Actually, if you read the article more closely (and similar articles that have appeared in no shortage of other places), the malware pretends to be the numberdlinks extension. Your post implies that the actual extension is malware, and this is untrue.
Additionally, if you read the Slashdot blurb, it's explained pretty clearly there.
Basically, if you click on e-mail attachments without knowing what they are, it's your own fault if your computer becomes infested with viruses and spyware.
Your post reminded me of a movie I'd seen, although it took me forever to remember the title so I could reference it on here. (Thank you, keyword search.)
The Japanese film Hinokio is about a reclusive wheelchair-ridden boy whose father builds him a robotic avatar which he can control from his room, which he uses to attend school, etc. [Wikipedia has a longer summary; I'm trying to stay spoiler-free.]
I thought it was a fairly interesting film, and if the technology is there for a robotic-avatar teacher, perhaps someday there will be robotic-avatar students.
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Actually, this should be: "Ahhh! But it's already been done by Apple!" or "Ahhh! But it's now being done in iPods!"
Text to speech has been in Mac OS for some time. If I wasn't stuck at work, I'd give you a screenshot of the PrefPane. However, here's a Wikipedia link, instead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_PlainTalk
Have you considered using Rich Text Format (RTF) instead? Word will read and save RTF without problems, and from past experience, RTF is consistently smaller in filesize than.doc. Unless you're using some feature in.doc that isn't in RTF, it should be a good alternative for you. I use it for all of my work documents (we are stuck using Office).
[Disclaimer: I do not buy music from the iTunes store, so this may not be entirely accurate.]
Not to nitpick too much, but because of friends who do use the iTunes store (and who have authorized their music on my computer, because I was helping them put together a large batch of compilation CDs with cover art done in Photoshop and InDesign), I have a little experience with it. My understanding is that you can have 5 computers authorized at any given time, not 5 computers period. So if you hit your 5 computer limit, all you have to do is deauthorize one to be able to authorize a different 5th computer. Based on your upgrade paths, as long as the example person isn't using more than 5 of these computers, iTunes' DRM isn't much of an issue.
While Apple's DRM seems the least restrictive, I definitely prefer having my music without DRM.
So you're saying that you could get something to work properly in Office 2004 that he couldn't get to work properly in 2002 or 2003?
No, I was asking you to name features that are in the Windows version that were not in the Mac version, which you have not done. I also stated that due to features in the OS (not in Office) made Office on Mac a better choice. The version of Office on OS X did not make a difference; I could have compared an older version of Office for Mac (as I have them), but I did not attempt to fix that problem in an older version of Mac Office, nor did I have a copy of Office XP to try it in. I think you're reading far too much into my example of one particular care where Office for Mac worked better than Office for PC.
I'm still waiting to hear features that are in Excel for Windows that aren't in Excel for Mac. The only one that I can think of (which has annoyed me at work) is that multiple documents in Windows Excel (on XP) are not their own stand-alone windows. So while (on Mac), I could have an Excel spreadsheet using the right third of my screen, windows of other programs (i.e. documents in Word, a web browser, etc.) in the middle of my screen, and another Excel spreadsheet using the right third of my screen (and be able to see all of these when I Cmd-Tab between them), this cannot be replicated on Windows.
(If anyone wondered why, on the last example: It's because individual document windows in Office (on Windows XP) are really part of the application's window. You can make them pretend to be separate elements in the bar with the Start menu, but any changes you make to how much of the screen Excel is using in one applies to all of them.)
Having used both the Mac and Windows version of Excel, I'm curious as to which features you feel are in the Windows version and not the Mac version. From my experience, the Mac version of Microsoft's Office suite works better than the Windows version. Plus, since the OS can natively print to PDF, you actually get more functionality out of the Mac version.
An example of this: One of my co-workers spent days trying to get a Word document to use an Excel spreadsheet as data for a mail merge. Despite all of his efforts, at random it would append a long string of decimal places with seemingly random values to one or more data entries (i.e. 16 would become 16.0102874674484 or something like that). He tried it on machines running both Office 2002 and 2003. I took it home, spent about 5 minutes playing with it, and had it working perfectly on the Mac version of Office 2004, exported it to PDF, and gave him both the Office documents and the PDF output.
