Ah well. Thanks for the info. I'm not surprised to hear it's buggy on a hardware level. I didn't mention, but the keyspan equivalent can be found on ebay for 10 bucks or less, quite often. They update their drivers all the time.
Belkin might make some spiffy hardware, but their commitment to Mac OS X is questionable. Ask anyone who's had a Belkin USB-DB9 Serial adapter for the last three YEARS and Belkin just won't get off their asses and release any drivers for it. They flat out lied to me on the Macworld show floor last January...
I agree, but had to put it in there for the sake of completion. Plus, the ship IS pretty decent looking... But then, I like the Akira class a lot, too...
I hate to say it, but NX class Enterprise/NX-01 (ST: Enterprise) would probably give them all a run for their money in the wind tunnel. I suppose Galaxy class/NCC-1701-D would give it a run for its money, anyway. Maybe Sovereign class/NCC-1701-E, too... (The movies after Generations) Excelsior class (-B) (From Generations beginning) and Ambassador class (TNG: Yesterday's Enterprise) (-c) seem a bit blockier. Since nobody else seemed to mention it, the one used in the test was the refit Constitution class. Either NCC-1701 or NCC-1701-A from movies 1 through 6
That would all be fine and dandy if not for the deflector dish, as pointed out by the previous posts, and the fact that the Enterprise is not in 'normal space' where the same laws of physics apply. It's in Subspace. That's part of what the nacelles are for.
What were they thinking? Probably something along the lines of "Oh, look. A somewhat convenient and visually appealing way of reading email. Surely if there were still a problem with using this, Microsoft would have put out an update that would disable this feature/bug as a security hole."
I'll welcome them when slashdot runs the first story on some geek with too much time on his hands taking apart the displays from 200 (insert product here) packages and wrapping them around his car, putting cameras here and there, to build a cloaking device.
You know it's coming...
But seriously, when? I saw this stuff being touted by Xerox 5 or 7 years ago at EPCOT. They tried to impress so much with the little props and videos, only to try to gloss over the distinct LACK of Epaper on site. No true demo...
without it you would have a much weaker ecosystem Forget the ecosystem. Without virii, I'd have a much weaker wallet. People refuse to keep their systems up to date. When they pay the price, they do it figuratively and literally... To the tune of $95/hour.
And of course I run Windows. Because my neighbours do.. although at the rate I'm being asked to fix peoples computers, its probably worth the extra 1000$ for me to *not* have Windows and be able to feign ignorance when begged for help.
As soon as the update finished downloading, I was no longer able to launch Camino, Firebird, or Mozilla. In other words, any Mozilla-based browser. Can anyone else confirm that???
Interesting. I don't remember the haunted mansion part, but in their MGM park, they have an interesting laser/light show that they use fountains spewing out lots of mist that they project video onto.
Learn something? The general masses can barely double click. Or when they do, it would be sufficient to click just once. Now imagine convincing a bunch of lawyers (congressmen) how important it is to make sure software is open source... Better yet, imagine trying to convince their constituents.
Hey, you can't blame them for being true to their own logic. Don't forget... Bill or Steve Ballmer said that people don't upgrade software to fix bugs. They do it to get more features!
I just don't understand why so many are so gung-ho to steal copyrighted material and/or distribute it in a manner contrary to the law.
We likely agree:
Instant gratification is sweet.
Free is nice.
Computers make it awfully convenient.
But the RIAA has these smaller companies searching the P2P networks for people who are sharing copyrighted materials. When they find a stash of material that is copyrighted by one of their clients, action is taken. (We'll assume that they're not finding white noise labeled as metallica songs.) So when they find the copyright violater/sharer, confirm it (how else are they going to get a subpeona unless it's verifiable?), and follow these legal channels, why are they in the wrong?
We can all claim that people want to sample the music before they buy it and all, but to do that, someone has to share it. Their motives are not always going to be as pure.
This is not flamebait. I am still genuinely confused about why everyone assumes the RIAA is so evil. We can agree that their business decisions are not always appealing to the consumer, but still...
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Ah well. Thanks for the info. I'm not surprised to hear it's buggy on a hardware level. I didn't mention, but the keyspan equivalent can be found on ebay for 10 bucks or less, quite often. They update their drivers all the time.
Belkin might make some spiffy hardware, but their commitment to Mac OS X is questionable. Ask anyone who's had a Belkin USB-DB9 Serial adapter for the last three YEARS and Belkin just won't get off their asses and release any drivers for it. They flat out lied to me on the Macworld show floor last January...
