QuickTime is a media encode/decode framework. Some encoders and decoders are proprietary, some open. Anyone can write plugins implementing encoders and decoders for it.
Yet, oddly, it is the smelly basement dwelling open source fanatics who are complaining most about H.264. The others out there who really have a product to sell realize the licensing fees are really minimal.
That wasn't his decision to make, and _that's_ what you sign up for when you enter the service or gain a security clearance. These yahoos don't understand intelligence analysis, and their amateur "redactions" aren't enough for even a casual reader to learn about methods and sources putting real people's lives in danger. Whatever your feeling about Wikileaks, which falls into possibly a grey area, what Manning did was blatantly illegal and immoral. The people who will suffer due to these leaks should be so lucky as to face the relatively simple punishment Manning will face.
There are large corporations with whole class A blocks that expose all their internal addresses because it has nothing to do with security. So much for your "no organisation" argument.
it is obvious that no one person or entity can guarantee the security, so the only sensible option is to not trust any single entity, and instead, distribute that trust among as many people you can, for as much of the toolchain as you can, and be ready to replace the offending part when a problem is detected.
That toolchain is only as secure as its weakest link. I don't disagree that open source software can be very secure, but your argument for open source software being more secure is uncompelling. Once a problem is detected, it's too late - a backdoor could be inserted that is effectively itself undetectable.
Ask yourself the flip question - at what point can you stop carrying your AC adapter (assuming you're not on a multi-day trip)? I've stopped carrying mine, which means I've stopped carrying the laptop bag and associated weight. Now a 3lb laptop really is 3lb, and you can use it more like a notebook.
Yes it is. The cell towers help acquire the satellite signals. Pilots can use an iPad 3G for moving map charts as long as they acquire the satellites first on the ground.
So instead of making phones and networks more efficient, we should carry an extra chunk of lithium around and waste a bunch of energy? Why don't we just wheel a wagon with a lead acid battery around?
Go get a quad core iMac. It's plenty fast enough for using Final Cut Pro. I've been using it on a Macbook Pro, and really, it's just fine unless you're using it for 10 hours a day. If you were using it for 10 hours a day for your business, I'd imagine the cost of the Mac Pro would be negligible.
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Think about it this way. You're about to drop $100k on a workstation (be it audio/video, animation, etc). Your software may cost $50k/seat. You're going to spend money on control surfaces, mixing boards, you name it. Who really cares about saving a few hundred dollars to get a PC with some crappy sheet metal case where you can cut your hand opening it (happened to me with a Dell)? When your tools are used to make money, the equations change. It's why auto mechanics drop $40k on a Snap-on/Mac setup.
Everyone bitches about Comcast's service, but then isn't willing to pay for quality service. We shouldn't be surprised that we're always in a race to the bottom.
Seriously, $99 isn't much money. Even if you value your time at minimum wage, the amount of money it will take you to actually write software that does something for you will rapidly exceed $99. And, as you said yourself, they're giving you XCode for free without strings attached. In any profession, tools that generate revenue cost money. In the world of software, it happens to be incredibly cheap. If you were a mechanic, a single ratchet would cost $99.
There's a reason racecar engineers work to get every gram out, and that there's nothing like a heavy sports car. Automotive tires don't have linear friction coefficients.
What if the ideal antenna was 2 feet long - would you use it then? It's a ridiculous assertion that any attribute be as perfect as possible at the expense of everything else.
Aesthetics, look, and feel _are_ the device as far as people are concerned. If it weren't, we'd be writing ARM code to make phone calls. Here's an analogy. The penny-farthing bicycle (with the huge and little wheel) were two wheeled bicycles. They were extremely difficult to ride, and dangerous if you fell off. The modern bicycle then came along and revolutionized the whole concept. As far as people (except for a small group of penny-farthing enthusiasts) all bicycles have two equal sized wheels.
Some people think about whether what they buy works for them rather than a morality regarding a device with a microchip and a screen. In fact, it's not just some people, but nearly _all_ people, Slashdot company excepted. Do you realize that telling others that they shouldn't choose something (which, I presume, is what name-calling is) based upon your principles is almost exactly the same thing you rail against?
To put this in perspective, a Bugatti Veyron engine is almost 1 MW. 60 million euros for generating capacity I could set up in my garage for perhaps 50k is pretty sad. What if the same money had been used to pay people not to take a vacation somewhere? I'm sure that would have had a _much_ bigger environmental impact.
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QuickTime is a media encode/decode framework. Some encoders and decoders are proprietary, some open. Anyone can write plugins implementing encoders and decoders for it.
Yet, oddly, it is the smelly basement dwelling open source fanatics who are complaining most about H.264. The others out there who really have a product to sell realize the licensing fees are really minimal.