With regards to tax software, Turbo Tax works quite well on Mac OS X. I've used it for both my state and federal taxes this year and last year. Although it is a valid point that the Windows world generally has the 3d games first, and there are games that are not ported to Mac OS.
Mac (in the sense that it is used in this article) isn't actually an acronym, it's just short for Macintosh (a type of Apple computer). MAC (the acronym) usually refers to Media Access Control, which is a networking layer.
Linux is not an acronym, either, just a derivation of "Linus' Minix" (Linus Torvalds being the creator of the Linux kernel).
I've seen way too much FUD regarding iPod batteries, so I'm going to take the time to set you straight, even though this may be a bit redundant. I've actually been very happy with the battery life of my iPod, and it's really not all that hard to trade out.
FYI, you can get an iPod battery through Other World Computing for as low as $14.99 (depending on the model of your iPod).
I used them to replace the battery in my old iPod to give to my sister, and it's not very difficult to change out the battery. They provide everything that you need to open the iPod without damaging it (basically, two nylon tools). My model required unscrewing one of the logic board screws, to free the connecting wire, and they do not provide a small screwdriver, but you could pick that up for under $3 at your local hardware store, if you don't already have one. IIRC, it took me less than 10 minutes to open it up, put the battery in, and close it up. (I'm not as quick as the guy who did their instructional videos on how to change the battery, who does this in about 2 minutes.)
Or you can have them replace the battery for you, for $39 plus the cost of the battery. (This includes the cost of FedEx Overnight both ways, and they state a 72 hour turn-around time, including the time the iPod is in transit.)
FYI, you can get an iPod battery through Other World Computing for as low as $14.99 (depending on the model of your iPod).
I used them to replace the battery in my old iPod to give to my sister, and it's not very difficult to change out the battery. They provide everything that you need to open the iPod without damaging it (basically, two nylon tools). My model required unscrewing one of the logic board screws, to free the connecting wire, and they do not provide a small screwdriver, but you could pick that up for under $3 at your local hardware store, if you don't already have one. IIRC, it took me less than 10 minutes to open it up, put the battery in, and close it up. (I'm not as quick as the guy who did their instructional videos on how to change the battery, who does this in about 2 minutes.)
Or you can have them replace the battery for you, for $39 plus the cost of the battery. (This includes the cost of FedEx Overnight both ways, and they state a 72 hour turn-around time, including the time the iPod is in transit.)
Ok, then explain to me why my iTunes 6.0.1.3 (prior to 6.0.2, presumably), according to my firewall, regularly makes connections to the address of my HTTP proxy?
Do you have it set to look for shared music?
As far as I know, this is a default setting in iTunes, and might be the reason why iTunes is attempting connections.
If the virus is Carbon, does that mean that Mac users aren't left out, after all?
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someone brought it to my attention to that you will only have the Property List Editor if you installed the Developer Tools. not to worry, if you don't have it. all you need to do is use TextEdit (or BBedit if you have it). the command for that looks like this (again, all one line):
open -a "TextEdit" "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/PithHelmet.bundle/Contents/Info.plist"
about two-thirds of the way down, you want to change this bit:
<key>MaxBundleVersion</key>
<string>412</string>
to:
<key>MaxBundleVersion</key>
<string>416</string>
it should look like this (with the changed line highlighted in green.
again, save and quit and you should be all set. apologies for forgetting that Property List Editor requires the Developer Tools to be installed in the first post.
here is probably the easiest way, since I don't know if you're using Apple's Finder or not. Path Finder (which I use instead of Apple's Finder) allows you to look at the contents of a package or app, which would be easier for this edit if you want to use the GUI all the way.
first of all, you may want to make sure you have version 2.6.1 of Pith Helmet (the latest version). then open the Terminal. paste or type this line, all on one line:
open "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/PithHelmet.bundle/Contents/Info.plist"
(this will open the file you need to edit in the Property List Editor.)
click the triangles to expand "Root", then "SIMBLTargetApplications", and then "0".
