No, I'm not talking about my bugs. I'm saying (as if you really didn't know) that I can pack more stuff into a smaller chip with assembly than with any higher level language. The end result is I can use a cheaper chip to do the same thing, or more things with an equivalent sized chip. So making something that's $12 rather than $14 means my wicker basket is not only more durable but costs less. When that becomes obsolete let me know.
I agree with ya, mostly, but having 2 stacks is perfect if you're writing a Forth compiler. I went through a period in the early 80's where just about everything I did (embedded systems) was in Forth using compilers I wrote. Loved that 6809 chip, and the 68000 family made writing software just plain ole fun. In assembly & Forth of course.
I design embedded systems for a living, and this obsolete assembly language skill is what distinguishes my designs from those other companies. True, it takes me a little longer to get the code done, but it runs faster, has more features, and fits into a much smaller memory space than what I could do with C, or anything else. (Not to mention the fact that all the bugs in my code are all mine and none were introduced by a compiler.) I feel like it's to my advantage that assembly has faded from most designer's skill set. I won't deny that this skill is on the endangered species list, but to group it with the skill needed to dial a rotary phone made me speak up. It may be rare but it certainly isn't useless.
I think a pretty accurate estimate of just how bad Leopard is for the early adopters is to see how many are trashing Leopard and going back to Tiger. You say you've not seen a single one do that? Must be worth keeping then. Quite a contrast to the Vista-to-XP scenario.
Nice to see this presented as a Quicktime movie. What other format could this be in where I can grab the play marker and drag it back-n-forth to scrub through the movie?
I keep tellin em but they never listen. Aliens gave up on radio eons ago. Poor range, prone to interference, and a host of other disadvantages. If you want to eavesdrop on what's being said about us in the universe, you gots to gets your hands on one of them newfangled SHF gravity wave radios.
Well, now that I've installed Safari 3.0.3 (had vers 2 in the previous test) in the MacBook, times have changed.
188ms. And it passes the Acid test to boot.
On a Core 2 Duo MacBook with 1GB ram, 413ms.
On a G5 PowerMac, 311ms.
With Safari coming in at such a close 2nd, it seems it's worth honorable mention, don't you think?
Whenever I see someone say they have used Windows for years & years and have never had a virus or malware/spyware, it just makes me shake my head and smile. We all know that this is the exception to the rule. We all know that Windows is plagued by this. Are these announcements made just to tell us that, somehow, it IS possible to use Windows without it becoming corrupted? OK, I'll give them that, with enough precautions, it IS possible. But for the typical user, it ain't possible. Case in point: Mac users I know = 9. None of whom know anything about computers (2 fiends, sister, niece, girlfriend, girlfriend's daughter, son, daughter) except myself. Viruses, malware, spyware, none. And they all (especially me) browse any website they see without once even thinking that maybe they shouldn't. On the other side of the coin, I know of 7 Windows users. Friend's two daughters, and they both periodically pay someone to wipe & reinstall the system (and losing everything they had on it). About a year ago one of them trashed her PC and bought a new one simply because she couldn't find anyone who could rid it of its latest virus. Two neighbors who constantly complain about malware on their 2 machines, and 2 other neighbors (the woman tells me of their tribulations with Windows & viruses, and the guy always makes excuses about why it happened or why I see him reinstalling Windows), and my son-in-law who is the ONLY one who says he has no problems. I believe him. He gets a laptop from the company he works for and they "take care of it" for him. The kicker though, is that he is not allowed to use it online for anything OTHER than email and accessing the company's web site. (Funny that it would need taking care of when used for just those two simple things.)
So when I hear of tales about someone never having any problems with malware on a PC, it really makes me wonder. What does it take for the average person to use this stuff?
Security is a state of mind, not a software package.
Malware will be no less prevalent if Linux takes over the home market from Windows because the average home user still doesn't understand computer security (and has no desire to try). The vast majority of malware today is not installed through IE security holes and drive-by-downloads like they were in Windows 9x days. They're all trojans. No matter how tight the security on Linux, you can never stop a user from downloading and installing a malicious trojan for a "FREE SCR33NS4VER!1!!!".
Like the state of mind one gets into when they simply click on a link and see a message saying "You are about to run the application XYZ for the first time. Are you sure you want to do this?" Or they install a screensaver and it says "You are about to install an application into your Startup Items folder. Are you sure you want to do this?" Or the state of mind one gets when they download a picture and see "The file XYZ contains an application. Do you wish to install and run said program?" (Okay, I'm not word-for-word here but you get my drift.) Seems to me that some software packages can induce a secure state of mind, while others will either leave you to your own devices, or worse yet, lull you into acknowledging every little move the OS makes... or big ones.