I agree, but had to put it in there for the sake of completion. Plus, the ship IS pretty decent looking... But then, I like the Akira class a lot, too...
Oh, and to answer a common question: My last date... Well... I don't remember. Does the Russian bride count?
I hate to say it, but NX class Enterprise/NX-01 (ST: Enterprise) would probably give them all a run for their money in the wind tunnel.
I suppose Galaxy class/NCC-1701-D would give it a run for its money, anyway. Maybe Sovereign class/NCC-1701-E, too... (The movies after Generations)
Excelsior class (-B) (From Generations beginning) and Ambassador class (TNG: Yesterday's Enterprise) (-c) seem a bit blockier.
Since nobody else seemed to mention it, the one used in the test was the refit Constitution class. Either NCC-1701 or NCC-1701-A from movies 1 through 6
That would all be fine and dandy if not for the deflector dish, as pointed out by the previous posts, and the fact that the Enterprise is not in 'normal space' where the same laws of physics apply. It's in Subspace. That's part of what the nacelles are for.
Heh. Good points. But are you implying the legal system of any state (or federal level) could withstand that level of common sense?
What were they thinking?
Probably something along the lines of "Oh, look. A somewhat convenient and visually appealing way of reading email. Surely if there were still a problem with using this, Microsoft would have put out an update that would disable this feature/bug as a security hole."
I'll welcome them when slashdot runs the first story on some geek with too much time on his hands taking apart the displays from 200 (insert product here) packages and wrapping them around his car, putting cameras here and there, to build a cloaking device.
You know it's coming...
But seriously, when? I saw this stuff being touted by Xerox 5 or 7 years ago at EPCOT. They tried to impress so much with the little props and videos, only to try to gloss over the distinct LACK of Epaper on site. No true demo...
MONSTER DATA CENTER!
I think it's a miracle they didn't put banner ads and pop-up/under ads on the things.
(We still need to kill them, though. That's a given.)
Yeah, but with Outlook, all you have to do is have the preview pane open on a Windows box, and you can get infected that way.
Social engineering is a much superior method for achieving a sinister goal.
Have you heard of the Blaster worm? how about sobig.f?
Granged, with SoBig, someone has to open the mail, I think? But a clever subject line does not a social engineer make.
Well, yeah, I'm surprised they can't come up with NEW shady, anticompetitive methods.
without it you would have a much weaker ecosystem
Forget the ecosystem. Without virii, I'd have a much weaker wallet. People refuse to keep their systems up to date. When they pay the price, they do it figuratively and literally... To the tune of $95/hour.
DO NOT CLICK ON PARENT LINK
That was an episode of MacGyver
And of course I run Windows. Because my neighbours do .. although at the rate I'm being asked to fix peoples computers, its probably worth the extra 1000$ for me to *not* have Windows and be able to feign ignorance when begged for help.
What can I say? Welcome to the dark side.
I haven't tried Omniweb, but safari and IE work fine. I just can't believe it's a coincidence. This particular misery would sure love some company!
As soon as the update finished downloading, I was no longer able to launch Camino, Firebird, or Mozilla. In other words, any Mozilla-based browser. Can anyone else confirm that???
Interesting. I don't remember the haunted mansion part, but in their MGM park, they have an interesting laser/light show that they use fountains spewing out lots of mist that they project video onto.
Learn something? The general masses can barely double click. Or when they do, it would be sufficient to click just once. Now imagine convincing a bunch of lawyers (congressmen) how important it is to make sure software is open source... Better yet, imagine trying to convince their constituents.
It's worth a shot, though...
He hasn't even DONE anything yet.
Hit me.
Hey, you can't blame them for being true to their own logic. Don't forget... Bill or Steve Ballmer said that people don't upgrade software to fix bugs. They do it to get more features!
We likely agree:
Instant gratification is sweet.
Free is nice.
Computers make it awfully convenient.
But the RIAA has these smaller companies searching the P2P networks for people who are sharing copyrighted materials. When they find a stash of material that is copyrighted by one of their clients, action is taken.
(We'll assume that they're not finding white noise labeled as metallica songs.)
So when they find the copyright violater/sharer, confirm it (how else are they going to get a subpeona unless it's verifiable?), and follow these legal channels, why are they in the wrong?
We can all claim that people want to sample the music before they buy it and all, but to do that, someone has to share it. Their motives are not always going to be as pure.
This is not flamebait. I am still genuinely confused about why everyone assumes the RIAA is so evil. We can agree that their business decisions are not always appealing to the consumer, but still...