I guess what it means is that font changes are possible unless explicitly blocked by the content provider, in which case it will be embedded in the DRM?
So what formats are those again? This sounds, to me, like they will only support DRM capable formats... Which makes this a non-buy in my opinion.
Please take a look at the Wikipedia entry. It mentions amongst others that iRex is a spin-off company from Philips and that the iLiad would be "able to render content without DRM based restrictions, and supports PDF, XHTML, TXT and MP3 formats. It also has standard connectivity features for transferring content, namely USB stick/cable, Compact Flash, SD Memory Card, WiFi, and Ethernet access."
For that matter, why aren't we (as a community) grilling Firefox for their lack of standards compatibility? What would it take for them to 'get the picture'
Please, please, stop repeating this. Standards Compliance and the Acid Test are only _related_ topics. The Acid 2 Test is not a proof of standards compliance.
Once people like yourself starting seeing the Acid Test as a proof of standards compliance, it stopped having any meaning. Programmers would/could prioritize those bugs standing in the way of passing the Acid 2 Test, while other, possibly more important issues wrt. standards compliance were treated as less important.
Even a moron in a hurry would understand that passing the Acid 2 Test only means you're passing the Acid 2 Test. It doesn't even mean that you properly included the standards needed to pass the Acid 2 Test. And even less that you're (fully) standards compliant.
How about a Firefox plugin that e-mails the Firefox foundation everytime you start Firefox?
What part of "Open Source Community" do you not understand?
And what part of the standards not yet implemented in Firefox bugs you so much that you feel the need to remind the makers about it every single time you just so much as start the product?
PS: what is this "firefox foundation" you talk about?
And why not just settle for an extension instead of a plugin?
PS2: contact info for the makers of Firefox is easy to find on the web. Can you also do us the favor of informing how we can contact you in case we have issues with anything you produce in your life? I'm sure you want your customers/clients (be them paying or even non-paying ones) to contact you every single time they use a product of you that you dared to ship without it being perfect?
I'd argue that Minidisc was Sony's worst "technologically superior" failure.
It always has been my understanding that Sony got beaten there as well. From what i undestand, Philips' DCC in fact was technologically better. From the DCC wikipedia entry:
An audio compression codec, called PASC, which is a 4:1 scheme similar to MPEG-1, was used to supply sufficient playing time. Many believed this gave better quality audio than ATRAC (used in the original MD)
Plus it allowed you to play your old-fashioned audio-cassettes as well. FWIW, the original compact cassette was also developed by Philips.
I know that evil people do it that way and that they'll always find a way. But that still doesn't mean that fully functional exploits should be made public.
Note that Microsofts security bulletins say "a maliciously crafted web page". They do not lower the threshold (and SHOULD not!) to help script-kiddies and anyone else how to write that "maliciously crafted web page"
There's a difference between "hackers/crackers FINDING an exploit" and "HANDING out exploits"
Looking at the source code, you can see which code got changed and which changes were made.
The bug is not for your eyes, as it may give detailed steps to exploit the vulnerability.
Remember when Microsoft releases a patch it would say "a maliciously crafted web page may" etc. The bugzilla entry for Firefox may actually GIVE you all you need to build that maliciously crafted page.
As said before, there's no need to publicize detailed steps to exploit a browser.
Living in Norway [after living in the US and the Netherlands] i can say that Norwegian taxes aren't all that high as they're claimed to be.
Sure, sales tax and the tax on cars, alcohol and some other things is quite a bit higher here. However this is off-set by a higher income, whereas the income tax in Norway is lower than in the NL.
So in total, the situation here isn't as bad as Norwegians like to claim ["oh, Norway is the second most expensive country in Europe to buy a new car!!" --> please take income into consideration, and realize that there are even more expensive countries]
As a Mac user I must say that iPhoto isn't cutting it (weird structure directory and al). Picasa rocks and I would gladly give away a nut for it to work on Mac.
What iPhoto version are you using? If i'm not mistaken version 6 made the directory structure quite similar to that of Picasa.
Am i the only one that gets Clippy-infected nightmares with what you're proposing?
It looks like you are making a mistake in the URL you typed. I have corrected this for you
MS Office products have instilled a great loathing for any automatic corrections by software whatsoever. Think autocapitalization, indentation, bulleting etc.
