They are not custom mobos made by Apple. The only difference between an Apple mobo and a regular beige box PC mobo is EFI, and that's not even Apple's stuff - Intel made that as well.
Apple hasn't designed their own hardware in decades, besides the LOOK. They just take existing hardware and piece together their own stuff, now days. That's why OSX can run on existing PC hardware.
So move the transfer of modifications from psystar to the consumer instead. "We'll sell you this computer, and this retail box set of OSX. We will install OSX on this computer, if you wish us to do so."
And as long as Psystar used that retail dvd, and kept it with the computer, it would have been perfectly legal.
117(a) allows the owner to authorize the making of such adaptations necessary to the software on a machine, and 117(b) does not prohibit it, as Mr. 3112 above pointed out.
"By the way, those were rhetorical questions. I really do not need to read more half-baked, I-learned-it-from-teh-interwebs, non-sense about security."
No, I used to be a security officer, so it doesn't surprise me that you'd have no clue about the basics of any form of security. Security protocols are such that "This is not allowed to happen without x and y things agreeing or matching" and other things. You do know what a protocol is, yes? it's not just applied to a digital world, we've had protocols for most anything you can name for centuries before any computer was invented, tool.
"The processor hasn't been the bottleneck for standard computing for a very long time. "
this isn't exactly true. ATi makes an AGP GPU that will totally bottleneck some of the higher end non extreme edition P4 processors at resolutions higher than 1280x1024.
I have never needed to redo a file extension in gmail, and I started when it was still a closed beta. I uploaded all of quake 1 in a ZIP file to a friend when the service barely had 2,000 users.
"Yes, I know Abloy locks are unbumpable because of their design, but it is a good example."
I have a Protec data safe with an abloy lock - just turn the safe upside-down, use gravity to assist - easily openable with a bump key, less than three minutes.
Man can make it, man can break it.
"I have DDL, or direct download in quotes because I have yet to personally see a usable direct download other than a Trojan or a drive by browser exploit in all my years of cleaning malware off of people's PCs who do believe in such fantasies."
Well, since you mention only in your sentence that you clean people's PCs off and it's apparent you've never been in the DDL scene, you need to spend more time on the internet or actually making connections instead of reading tech articles all day. I just finished getting MW2 online, DDL style.
Nope, I don't mind at al. See, through various years of harassing people over the internet, it's much more fun when you hand out real information, and lure people into your trap.
Last moron I gave my information to actually showed up at my house. I beat the living shit out of him and sent his ass to 201 Poplar. All of his forum posts went against him in court, he's in jail for 5 years.
IT'S A TRAP should be the first thing people learn on the internet.
I just spent three hours getting Enemy Territory installed under Ubuntu. When I FIRST tried Ubuntu (version 6), the script worked perfectly. Now it doesn't work AT ALL.
Every upgrade , just like Microsoft, Linux distros manage to break SOMETHING that worked in the previous version.
Do research? Running both SUSE and Ubuntu, let me tell you one thing - HALF THE FUCKING DEVELOPERS SCRIPTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY.
Which is why my main box still runs Windows. Until you Linux/OSS people can get your shit together as a community, I'd rather not have to deal with the broken bullshit, so it's Windows I stay.
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They are not custom mobos made by Apple. The only difference between an Apple mobo and a regular beige box PC mobo is EFI, and that's not even Apple's stuff - Intel made that as well.
Apple hasn't designed their own hardware in decades, besides the LOOK. They just take existing hardware and piece together their own stuff, now days. That's why OSX can run on existing PC hardware.
Intel inside, morons outside.
So move the transfer of modifications from psystar to the consumer instead. "We'll sell you this computer, and this retail box set of OSX. We will install OSX on this computer, if you wish us to do so."
And as long as Psystar used that retail dvd, and kept it with the computer, it would have been perfectly legal.
117(a) allows the owner to authorize the making of such adaptations necessary to the software on a machine, and 117(b) does not prohibit it, as Mr. 3112 above pointed out.
"By the way, those were rhetorical questions. I really do not need to read more half-baked, I-learned-it-from-teh-interwebs, non-sense about security."
No, I used to be a security officer, so it doesn't surprise me that you'd have no clue about the basics of any form of security. Security protocols are such that "This is not allowed to happen without x and y things agreeing or matching" and other things. You do know what a protocol is, yes? it's not just applied to a digital world, we've had protocols for most anything you can name for centuries before any computer was invented, tool.
