Well, here in Argentina the first answer when you call tech support to complain your connection isn't working is: "You've got spyware. Reinstall Windows and install an up to date antivirus+antyspyware".
Of course, when I answer: "Er... I have a Mac" the answer is "Uh... I don't know... did you try restarting?"
Actually, Tiger's Spotlight has had boolean operators since its first release, back in 2005:
http://hiram.nl/ipsedixit/artikel/793/boolean-sear ch-in-spotlighthttp://www.hawkwings.net/2005/08/11/boolean-search es-in-spotlight/
And Tiger also allows the creation of Smart Folders (saved search folders that automatically update their contents) which allow the selection of close to a hundred different metadata attributes AND also allows the use of the "Raw Query" format which can do everything else you mentioned.
The catch? It wasn't mentioned in the marketing materials, so most people never found out about it (boolean operators in the general search, raw query format in Finder's search).
The story is set hundreds of years in the future: the date is 7-B-936. A man from the past, John Barlow, is reanimated in this future. The world seems mad to Barlow until Tinny-Peete explains The Problem of Population: due to a combination of intelligent people prudently not having children and excessive breeding by less-intelligent people, the world is full of morons with the exception of an elite few who work slavishly to keep order. Barlow, who was a shrewd conman in his day, has a solution to sell to the elite.
(I've only read a summary though not the full story - can't find it anywhere)
Interesting side-note regarding the relative economics of Apple's music (err, "music and movies") platform: Jobs stated during his presentation that Apple had sold 10 million iPod Shuffles to date. If we say the average selling price for a Shuffle is $100 (which, if anything, might be low, considering that the original 1 GB Shuffle debuted at $149) that's about $1 billion in revenue. Jobs also stated that the iTunes Store has sold about 1.5 billion songs to date. At a buck a song, that means about $1.5 billion in revenue -- but probably less when you account for album sales, where more than 10 songs are sold for $10. Which means the iPod Shuffle alone has accounted for about the same amount of revenue (and, I'd wager, more profits) as the iTunes Store.
This is what Apple has been saying all along. This is not a change, not news, and certainly not any further proof that they are telling the truth (i.e. there's really no way to know whether or not Maynor/actually/ talked to them or not).
Except now they are saying this on a technical document whereas previowsly it was "just" a PR guy so they could have claimed "miscomunication".
You highlighted the wrong part. Let me fix that for you:
Impact: Attackers on the wireless network may cause arbitrary code execution
Description: Two separate stack buffer overflows exist in the AirPort wireless driver's handling of malformed frames. An attacker in local proximity may be able to trigger an overflow by injecting a maliciously-crafted frame into a wireless network. When the AirPort is on, this could lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. This issue affects Power Mac, PowerBook, iBook, iMac, Mac Pro, Xserve, and PowerPC-based Mac mini computers equipped with wireless. Intel-based Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro computers are not affected. There is no known exploit for this issue. This update addresses the issues by performing additional validation of wireless frames.
The same "no know exploit for this issue" line is on the other two CVEs. So, Apple is saying the the claim made by the SecureWorks guys to Krebs ("the same exploit works on the internal Airport card") is a BIG FAT LIE: they did not have an exploit or if they did, they lied when they said they had shared the details with Apple.
Sure, you may be able to write faster but the question is: Will it run faster?
Otherwise, this could be a problem:
*NOTE: All submissions have a maximum of 2 seconds of runtime per test case. This limit is used in harder problems to force submissions to be of a certain complexity. Because of the inherent speed differences between Python and the other offered languages is large, some problems may require extra optimization or not be solvable using the Python language.
It's true that people's tastes vary, but no one can deny that the Asus designers have talent. While a lot of their competitors are using a white Macintosh look for lack of better ideas, Asus is innovating, offering designs that are both personal and novel.
It's probably the best-looking monitor available on the market today. I guess they posted the wrong picture then...? Quick, someone point him out that's actually a 1980s TV!
None of the Intel-based Macs have a 1-button mouse, so your tip only applies to the MacBook's trackpad.
The Core Duo iMac (as the G5 iMac before it) comes with Apple's 3 buttons+scroll ball "Mighty Mouse", whereas neither the Mac mini or the Mac Book Pro come with a mouse, so you'll probably buy a multi button mouse to begin with, since they are just as useful under OS X.
The Vista interface reminds me of early Mac OS X. Circa 2001.
Back then, Apple made windows' title bars semi-transparent when they where in the background (that is, every window but the active one). Drop down menus where also semi-transparent.
