GP clearly was making a joke about the concept of "Bread and Circuses" and adding information to the Almighty Citizen Database that you'd be entranced by it. It's a joke. Laugh.
Assuming the "standard" fansub size of 233MB for an ED release, it would be about 760 billion episodes of anime. To put that in perspective, Naruto is currently 224 eps long (85 too many).
Here's a crude analogy: scientists have known about the hole in the ozone layer around the South Pole. They know what caused the problem, the process of how the problem developed, even the chemical mechanism that perpetuates the hole - but they can't do anything to shrink it any faster than just letting it repair itself. Get my point?
From the way you phrased it, pointing out problems and being able to exploit them are two different things. And again, why the sudden change in the scope of the vulnerability? Didn't he say that he already had the exploit ready to go, and that he was simply bullied into not presenting it? I just find that suspicious.
...that he could gain complete access over the machine? Frankly, I wouldn't even be surprised if he did some old-fashioned reverse-engineering of the patch to create the exploit for the older boxes.
Well, if we assume that the people who dropped their laptops have butterfingers and drop their laptops on a normal basis, then consider the number of IBM laptops possibly equipped with that series of batteries, it instinctively feels like it shouldn't be that rare...
Uhh, no. If you're referring to the rendering engine, Opera built their own, called Presto, which replaced Elektra (also their own work) a few years back. The current version (Opera 9) is built on a a revamped version of Presto. Don't know where you got any other idea; maybe you were thinking of OmniWeb?
It might not be nearly as convenient, but I've been hearing that in the dorms my fellow students are posting the names of songs that they would like to "buy". Some cheap 32-128MB memory tokens float around; discreet messages are sent telling them to keep an eye on "the SanDisk with a sticker on it" or the "green Dell one that has a crack in the casing".
I have an MDA Vario. It's about the same size as an older-gen iPod. I use it mostly for playing mp3s, divx - oh, and take phone calls. It has a touchscreen. You can use any mp3 as a ring tone. I bought Opera Mobile, so it displays web pages just like they would look on the desktop (minus Flash, but I consider that a blessing). I can use 2GB miniSD; heck, I can even use the sketchy off-spec 4GB miniSD that aren't supposed to work with it. It syncs with Outlook perfectly fine. Google has a version of Maps for it. The only thing that's missing is Visual Voice Mail, but that's as much a network feature as a phone feature (I use T-Mobile).
And it has some things that the iPhone doesn't. You know, like a physical keyboard. The ability to install whatever programs you want (and there's a whole lot of them out there). Oh, and it's available now. I got it back in July for $250, no contract.
I'll be frank, it's not for everyone. It's ugly as sin, for starters. The Wi-Fi is G-spec, but it won't quite work at G speeds. The camera isn't that great. It's still stuck with USB 1.1 (no idea why), so you'll need to get a card reader for uploading a lot of songs. You probably have a dozen other requirements that you haven't listed, and since I'm not psychic I can't tell whether it'll satisfy those. But it will work for some people. Give it a shot.
I had the exact same situation, with Windows not accepting the product key on the bottom of my ThinkPad during activation after I wiped the hard drive clean... maybe there's something going on there? Anyways, I called them up, failed the automated service, and automatically got switched to a human. She gave me some sort of alternate code, waited until it finished rebooting, and that was that.
Personally, I think that Microsoft has an average percentage of bad reps; it's just that since they have so many more customers, and that people tend to report bad (and not good) service that it seems like MS CSRs are so much worse.
I am one of those who are code-illiterate. The only thing I can do is donate money and spread the word, both of which I am happy to do.
That being said, if there *are* people being paid to do this work, is there some sort of listing that shows who they are? I'd like to know where/who the ad/partnership money is going to, and preferably how much.
Both. We hate Bush because he wanted to spend money in Iraq instead of finishing up Afghanistan first, but then he made it worse by risking the situation and not backing the Iraq theater 100%.
Cut them some slack. Rollable e-ink displays are still kinda new. Or would you have been one of those people who complained that the Model T didn't get 60 miles of the gallon and have a top speed of 100 MPH?
>> There are probably a large number of features of OS X that have been left out, but does this make it any less "OS X", than Windows CE is Windows?
Uhh, yes. Windows CE is nothing like any desktop version of Windows, unless you want to count the logos and having a Start Menu. They're just leveraging the brand. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple was doing the same thing.
>> I believe keeping the phone a closed platform, at least in the short term, ensures that the phone is stable and people get used to the design philosphy.
Funny. Whatever happened to the Slashdot mentality of, "I paid for it; it's mine; I should be able to do anything I want to it"?
Though I will hope that they at least allow Java to be installed on the phones.
Unless they plan on using it themselves or if some killer app from a third party would require it (and I highly doubt that scenario), there's no point in wasting resources by installing something that would open up even a crack on what is supposed to be a closed platform.
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...however, if the designs, blueprints, and tooling were destroyed/not kept around (a la the SR-71), it can be almost as troublesome.
If people owned more than one iPhone, that would make me truly sad. I don't get the multiple iPod thing either.
Opera has a built-in feed reader as well.
GP clearly was making a joke about the concept of "Bread and Circuses" and adding information to the Almighty Citizen Database that you'd be entranced by it. It's a joke. Laugh.
I'd like to point out that if Alaska were split in half to create a new state, Texas would become the *third* largest state in the US.
