from tfa:
That application allows a hacker to decrypt the Nokia 1100's firmware, Becker said. Then, the firmware can be modified and information such as the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number can be changed as well as the IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) number, which allows a phone to register itself with an operator.
Uh... this ability is hardly unique to this device, I have a feeling there's something else they're not telling us.
You mean the best-in-class, not-trying-to-be-SLI GPU configuration that *right now* you have to log out and back in to change?
The "thing", platform really, that didn't officially exist until Apple announced them before NVidia did?
Its not like there's a major OS update in the works or anything...
I find it hard to take anyone seriously who is unable to tell the difference between AFS and AFP, or lacks the copyediting skills to catch their mistake.
(a) you don't *have* to apply udpates. the only way they've "forced" updates in the past is to use new features. eg: you bought a song from the iTMS after the udpate came out, you need the update to play it
(b) its not a proactive "we're going to brick these phones" maneuver, its a "hey, the update might not play nice with your modded phone" warning
(c) its like you modding your honda, and them releasing an update for the ECM that will perform better, but might not work if you patched your ECM
and
(d) to the "ZOMG WUT DO U MEAN INSTALLING SOFTWAREZ VOIDED MAI WARRANTEE??!?!?!??" folks, well, read the warranty. it did.
Contrary to what Slashdot headline and article writers would have you believe, this isn't that big of a deal people.
First of all, we have some nice, juicy, out of context quotes like this one: no MacOS X work has been done since 2003 when in fact the page linked to states: all engineering for OpenOffice.org Mac OS X has been focused on X11 graphics, that is, OpenOffice.org Mac OS X (X11).
Then, faithful Slashdot reader, we are informed that: there are no longer any plans for an Aqua version 'due to various licensing, political, and fundamental engineering difficulties'.:(
When in fact, although there will not be an official OOo in Aqua, there is this: For the last year and a half all engineering work focusing on a native Mac OS X OpenOffice.org version has been concentrated in the NeoOffice/J project, using a combination of Java and Carbon technologies to replace X11. So you can just use NeoOffice/J
So basically what we have are a group of developers not willing to take the time and effort to go headlong into learning a specific OS's nuances and tweaks, and majority reworking the code to run natively in OS X, but who will keep making an X11 version that keeps up with the other platforms, and there is a 2nd set of developers working that into a native port. Doesn't seem like the end of the world to me.
So have no fear, OOo is here to stay on OS X, and NeoOffice/J is here to work on a native port.
Hmm...Here at the house, I have a high speed network that connects several computers, mine and my rommates, that may be being used to transfer downloaded content, but who really knows?
Well, as much as the MPAA would probably love to come sniff around my network, they can shove it up their ass.
And here's to hoping I2 tells them the same thing.
i always learned it was e^(?i) + 1 = 0, becuase i comes after the real number whatever-you-call-it that accompanies it.
you aren't really multiplying i and ? as much as you are saying the imaginary number whose square is -(?^2)
or something like that...
In the Beginning...then there was Be, now what?
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In In The Beginning Was The Command Line, you spoke of Be's wonderous merging of user-friendlieness and a UNIX-lixe underpinning, the synergy of which made it a truly wonderful operating system.
When Be gave up the ghost, one of the fre innovators left in the OS market died, but at the same time Apple moved to its BSD-based OS X.
Do you think that OS X, with Aqua and apple's many consumer-friendly apps, in combination with the BSD-based Darwin is the present-day successful analoge to Be?
And just out of curiousity, since you had a BeBox at the time, what do you use now?
The Logitech IO pen uses a small camera and special paper with faint dots printed on it to record what you have written, then transfer them over bluetooth to your computer, phone, $DEVICE.
its slick in principle, but clunky, large, and uses expensive paper...
For a start, there are already plenty of competitors. One of the most interesting is a startup company called blinkx (www.blinkx.com), which offers a searchbar that integrates into Internet Explorer and can search your hard disk, the web, and even online video from sources such as the BBC...
...And anyway, sometime next spring (my guess) Apple users will have the fifth version of OSX, called "Tiger", which has an inbuilt search technology called "Spotlight"...
And these are things happening now. You're not going to have to wait until the year after next to do this.
so basically, other people have done it, are doing it, and microsoft has been like "we can't do this" for the last...10 years.
when I was growing up, ST:TNG was the only Trek on TV other than reruns of TOS.
It was great, I (and other fans) anticipated each week for a new episode, and it was always a good time.
Then DS9 came along, and it was OK, I mean, everyone knew TNG was ending, and most of us were bummed, we thought we'd have to wait till DS9's 7th season for another series.
But no, someone was like "oh, theres money here" and along comes Voyager (which I liked better than DS9, but most people didn't) and then a few years later, the shitpile they call Enterprise.