That wasn't his decision to make, and _that's_ what you sign up for when you enter the service or gain a security clearance. These yahoos don't understand intelligence analysis, and their amateur "redactions" aren't enough for even a casual reader to learn about methods and sources putting real people's lives in danger. Whatever your feeling about Wikileaks, which falls into possibly a grey area, what Manning did was blatantly illegal and immoral. The people who will suffer due to these leaks should be so lucky as to face the relatively simple punishment Manning will face.
Jailbreaking (a.k.a. rooting) an iPhone doesn't modify the baseband. Only the unlocks do.
Funny, don't you think "Freedom hating" would be something you'd hear on Fox News? Or are you blinded by your own hate?
"It's not that it won't make its way to other tablets, its that its specifically being marketted as iPad only."
No, it's not being marketed as anything yet. This is somewhere between a rumor and a leak.
There are large corporations with whole class A blocks that expose all their internal addresses because it has nothing to do with security. So much for your "no organisation" argument.
Qty 1M != economies of scale for a consumer electronics device. The iPhone sold more in 1 day.
it is obvious that no one person or entity can guarantee the security, so the only sensible option is to not trust any single entity, and instead, distribute that trust among as many people you can, for as much of the toolchain as you can, and be ready to replace the offending part when a problem is detected.
That toolchain is only as secure as its weakest link.
I don't disagree that open source software can be very secure, but your argument for open source software being more secure is uncompelling. Once a problem is detected, it's too late - a backdoor could be inserted that is effectively itself undetectable.
Ask yourself the flip question - at what point can you stop carrying your AC adapter (assuming you're not on a multi-day trip)? I've stopped carrying mine, which means I've stopped carrying the laptop bag and associated weight. Now a 3lb laptop really is 3lb, and you can use it more like a notebook.
Yes it is. The cell towers help acquire the satellite signals. Pilots can use an iPad 3G for moving map charts as long as they acquire the satellites first on the ground.
So instead of making phones and networks more efficient, we should carry an extra chunk of lithium around and waste a bunch of energy? Why don't we just wheel a wagon with a lead acid battery around?
Go get a quad core iMac. It's plenty fast enough for using Final Cut Pro. I've been using it on a Macbook Pro, and really, it's just fine unless you're using it for 10 hours a day. If you were using it for 10 hours a day for your business, I'd imagine the cost of the Mac Pro would be negligible.
Think about it this way. You're about to drop $100k on a workstation (be it audio/video, animation, etc). Your software may cost $50k/seat. You're going to spend money on control surfaces, mixing boards, you name it. Who really cares about saving a few hundred dollars to get a PC with some crappy sheet metal case where you can cut your hand opening it (happened to me with a Dell)?
When your tools are used to make money, the equations change. It's why auto mechanics drop $40k on a Snap-on/Mac setup.
Apple couldn't use the DMCA against Psystar because OS X isn't DRMed/copy protected
Everyone bitches about Comcast's service, but then isn't willing to pay for quality service. We shouldn't be surprised that we're always in a race to the bottom.
Seriously, $99 isn't much money. Even if you value your time at minimum wage, the amount of money it will take you to actually write software that does something for you will rapidly exceed $99. And, as you said yourself, they're giving you XCode for free without strings attached.
In any profession, tools that generate revenue cost money. In the world of software, it happens to be incredibly cheap. If you were a mechanic, a single ratchet would cost $99.
Would you feel comfortable with a keystroke logger installed on your work computer by your employer?
How do you Tivo something for free? There's the cost of the Tivo, and, unless it's over the air, some form of subscription service.
There's a reason racecar engineers work to get every gram out, and that there's nothing like a heavy sports car. Automotive tires don't have linear friction coefficients.
What if the ideal antenna was 2 feet long - would you use it then?
It's a ridiculous assertion that any attribute be as perfect as possible at the expense of everything else.
It says nothing about Apple's policies and everything about the mass media.
Aesthetics, look, and feel _are_ the device as far as people are concerned. If it weren't, we'd be writing ARM code to make phone calls.
Here's an analogy. The penny-farthing bicycle (with the huge and little wheel) were two wheeled bicycles. They were extremely difficult to ride, and dangerous if you fell off. The modern bicycle then came along and revolutionized the whole concept. As far as people (except for a small group of penny-farthing enthusiasts) all bicycles have two equal sized wheels.
Some people think about whether what they buy works for them rather than a morality regarding a device with a microchip and a screen. In fact, it's not just some people, but nearly _all_ people, Slashdot company excepted. Do you realize that telling others that they shouldn't choose something (which, I presume, is what name-calling is) based upon your principles is almost exactly the same thing you rail against?
To put this in perspective, a Bugatti Veyron engine is almost 1 MW. 60 million euros for generating capacity I could set up in my garage for perhaps 50k is pretty sad. What if the same money had been used to pay people not to take a vacation somewhere? I'm sure that would have had a _much_ bigger environmental impact.