I haven't gotten very far in it, but it is very interesting. It goes far beyond in security to what a standard user would ask for. I'd actually like to see Windows or Linux have a similar guide/compilation.
- Disabling kernel extensions for firewire, bluetooth and wifi among others (completely disabling those functions).
- Different privilege levels (not just admin, user and guest).
- Managing accounts through open directory.
- Configuring password complexity requirements.
- Managing keychains.
- Securing system preferences and services (just one click, not sure if that is a good thing though). Apparently you can lock down to the Dock size of your users.
- Erasing data securely (35-pass erase? Really?).
- Disabling Safari functions (no downloads, cookies, autofill in forms, proxies, etc...).
- Managing services and running in stealth mode.
- Command-line for most of the above.
And I'm about half-ways. This is really nice to have for any serious admin. I consider myself an experienced mac user (yes, a fanboy too) and I'm surprised with everything Mac OS has that I didn't know about.
GP didn't mention conservatism. I don't see how teaching people about AIDS infringes on personal liberty (unless the government forcefully put condoms on your penis).
I'm sure Reagan could have multitasked a bit more and paid attention to other issues. More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981 (and that's those that are accounted for), far from what Stalin did, but still a pretty big number.
(Why is the menu bar on a DIFFERENT MONITOR THAN THE ONE I AM USING? This is not single-tasking 1984! Why do I drag something to the trash can when I don't want to delete it? And what idiot actually thinks Finder is a decent way to launch applications? And why is it so slow? And, and, and....)
And when it comes to hardware, the general rule on the Mac is that it Just Works only if you buy pricey Apple-branded add-ons.
Anything else is a complete crap shoot. Odds of getting my USB hard drive to work on a Mac are slim and none, yet it Just Works with every Linux system I've tried. Without touching configuration files (I don't even know where they are any more).
Go into System Preferences, then Displays, then click on the tab with the two screens. Drag the menu bar to the one you want, it'll turn into the main screen.
You drag files *and* volumes into the trash because you want to "get rid of them" (it even turns into an eject button to make he transition easier). It's kind of an abstact concept (not to mention these wacky 'windows' and 'icons' and 'buttons'... crazy kids), but it works. Finder is fast enough for me, I wish spotlight was a bit quicker though.
All USB drives (six, for all my pirated stuff) work perfectly for me, except one I formatted with ext2, but that was just for linux. Never installed any drivers except a scanner app that came with my printer. All my windows hardware (external, admittedly, it's a laptop after all) works perfectly fine.
Don't say you're system neutral when you're clearly a linux fanboy. Yes, I'm an apple fanboy.
This could be an absolutely retarded thing I'm saying, but, couldn't we turn the public on to them?
Say something like, for example, that this will enable paedophiles to hide their files. Independent groups won't be able to verify their contents and police will need court orders (or whatever kind of official permission there is there to enable police to conduct searches) and that it will radically slow down any important investigations...
I don't know how, but I feel it's time to use their own manipulative weapons against them. Remember, it doesn't have to be logical or completely sane, just "emotional" enough to convince the impulsive masses.
We definitely need some kind of device to shield our eyes from this "light". As I understand a practical way would be just covering our eyes, we could shape them as glasses! Not only that, but it could protect us from the suns blinding rays... I suggest we call this device "sunglasses" to deceive others of its true purpose!
Now if someone just invented these "sunglasses"...
The next MacBooks will also be powered by sunshine, float in mid-air, and cure cancer! Thank you Steve Jobs! It would be funny now if another article was posted...
Think Secret reports that a "trusted source" from inside apple has seen R&D working on a macbook with full eficiency solar powered surfaces, some form of anti-gravity device placed by the iSight camera and an irradiated trackpad which will be used to treat severe cases of RSI and small tumors. The new macbook will be released in September. And it'd be funnier if Apple suddenly sued for revealing unspecified industry secrets.
Are you planning on tweaking the company's quarterly earnings report while stuck in a taxicab in Jakarta? Or perhaps write the great American novel on an iPhone?