Now DS9 is over, as is Voyager (and what a shitty ending too), and we're stuck with this piece of shit Enterprise. As much as I'd like a new, quality, series, I think its time to shitcan it all, ditch the Romulan Wars, and let it ferment for a while, get people fired up again.
Plus, maybe we'll get some new talent next time instead of recycled Quantum Leap...
If you are an iPod owner already and unhappy about this policy, you are welcome to send feedback to Apple requesting that they change their interoperability policy.
erm, so I should complain to Apple that my iPod won't work with the MSN Music Store? Or any other store for that matter? My iPod works with my Mac and my friend's PCs, and both can run iTunes, which is better by a long shot than all the other stores, and on Linux? well, that's moot because its hard enough to get my iPod working, let alone some way to access the music stores...
yes, size doesn't matter online, but the popular kids still have more friends, and that means they can just as easily harass the outcasts via IM as they can in person
There's nothing like getting IM'd by a bunch of people who warn you as soon as you reply to them and then you're FUBAR for a couple days till the warning level drops back down
i hate to think of what may happen down the road, but there is little i can do to stop it.
if this is available in my area (i haven't read the article yet), i'd definitely sign up for it, as I'm usually a pretty decent driver, its worth it to me to save a few bucks every month...
now, if it knew where I was going, it might be a different story...
i have to say, in my few warranty dealings with apple, they've been great...
first, i killed my iPod, unplugged it too much without unmounting it...so I tried to reformat/restore the iPod software, no go. So I walk into the Apple store, and walk out in 10 minutes with a replacement. Well, the replacement was iffy, and the same actions killed it, so I go back. That time, they held it overnight to let it run its onboard diagnostic (I went ~1 hr before closing), and I went back the next day and got a replacement, even though the iPod didn't show any errors.
As far as phone support, the little plug for my powerbrick came unglued and was arcing inside, it smelled bad, and all that stuff. They had a hard time finding the right part number, so first they send my a power adapter, but it was only the brick, no cables, then a long cord, the finally a plug. The adapter I had to return, but they said just keep the cord, and it was really handy, so now I have a long cord for my powerbook and my iPod adapter...
as far as other companies, i have to admit I don't have any first hand experience, but Apple has been great to me...
Wolfgrid, the NCSU Community Supercomputer, is coming along nicely.
It is based on Apple's XGrid, and uses volunteers from the Mac community here at NCSU, as well as some of the lab macs, and soon we will hopefully have official Linux and Windows clients, maybe even Solaris, to run on more of the computers around campus.
There is even a really nice web interface that shows the active nodes and their status, as well as the aggregate power of the two clusters.
Its really nice, anyone who is part of the grid can just fire up the controller and submit a job, I am a part of the lower power grid since my TiBook is only a 667, but I was able to connect up and do the Mandelbrot Set thing that comes with XGrid at a level equal to around 7 or 8 GHz.
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So those who seek to profit from the platform Apple has built... will have to pay Apple for the privilege. Oh, the horror!
from tfa: That application allows a hacker to decrypt the Nokia 1100's firmware, Becker said. Then, the firmware can be modified and information such as the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number can be changed as well as the IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) number, which allows a phone to register itself with an operator.
Uh... this ability is hardly unique to this device, I have a feeling there's something else they're not telling us.
You mean the best-in-class, not-trying-to-be-SLI GPU configuration that *right now* you have to log out and back in to change? The "thing", platform really, that didn't officially exist until Apple announced them before NVidia did? Its not like there's a major OS update in the works or anything...
I find it hard to take anyone seriously who is unable to tell the difference between AFS and AFP, or lacks the copyediting skills to catch their mistake.
Sure, I can be compelled to provide the passphrase in court, but a dose of 256-bit AES keeps it on the down low to tools like this.
(a) you don't *have* to apply udpates. the only way they've "forced" updates in the past is to use new features. eg: you bought a song from the iTMS after the udpate came out, you need the update to play it (b) its not a proactive "we're going to brick these phones" maneuver, its a "hey, the update might not play nice with your modded phone" warning (c) its like you modding your honda, and them releasing an update for the ECM that will perform better, but might not work if you patched your ECM and (d) to the "ZOMG WUT DO U MEAN INSTALLING SOFTWAREZ VOIDED MAI WARRANTEE??!?!?!??" folks, well, read the warranty. it did.
First of all, we have some nice, juicy, out of context quotes like this one:
no MacOS X work has been done since 2003
when in fact the page linked to states:
all engineering for OpenOffice.org Mac OS X has been focused on X11 graphics, that is, OpenOffice.org Mac OS X (X11).
Then, faithful Slashdot reader, we are informed that: there are no longer any plans for an Aqua version 'due to various licensing, political, and fundamental engineering difficulties'. :(
When in fact, although there will not be an official OOo in Aqua, there is this:
For the last year and a half all engineering work focusing on a native Mac OS X OpenOffice.org version has been concentrated in the NeoOffice/J project, using a combination of Java and Carbon technologies to replace X11.