Realy life observation 1: In the biggest local electronics shop [Elkjøp] they have a HUGE [think 2-3 meters high] ad with a laptop and a Digital Camera. The laptop is obviously a powerbook, the camera is a Canon. However, the store doesn't carry any Apple products. So obvious a case of showing of fancy products/lifting along Apple's image with products that they don't even have.
Realy life observation 2: i've been spotting numerous ads in planes and magazines for companies delivering IT related products [in the broadest sense of the words, like Voice Over IP, or broadband] using Powerbooks in their ads [eg, Ventelo on the SAS airplanes]. The've photoshopped the Apple logo away from the cover, making it an even grey, but they're still clearly Powerbooks. So, they need a good looking laptop for their commercials, and they use arguable the sleekest one: the Powerbooks.
Funny side note: call such a company featuring Apple laptops in their ads, and ask if they support Apple computers with their solutions and they'll answer "no":(
Besides, i thought that that is the reason they give why it can take somewhat longer sometimes before they release a patch: they want to make sure it doesn't break anything else?
The rules were unworkable: DO NOT TAKE YOUR WORK HOME.
I'm sorry but that is a bit too easy. There's a lot of common sense that can be applied to make things more secure. In addition, the IT department can provide solutions, some of which are very easy. Also for the "ambitious people".
My company is also strict with documents. Only hard copies with a classification "Open" are allowed to leave the building. We're not allowed to talk in public places about work [which by the way can be quite an interesting experience on an intercontinental flight to Japan with a co-worker that's 30 years your senior and the only apparent thing you have in common is work, which happens to be a no-go topic...]
Our laptops have an extra bootpassword. Their hard drives are encrypted a la Apple's FileVault. If i need to take data with me to present it somewhere else i use a company-provided USB memory stick with a fingerprint reader or a password on it. And should i need to work from home late at night i can logon to our server via a secure Citrix link up.
Yes, if one takes documents with them beyond the walls of a guarded office there will be one more "attack vector", but with a number of solutions, sensitive data can still be protected much better than seems to be common practice.
Looking at the stats, there are currently very few registrations from France. Sweden and the Netherlands for instance have more registrations than France with far less inhabitatants. Also Belgium is not that far off from France, while it's a lot smaller.
Or 1. Type "google" in the location bar 2. Hit CTRL + enter 3. Right-click in the search form and choose "add a keyword for this search" 4. Fill in the fields, eg Name = Google, keyword = g 5. Next time just type "g " in the location bar, followed by enter.
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See the post above, about this being a developer's release, with the consumer product expected to be launched in September 2006.
I guess what it means is that font changes are possible unless explicitly blocked by the content provider, in which case it will be embedded in the DRM?
February 2001: Some people were planning to attack the WTC.
Once people like yourself starting seeing the Acid Test as a proof of standards compliance, it stopped having any meaning. Programmers would/could prioritize those bugs standing in the way of passing the Acid 2 Test, while other, possibly more important issues wrt. standards compliance were treated as less important.
Even a moron in a hurry would understand that passing the Acid 2 Test only means you're passing the Acid 2 Test. It doesn't even mean that you properly included the standards needed to pass the Acid 2 Test. And even less that you're (fully) standards compliant.
Please take a look at a comprehensive list comparing standards compliance before claiming lack of standards compliance in Firefox (or other browsers)
What part of "Open Source Community" do you not understand?
And what part of the standards not yet implemented in Firefox bugs you so much that you feel the need to remind the makers about it every single time you just so much as start the product?
PS: what is this "firefox foundation" you talk about?
And why not just settle for an extension instead of a plugin?
PS2: contact info for the makers of Firefox is easy to find on the web. Can you also do us the favor of informing how we can contact you in case we have issues with anything you produce in your life? I'm sure you want your customers/clients (be them paying or even non-paying ones) to contact you every single time they use a product of you that you dared to ship without it being perfect?
Dear Pat The Great,
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Your Pro Microsoft posts are giving us, the other Pat's, a bad name on
Please discontinue.
Rogue Pat
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Dear
We the other Pat's still think that IE7 has a terrible interface and broken rendering.
