Apple is just fortunate enough not be getting attacked right now. GNU/Linux land is much better prepared than Apple's ecosystem because unlike with Apple on the desktop you haven't got systems where users are installing software from non-repository sources.
One word: PPAs.
Seriously. Think about it. Ubuntu PPAs are not vetted by Canonical or the Ubuntu Dev Team, and could, potentially, be used to spread Linux viruses.
Of course, someone has to go through the work of adding it to the package manager, but Ubuntu as made this relatively painless by 'add-apt-repository'.
Well, according to several e-mails that made it to my spam trap, there seem to be many surefire ways to get a free iPad or Kindle. Seems all you have to do is sign up for some marketing promotions and surveys...
My experience hints me to the possibility that cellurl believes that she is doing and saying the right thing. Because that's what was done to her, and she never questioned that belief. So now, it's "truth," along with many other implanted beliefs.
Exactly, but just because cellurl believes she is doing the right thing doesn't mean that she is. Hitler likely believed that he was doing the right thing, too.
Right. Frames are annoying, so we say 'hasta la vista' to them. DIVs are equally annoying, buh-bye. JavaScript, Flash, animated GIFs, all annoying, gone. Java applets -- damned annoying. Hey, by the time we're done, we'll all be running lynx!
This does not prey on smart or dumb. This preys on how much information you can hold in your head at the same time. Miller's magic number 7. When you go beyond 7 things, you'll have to access different memory which is where the sleight of hand is at play.
Which is exactly why the parent pointed out that best practice for going to your bank is still to open a new browser window with no other tabs every time and closing it as soon as you're done.
The Quick Launch bar in Windows is one of the easiest things to modify programmatically. Very easy to do with a bit of VBScript code, PowerShell code, or perhaps something like a NullSoft installer.
Maybe it collects defunct satellites and brings them back for repair..
Actually, it has a a robotic arm, so the X37B can be used to repair and refuel satellites in orbit. I'm not sure I believe the USAF when it says it has absolutely no space weapons purpose, however.
Interesting bit of history; I had always thought that Carbon and Cocoa were new APIs implemented in the same fashion as NextSTEP/OPENSTEP, but not derived from its APIs like AppKit, Foundation Kit or Toolbox, but apparently this isn't even remotely true. Thanks for that; now I know.:)
But Apple did rebuild their GUI shell, application APIs, etc. from scratch. Sure the underlying OS is based on legacy code stretching back into, really, the 1960s (BSD itself was, after all, based on AT&T's Unix), but the GUI and application APIs were totally new.
Chrome now has FlashBlock and AdBlock. Zotzero is...well, it's a Firefox-only thing; it doesn't work with any other browsers.:( I don't use it, however.
Many complain about a lack of NoScript, but Chrome does have a NoScript equivalent built-in. You turn off JavaScript and then re-enable it per-page. It has NoScript-style on-the-fly re-enabling, too.
Mmmmm...no he's thinking of Mandrake at a time when Red Hat Linux, the desktop distro, as opposed to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the enterprise server distro, was still around.
Mandrake, like SuSE and Caldera, started life as a repackaged Red Hat Linux (7/8/9) that used KDE by default, rather than GNOME. (Back then, virtually all commercial distros were in someway or another derived from Red Hat)
Caldera morphed into the SCO Group, SuSE got bought by Novell and became the only serious competitor to RHEL in the enterprise server market, and Madrake and Conectiva merged and have finally failed.
This isn't even about copyright infringement. Hell, much of the copyrighted content on YouTube was uploaded by the copyright owner on purpose, to get people to watch it. As for the other stuff that was uploaded without authorization, as TFA says, Google has gone above and beyond by scanning through their archives with sophisticated software that automatically sends notices to the copyright holder, asking them if they want to A) take it down or B) make money off of it.
Google has gone out of their way to get along with content owners. All Viacom is trying to do is eliminate their competititon. People visit sites like YouTube often in lieu of watching television or Hula, or whatever. YouTube is the most popular video site on the Web, and Viacom would rather have people watch their stuff than go to YouTube.
IOW, litigation is cheaper and easier than innovation.
And, more importantly, why do we want to make drilling off the cost of Florida legal?
I'll tell you why: it's the same reason we aren't all driving electric cars. Because the oil industry, by hook and crook, has done everything it can to make damned sure we're totally dependent on them for our transportation needs, such as buying up all the patents to make sure NIMH and Li-Ion batteries couldn't be used in cars, lobbying hard against ZEV-promoting initiatives, etc. See Who Killed the Electric Car?.
Nothing wrong with wireless, but it is an addition to wired, not a replacement. I have a WAP so that I can use my laptop everywhere in my house. However my desktop, my Blu-ray, etc are all hard wired. I don't see that changing.
Agreed, but there are a lot of very uninformed people who think that wireless is a perfectly good replacement for wired in the home. This is creating a situation where too many houses are running wireless and they're all interfering with each other. It doesn't help that the default Tx power on wireless router firmwares is set to SCREAM mode.
The good news is that at 60 Ghz while the 'up to' 7Gbps wireless standard will likely cause people to continue to think this way, but at least the signal won't make it out past their own walls.
How many physical dvd players nowadays do not enforce region codes?
How many people are still watching video on physical DVD players? Hell, if you wanted to, you could make a 'physical' DVD player with a spare PC motherboard, a DVD(-ROM | +/-R | +/-RW) drive, a Linux distro, and a video card capable of TV Out for practically nothing.
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No. That would be "GWardriving(tm) Beta"
Apple is just fortunate enough not be getting attacked right now. GNU/Linux land is much better prepared than Apple's ecosystem because unlike with Apple on the desktop you haven't got systems where users are installing software from non-repository sources.
One word: PPAs.
