Yes, they do keep a log — the TomTom Home software asks permission to upload anonymised logs when you connect it for the first time (with the latest software on the satnav). The idea is that it will allow them to spot areas where people are using local knowledge to take a faster route (such as avoiding streets often blocked by bad parking)
Just how anonymised it actually is, of course, I don't know. Nor do I know if the software tries to send the data even if you say "no". But the trojans are probably not part of the log transfer system, anyway:)
Well, if you're using a Mac, you can use TivoTool.
Not sure what the Windows equivalent is, though you can probably still install vserver (from the site above) on your TiVo and pull programmes out that way. Check the TiVo hacking forums at Deal Database for more info.
Unfortunately, that only works for multipart emails. Straight-up HTML emails just launch into displaying the HTML, rather than doing the sensible thing and saying "no plain text part" or doing a plain text conversion.
I've got procmail forcing them through "lynx -dump" on my server at the moment, but that's not ideal. Really I'd want something that would convert a text/html message into a multipart/alternative message, so I can still see the HTML if I want...
I think a better solution would be for each URL in every message to be rewritten to prepend "http://gmail.google.com/proxyFetch?uri=..." to the front. This would at least cause the request in the log file to point back to Google, instead of the user's actual machine. It doesn't address the issue of URLs with unique identifiers, but does at least cloak the user's location.
...and now Google can add a list of the URLs I've clicked on to its database. Your suggestion works only until Google throws the "do no evil" thing out of the window. After that, we're probably worse off.
Finally, iTunes doesn't make a note in its database if I've skipped a song before it finished or early on.
iTunes 7 does.
Mind, it doesn't do anything particularly useful with it, but you have Last Skipped and Skip Count available for Smart Playlists, so you could probably get some way towards what you want...
Seems to me that if you want to run Windows programs, you're better off just running Windows instead of glopping together some awful reanimated monstrosity from beyond the grave.
It is the web developer's friend, though. Now you can test to see if your CSS works OK in IE6 without having to run Windows.
Using the google suite of checkout (which, afaik, can be used for donations) and adsense can completely replace HTML for these people. Heck, they're even getting more bang for the donation buck if they use the google service.
...as long as the project's in the US. And everyone who wants to donate's in the US, too.
Now, once Google gets this rolled out over a load more countries, it might be useful. But currently, if someone only accepts Google as a method of paying for something, I can't pay because I'm not in the US. It doesn't make sense to use Google as your primary method of payment if you're a worldwide operation.
Good luck finding a non-iPod device that will play even unencrypted AAC.
The Sony Ericsson P910i, for one. Or how about an Xbox 360, which will play the unencrypted AAC files on your Mac just fine (if you run Connect360) but won't touch the encrypted ones? It may very well play them if you plug an iPod in — but if you want to play your music through your Xbox without buying an iPod to enable it, stripping the DRM would be quite useful:)
Yes, but doorway scanners don't restrict everyone unduly — you just walk through and leave the store.
DRM is more like having to have your receipt checked on the way out: you have to queue again, keep the paperwork in hand rather than stuffing it in your wallet, and it's a hassle for all the people who aren't stealing stuff, just like DRM is a hassle for someone who just wants to play his music in the car without having to jump through hoops.
A toilet seat that projected a red X on the water at night when the seat was in the up postion and a green circle when the seat was down sure would be nice.
I prefer time limits that actually time how long you use the program, rather than how long it's been since you first ran it.
If I install something with a 30 day trial, have a quick fiddle, and then get distracted by Real Life[tm], those 30 days could have run out by the time I find the program in/Applications and remember that I hadn't finished trying it out. Now what?
A program that lets you run it on 10 separate occasions would have been much more useful, because I'd still have 9 shots left at evaluating it. Even better would be changing the 30 day limit to a 10 day limit, but only counting days that you run the program - that way, if you accidentally hit Quit and immediately restart, you don't get dinged for it.
OTOH, since you don't actually use it, you could use the Keyboard pref pane to disable it entirely, or remap it to be an extra Ctrl/Command/Option key.
d) Have a phone that could support FREQUENT firmware updates.
...which includes having the ability to take a firmware update without wiping all my data off the phone.
My Sony Ericsson P910i is user-flashable, but I don't update it because I'd have to reload all my data — and there's no Mac version of the backup app (or the flasher, come to that), so I'd have to find a Windows box from somewhere. iSync covers contacts and calendar data, but I don't want to risk losing all the other stuff on there.
Of course, knowing Apple, they'd probably require a.mac subscription before the backup app would work properly — just like on the Mac:)
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Yeah, and with really good beer you'd have to wait ages for the sediment to settle back down.
