I'm not an expert, but here's how I'm pretty sure it works.
OS X itself is not open, as OS X is just the GUI over Darwin, which is open. Darwin is based on BSD, so it has to be open, but OS X as a GUI was developed entirely at Apple. So, the iPhone uses OS X, but that isn't open. I'm not sure if it's running over something based on Darwin, but they may have just modified the version of OS X on the iPhone to run independently, so nothing is open.
Again, I'm no expert and I don't even own an iPhone, but that's how I think it works based on what I've read about it.
For anyone who still thinks there could have possibly been a legitimate reason for this, think again. What's been confirmed to me is that roughly seven employees from a store in eastern Massachusetts (I know where, but there's no need to get THAT specific) were goofing around and were interested in Obama's records. They apparently didn't realize how seriously this would be taken. The (unconfirmed) rumor is that they were just bored at work, and someone thought it might be funny to look it up. They did not have any malicious intentions, but at the same time they had no legitimate reason to access the account. They are all suspended, and they will all be fired after the investigation confirms what the accused have already shared with other VZW employees.
Don't worry about how I know, I just do.
Isn't the game already cracked? I haven't checked for myself, I can't run it on my G5 anyway, but I've heard from several people that it was cracked shortly after that early release incident. Can't play it online, but I'm sure someone will find a workaround or create a private server for that eventually.
This was modded... funny? Seriously? And I thought it was a serious question. I don't want to offer bribes or anything, but +1 Informative to the first person to answer the question!
I happen to work for a division of Alcatel-Lucent, in fact I work for one of the few divisions that is still profitable. The company as a whole is hurting, the heads both in America and in France (Alcatel is based primarily out of France) recently stepped down. Throughout the entire company, they are cutting costs as much as they can. I'm seeing with my own eyes that they'd rather leave a facility understaffed and underfunded in order to save money this quarter than invest a bit of money so there can be a next quarter.
For example, they won't hire any additional staff to help with our ever increasing turnaround time on repairs, so customers are getting unhappy. The factory in France has decided to switch to sea freight, adding to our already ridiculous lead time. They've begun outsourcing manufacturing of parts, and then not testing units after being assembled at the factory, leading to a very high out-of-box failure rate. They've even all but stopped using crates for some very large units, leading to alot of damage in transit and rejected claims due to insufficient packaging.
From what I can see, it's only going to get worse. The biggest problem I can see is that most of the administration thinks it's a great idea to cut costs and save this quarter, and because most of the staff (from what I've seen) understands this is no way to prosper, they're looking for more secure positions elsewhere rather than stay and wait in fear of a layoff.
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I'm not an expert, but here's how I'm pretty sure it works. OS X itself is not open, as OS X is just the GUI over Darwin, which is open. Darwin is based on BSD, so it has to be open, but OS X as a GUI was developed entirely at Apple. So, the iPhone uses OS X, but that isn't open. I'm not sure if it's running over something based on Darwin, but they may have just modified the version of OS X on the iPhone to run independently, so nothing is open. Again, I'm no expert and I don't even own an iPhone, but that's how I think it works based on what I've read about it.
For anyone who still thinks there could have possibly been a legitimate reason for this, think again. What's been confirmed to me is that roughly seven employees from a store in eastern Massachusetts (I know where, but there's no need to get THAT specific) were goofing around and were interested in Obama's records. They apparently didn't realize how seriously this would be taken. The (unconfirmed) rumor is that they were just bored at work, and someone thought it might be funny to look it up. They did not have any malicious intentions, but at the same time they had no legitimate reason to access the account. They are all suspended, and they will all be fired after the investigation confirms what the accused have already shared with other VZW employees. Don't worry about how I know, I just do.
Isn't the game already cracked? I haven't checked for myself, I can't run it on my G5 anyway, but I've heard from several people that it was cracked shortly after that early release incident. Can't play it online, but I'm sure someone will find a workaround or create a private server for that eventually.
This was modded... funny? Seriously? And I thought it was a serious question. I don't want to offer bribes or anything, but +1 Informative to the first person to answer the question!
I happen to work for a division of Alcatel-Lucent, in fact I work for one of the few divisions that is still profitable. The company as a whole is hurting, the heads both in America and in France (Alcatel is based primarily out of France) recently stepped down. Throughout the entire company, they are cutting costs as much as they can. I'm seeing with my own eyes that they'd rather leave a facility understaffed and underfunded in order to save money this quarter than invest a bit of money so there can be a next quarter. For example, they won't hire any additional staff to help with our ever increasing turnaround time on repairs, so customers are getting unhappy. The factory in France has decided to switch to sea freight, adding to our already ridiculous lead time. They've begun outsourcing manufacturing of parts, and then not testing units after being assembled at the factory, leading to a very high out-of-box failure rate. They've even all but stopped using crates for some very large units, leading to alot of damage in transit and rejected claims due to insufficient packaging. From what I can see, it's only going to get worse. The biggest problem I can see is that most of the administration thinks it's a great idea to cut costs and save this quarter, and because most of the staff (from what I've seen) understands this is no way to prosper, they're looking for more secure positions elsewhere rather than stay and wait in fear of a layoff.
If ISPs are monitoring traffic so closely, doesn't that make them more responsible for what people are using their service for? Namely piracy.