Seriously. Think about it. Ubuntu PPAs are not vetted by Canonical or the Ubuntu Dev Team, and could, potentially, be used to spread Linux viruses.
Of course, someone has to go through the work of adding it to the package manager, but Ubuntu as made this relatively painless by 'add-apt-repository'.
I agree. There's no such thing as 'digital crime': fraud is fraud, whether it's committed online or not.
Hey, Microsoft, arrrreee youuuuu ready to ruuuuuuuummmmbllle!!!!!!!
Well, according to several e-mails that made it to my spam trap, there seem to be many surefire ways to get a free iPad or Kindle. Seems all you have to do is sign up for some marketing promotions and surveys...
My experience hints me to the possibility that cellurl believes that she is doing and saying the right thing. Because that's what was done to her, and she never questioned that belief. So now, it's "truth," along with many other implanted beliefs.
Exactly, but just because cellurl believes she is doing the right thing doesn't mean that she is. Hitler likely believed that he was doing the right thing, too.
Right. Frames are annoying, so we say 'hasta la vista' to them. DIVs are equally annoying, buh-bye. JavaScript, Flash, animated GIFs, all annoying, gone. Java applets -- damned annoying. Hey, by the time we're done, we'll all be running lynx!
This does not prey on smart or dumb. This preys on how much information you can hold in your head at the same time. Miller's magic number 7. When you go beyond 7 things, you'll have to access different memory which is where the sleight of hand is at play.
Which is exactly why the parent pointed out that best practice for going to your bank is still to open a new browser window with no other tabs every time and closing it as soon as you're done.
It seems dumb to me not to do so.
The Quick Launch bar in Windows is one of the easiest things to modify programmatically. Very easy to do with a bit of VBScript code, PowerShell code, or perhaps something like a NullSoft installer.
Someone else already pointed out the Davy Crockett, but as a matter of fact, no, no I don't. Even a suitcase-sized nuke could take out an entire city.
Actually, it has a a robotic arm, so the X37B can be used to repair and refuel satellites in orbit. I'm not sure I believe the USAF when it says it has absolutely no space weapons purpose, however.
Does this spacecraft look like a satellite to you?
Interesting bit of history; I had always thought that Carbon and Cocoa were new APIs implemented in the same fashion as NextSTEP/OPENSTEP, but not derived from its APIs like AppKit, Foundation Kit or Toolbox, but apparently this isn't even remotely true. Thanks for that; now I know. :)
But Apple did rebuild their GUI shell, application APIs, etc. from scratch. Sure the underlying OS is based on legacy code stretching back into, really, the 1960s (BSD itself was, after all, based on AT&T's Unix), but the GUI and application APIs were totally new.
Okay, I'll get off your lawn, but only if you sign my copy of Cuckoo's Egg... :)
Hey! I graduated in 1990. Just whose lawn are you on now?
Chrome now has FlashBlock and AdBlock. Zotzero is...well, it's a Firefox-only thing; it doesn't work with any other browsers. :( I don't use it, however.
Many complain about a lack of NoScript, but Chrome does have a NoScript equivalent built-in. You turn off JavaScript and then re-enable it per-page. It has NoScript-style on-the-fly re-enabling, too.
I haven't kept up much. But I do test a wide variety of Linux distros every now and then on VirtualBox.
Mmmmm...no he's thinking of Mandrake at a time when Red Hat Linux, the desktop distro, as opposed to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the enterprise server distro, was still around.
Mandrake, like SuSE and Caldera, started life as a repackaged Red Hat Linux (7/8/9) that used KDE by default, rather than GNOME. (Back then, virtually all commercial distros were in someway or another derived from Red Hat)
Caldera morphed into the SCO Group, SuSE got bought by Novell and became the only serious competitor to RHEL in the enterprise server market, and Madrake and Conectiva merged and have finally failed.
Now you kids can get off of my lawn.
This isn't even about copyright infringement. Hell, much of the copyrighted content on YouTube was uploaded by the copyright owner on purpose, to get people to watch it. As for the other stuff that was uploaded without authorization, as TFA says, Google has gone above and beyond by scanning through their archives with sophisticated software that automatically sends notices to the copyright holder, asking them if they want to A) take it down or B) make money off of it.
Google has gone out of their way to get along with content owners. All Viacom is trying to do is eliminate their competititon. People visit sites like YouTube often in lieu of watching television or Hula, or whatever. YouTube is the most popular video site on the Web, and Viacom would rather have people watch their stuff than go to YouTube.
IOW, litigation is cheaper and easier than innovation.
And, more importantly, why do we want to make drilling off the cost of Florida legal?
I'll tell you why: it's the same reason we aren't all driving electric cars. Because the oil industry, by hook and crook, has done everything it can to make damned sure we're totally dependent on them for our transportation needs, such as buying up all the patents to make sure NIMH and Li-Ion batteries couldn't be used in cars, lobbying hard against ZEV-promoting initiatives, etc. See Who Killed the Electric Car?.
Yup! You pronounce it "ee - mah - ks".
Damn it! Why does your post keep crashing my browser? There's nothing after this...
Agreed, but there are a lot of very uninformed people who think that wireless is a perfectly good replacement for wired in the home. This is creating a situation where too many houses are running wireless and they're all interfering with each other. It doesn't help that the default Tx power on wireless router firmwares is set to SCREAM mode.
The good news is that at 60 Ghz while the 'up to' 7Gbps wireless standard will likely cause people to continue to think this way, but at least the signal won't make it out past their own walls.
How many people are still watching video on physical DVD players? Hell, if you wanted to, you could make a 'physical' DVD player with a spare PC motherboard, a DVD(-ROM | +/-R | +/-RW) drive, a Linux distro, and a video card capable of TV Out for practically nothing.