Not quite fair to Entertainment Weekly. Despite being a magazine that specializes in pop culture, it's nothing like Cosmo or People. In fact, it's actually quite literate and assumes it's readers actually have a brain.
We finally got doppler radar here in the San Diego area a few years ago--the last place in the nation because the NWS (justifiably) feels there isn't enough severe weather here to warrant it--and now it's obsolete already.
Damn, living in Paradise can be such a bummer sometimes...
Macs come from the factory with the root account disabled--a user has to manually enable it by using the Directory Utility (or System Preferences in earlier versions of OS X). I doubt that many clueless newbies have done this and clueful oldies should know better since there is little reason to run as root under OS X.
So, can someone explain to me how an exploit can get root of there's no root account?
You seem to be mistaken about what Quicktime actually is, confusing it with a simple media player. It's not. Quicktime is a multimedia framework that can handle various formats of digital video, audio and animation, among other things. Check out the Wikipedia article on it here.
Not to mention the statement "uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode." That sort of thing bothers me and I suck at math. It must drive mathematician nuts.
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say "uses 1/30,000 of the power"?
In a word, no. I've been using Denon equipment for over 20 years and been satisfied with everything ever purchased. I currently use an AVR-2807 for the home theater and except for the overly-complicated remote control, it's a very nice unit for the price.
BTW, don't pay the MSRP for any Denon unit--there's always a deal to be had
pesky system updates that may or may not allow you to boot into your OS
You know, I've had my share of problems with Macs over the years but even though I've heard lots of horror stories, no system update has ever hosed my computer. I've used some pretty unusual combinations of Apple/third party hardware, too, like a Centris 650 (68040 chip) with a PPC upgrade card and an ancient Toby Frame Buffer video card out of a Mac II installed.
Jeeze, that one reads like it was posted by an ESL dropout. Please pardon the typos and grammatical errors; my excuse is that I was posting in a hurry because I was at work.
That chromate conversion does sound awesome, but is that useful outside of cosmetic applications?
I'm not an expert in this but I believe the chromates the OP is referring to are the type typically used as corrosion inhibitors. If you've ever been inside military airplane, you might have noticed the bright green paint used on the interior. That's zinc chromate. You can see how a anti-corrosion layer which could self-repair would be of great use in harsh environments or safety-critical applications.
What a coincidence! That's exactly what I said about your ex-wife too!
Hah! And you were right!
Believe me, if you were trying to make me jealous with that reply you were posting up the wrong tree. No reason to duck--you're welcome to (and probably deserve) her.
IANAEE but I used to work on car alternators for a living. One problem you may run into trying to synch alternator output to the grid is that alternators have a triple-wound stator that produces 3-phase AC current. That makes for much less ripple in the rectified DC and simplifies filtering. It's also the cause of the "alternator noise" you sometimes hear in poorly installed car audio systems.
Joe D was my first cousin once removed. That is, he was my father's mother's sister's son. Yeah, I'm a geezer for sure. Unfortunately, as much as I love baseball, none of Joe's genes filtered down my way. I couldn't hit a big-league fastball on the best day I ever had.
TV sets were only just new, and still in Black and White.
Not quite. Commercial TV has been around since the 1940s (in the U.S., anyhow) and color broadcasts were commonly available by 1960. My family got it's first color TV in order to watch the 1968 Olympics.
as an XM subscriber, I'm afraid of the merger. Sirius stations basically follow the FM model, but with a slightly narrower focus
Check out Sirius Disorder, channel 73. You'll hear everything from R&B to opera--sometimes in immediate succession. The Mansion of Fun (hosted by David Johansen, from whom my sig comes, BTW) Friday from 3 pm to 9 pm Eastern time is particularly good.
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Actually, it's not a Mac he wants--it's Apple.
Not quite fair to Entertainment Weekly. Despite being a magazine that specializes in pop culture, it's nothing like Cosmo or People. In fact, it's actually quite literate and assumes it's readers actually have a brain.