Oct 19 - 3:00 pm EST Along with the introduction of new PowerBooks and Power Macs on Wednesday, Apple reduced pricing on its Cinema Display line, lowering the cost of the 23-inch model by $200 and the 30-inch version by $500. The 23-inch model now costs $1300 and sports a native resolution of 1920 x 1200. The 30-inch display -- which requires an ATI Radeon 9650, Radeon X850 XT or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL Card -- now sells for $2500. The 30-inch model has a resolution of 2560 x 1600. No changes were made to the company's 20-inch display, which sells for $800 and offers a 1680 x 1050 optimal resolution. All three displays are VESA mount compatible and feature 2 USB ports and 2 FireWire 400 ports.
I think that if you're trying to sway opinion, you need to:s/What\ say\ you\?/So\ say\ we all\!/. (You may also wish to insert the replace string multiple times, for effect.)
Mac OS X has had the ability to label files for years, as did OS 9. (I switched to Mac after X, because of the BSD core and terminal, so I really can't comment on file labels prior to this.) It's not a feature that I use, but if Apple's labels don't offer enough for you, Unsanity offers a "haxie" (Labels X) that offers more features.
Happy birthday, Google! you've been my primary choice for searches for years, and I've gotten a lot of use out of Google Maps so far.
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Actually, if you read the article more closely (and similar articles that have appeared in no shortage of other places), the malware pretends to be the numberdlinks extension. Your post implies that the actual extension is malware, and this is untrue.
Additionally, if you read the Slashdot blurb, it's explained pretty clearly there.
Basically, if you click on e-mail attachments without knowing what they are, it's your own fault if your computer becomes infested with viruses and spyware.
Your post reminded me of a movie I'd seen, although it took me forever to remember the title so I could reference it on here. (Thank you, keyword search.)
The Japanese film Hinokio is about a reclusive wheelchair-ridden boy whose father builds him a robotic avatar which he can control from his room, which he uses to attend school, etc. [Wikipedia has a longer summary; I'm trying to stay spoiler-free.]
I thought it was a fairly interesting film, and if the technology is there for a robotic-avatar teacher, perhaps someday there will be robotic-avatar students.
Actually, this should be: "Ahhh! But it's already been done by Apple!" or "Ahhh! But it's now being done in iPods!"
Text to speech has been in Mac OS for some time. If I wasn't stuck at work, I'd give you a screenshot of the PrefPane. However, here's a Wikipedia link, instead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_PlainTalk
Note the dates. ;)
Have you looked at the 6.06 release of Ubuntu (or Kubuntu, etc.)? It offers the choice of resizing an existing partition prior to installing.
I've already gotten a few friends using Ubuntu or Kubuntu and they've prefered it to Windows, especially after having time to get used to the switch.
Have you considered using Rich Text Format (RTF) instead? Word will read and save RTF without problems, and from past experience, RTF is consistently smaller in filesize than .doc. Unless you're using some feature in .doc that isn't in RTF, it should be a good alternative for you. I use it for all of my work documents (we are stuck using Office).
[Disclaimer: I do not buy music from the iTunes store, so this may not be entirely accurate.]
Not to nitpick too much, but because of friends who do use the iTunes store (and who have authorized their music on my computer, because I was helping them put together a large batch of compilation CDs with cover art done in Photoshop and InDesign), I have a little experience with it. My understanding is that you can have 5 computers authorized at any given time, not 5 computers period. So if you hit your 5 computer limit, all you have to do is deauthorize one to be able to authorize a different 5th computer. Based on your upgrade paths, as long as the example person isn't using more than 5 of these computers, iTunes' DRM isn't much of an issue.
While Apple's DRM seems the least restrictive, I definitely prefer having my music without DRM.
So you're saying that you could get something to work properly in Office 2004 that he couldn't get to work properly in 2002 or 2003?
No, I was asking you to name features that are in the Windows version that were not in the Mac version, which you have not done. I also stated that due to features in the OS (not in Office) made Office on Mac a better choice. The version of Office on OS X did not make a difference; I could have compared an older version of Office for Mac (as I have them), but I did not attempt to fix that problem in an older version of Mac Office, nor did I have a copy of Office XP to try it in. I think you're reading far too much into my example of one particular care where Office for Mac worked better than Office for PC.