I for one believe that we have been visited by ETI. It's just that they are so far advanced compared to us meager earthlings that they have no inclination to strike up a conversation with us.
Also, I think the reason we have not heard one peep out of the Galactic Community via our radio telescopes is not that we're listening on the wrong channel, it's that we're using the wrong radio. When we build our first microwave gravity-wave radio, we'll be hard pressed to separate one conversation from another.
When I saw that it was an editorial by Dvorak I just moved on and did not RTFA. I did, however, waste a few minutes of my time to come here just to say that.:)
To catch an iPod or iPhone thief (and thereby prevent many thefts, if this is made well known), I think Apple should do this:
Modify iTunes so that it sends to Apple the s/n of any connected iPod or iPhone. If stolen, the victim sends Apple a copy of the police report. Apple then puts that s/n on its watch list, and the next time the stolen iWhatever announces itself, Apple sends the IP# of the machine it is connected to to the police dept where the report was made. It may cost Apple an employee or two to handle this but the PR it would generate I think would be worth it. It may even recover the iPod that was snatched from the resident teen here.
How does a system like that get near 500 watts just at idle?
My system is drawing 197 watts right now. It's a Mac Quad G5 (2.5GHz), 4.5GB ram, 2 250GB drives and a Geo 7800GT for video. It's running Safari, with 7 other apps running in the background (System Profiler, SubEthaEdit, Temp Monitor, Preview, Pages, NetNewswire, and Mail).
You don't. Just have it activated at an AT&T store like all the other phones they sell.
But you obviously will need a computer if you want to sync with it. But if you don't have one then there isn't anything to sync with, but you still have a phone, browser, email, but no iPod.
The thing that will amaze and astonish some people is that I did it in WinXP Pro running Safari!
(I'm still waiting for someone to give me a link that will crash it.)
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Maybe they won't admit that they aren't, because they and the vast majority of the people who use them think they are.
If I'm not mistaken the App Store is going to have a private page accessible only to employees of a business for exactly that purpose.
38 Safari 3.0.4, 84 Safari Webkit Build 30790
No, I'm not talking about my bugs. I'm saying (as if you really didn't know) that I can pack more stuff into a smaller chip with assembly than with any higher level language. The end result is I can use a cheaper chip to do the same thing, or more things with an equivalent sized chip. So making something that's $12 rather than $14 means my wicker basket is not only more durable but costs less. When that becomes obsolete let me know.
I agree with ya, mostly, but having 2 stacks is perfect if you're writing a Forth compiler. I went through a period in the early 80's where just about everything I did (embedded systems) was in Forth using compilers I wrote. Loved that 6809 chip, and the 68000 family made writing software just plain ole fun. In assembly & Forth of course.
I design embedded systems for a living, and this obsolete assembly language skill is what distinguishes my designs from those other companies. True, it takes me a little longer to get the code done, but it runs faster, has more features, and fits into a much smaller memory space than what I could do with C, or anything else. (Not to mention the fact that all the bugs in my code are all mine and none were introduced by a compiler.) I feel like it's to my advantage that assembly has faded from most designer's skill set. I won't deny that this skill is on the endangered species list, but to group it with the skill needed to dial a rotary phone made me speak up. It may be rare but it certainly isn't useless.
I think you may need to revisit the definition of a virus and a trojan.
By then? What about right this minute?
Okay, one then. :)
At least he didn't switch back because he hated it.
I think a pretty accurate estimate of just how bad Leopard is for the early adopters is to see how many are trashing Leopard and going back to Tiger. You say you've not seen a single one do that? Must be worth keeping then. Quite a contrast to the Vista-to-XP scenario.
Nice to see this presented as a Quicktime movie. What other format could this be in where I can grab the play marker and drag it back-n-forth to scrub through the movie?
I keep tellin em but they never listen. Aliens gave up on radio eons ago. Poor range, prone to interference, and a host of other disadvantages. If you want to eavesdrop on what's being said about us in the universe, you gots to gets your hands on one of them newfangled SHF gravity wave radios.
eBay runs Microsoft-IIS/5.0, so what did we expect, security?
