Doubt it. The email makes it clear that the complaint is about a search term that Dean's blog is really not about: Dean's blog is definitely about Dean Hunt. There's a reference in the follow up to contacting a lawyer as well, which takes away from the scenario of this coming from a lawyer (though it's possible, I suppose).
Also, the line from the follow up email: 'A letter in the post' seems out of synch with what a guy from Houston would write...
I'm using a non supported browser (Omni Web)... It used to be that I would be lead to a page where I would be told this, but I could try out the service if I wanted. Now, I'm simply locked out. I doubt this is a requirement of graduating from 'beta'... Silly that I have to change my browser identity to get it to run.
That's what I mean in terms of delaying the popup appearance; you could give the user enough time to examine the URL and gain confidence. The popup would then just serve to switch tabs on the user.
Didn't 'work' for me either: the tab switched over to the Secunia site when the popup appeared (version: 1.2.3)
That said, the popup did force itself to be displayed, even if it did switch the active tab, while I was viewing the Citibank site; if the malicious site delayed appearance of the popup and tried to emulate the citibank appearance in the same javascript (showing some hidden css layer that looks like the citibank site) I could have had enough time to convince myself I was on Citibank before being switched back to a lookalike site with a JS prompt.
The prompt could be used to give a false initial confidence in a phishing site in this case, by first letting the user see the genuine site, then bringing them back for the kill.
I think it's the suggestion of using Apple's resources to improve open source file sharing programs that should be cared about.
Hijack Apple's bandwidth to provide previews for shared files? How does this build sympathy for "fight[ing] the major record label monopoly"? It simply obscures any legitimate fair use arguments if you add a layer to a p2p app designed to blatantly steal resources.
I'm getting tired of the whole 'Mac user as second class citizen' thing, having to patiently wait for features found in Windows versions of software to get ported over to my platform.
I get a similar problem consistently on my old FW PowerBook:
- put machine to sleep with an external monitor attached - remove monitor - wake machine before the case is opened (by attaching a USB mouse while the machine is plugged in)
the machine will awaken without recognizing that a screen is attached. The drive will be spinning, the caps lock will work and you can connect to it if you're attached to a network. You can hit the power key and return to make it shut down in a controlled manner.
Because it doesn't recognize the LCD, closing and opening the case won't trigger sleep (on my old 'book, at least), and therefore won't force it to detect monitors after a proper case-opening awakening.
My lame solution is to leave the machine until it falls asleep; a better solution is to have a script that detects monitors attached to a function key. Even better would be if this update fixes it outright, but I'll be waiting a few days for bolder people to test this patch out before I try.
Could this thing be 2004 DW (it's a recent discovery by Mike Brown, the Caltech guy mentioned in the article)? If so, you can find a real picture here.
At the time that page was typed up, they weren't thinking of it as a planet.
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Doubt it. The email makes it clear that the complaint is about a search term that Dean's blog is really not about: Dean's blog is definitely about Dean Hunt. There's a reference in the follow up to contacting a lawyer as well, which takes away from the scenario of this coming from a lawyer (though it's possible, I suppose).
Also, the line from the follow up email: 'A letter in the post' seems out of synch with what a guy from Houston would write...
I'm using a non supported browser (Omni Web)... It used to be that I would be lead to a page where I would be told this, but I could try out the service if I wanted. Now, I'm simply locked out. I doubt this is a requirement of graduating from 'beta'... Silly that I have to change my browser identity to get it to run.
That's what I mean in terms of delaying the popup appearance; you could give the user enough time to examine the URL and gain confidence. The popup would then just serve to switch tabs on the user.
Didn't 'work' for me either: the tab switched over to the Secunia site when the popup appeared (version: 1.2.3)
That said, the popup did force itself to be displayed, even if it did switch the active tab, while I was viewing the Citibank site; if the malicious site delayed appearance of the popup and tried to emulate the citibank appearance in the same javascript (showing some hidden css layer that looks like the citibank site) I could have had enough time to convince myself I was on Citibank before being switched back to a lookalike site with a JS prompt.
The prompt could be used to give a false initial confidence in a phishing site in this case, by first letting the user see the genuine site, then bringing them back for the kill.
Mac fan Roger Ebert asked in this interview (last 2 paragraphs). Evidently just a coincidence.
They beat Slashdot by about three months. That is, for the first time around...
It's a good analogy, if the second doctor was Nick Riviera.
Ok, that's a -1, creepy right there, pal.
I think it's the suggestion of using Apple's resources to improve open source file sharing programs that should be cared about.
Hijack Apple's bandwidth to provide previews for shared files? How does this build sympathy for "fight[ing] the major record label monopoly"? It simply obscures any legitimate fair use arguments if you add a layer to a p2p app designed to blatantly steal resources.
I'm getting tired of the whole 'Mac user as second class citizen' thing, having to patiently wait for features found in Windows versions of software to get ported over to my platform.
I mean really, where the hell's my Bork?
Thanks! That'll save me 10 arduous minutes whenever I forget to plug in my mouse before the power.
I get a similar problem consistently on my old FW PowerBook:
- put machine to sleep with an external monitor attached
- remove monitor
- wake machine before the case is opened (by attaching a USB mouse while the machine is plugged in)
the machine will awaken without recognizing that a screen is attached. The drive will be spinning, the caps lock will work and you can connect to it if you're attached to a network. You can hit the power key and return to make it shut down in a controlled manner.
Because it doesn't recognize the LCD, closing and opening the case won't trigger sleep (on my old 'book, at least), and therefore won't force it to detect monitors after a proper case-opening awakening.
My lame solution is to leave the machine until it falls asleep; a better solution is to have a script that detects monitors attached to a function key. Even better would be if this update fixes it outright, but I'll be waiting a few days for bolder people to test this patch out before I try.
Could this thing be 2004 DW (it's a recent discovery by Mike Brown, the Caltech guy mentioned in the article)? If so, you can find a real picture here.
At the time that page was typed up, they weren't thinking of it as a planet.