I'm still waiting to hear features that are in Excel for Windows that aren't in Excel for Mac. The only one that I can think of (which has annoyed me at work) is that multiple documents in Windows Excel (on XP) are not their own stand-alone windows. So while (on Mac), I could have an Excel spreadsheet using the right third of my screen, windows of other programs (i.e. documents in Word, a web browser, etc.) in the middle of my screen, and another Excel spreadsheet using the right third of my screen (and be able to see all of these when I Cmd-Tab between them), this cannot be replicated on Windows.
(If anyone wondered why, on the last example: It's because individual document windows in Office (on Windows XP) are really part of the application's window. You can make them pretend to be separate elements in the bar with the Start menu, but any changes you make to how much of the screen Excel is using in one applies to all of them.)
Having used both the Mac and Windows version of Excel, I'm curious as to which features you feel are in the Windows version and not the Mac version. From my experience, the Mac version of Microsoft's Office suite works better than the Windows version. Plus, since the OS can natively print to PDF, you actually get more functionality out of the Mac version.
An example of this: One of my co-workers spent days trying to get a Word document to use an Excel spreadsheet as data for a mail merge. Despite all of his efforts, at random it would append a long string of decimal places with seemingly random values to one or more data entries (i.e. 16 would become 16.0102874674484 or something like that). He tried it on machines running both Office 2002 and 2003. I took it home, spent about 5 minutes playing with it, and had it working perfectly on the Mac version of Office 2004, exported it to PDF, and gave him both the Office documents and the PDF output.
No, the firewall didn't come until SP2. It was part of Microsoft's attempts to claim that they focused on security.
With regards to tax software, Turbo Tax works quite well on Mac OS X. I've used it for both my state and federal taxes this year and last year. Although it is a valid point that the Windows world generally has the 3d games first, and there are games that are not ported to Mac OS.
Mac (in the sense that it is used in this article) isn't actually an acronym, it's just short for Macintosh (a type of Apple computer). MAC (the acronym) usually refers to Media Access Control, which is a networking layer.
Linux is not an acronym, either, just a derivation of "Linus' Minix" (Linus Torvalds being the creator of the Linux kernel).
I've seen way too much FUD regarding iPod batteries, so I'm going to take the time to set you straight, even though this may be a bit redundant. I've actually been very happy with the battery life of my iPod, and it's really not all that hard to trade out.
Everything below is copied from a previous post by me, which can be found here: http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=175992&c id=14626544
FYI, you can get an iPod battery through Other World Computing for as low as $14.99 (depending on the model of your iPod).
I used them to replace the battery in my old iPod to give to my sister, and it's not very difficult to change out the battery. They provide everything that you need to open the iPod without damaging it (basically, two nylon tools). My model required unscrewing one of the logic board screws, to free the connecting wire, and they do not provide a small screwdriver, but you could pick that up for under $3 at your local hardware store, if you don't already have one. IIRC, it took me less than 10 minutes to open it up, put the battery in, and close it up. (I'm not as quick as the guy who did their instructional videos on how to change the battery, who does this in about 2 minutes.)
Or you can have them replace the battery for you, for $39 plus the cost of the battery. (This includes the cost of FedEx Overnight both ways, and they state a 72 hour turn-around time, including the time the iPod is in transit.)
Details on this can be found here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ipod/batteryreplace ment/
But what does Hobbes have to say about it? This is an Apple thread, shouldn't we want the Tiger's perspective? ;)
All joking aside, it's nice to see Apple contribute to the community.
FYI, you can get an iPod battery through Other World Computing for as low as $14.99 (depending on the model of your iPod).
I used them to replace the battery in my old iPod to give to my sister, and it's not very difficult to change out the battery. They provide everything that you need to open the iPod without damaging it (basically, two nylon tools). My model required unscrewing one of the logic board screws, to free the connecting wire, and they do not provide a small screwdriver, but you could pick that up for under $3 at your local hardware store, if you don't already have one. IIRC, it took me less than 10 minutes to open it up, put the battery in, and close it up. (I'm not as quick as the guy who did their instructional videos on how to change the battery, who does this in about 2 minutes.)