Yes, and no. I might want to do some tweaking on a text/rtf/odf/doc file. If I could just slide it through iTunes on to my iPhone and do the changes while on the pendeltåg to work/school it would be awesome. I admit I rarely use Excel, but why not have the whole package then?
I'm not some huge business executive, just a very lazy procrastinator who'd leave everything to the last minute/resource to see how far I can get in Balloon Trip.
Am I the only one that sees the iPhone as only an (awesome) entertainment device? I might be wrong but I didn't see any spreadsheet or word processing apps. I realize a widget could be written to run some local version of the google office apps but isn't it a bit wasteful?
It would be so awesome of they released a developers kit (and wishful thinking, make it open to everyone). Too bad it's impossible (viruses, ugly inefficient apps and all that).
Whatever the outcome, I'll pay 500 to whoever writes the first 95% compatible full speed widgetized NES emulator with a comfortable input system.
Oh yeah, and gives me an iPhone to test it intensively for five or six years or until the next iPhone comes out.
No one gets anything out of believing in global warming. There are no huge grants.
While I do believe in global warming there is lots of money to be found in alternative energy/fuel research, in purchasing new technologies to filter out CO2s, CFCs and such and to conserve energy.
I'm pretty sure it's the right thing to do but being completely honest there is a large industry out there developing based exclusively around preventing global warming any negative comment or counterproof (scientifically logical or not) would hurt them greatly.
Forgive me for not understanding what the manufacturing process really involves, but i see both amateur and professional projects with LEDs all over the internet. Why didn't Apple, or other companies for that matter, do it before? Was it expensive, complicated to implement or (what I'd find unforgivable) just pure laziness?
If you'll excuse me now, I've got some thinking to do at the Macbook ordering page. Hmmm.... Glossy or no glossy screen?
Besides C, every other computer skill has a newer (and better, not just newer) alternative. Besides learning them for the sake of learning, which should be good enough to anyone really interested in computers, is it really good for anything? I'm sure knowing these will guarantee you a job for a long time in some company somewhere, but it won't help you anywhere else if you're looking for bigger, more exciting things. And what if this company realizes it's time move on to some other language/development paradigm/database? In the tech world there always seems to be this huge need of "moving on". I'm not arguing it's either good or bad. To me it just is... and seems pretty much unstoppable. We might as well stick with it and play with our Commodores on weekends.
I realize this is just my case, but I only need Linux and I use Koffice for my office needs. I lack enough technical knowledge to prove it but it seems faster and lighter than OpenOffice. Are there any other free (either type) office packages on Windows? How about Mac?
I thought Crackdown was a great game. The camera was a bit uncomfortable to handle sometimes but it was still an extremely fun experience. I think instead of adding a few extra hours of gameplay to an already short game they should start planning a sequel. A bigger city, more varied environments, even more extreme abilities. Just a little more of everything. I'm definitely getting both the free and premium packs though.
Also, split screen co-op would make this game rock.
Not to mention there are inherent differences in how open and closed source works (e.g. anyone can add at any time vs. add very specific features for very specific product releases) which will never converge. I think it's more a case of closed going towards open than both joining in the middle.
It is common knowledge for all of us educated folk who watch the SciFi channel's documentaries that it is a landing pod for Goa'uld Ha'tak motherships. I, for one, welcome our welcome our overdressed alien symbiote overlords.
I was thinking about possible additions/innovations and I really couldn't imagine anything *really* innovative (I never expected the original controller either so blah). What would be cool would be the possibility to plug your DS into the controller.
The DS has the perfect layout for SNES gaming and the touch screen could host SAVE/QUIT options. You could download NES games to it also and take it with you (if gameboy b/w and pocket games are available it would be perfect). The DS touch screen could act as a (not really good) jostick and AB buttons on N64 emulation. On revolution games it could serve as a status/items/option screen.
As reactions here would probably be ignoring skype, praising google and bashing microsoft I suggest somebody make an unbiased comparison of all services and release their results here. (unbiased? slashdot?)