What does parrot taste like? I've often fantasized about cooking up our Amazon Yellowhead...
Yeah, we have an Amazon Yellowhead. Little bastard may not have the stature of a T-Rex but he has the attitude of one for sure
There's no such word as democratyatize. It's democratalyze. Sheesh.
Okay, thanks for the info. Been using OS X since 10.0 and hate admitting there's something I don't know but, alas, there always is.
We finally got doppler radar here in the San Diego area a few years ago--the last place in the nation because the NWS (justifiably) feels there isn't enough severe weather here to warrant it--and now it's obsolete already.
Damn, living in Paradise can be such a bummer sometimes...
Macs come from the factory with the root account disabled--a user has to manually enable it by using the Directory Utility (or System Preferences in earlier versions of OS X). I doubt that many clueless newbies have done this and clueful oldies should know better since there is little reason to run as root under OS X.
So, can someone explain to me how an exploit can get root of there's no root account?
You seem to be mistaken about what Quicktime actually is, confusing it with a simple media player. It's not. Quicktime is a multimedia framework that can handle various formats of digital video, audio and animation, among other things. Check out the Wikipedia article on it here.
Not to mention the statement "uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode." That sort of thing bothers me and I suck at math. It must drive mathematician nuts.
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say "uses 1/30,000 of the power"?
In a word, no. I've been using Denon equipment for over 20 years and been satisfied with everything ever purchased. I currently use an AVR-2807 for the home theater and except for the overly-complicated remote control, it's a very nice unit for the price.
BTW, don't pay the MSRP for any Denon unit--there's always a deal to be had
Hell, I've got bacteria in my refrigerator that's as old as that.
Slashdot needs a say what? mod option.
You know, I've had my share of problems with Macs over the years but even though I've heard lots of horror stories, no system update has ever hosed my computer. I've used some pretty unusual combinations of Apple/third party hardware, too, like a Centris 650 (68040 chip) with a PPC upgrade card and an ancient Toby Frame Buffer video card out of a Mac II installed.
Jeeze, that one reads like it was posted by an ESL dropout. Please pardon the typos and grammatical errors; my excuse is that I was posting in a hurry because I was at work.
Yeah, I know--lousy excuse...
I'm not an expert in this but I believe the chromates the OP is referring to are the type typically used as corrosion inhibitors. If you've ever been inside military airplane, you might have noticed the bright green paint used on the interior. That's zinc chromate. You can see how a anti-corrosion layer which could self-repair would be of great use in harsh environments or safety-critical applications.
Hah! And you were right!
Believe me, if you were trying to make me jealous with that reply you were posting up the wrong tree. No reason to duck--you're welcome to (and probably deserve) her.
That's exactly what I said about my ex-wife!
Sure you can. Not the latest version, and not exactly speedily, but OS X 10.2 Jaguar will run just fine.
IANAEE but I used to work on car alternators for a living. One problem you may run into trying to synch alternator output to the grid is that alternators have a triple-wound stator that produces 3-phase AC current. That makes for much less ripple in the rectified DC and simplifies filtering. It's also the cause of the "alternator noise" you sometimes hear in poorly installed car audio systems.
Yeah, they did. I have one of the first generations PPC G4 minis, it uses laptop memory and hard drive.
I'm gonna wax up my board and be ready for the next one.
Joe D was my first cousin once removed. That is, he was my father's mother's sister's son. Yeah, I'm a geezer for sure. Unfortunately, as much as I love baseball, none of Joe's genes filtered down my way. I couldn't hit a big-league fastball on the best day I ever had.
Not quite. Commercial TV has been around since the 1940s (in the U.S., anyhow) and color broadcasts were commonly available by 1960. My family got it's first color TV in order to watch the 1968 Olympics.
Check out Sirius Disorder, channel 73. You'll hear everything from R&B to opera--sometimes in immediate succession. The Mansion of Fun (hosted by David Johansen, from whom my sig comes, BTW) Friday from 3 pm to 9 pm Eastern time is particularly good.