Or you can have them replace the battery for you, for $39 plus the cost of the battery. (This includes the cost of FedEx Overnight both ways, and they state a 72 hour turn-around time, including the time the iPod is in transit.)
Details on this can be found here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ipod/batteryreplace ment/
I've never seen google Marketing...
it's still in beta. @.~
...Duke Nukem Forever is probably still at the storyboard stage. or waiting for the next great engine to license.
Do you have it set to look for shared music?
As far as I know, this is a default setting in iTunes, and might be the reason why iTunes is attempting connections.
If the virus is Carbon, does that mean that Mac users aren't left out, after all?
someone brought it to my attention to that you will only have the Property List Editor if you installed the Developer Tools. not to worry, if you don't have it. all you need to do is use TextEdit (or BBedit if you have it). the command for that looks like this (again, all one line):
open -a "TextEdit" "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/PithHelmet.bundle/Contents/Info.plist"
about two-thirds of the way down, you want to change this bit:
<key>MaxBundleVersion</key>
<string>412</string>
to:
<key>MaxBundleVersion</key>
<string>416</string>
it should look like this (with the changed line highlighted in green.
again, save and quit and you should be all set. apologies for forgetting that Property List Editor requires the Developer Tools to be installed in the first post.
here is probably the easiest way, since I don't know if you're using Apple's Finder or not. Path Finder (which I use instead of Apple's Finder) allows you to look at the contents of a package or app, which would be easier for this edit if you want to use the GUI all the way.
first of all, you may want to make sure you have version 2.6.1 of Pith Helmet (the latest version). then open the Terminal. paste or type this line, all on one line:
open "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/PithHelmet.bundle/Contents/Info.plist"
(this will open the file you need to edit in the Property List Editor.)
click the triangles to expand "Root", then "SIMBLTargetApplications", and then "0".
Change "MaxBundleVersion" to "416".
it should look like this.
then hit Cmd-S to save, Cmd-Q to quit, and you're all set to use Pith Helmet. i've tested it for a bit, and so far it works perfectly.
let me know if you have any questions.
I don't think there's much chance of getting in a TIFF, the article says they're using Diacom for the format. @.~
(bad puns aside, yes, i know the meaning of tiff you mean.)
They did. From AppleInsider:
Apple reduces Cinema Display pricing
Oct 19 - 3:00 pm EST Along with the introduction of new PowerBooks and Power Macs on Wednesday, Apple reduced pricing on its Cinema Display line, lowering the cost of the 23-inch model by $200 and the 30-inch version by $500. The 23-inch model now costs $1300 and sports a native resolution of 1920 x 1200. The 30-inch display -- which requires an ATI Radeon 9650, Radeon X850 XT or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL Card -- now sells for $2500. The 30-inch model has a resolution of 2560 x 1600. No changes were made to the company's 20-inch display, which sells for $800 and offers a 1680 x 1050 optimal resolution. All three displays are VESA mount compatible and feature 2 USB ports and 2 FireWire 400 ports.
I wasn't aware that Johnny Cochran had relocated and was practicing law in the U.K.
I think that if you're trying to sway opinion, you need to :s/What\ say\ you\?/So\ say\ we all\!/. (You may also wish to insert the replace string multiple times, for effect.)
[Obligatory Battlestar Galactica]
Canada will be going into elections within the nest 6-9 months. [emphasis mine]
Does this mean that Canadian politicians are an avian species?
If so, wouldn't they migrate south in the winter and inflict more big media-funded legislation on the United States? Not that Congress needs any help.
...on the other hand, if it's American politicians flying north in 6 months, you guys are screwed. @.~
Mac OS X has had the ability to label files for years, as did OS 9. (I switched to Mac after X, because of the BSD core and terminal, so I really can't comment on file labels prior to this.) It's not a feature that I use, but if Apple's labels don't offer enough for you, Unsanity offers a "haxie" (Labels X) that offers more features.
Happy birthday, Google! you've been my primary choice for searches for years, and I've gotten a lot of use out of Google Maps so far.