (and one's sleeping cycle) twice a year is hardly worth it. Interestingly, it's mostly the younger people who want to keep DST.
Ah, so they finally ported Gentoo to humans?
Well, there are two kinds of people who buy Macs:
Firstly, those who wouldn't accept any other computer because it'd break their aura of style. They are usually gay and make their money with Photoshop or Quark Express.
Secondly, the geeks who buy a Mac because it comes with what they describe as a "very sexy Unix". They profit from the Mac breaking their aura of anti-style; owning a Mac sends out a message to normal people saying: "Hey! This guy at least has some sense of style - with some work he might even move out of his mother's basement!" Long-time Mac-owning geeks can be distinguished from recent Mac buyers by the fact that sexuality is present.
An easy way to distinguish between gay graphic designers and Apple geeks (apart from the obvious differences in trendiness) is to ask them about things like "resource bundles", "data forks", "Cocoa" or "xnu". If they start spewing technobabble you can rest assured that you're talking to a geek.
As for me, I still have to find yellow sunglasses that go well with duct tape.
It's true! I've been a Windows power user for years - no relationship with the other sex whatsoever. Then I switched to Linux - still no dice. About two years ago I bought an iBook and now I have a girlfriend.
OS X. It just works.
Only 450 dollars. That's pretty close to the price of a Mac mini, which comes with features such as being a full-featured personal computer. I mean, seriously. Four hundred fifty fscking dollars. If I actually paid for Microsoft products that'd be a price I'd be pretty upset over.
In most areas. What's lacking is a DirectX equivalent to woo over the game developers. Coincidentally, that's the only reason why I keep a native install of WinXP around, which is soon becoming obsolete thanks to DirectX 10 being Vista exclusive.
I really ought to get myself a Wii...
The trick lies in liquidating the officer instead of the gun. Unfortunately, though, it tends to attract other officers who want to liquidate you instead.
Even worse, I have the tendency to park the pointer in aesthetically pleasing locations, where "aesthetically pleasing" depends on which app I'm using, which apps are open, which OS I'm, working with and my current mood. Also, I don't always do this. Thus, occasionally I make mouse movements completely devoid of anything the computer should care about. A clickless interface would go nuts over me (and vice versa).
Also, I already have enough trouble with menus disappearing on me when I moved the mouse a little too fast and accidentally brushed the wrong submenu - and I can't imagine I'm the only person who makes fast mouse movements when in a hurry. Having an entire interface like that would make hectic working even more hectic as you'd spend even more time redoing stuff because the interface misinterpreted your wild mouse gestures.