"Well, having had some experience with the Maine Laptop Initiative [maine.gov], their MacBooks did experience downtime due to system problems, and of course inevitable hardware failures."
Yes, and I was the man responsible for re-imaging all of those G3 iBooks from version 72b to 72d. The Maine Laptop Initiative ran 10.2.7 or 10.2.8 (depending upon the iBook model assigned,)
"Well, having had some experience with the Maine Laptop Initiative [maine.gov], their MacBooks did experience downtime due to system problems, and of course inevitable hardware failures."
Well, yes. When I was responsible for that OS reimaging when those laptops got sent to Memphis, the image server was OVERLOADED all the time and was on a HUB instead of a properly-managed switch. The packet collisions caused by this fucked-up setup almost always corrupted installs on the machines if there were more than 10 imaging at the same time (The imaging rack had 100+ spots.)
Eventually I just ripped the images directly from the server, put onto a portable firewire drive, and started installing from there - no more problem.
"We were required to re-image the machines to a base system image after many repairs, most specifically hard drives and system boards"
Mostly system boards, as the NVRAM onboard often went to hell in a handbasket in the G3 iBooks. Even clearing the NVRAM (the usual Apple 'fix' for a fubared mobo,) wouldn't fix the issue most of the times.
"However, everything that is useful in business except for graphic design and web design is run on a PC using Windows XP or Windows 7."
Source, please? My entire business website never ONCE saw Apple anything touch its bits.
Hell, it never even saw an Adobe product, either.
The joys of single-purpose free alternative software to get the fucking job done instead of blabbering about a clunky shit interface to find the tool you need.
I still have a 50MHz PS/2 server lying around, working.
I used that thing as a backdrop for my air rifle targets. You're right, they don't build them like they used to.
Not all of them are filled with high explosive. The M230 chain gun on the Apache can use either the M788 Target round (non explosive,) the M789 HEDP (Dual-purpose explosive round) or the M799 HEI (Explosive Incendiary.)
And at 30mm, you really don't need explosives to rip the human body apart.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry, knowing the exploits I know about OSX.
The joys of having been an Apple Laptop repair tech in charge of the image servers - There are SO many vulnerabilities leftover from the days of 10.2 in the codebase that are still present even today. When people bork their Macs, it usually takes me four of five seconds after boot-up to know which exploit was used, assuming it wasn't a hardware issue that caused it in the first place (which was the normal mode of failure for the G3-based iBooks and then-new G4 Powerbooks.)
"There is a "32bit toll" when running on a 64-bit OS."
Citation, please. just because you don't use the entire address space doesn't mean it will take a 'toll' on the OS unless the OS has been programmed in the shittiest manner possible in the first place.
"by agreeing to the EULA, you've given them blanket consent to install whatever they think you should have."
That won't matter in a case of Unauthorized Access of a Computer/Misuse of Computer against Microsoft for modifying software that does not belong to them without permission. EULAs can NOT circumvent the law.
Umm, what, you didn't read McQuown vs Electronic Arts? YES I SUED THEM. IT WAS A SLASHDOT STORY.
And I'm currently not allowed to disclose what I won, as the settlement is still being approved by the judge. I *CAN* say it's far more than the $5 off coupon you're likely to say I'm going to get.
Because Citrix is a slow piece of shit. Having had to deal with it at Solectron, Kroger's, and other places, I've learned to stay FAR the hell away from that piece of garbage.
I'll bet it's a RAM issue. My experience with Linux is if you're doing EVERYTHING right and you're running from default configs, odds are you've got a hardware issue, and quite often, that ends up being RAM.
Same shit used to happen OFTEN from OSX 10.2.7 up to 10.4 when I worked at Flextronics. Programs would not run - the fix was to replace the RAM and re-image with the default image for that machine..
If the toolbar is installed for IE, but not Firefox, and you update the IE toolbar, IT AUTO-INSTALLS to FIREFOX.
This is a violation of the law, regarding unauthorized usage of computer resources (other programs a company has NO RIGHT TO MODIFY IN ANY FORM.) If you cannot understand the law, perhaps you should just throw yourself in jail right now and save us the headache.
No EULA may violate the law. We already have laws expressly concerning unauthorized access of computer resources.
Their EULA is null and void in this instance. EA tried this same BS with me when I sued the crap out of them for Spore and the SecuROM DRM. That argument HELD NO WATER.
White image. 1024x768. One black pixel in the center. If you can see the black pixel up to 24 inches away, the claim is pure bullshit.
This should be the test. If the pixel should not be noticable to the human eye, then plain and simple the simulation of a 'dead' pixel should the the test to the claim. If it is truly that good of a display, the 'dead' pixel shouldn't be noticable at all.
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Show me where I'm hating on smartphones.
Said as I post from my HTC.
Ignorant fool.
"Macs are at least a step up from Windows in terms of viruses and security"
That's what you think.
Those of us that worked for Apple in one fashion or another know that's total bullshit.
The amount of cruft leftover from each successive 'upgrade' of OSX provides PLENTY of opportunity for exploit.
I was an install image maintainer when I worked Flextronics. I've had to modify them and then some.
Some of that code is just as ripe for exploitation as what you find in MS operating systems.
And most exploits are done socially, now. OSX is just as vulnerable.
"So you had to use quill pens dipped in ink you mixed yourself? I kind of doubt it."
Umm, yes. In the 80's, we did exactly that in Elementary school for cursive writing practice.
"Well, having had some experience with the Maine Laptop Initiative [maine.gov], their MacBooks did experience downtime due to system problems, and of course inevitable hardware failures."
