I agree with the points you make but I'm unconvinced by the idea of a home server, at least, as we understand it today. My guess is it will prove to be more like a combination of a wireless broadband router and a Network Attached Storage device.. to provide simply DHCP configuration, authentication, connectivity and storage in a locked-down environment.
... is that both Canada and Mexico are also in North America - this only tracks drivers crossing the borders of the USA:-p. I wonder if they know that Quebec isn't actually a part of Europe...
Like anyone's going to re-write TCP/IP to rely on DRM - thus making obsolete every router ever created... Yeah. Likely. NOT
I have had quite enough slashdot paranoia about DRM - if you want an honest debate provide honest examples. I expect that degree of FUD from Darl McBride or Donald Rumsfeld, not from a genuine geek on a discussion site.
As with everyone else who's replied to me, it's very fashionable to spread FUD on slashdot but a little investigation will show you that you'll only be "convenienced" by DRM if you use DRM applications, which I do not do and never will...
To an end user like me DRM will be entirely without impact. I won't even know its there most likely.
will it stop me using my mp3s? No.
will it stop me running openoffice and creating sxw files? No
will it stop me playing mpg files? no
will it stop me surfing the web or using gmail? no
So explain to me how DRM is going to inconvenience me?
Apple's core home-user base only really use the built-in apps and things like MS Office, all of which will be available for years on PPC. It's not like a Windows machne where the ending of support leaves you virus-prone and vulnerable. You can be sure that OSS projects like Firefox and OpenOffice will be available ad infinitum too.
I'm on the point of buying a used G4 powermac as my main machine,although I considered and rejected a Mac Mini (due to the lack of expansibility)
You have reached the point I was aiming at.. the owner of stock controls its supply and consequently market value.
China could precipitate an economic crisis in the US by panic-selling the US debt it has bought - it would hurt the US badly in terms of currency impact and oversupply making it harder for your government to find new countries to fund its debt.
I'm British - we know all about the long-term effects of poor fiscal policy, having suffered several economic depressions with up to 3 mil. unemployed of our 57 mil. population.
Government debt always comes back to bite you
If you actually read my comment you'd see that I'm saying I don't mind DRM hardware and DRM software because I will not use any application that uses DRM. That also applies for when I go Mac - maybe my Mac will have DRM built in to protect iTMS purchases. So what. I don't buy music online. Or any other media thats subject to DRM.
It's irrelevant if the OS has DRM or needs it - it's a very simple choice you have as a user to refuse to ever have DRM content on your machine
I keep text docs in RTF, Music in Mp3, video in AVI or MPG, emails on a web-based server.. I'll never install DRM-aware applications such as Office 2003.. I have Windows Media Player disabled, and I'll never allow DRM content onto my machine under any circumstances.
Hence, I'm not really bothered if the OS has DRM capability or not. I'm going fully Mac when the x86 powermacs come out anyway so Windows is just going to be something I use for emulation purposes.
.. you refer to Telus' atttitude to the Union negotiations - could you supply a link so those of us not surrounded by moose, beaver and Molson Canadian beer can be informed?
Pro Macs are built for people who use heavy-duty commercial applications for design purposes or scientific research
Apple would do well to transition the iBook and Mac Mini first as the users will be more inclined toward using Apple's apps (iDVD, Safari, Mail, iPhoto) and less hung-up by the slow porting of expensive apps - the most pricy app a home user needs is usually Microsoft Office, which will run on Rosetta and probably will be ported early anyway.(anyone remember how long it took for QuarkExpress to go OSX native?)
Also, the takeup of intel Macs will affect the willingness to port: Which market is more likely to buy intel macs in large numbers? - home users getting a $800 laptop with a 3ghz P4 or pro users buying quad 4ghz machines?
Consumers are apples bread and butter. I doubt much of their profits comes from the G5 powermac
A lot of ZDNet content is written in the UK, where "to trundle" is everyday usage, applied to anything on wheels that moves slowly (buses, trams, wheelbarrows)
Just install NoScript and you're sorted. It will stop any script - Greasemonkey or otherwise - running on any site except those you whitelist. I'm sure most of us only use scripts on sites we trust anyway
I use Greasemonkey in conjunction with NoScript - an extension which prevents any site from using Javascript unless it is added to the whitelist maintained in the extension.
To run a Greasemonkey script on a page you have to allow that domain or subdomain in NoScript. This prevents Greasemonkey being used on a rogue page as I wouldn't use a script on an uber-dodgy site anyway!.
Possibly so. Personally I use a Greasemonkey script which adds Coral and Mirrordot links to every URL in mainpage stories.. If/. did go for the "mirror everything" approach there's a possibility that it would deprive those sites which can take the traffic of pageviews, and click-through revenue on their ads, though - which is hardly fair.
for what its worth, this is about the 3rd time I've seen plasma.bddf.ca (not made into a link for obvious reasons) linked from the slashdot site and each time it went down immediately.
If I were them, I'd do a bugzilla and block all links from here.. meanwhile perhaps the editors/submitters should note that bddf.ca simply cannot cope with it and there's no point linking directly.
Slashdot Mirror
This AOL free trial disk can only be destroyed in the place where it was created - the fires of mount doom !
I agree with the points you make but I'm unconvinced by the idea of a home server, at least, as we understand it today. My guess is it will prove to be more like a combination of a wireless broadband router and a Network Attached Storage device.. to provide simply DHCP configuration, authentication, connectivity and storage in a locked-down environment.
... is that both Canada and Mexico are also in North America - this only tracks drivers crossing the borders of the USA :-p. I wonder if they know that Quebec isn't actually a part of Europe...
Do you not actually see how paranoid that is?