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I haven't gotten very far in it, but it is very interesting. It goes far beyond in security to what a standard user would ask for. I'd actually like to see Windows or Linux have a similar guide/compilation.
- Disabling kernel extensions for firewire, bluetooth and wifi among others (completely disabling those functions).
- Different privilege levels (not just admin, user and guest).
- Managing accounts through open directory.
- Configuring password complexity requirements.
- Managing keychains.
- Securing system preferences and services (just one click, not sure if that is a good thing though). Apparently you can lock down to the Dock size of your users. - Erasing data securely (35-pass erase? Really?).
- Disabling Safari functions (no downloads, cookies, autofill in forms, proxies, etc...).
- Managing services and running in stealth mode.
- Command-line for most of the above.
And I'm about half-ways. This is really nice to have for any serious admin. I consider myself an experienced mac user (yes, a fanboy too) and I'm surprised with everything Mac OS has that I didn't know about.
GP didn't mention conservatism. I don't see how teaching people about AIDS infringes on personal liberty (unless the government forcefully put condoms on your penis).
I'm sure Reagan could have multitasked a bit more and paid attention to other issues. More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981 (and that's those that are accounted for), far from what Stalin did, but still a pretty big number.
And when it comes to hardware, the general rule on the Mac is that it Just Works only if you buy pricey Apple-branded add-ons.
Anything else is a complete crap shoot. Odds of getting my USB hard drive to work on a Mac are slim and none, yet it Just Works with every Linux system I've tried. Without touching configuration files (I don't even know where they are any more).
Go into System Preferences, then Displays, then click on the tab with the two screens. Drag the menu bar to the one you want, it'll turn into the main screen.
You drag files *and* volumes into the trash because you want to "get rid of them" (it even turns into an eject button to make he transition easier). It's kind of an abstact concept (not to mention these wacky 'windows' and 'icons' and 'buttons'... crazy kids), but it works. Finder is fast enough for me, I wish spotlight was a bit quicker though.
All USB drives (six, for all my pirated stuff) work perfectly for me, except one I formatted with ext2, but that was just for linux. Never installed any drivers except a scanner app that came with my printer. All my windows hardware (external, admittedly, it's a laptop after all) works perfectly fine.
Don't say you're system neutral when you're clearly a linux fanboy. Yes, I'm an apple fanboy.
Even worse... forwards it installs Windows!
Oh wait...
And I am the cheap mexican knockoff...
This could be an absolutely retarded thing I'm saying, but, couldn't we turn the public on to them?
Say something like, for example, that this will enable paedophiles to hide their files. Independent groups won't be able to verify their contents and police will need court orders (or whatever kind of official permission there is there to enable police to conduct searches) and that it will radically slow down any important investigations...
I don't know how, but I feel it's time to use their own manipulative weapons against them. Remember, it doesn't have to be logical or completely sane, just "emotional" enough to convince the impulsive masses.
Would something like this be possible?
We definitely need some kind of device to shield our eyes from this "light". As I understand a practical way would be just covering our eyes, we could shape them as glasses! Not only that, but it could protect us from the suns blinding rays... I suggest we call this device "sunglasses" to deceive others of its true purpose!
Now if someone just invented these "sunglasses"...
How about KDE Home Basic? Then Home Premium... then Business Basic...
A tried and true system that makes sense to everyone!
If you really want to obfuscate code don't just use hunNotation... Write comments in hungarian!
Ha nem értik meg a mit irsz bisztos nem fognak tudni rugni kí.
[If they don't understand what you write surely they can't kick you out]
Not to mention I can barely write properly, so hiring a translator won't save them either...
Are you planning on tweaking the company's quarterly earnings report while stuck in a taxicab in Jakarta? Or perhaps write the great American novel on an iPhone?
Yes, and no. I might want to do some tweaking on a text/rtf/odf/doc file. If I could just slide it through iTunes on to my iPhone and do the changes while on the pendeltåg to work/school it would be awesome. I admit I rarely use Excel, but why not have the whole package then?
I'm not some huge business executive, just a very lazy procrastinator who'd leave everything to the last minute/resource to see how far I can get in Balloon Trip.