Unless you're drinking a hefeweiss, of course.
Yes, they do keep a log — the TomTom Home software asks permission to upload anonymised logs when you connect it for the first time (with the latest software on the satnav). The idea is that it will allow them to spot areas where people are using local knowledge to take a faster route (such as avoiding streets often blocked by bad parking)
Just how anonymised it actually is, of course, I don't know. Nor do I know if the software tries to send the data even if you say "no". But the trojans are probably not part of the log transfer system, anyway :)
Are you sure about that? Cmd-F is Find on mine...
Agree about Adobe Reader, though :)
Well, if you're using a Mac, you can use TivoTool.
Not sure what the Windows equivalent is, though you can probably still install vserver (from the site above) on your TiVo and pull programmes out that way. Check the TiVo hacking forums at Deal Database for more info.
Now if only PlusNet would get a clue and allow people to add TXT records to their DNS entries, rather than just A, CNAME and MX... *sigh*
Have you learned nothing from the RIAA? It cost MS a sale, therefore it's piracy...
Unfortunately, that only works for multipart emails. Straight-up HTML emails just launch into displaying the HTML, rather than doing the sensible thing and saying "no plain text part" or doing a plain text conversion.
I've got procmail forcing them through "lynx -dump" on my server at the moment, but that's not ideal. Really I'd want something that would convert a text/html message into a multipart/alternative message, so I can still see the HTML if I want...
...and now Google can add a list of the URLs I've clicked on to its database. Your suggestion works only until Google throws the "do no evil" thing out of the window. After that, we're probably worse off.
iTunes 7 does.
Mind, it doesn't do anything particularly useful with it, but you have Last Skipped and Skip Count available for Smart Playlists, so you could probably get some way towards what you want...
If that toll-free number works within the continental USA, you'll be able to get at it through Skype, at least.
A true geek's sofa would be irretrievably stuck halfway up the stairs.
Just strap one of these babies to the dash and you're good...
Slight problem if you only happen to have the one Mac, though — what are you going to hook it up to?
(Assuming you're shipping the machine to Apple and not simply taking it to the local service centre, anyway)
It is the web developer's friend, though. Now you can test to see if your CSS works OK in IE6 without having to run Windows.
...as long as the project's in the US. And everyone who wants to donate's in the US, too.
Now, once Google gets this rolled out over a load more countries, it might be useful. But currently, if someone only accepts Google as a method of paying for something, I can't pay because I'm not in the US. It doesn't make sense to use Google as your primary method of payment if you're a worldwide operation.
The Sony Ericsson P910i, for one. Or how about an Xbox 360, which will play the unencrypted AAC files on your Mac just fine (if you run Connect360) but won't touch the encrypted ones? It may very well play them if you plug an iPod in — but if you want to play your music through your Xbox without buying an iPod to enable it, stripping the DRM would be quite useful :)
Just log in your account in iTunes, click on the Account button, and View Account. You should then see a Deauthorize All button.
Yes, but doorway scanners don't restrict everyone unduly — you just walk through and leave the store.
DRM is more like having to have your receipt checked on the way out: you have to queue again, keep the paperwork in hand rather than stuffing it in your wallet, and it's a hassle for all the people who aren't stealing stuff, just like DRM is a hassle for someone who just wants to play his music in the car without having to jump through hoops.
Ask, and ye shall receive...
Well, Safeway UK were taken over by Morrisons, anyway...
I prefer time limits that actually time how long you use the program, rather than how long it's been since you first ran it.
If I install something with a 30 day trial, have a quick fiddle, and then get distracted by Real Life[tm], those 30 days could have run out by the time I find the program in /Applications and remember that I hadn't finished trying it out. Now what?
A program that lets you run it on 10 separate occasions would have been much more useful, because I'd still have 9 shots left at evaluating it. Even better would be changing the 30 day limit to a 10 day limit, but only counting days that you run the program - that way, if you accidentally hit Quit and immediately restart, you don't get dinged for it.
Just remember: if you do remove the letter Q, do not throw it into a privet bush.
OTOH, since you don't actually use it, you could use the Keyboard pref pane to disable it entirely, or remap it to be an extra Ctrl/Command/Option key.
They already did:
(from the Time Machine page)
...which includes having the ability to take a firmware update without wiping all my data off the phone.
My Sony Ericsson P910i is user-flashable, but I don't update it because I'd have to reload all my data — and there's no Mac version of the backup app (or the flasher, come to that), so I'd have to find a Windows box from somewhere. iSync covers contacts and calendar data, but I don't want to risk losing all the other stuff on there.
Of course, knowing Apple, they'd probably require a .mac subscription before the backup app would work properly — just like on the Mac :)