You fail at one basic principle.
Man can make it, man can break it.
Until we get to quantum computing.
Actually my personal attitude was "I've tried thousands of different combinations and the only consistent thing is AMD silicon."
And their response is the same. They won't admit fault. They will soon enough.
"The processor hasn't been the bottleneck for standard computing for a very long time. "
this isn't exactly true. ATi makes an AGP GPU that will totally bottleneck some of the higher end non extreme edition P4 processors at resolutions higher than 1280x1024.
I have never needed to redo a file extension in gmail, and I started when it was still a closed beta. I uploaded all of quake 1 in a ZIP file to a friend when the service barely had 2,000 users.
Software security means JACK SHIT if there is no physical security protocols implemented.
It doesn't matter if you've got the best encryption on the planet, if I can gain physical access, YOU'RE FUCKED.
Difficult? Not even.
http://tech.commongate.com/post/Hacker_Hits_Nuclear_Plant
ONE DAY TO GET IN, CONTROL IN A WEEK.
http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/wwwr_thinkresearch.nsf/pages/hacking397.html
There's your proof that your engineers are indeed total fucking morons.
We're VERY vulnerable to this. Slashdot reported on this a year or two ago - http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/wwwr_thinkresearch.nsf/pages/hacking397.html
IBM researchers were able to gain control of the controls of a nuclear power plant from the outside.
GET OUR FUCKING INFRASTRUCTURE OFF THE INTERNET!
"Yes, I know Abloy locks are unbumpable because of their design, but it is a good example."
I have a Protec data safe with an abloy lock - just turn the safe upside-down, use gravity to assist - easily openable with a bump key, less than three minutes.
Man can make it, man can break it.
"I have DDL, or direct download in quotes because I have yet to personally see a usable direct download other than a Trojan or a drive by browser exploit in all my years of cleaning malware off of people's PCs who do believe in such fantasies."
Well, since you mention only in your sentence that you clean people's PCs off and it's apparent you've never been in the DDL scene, you need to spend more time on the internet or actually making connections instead of reading tech articles all day. I just finished getting MW2 online, DDL style.
Cop tried putting a boot on my pal's heavy-duty truck.
He just threw the truck into towing, and dropped the clutch. Boot broke clean off and off we went!
Powerful engine removes the need for lock cutters. :)
"then you do not understand what security is."
sayeth the person that TOTALLY IGNORES MENTIONING PHYSICAL SECURITY.
Nope, I don't mind at al. See, through various years of harassing people over the internet, it's much more fun when you hand out real information, and lure people into your trap.
Last moron I gave my information to actually showed up at my house. I beat the living shit out of him and sent his ass to 201 Poplar. All of his forum posts went against him in court, he's in jail for 5 years.
IT'S A TRAP should be the first thing people learn on the internet.
It's apparent you've never watched Glenn Beck, otherwise you'd not even need to be asking for an example.
If you're getting lag on your AMD X2 4800 you're doing something wrong.
My old X2 4200 did the job just fine with an 8800Ultra and 2GB of RAM, hosting a game with a 5mbit upstream.
Default L4D install, no config changes, local hosted game, worst ping I've had so far from a connecting player was maybe 70ms.
Well more than playable. what crap networking gear are you using or what crap ISP are you using?
I just spent three hours getting Enemy Territory installed under Ubuntu. When I FIRST tried Ubuntu (version 6), the script worked perfectly. Now it doesn't work AT ALL.
Every upgrade , just like Microsoft, Linux distros manage to break SOMETHING that worked in the previous version.
In this case, nature just said "Fuck your particle physics, bitch! Baguette to the dome!"
Do research? Running both SUSE and Ubuntu, let me tell you one thing - HALF THE FUCKING DEVELOPERS SCRIPTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY.
Which is why my main box still runs Windows. Until you Linux/OSS people can get your shit together as a community, I'd rather not have to deal with the broken bullshit, so it's Windows I stay.
And when the script breaks because of something unexpected, THEN WHAT?
We can tell you do not live in California!
EULAs are regularly nullified or changed here! I've done it myself against EA.
Yep, prety easy for SOMEONE THAT WORKS ON COMPUTERS.
Now let's see you tell that to the average joe, who has no clue about architectures, distros, or even the desktop management system.
Nimrod.
You're delusional if you think that's just a plain-jane Tech3 engine too, pal.