So you can just use NeoOffice/J
So basically what we have are a group of developers not willing to take the time and effort to go headlong into learning a specific OS's nuances and tweaks, and majority reworking the code to run natively in OS X, but who will keep making an X11 version that keeps up with the other platforms, and there is a 2nd set of developers working that into a native port. Doesn't seem like the end of the world to me.
So have no fear, OOo is here to stay on OS X, and NeoOffice/J is here to work on a native port.
Well, as much as the MPAA would probably love to come sniff around my network, they can shove it up their ass.
And here's to hoping I2 tells them the same thing.
because i sure as hell won't stink up my kitchen like that
you aren't really multiplying i and ? as much as you are saying the imaginary number whose square is -(?^2)
or something like that...
When Be gave up the ghost, one of the fre innovators left in the OS market died, but at the same time Apple moved to its BSD-based OS X.
Do you think that OS X, with Aqua and apple's many consumer-friendly apps, in combination with the BSD-based Darwin is the present-day successful analoge to Be?
And just out of curiousity, since you had a BeBox at the time, what do you use now?
um, no , it won't cost you.
if there is a landline to your house, and a plug, you can pick that up and dial 911 on it, and it will connect, its a FCC regulation, I believe.
thats what i get for not reading the article first :p
The Logitech IO pen uses a small camera and special paper with faint dots printed on it to record what you have written, then transfer them over bluetooth to your computer, phone, $DEVICE.
its slick in principle, but clunky, large, and uses expensive paper...
and this is news?
when I was growing up, ST:TNG was the only Trek on TV other than reruns of TOS.
It was great, I (and other fans) anticipated each week for a new episode, and it was always a good time.
Then DS9 came along, and it was OK, I mean, everyone knew TNG was ending, and most of us were bummed, we thought we'd have to wait till DS9's 7th season for another series.
But no, someone was like "oh, theres money here" and along comes Voyager (which I liked better than DS9, but most people didn't) and then a few years later, the shitpile they call Enterprise.
Now DS9 is over, as is Voyager (and what a shitty ending too), and we're stuck with this piece of shit Enterprise. As much as I'd like a new, quality, series, I think its time to shitcan it all, ditch the Romulan Wars, and let it ferment for a while, get people fired up again.
Plus, maybe we'll get some new talent next time instead of recycled Quantum Leap...
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erm, so I should complain to Apple that my iPod won't work with the MSN Music Store? Or any other store for that matter? My iPod works with my Mac and my friend's PCs, and both can run iTunes, which is better by a long shot than all the other stores, and on Linux? well, that's moot because its hard enough to get my iPod working, let alone some way to access the music stores...
I'll just stick to using my iPod with the iTMS
i didnt see it, i logged out and back in, didnt have to do any text ID
There's nothing like getting IM'd by a bunch of people who warn you as soon as you reply to them and then you're FUBAR for a couple days till the warning level drops back down
if this is available in my area (i haven't read the article yet), i'd definitely sign up for it, as I'm usually a pretty decent driver, its worth it to me to save a few bucks every month...
now, if it knew where I was going, it might be a different story...
i have to say, in my few warranty dealings with apple, they've been great... first, i killed my iPod, unplugged it too much without unmounting it...so I tried to reformat/restore the iPod software, no go. So I walk into the Apple store, and walk out in 10 minutes with a replacement. Well, the replacement was iffy, and the same actions killed it, so I go back. That time, they held it overnight to let it run its onboard diagnostic (I went ~1 hr before closing), and I went back the next day and got a replacement, even though the iPod didn't show any errors. As far as phone support, the little plug for my powerbrick came unglued and was arcing inside, it smelled bad, and all that stuff. They had a hard time finding the right part number, so first they send my a power adapter, but it was only the brick, no cables, then a long cord, the finally a plug. The adapter I had to return, but they said just keep the cord, and it was really handy, so now I have a long cord for my powerbook and my iPod adapter... as far as other companies, i have to admit I don't have any first hand experience, but Apple has been great to me...
It is based on Apple's XGrid, and uses volunteers from the Mac community here at NCSU, as well as some of the lab macs, and soon we will hopefully have official Linux and Windows clients, maybe even Solaris, to run on more of the computers around campus.
There is even a really nice web interface that shows the active nodes and their status, as well as the aggregate power of the two clusters.
Its really nice, anyone who is part of the grid can just fire up the controller and submit a job, I am a part of the lower power grid since my TiBook is only a 667, but I was able to connect up and do the Mandelbrot Set thing that comes with XGrid at a level equal to around 7 or 8 GHz.
There are some screenshots here
straight up, no. french is the most spoken second language. and did you ever notice that the english translation comes second at the olympics?
it takes you to a page, then forwards you to the login so just turn off javascript, and it doesn't forward you, no login required.