Assuming the "standard" fansub size of 233MB for an ED release, it would be about 760 billion episodes of anime. To put that in perspective, Naruto is currently 224 eps long (85 too many).
Nobody is above the law(s and theories of physics).
In this case the *airlines* are engaging in a form of interstate commerce. A little hard to get around that one.
Pointing out a flaw != knowing how to exploit it.
Here's a crude analogy: scientists have known about the hole in the ozone layer around the South Pole. They know what caused the problem, the process of how the problem developed, even the chemical mechanism that perpetuates the hole - but they can't do anything to shrink it any faster than just letting it repair itself. Get my point?
From the way you phrased it, pointing out problems and being able to exploit them are two different things. And again, why the sudden change in the scope of the vulnerability? Didn't he say that he already had the exploit ready to go, and that he was simply bullied into not presenting it? I just find that suspicious.
I don't know about you, but I don't like running while it's raining and/or snowing.
...that he could gain complete access over the machine? Frankly, I wouldn't even be surprised if he did some old-fashioned reverse-engineering of the patch to create the exploit for the older boxes.
Well, if we assume that the people who dropped their laptops have butterfingers and drop their laptops on a normal basis, then consider the number of IBM laptops possibly equipped with that series of batteries, it instinctively feels like it shouldn't be that rare...
Uhh, no. If you're referring to the rendering engine, Opera built their own, called Presto, which replaced Elektra (also their own work) a few years back. The current version (Opera 9) is built on a a revamped version of Presto. Don't know where you got any other idea; maybe you were thinking of OmniWeb?
It might not be nearly as convenient, but I've been hearing that in the dorms my fellow students are posting the names of songs that they would like to "buy". Some cheap 32-128MB memory tokens float around; discreet messages are sent telling them to keep an eye on "the SanDisk with a sticker on it" or the "green Dell one that has a crack in the casing".
The only justification they need is, "Enough people are willing to pay for it that we'll keep making oodles of money."
I have an MDA Vario. It's about the same size as an older-gen iPod. I use it mostly for playing mp3s, divx - oh, and take phone calls. It has a touchscreen. You can use any mp3 as a ring tone. I bought Opera Mobile, so it displays web pages just like they would look on the desktop (minus Flash, but I consider that a blessing). I can use 2GB miniSD; heck, I can even use the sketchy off-spec 4GB miniSD that aren't supposed to work with it. It syncs with Outlook perfectly fine. Google has a version of Maps for it. The only thing that's missing is Visual Voice Mail, but that's as much a network feature as a phone feature (I use T-Mobile). And it has some things that the iPhone doesn't. You know, like a physical keyboard. The ability to install whatever programs you want (and there's a whole lot of them out there). Oh, and it's available now. I got it back in July for $250, no contract. I'll be frank, it's not for everyone. It's ugly as sin, for starters. The Wi-Fi is G-spec, but it won't quite work at G speeds. The camera isn't that great. It's still stuck with USB 1.1 (no idea why), so you'll need to get a card reader for uploading a lot of songs. You probably have a dozen other requirements that you haven't listed, and since I'm not psychic I can't tell whether it'll satisfy those. But it will work for some people. Give it a shot.
I had the exact same situation, with Windows not accepting the product key on the bottom of my ThinkPad during activation after I wiped the hard drive clean... maybe there's something going on there? Anyways, I called them up, failed the automated service, and automatically got switched to a human. She gave me some sort of alternate code, waited until it finished rebooting, and that was that. Personally, I think that Microsoft has an average percentage of bad reps; it's just that since they have so many more customers, and that people tend to report bad (and not good) service that it seems like MS CSRs are so much worse.
Nope, sorry. It's called "Californian Sparkling Wine" for a reason.
I am one of those who are code-illiterate. The only thing I can do is donate money and spread the word, both of which I am happy to do.
That being said, if there *are* people being paid to do this work, is there some sort of listing that shows who they are? I'd like to know where/who the ad/partnership money is going to, and preferably how much.
I imagine the demand would be greater for the ability to run OSX in a virtual machine on a *PC*. But perhaps that's just me...
Both. We hate Bush because he wanted to spend money in Iraq instead of finishing up Afghanistan first, but then he made it worse by risking the situation and not backing the Iraq theater 100%.
>> If Jobs really wants to stop selling DRM'd music, it is not up to him. It is up to the record companies.
Yup yup, remember how succesful they were in pushing for selling songs at different prices on iTunes? Oh wait...
Cut them some slack. Rollable e-ink displays are still kinda new. Or would you have been one of those people who complained that the Model T didn't get 60 miles of the gallon and have a top speed of 100 MPH?
>> There are probably a large number of features of OS X that have been left out, but does this make it any less "OS X", than Windows CE is Windows?
Uhh, yes. Windows CE is nothing like any desktop version of Windows, unless you want to count the logos and having a Start Menu. They're just leveraging the brand. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple was doing the same thing.
>> I believe keeping the phone a closed platform, at least in the short term, ensures that the phone is stable and people get used to the design philosphy.
Funny. Whatever happened to the Slashdot mentality of, "I paid for it; it's mine; I should be able to do anything I want to it"?
Though I will hope that they at least allow Java to be installed on the phones.
Unless they plan on using it themselves or if some killer app from a third party would require it (and I highly doubt that scenario), there's no point in wasting resources by installing something that would open up even a crack on what is supposed to be a closed platform.