Rogue Pat
An audio compression codec, called PASC, which is a 4:1 scheme similar to MPEG-1, was used to supply sufficient playing time. Many believed this gave better quality audio than ATRAC (used in the original MD)
Plus it allowed you to play your old-fashioned audio-cassettes as well. FWIW, the original compact cassette was also developed by Philips.
I know that evil people do it that way and that they'll always find a way. But that still doesn't mean that fully functional exploits should be made public.
Note that Microsofts security bulletins say "a maliciously crafted web page". They do not lower the threshold (and SHOULD not!) to help script-kiddies and anyone else how to write that "maliciously crafted web page"
There's a difference between "hackers/crackers FINDING an exploit" and "HANDING out exploits"
Looking at the source code, you can see which code got changed and which changes were made. The bug is not for your eyes, as it may give detailed steps to exploit the vulnerability.
Remember when Microsoft releases a patch it would say "a maliciously crafted web page may" etc. The bugzilla entry for Firefox may actually GIVE you all you need to build that maliciously crafted page.
As said before, there's no need to publicize detailed steps to exploit a browser.
Maybe a diff on the source will tell you the coded solution. But it's quite likely that the entry in Bugzilla itself gives you the exploit.
I see no particular reason to publicize exploits.
Living in Norway [after living in the US and the Netherlands] i can say that Norwegian taxes aren't all that high as they're claimed to be.
Sure, sales tax and the tax on cars, alcohol and some other things is quite a bit higher here. However this is off-set by a higher income, whereas the income tax in Norway is lower than in the NL.
So in total, the situation here isn't as bad as Norwegians like to claim ["oh, Norway is the second most expensive country in Europe to buy a new car!!" --> please take income into consideration, and realize that there are even more expensive countries]
isn't boot camp exactly the opposite: running Windows on Apple computers? So they still don't need a lab filled with generic PC's.
Funnily enough, Magnavox is owned by Philips
DISCLAIMER: I own a Powerbook.
:(
The opposite happens too.
Realy life observation 1: In the biggest local electronics shop [Elkjøp] they have a HUGE [think 2-3 meters high] ad with a laptop and a Digital Camera. The laptop is obviously a powerbook, the camera is a Canon. However, the store doesn't carry any Apple products. So obvious a case of showing of fancy products/lifting along Apple's image with products that they don't even have.
Realy life observation 2: i've been spotting numerous ads in planes and magazines for companies delivering IT related products [in the broadest sense of the words, like Voice Over IP, or broadband] using Powerbooks in their ads [eg, Ventelo on the SAS airplanes]. The've photoshopped the Apple logo away from the cover, making it an even grey, but they're still clearly Powerbooks. So, they need a good looking laptop for their commercials, and they use arguable the sleekest one: the Powerbooks.
Funny side note: call such a company featuring Apple laptops in their ads, and ask if they support Apple computers with their solutions and they'll answer "no"
Besides, i thought that that is the reason they give why it can take somewhat longer sometimes before they release a patch: they want to make sure it doesn't break anything else?
My company is also strict with documents. Only hard copies with a classification "Open" are allowed to leave the building. We're not allowed to talk in public places about work [which by the way can be quite an interesting experience on an intercontinental flight to Japan with a co-worker that's 30 years your senior and the only apparent thing you have in common is work, which happens to be a no-go topic...]
Our laptops have an extra bootpassword. Their hard drives are encrypted a la Apple's FileVault. If i need to take data with me to present it somewhere else i use a company-provided USB memory stick with a fingerprint reader or a password on it. And should i need to work from home late at night i can logon to our server via a secure Citrix link up.
Yes, if one takes documents with them beyond the walls of a guarded office there will be one more "attack vector", but with a number of solutions, sensitive data can still be protected much better than seems to be common practice.
Looking at the stats, there are currently very few registrations from France.
Sweden and the Netherlands for instance have more registrations than France with far less inhabitatants. Also Belgium is not that far off from France, while it's a lot smaller.
What does that say about France's EU feeling?
Or
1. Type "google" in the location bar
2. Hit CTRL + enter
3. Right-click in the search form and choose "add a keyword for this search"
4. Fill in the fields, eg Name = Google, keyword = g
5. Next time just type "g " in the location bar, followed by enter.
Upon opening Slashdot this morning i see it's business as usual:
And don't forget that since "Tiger" you can also use secure your Virtual Memory on OS X.