Well, now that I've installed Safari 3.0.3 (had vers 2 in the previous test) in the MacBook, times have changed. 188ms. And it passes the Acid test to boot.
On a Core 2 Duo MacBook with 1GB ram, 413ms. On a G5 PowerMac, 311ms. With Safari coming in at such a close 2nd, it seems it's worth honorable mention, don't you think?
Whenever I see someone say they have used Windows for years & years and have never had a virus or malware/spyware, it just makes me shake my head and smile. We all know that this is the exception to the rule. We all know that Windows is plagued by this. Are these announcements made just to tell us that, somehow, it IS possible to use Windows without it becoming corrupted? OK, I'll give them that, with enough precautions, it IS possible. But for the typical user, it ain't possible. Case in point: Mac users I know = 9. None of whom know anything about computers (2 fiends, sister, niece, girlfriend, girlfriend's daughter, son, daughter) except myself. Viruses, malware, spyware, none. And they all (especially me) browse any website they see without once even thinking that maybe they shouldn't. On the other side of the coin, I know of 7 Windows users. Friend's two daughters, and they both periodically pay someone to wipe & reinstall the system (and losing everything they had on it). About a year ago one of them trashed her PC and bought a new one simply because she couldn't find anyone who could rid it of its latest virus. Two neighbors who constantly complain about malware on their 2 machines, and 2 other neighbors (the woman tells me of their tribulations with Windows & viruses, and the guy always makes excuses about why it happened or why I see him reinstalling Windows), and my son-in-law who is the ONLY one who says he has no problems. I believe him. He gets a laptop from the company he works for and they "take care of it" for him. The kicker though, is that he is not allowed to use it online for anything OTHER than email and accessing the company's web site. (Funny that it would need taking care of when used for just those two simple things.) So when I hear of tales about someone never having any problems with malware on a PC, it really makes me wonder. What does it take for the average person to use this stuff?
Like the state of mind one gets into when they simply click on a link and see a message saying "You are about to run the application XYZ for the first time. Are you sure you want to do this?" Or they install a screensaver and it says "You are about to install an application into your Startup Items folder. Are you sure you want to do this?" Or the state of mind one gets when they download a picture and see "The file XYZ contains an application. Do you wish to install and run said program?" (Okay, I'm not word-for-word here but you get my drift.)
Seems to me that some software packages can induce a secure state of mind, while others will either leave you to your own devices, or worse yet, lull you into acknowledging every little move the OS makes... or big ones.
I for one believe that we have been visited by ETI. It's just that they are so far advanced compared to us meager earthlings that they have no inclination to strike up a conversation with us. Also, I think the reason we have not heard one peep out of the Galactic Community via our radio telescopes is not that we're listening on the wrong channel, it's that we're using the wrong radio. When we build our first microwave gravity-wave radio, we'll be hard pressed to separate one conversation from another.
I was going to post the same sentiments. And if I knew how to UNmod him as a troll, I would. It's gonna happen, "you'll see".
Ditto what wamerocity said.
When I saw that it was an editorial by Dvorak I just moved on and did not RTFA. I did, however, waste a few minutes of my time to come here just to say that. :)
To catch an iPod or iPhone thief (and thereby prevent many thefts, if this is made well known), I think Apple should do this: Modify iTunes so that it sends to Apple the s/n of any connected iPod or iPhone. If stolen, the victim sends Apple a copy of the police report. Apple then puts that s/n on its watch list, and the next time the stolen iWhatever announces itself, Apple sends the IP# of the machine it is connected to to the police dept where the report was made. It may cost Apple an employee or two to handle this but the PR it would generate I think would be worth it. It may even recover the iPod that was snatched from the resident teen here.
How does a system like that get near 500 watts just at idle? My system is drawing 197 watts right now. It's a Mac Quad G5 (2.5GHz), 4.5GB ram, 2 250GB drives and a Geo 7800GT for video. It's running Safari, with 7 other apps running in the background (System Profiler, SubEthaEdit, Temp Monitor, Preview, Pages, NetNewswire, and Mail).
You don't. Just have it activated at an AT&T store like all the other phones they sell.
But you obviously will need a computer if you want to sync with it. But if you don't have one then there isn't anything to sync with, but you still have a phone, browser, email, but no iPod.
I don't have anything turned off, or on. I haven't touched it.
The thing that will amaze and astonish some people is that I did it in WinXP Pro running Safari! (I'm still waiting for someone to give me a link that will crash it.)