Like anyone's going to re-write TCP/IP to rely on DRM - thus making obsolete every router ever created... Yeah. Likely. NOT
I have had quite enough slashdot paranoia about DRM - if you want an honest debate provide honest examples. I expect that degree of FUD from Darl McBride or Donald Rumsfeld, not from a genuine geek on a discussion site.
As with everyone else who's replied to me, it's very fashionable to spread FUD on slashdot but a little investigation will show you that you'll only be "convenienced" by DRM if you use DRM applications, which I do not do and never will...
To an end user like me DRM will be entirely without impact. I won't even know its there most likely.
expansibility
will it stop me using my mp3s? No.
will it stop me running openoffice and creating sxw files? No
will it stop me playing mpg files? no
will it stop me surfing the web or using gmail? no
So explain to me how DRM is going to inconvenience me?
Apple's core home-user base only really use the built-in apps and things like MS Office, all of which will be available for years on PPC. It's not like a Windows machne where the ending of support leaves you virus-prone and vulnerable. You can be sure that OSS projects like Firefox and OpenOffice will be available ad infinitum too.
I'm on the point of buying a used G4 powermac as my main machine,although I considered and rejected a Mac Mini (due to the lack of expansibility)
You have reached the point I was aiming at.. the owner of stock controls its supply and consequently market value.
China could precipitate an economic crisis in the US by panic-selling the US debt it has bought - it would hurt the US badly in terms of currency impact and oversupply making it harder for your government to find new countries to fund its debt.
I'm British - we know all about the long-term effects of poor fiscal policy, having suffered several economic depressions with up to 3 mil. unemployed of our 57 mil. population.
Government debt always comes back to bite you
If you actually read my comment you'd see that I'm saying I don't mind DRM hardware and DRM software because I will not use any application that uses DRM. That also applies for when I go Mac - maybe my Mac will have DRM built in to protect iTMS purchases. So what. I don't buy music online. Or any other media thats subject to DRM.
Nor will I use any app that DRM's its files..
I read the header and thought "yes I'll order one today" - and would have even if it had been $150
Then I read this posting, followed by reading TFA. No. Not buying that today !
It's irrelevant if the OS has DRM or needs it - it's a very simple choice you have as a user to refuse to ever have DRM content on your machine
I keep text docs in RTF, Music in Mp3, video in AVI or MPG, emails on a web-based server.. I'll never install DRM-aware applications such as Office 2003.. I have Windows Media Player disabled, and I'll never allow DRM content onto my machine under any circumstances.
Hence, I'm not really bothered if the OS has DRM capability or not. I'm going fully Mac when the x86 powermacs come out anyway so Windows is just going to be something I use for emulation purposes.
China is buying Treasury stock in very large amounts and "owning" your government
In soaking up dollops of US debt, China helps the Federal Reserve to keep American interest rates low, sustaining high levels of American consumer spending. Yet, members of Congress are not up in arms about this form of dependence.
....stating that OSX has been secretly running on MIPS for the last 4 years as a backup backup plan
.. you refer to Telus' atttitude to the Union negotiations - could you supply a link so those of us not surrounded by moose, beaver and Molson Canadian beer can be informed?
Pro Macs are built for people who use heavy-duty commercial applications for design purposes or scientific research
Apple would do well to transition the iBook and Mac Mini first as the users will be more inclined toward using Apple's apps (iDVD, Safari, Mail, iPhoto) and less hung-up by the slow porting of expensive apps - the most pricy app a home user needs is usually Microsoft Office, which will run on Rosetta and probably will be ported early anyway.(anyone remember how long it took for QuarkExpress to go OSX native?)
Also, the takeup of intel Macs will affect the willingness to port: Which market is more likely to buy intel macs in large numbers? - home users getting a $800 laptop with a 3ghz P4 or pro users buying quad 4ghz machines?
Consumers are apples bread and butter. I doubt much of their profits comes from the G5 powermac
There are loadsa girls out there who are very grateful for being freed from Claria/Gator/MSIE :-p
A lot of ZDNet content is written in the UK, where "to trundle" is everyday usage, applied to anything on wheels that moves slowly (buses, trams, wheelbarrows)
Damn, so that's why my Mirrirdot bookmarklet stopped working
- thanks
Just install NoScript and you're sorted. It will stop any script - Greasemonkey or otherwise - running on any site except those you whitelist. I'm sure most of us only use scripts on sites we trust anyway
I use Greasemonkey in conjunction with NoScript - an extension which prevents any site from using Javascript unless it is added to the whitelist maintained in the extension.
To run a Greasemonkey script on a page you have to allow that domain or subdomain in NoScript. This prevents Greasemonkey being used on a rogue page as I wouldn't use a script on an uber-dodgy site anyway!.
Un-smegging-believable. CORAL is down. "too many connections" (to http://www.simplekde.org.nyud.net:8090/)
is it because some /.ers have scripts running to make them "first up" to see the page when the loading drops to a manageable level?
I wasn't aware that was possible, or happening (link?), but yes, and it most certainly would extend a DDOS.
Possibly so. Personally I use a Greasemonkey script which adds Coral and Mirrordot links to every URL in mainpage stories.. If /. did go for the "mirror everything" approach there's a possibility that it would deprive those sites which can take the traffic of pageviews, and click-through revenue on their ads, though - which is hardly fair.
for what its worth, this is about the 3rd time I've seen plasma.bddf.ca (not made into a link for obvious reasons) linked from the slashdot site and each time it went down immediately.
If I were them, I'd do a bugzilla and block all links from here.. meanwhile perhaps the editors/submitters should note that bddf.ca simply cannot cope with it and there's no point linking directly.