Yes, and I was the man responsible for re-imaging all of those G3 iBooks from version 72b to 72d. The Maine Laptop Initiative ran 10.2.7 or 10.2.8 (depending upon the iBook model assigned,)
"Well, having had some experience with the Maine Laptop Initiative [maine.gov], their MacBooks did experience downtime due to system problems, and of course inevitable hardware failures."
Well, yes. When I was responsible for that OS reimaging when those laptops got sent to Memphis, the image server was OVERLOADED all the time and was on a HUB instead of a properly-managed switch. The packet collisions caused by this fucked-up setup almost always corrupted installs on the machines if there were more than 10 imaging at the same time (The imaging rack had 100+ spots.)
Eventually I just ripped the images directly from the server, put onto a portable firewire drive, and started installing from there - no more problem.
"We were required to re-image the machines to a base system image after many repairs, most specifically hard drives and system boards"
Mostly system boards, as the NVRAM onboard often went to hell in a handbasket in the G3 iBooks. Even clearing the NVRAM (the usual Apple 'fix' for a fubared mobo,) wouldn't fix the issue most of the times.
"However, everything that is useful in business except for graphic design and web design is run on a PC using Windows XP or Windows 7."
Source, please? My entire business website never ONCE saw Apple anything touch its bits.
Hell, it never even saw an Adobe product, either.
The joys of single-purpose free alternative software to get the fucking job done instead of blabbering about a clunky shit interface to find the tool you need.
I still have a 50MHz PS/2 server lying around, working.
I used that thing as a backdrop for my air rifle targets.
You're right, they don't build them like they used to.
My grandfather was (retired Lt. Col USMC) and that was one of the FIRST things he drilled into my head - Check your fucking target.
Not all of them are filled with high explosive. The M230 chain gun on the Apache can use either the M788 Target round (non explosive,) the M789 HEDP (Dual-purpose explosive round) or the M799 HEI (Explosive Incendiary.)
And at 30mm, you really don't need explosives to rip the human body apart.
You think you're safer by using OSX.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry, knowing the exploits I know about OSX.
The joys of having been an Apple Laptop repair tech in charge of the image servers - There are SO many vulnerabilities leftover from the days of 10.2 in the codebase that are still present even today. When people bork their Macs, it usually takes me four of five seconds after boot-up to know which exploit was used, assuming it wasn't a hardware issue that caused it in the first place (which was the normal mode of failure for the G3-based iBooks and then-new G4 Powerbooks.)
"There is a "32bit toll" when running on a 64-bit OS."
Citation, please. just because you don't use the entire address space doesn't mean it will take a 'toll' on the OS unless the OS has been programmed in the shittiest manner possible in the first place.
"by agreeing to the EULA, you've given them blanket consent to install whatever they think you should have."
That won't matter in a case of Unauthorized Access of a Computer/Misuse of Computer against Microsoft for modifying software that does not belong to them without permission. EULAs can NOT circumvent the law.
God sometimes Java compatibility is as bad as RPM Hell.
"You laptop has GPS and turn by turn directions? It fits in a car dock? It fits in your pocket?"
Netbook with Pretek SD GPS, absolutely, and at likely less than what you paid for your smartphone, with more power.
This is why I use a card catalog and filing cabinet.
"You don't know what you are talking about."
As someone that exploits these attacks for testing my business site DAILY, *YOU* don't know what you are talking about.
No, the Militia Act does to some degree, however.
Umm, what, you didn't read McQuown vs Electronic Arts? YES I SUED THEM. IT WAS A SLASHDOT STORY.
And I'm currently not allowed to disclose what I won, as the settlement is still being approved by the judge. I *CAN* say it's far more than the $5 off coupon you're likely to say I'm going to get.
Because Citrix is a slow piece of shit. Having had to deal with it at Solectron, Kroger's, and other places, I've learned to stay FAR the hell away from that piece of garbage.
Hi, I do flash work now and then.
There's your citation. Flash is BLOATED and honestly I STILL USE OLDER VERSIONS for maintaining websites.
I'll bet it's a RAM issue. My experience with Linux is if you're doing EVERYTHING right and you're running from default configs, odds are you've got a hardware issue, and quite often, that ends up being RAM.
Same shit used to happen OFTEN from OSX 10.2.7 up to 10.4 when I worked at Flextronics. Programs would not run - the fix was to replace the RAM and re-image with the default image for that machine..
You apparently aren't understanding the issue.
If the toolbar is installed for IE, but not Firefox, and you update the IE toolbar, IT AUTO-INSTALLS to FIREFOX.
This is a violation of the law, regarding unauthorized usage of computer resources (other programs a company has NO RIGHT TO MODIFY IN ANY FORM.) If you cannot understand the law, perhaps you should just throw yourself in jail right now and save us the headache.
No EULA may violate the law. We already have laws expressly concerning unauthorized access of computer resources.
Their EULA is null and void in this instance. EA tried this same BS with me when I sued the crap out of them for Spore and the SecuROM DRM. That argument HELD NO WATER.
White image. 1024x768. One black pixel in the center. If you can see the black pixel up to 24 inches away, the claim is pure bullshit.
This should be the test. If the pixel should not be noticable to the human eye, then plain and simple the simulation of a 'dead' pixel should the the test to the claim. If it is truly that good of a display, the 'dead' pixel shouldn't be noticable at all.
RGBG is actually very common, just not for display. Camera sensors quite often come in RGBG configuration.
Umm, I think the new HTC allows you to drop a macro lens on the camera.
I don't think the iPhone will let you do that.
That alone, IMHO, makes the HTC TONS superior for my uses.