Am I the only one that sees the iPhone as only an (awesome) entertainment device? I might be wrong but I didn't see any spreadsheet or word processing apps. I realize a widget could be written to run some local version of the google office apps but isn't it a bit wasteful?
It would be so awesome of they released a developers kit (and wishful thinking, make it open to everyone). Too bad it's impossible (viruses, ugly inefficient apps and all that).
Whatever the outcome, I'll pay 500 to whoever writes the first 95% compatible full speed widgetized NES emulator with a comfortable input system.
Oh yeah, and gives me an iPhone to test it intensively for five or six years or until the next iPhone comes out.
No one gets anything out of believing in global warming. There are no huge grants.
While I do believe in global warming there is lots of money to be found in alternative energy/fuel research, in purchasing new technologies to filter out CO2s, CFCs and such and to conserve energy.
I'm pretty sure it's the right thing to do but being completely honest there is a large industry out there developing based exclusively around preventing global warming any negative comment or counterproof (scientifically logical or not) would hurt them greatly.
Forgive me for not understanding what the manufacturing process really involves, but i see both amateur and professional projects with LEDs all over the internet. Why didn't Apple, or other companies for that matter, do it before? Was it expensive, complicated to implement or (what I'd find unforgivable) just pure laziness?
If you'll excuse me now, I've got some thinking to do at the Macbook ordering page. Hmmm.... Glossy or no glossy screen?
Besides C, every other computer skill has a newer (and better, not just newer) alternative. Besides learning them for the sake of learning, which should be good enough to anyone really interested in computers, is it really good for anything? I'm sure knowing these will guarantee you a job for a long time in some company somewhere, but it won't help you anywhere else if you're looking for bigger, more exciting things. And what if this company realizes it's time move on to some other language/development paradigm/database? In the tech world there always seems to be this huge need of "moving on". I'm not arguing it's either good or bad. To me it just is... and seems pretty much unstoppable. We might as well stick with it and play with our Commodores on weekends.
I realize this is just my case, but I only need Linux and I use Koffice for my office needs. I lack enough technical knowledge to prove it but it seems faster and lighter than OpenOffice. Are there any other free (either type) office packages on Windows? How about Mac?
I thought Crackdown was a great game. The camera was a bit uncomfortable to handle sometimes but it was still an extremely fun experience. I think instead of adding a few extra hours of gameplay to an already short game they should start planning a sequel. A bigger city, more varied environments, even more extreme abilities. Just a little more of everything. I'm definitely getting both the free and premium packs though.
Also, split screen co-op would make this game rock.
Not to mention there are inherent differences in how open and closed source works (e.g. anyone can add at any time vs. add very specific features for very specific product releases) which will never converge. I think it's more a case of closed going towards open than both joining in the middle.
This is completely useless and a waste of time. Everyone knows if they need it they have Naquadah Generators at their disposal!
It is common knowledge for all of us educated folk who watch the SciFi channel's documentaries that it is a landing pod for Goa'uld Ha'tak motherships. I, for one, welcome our welcome our overdressed alien symbiote overlords.
I was thinking about possible additions/innovations and I really couldn't imagine anything *really* innovative (I never expected the original controller either so blah). What would be cool would be the possibility to plug your DS into the controller.
The DS has the perfect layout for SNES gaming and the touch screen could host SAVE/QUIT options. You could download NES games to it also and take it with you (if gameboy b/w and pocket games are available it would be perfect). The DS touch screen could act as a (not really good) jostick and AB buttons on N64 emulation. On revolution games it could serve as a status/items/option screen.
Uhhh.. look under it for gross profit. I think that is a more definite value.
Security guru Bruce Schneier also writes that the same system that posts once will post again the same news.
As reactions here would probably be ignoring skype, praising google and bashing microsoft I suggest somebody make an unbiased comparison of all services and release their results here. (unbiased? slashdot?)
It's DRM, so it's bad, but it's open source so it's good, but it's drm, but it's open source... *head explodes*