Flash-forward to 2006, Mac OS X 10.4 - "Tiger". No semi-transparent window title bars, menus are almost completely opaque.
What happened? Did hardware mysteriously became slower during the course of the last five years? No, of course not. Flashy transparency effects were there in the first versions because they where new - they were there to show what the window compositor was capable off. Once the novelty wears off, usability is once again the prime factor in every user's mind.
I've played with Xgl on Linux, and just as OS X did in its beginnings and Vista will do on its first iteration (uhm... next year?!), it has many little "show off" FX, like the window "wobbling & inertia" when dragging and the "vibrating" fx for window & menu openings, among others. Luckily they can be customized/toned down.
I expect Vista's "transparency & background blur" on the border of each window to be the first thing most users will disable. I also assume there will be other more real-world-use themes included, least of it one without thick useless, borders.
All that being said, a composited desktop which makes good use of transparency, shadows et al does improve day to day usage. Not to mention that it frees up the CPU and makes everything more responsive. I use OS X daily and find it a pleasure to use. I know people who (for the time being) switched to Genome from their beloved KDE because of Xgl.
Tiger's (OS X 10.4) VoiceOver is indeed very useful. I'm not blind, but I had to go on for several days without a monitor after a power surge killed my CRT. Luckily I remembered the key combo to activate VoiceOver, and for a few days I used my Mac "blind", and was able to send and receive emails, even to the point of arranging my next monitor purchase thru it.
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Only if you want the cursor to fly to the top of the screen every time you lift your finger...
Well, here in Argentina the first answer when you call tech support to complain your connection isn't working is: "You've got spyware. Reinstall Windows and install an up to date antivirus+antyspyware".
Of course, when I answer: "Er... I have a Mac" the answer is "Uh... I don't know... did you try restarting?"
True, but you can do a domain lookup at http://www.nic.ar/
Losers. I did my taxes last year. - Homer
Prior-Prior Art: Asimov's "Feeling of Power" (1957)
s /feeling.htm
http://www.themathlab.com/writings/short%20storie
Actually, Tiger's Spotlight has had boolean operators since its first release, back in 2005: http://hiram.nl/ipsedixit/artikel/793/boolean-sear ch-in-spotlight
http://www.hawkwings.net/2005/08/11/boolean-search es-in-spotlight/
And Tiger also allows the creation of Smart Folders (saved search folders that automatically update their contents) which allow the selection of close to a hundred different metadata attributes AND also allows the use of the "Raw Query" format which can do everything else you mentioned.
The catch? It wasn't mentioned in the marketing materials, so most people never found out about it (boolean operators in the general search, raw query format in Finder's search).
I have recently been to Brazil and yes, iPods are expensive there, but not much more than here in Argentina:i on=subcategoria&cat=11&code=76
http://www.macstation.com.ar/store/index.php?secc
2GB iPod nano Silver: u$s 322 (ARS 999)
You may like this SF story I guess:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons
(I've only read a summary though not the full story - can't find it anywhere)
You highlighted the wrong part. Let me fix that for you:
Impact: Attackers on the wireless network may cause arbitrary code execution Description: Two separate stack buffer overflows exist in the AirPort wireless driver's handling of malformed frames. An attacker in local proximity may be able to trigger an overflow by injecting a maliciously-crafted frame into a wireless network. When the AirPort is on, this could lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges. This issue affects Power Mac, PowerBook, iBook, iMac, Mac Pro, Xserve, and PowerPC-based Mac mini computers equipped with wireless. Intel-based Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro computers are not affected. There is no known exploit for this issue. This update addresses the issues by performing additional validation of wireless frames.
The same "no know exploit for this issue" line is on the other two CVEs. So, Apple is saying the the claim made by the SecureWorks guys to Krebs ("the same exploit works on the internal Airport card") is a BIG FAT LIE: they did not have an exploit or if they did, they lied when they said they had shared the details with Apple.
Steve Jobs take on the Segway
Worst. Animation. Ever.
"this species simply uses a genomic swiss army kit to make do with whatever environment it encounters."
Give it a couple million years of natural selection and you'll get a Phoenix Foundation employee of the month.Otherwise, this could be a problem:
From http://www.topcoder.com/pl/?&module=Static&d1=goo
A new icon! Seriously, it's just a big, red zero, er.. "O".
;)
If FreeBSD can get a new spiffy logo, so can Opera.
A couple of geeks, who cares, but CARS? CARS is switching to CURS!?!?
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
C'mon! It's ID4 10th anniversary, Jeff Goldblum, a Powerbook infecting the alien mothership with a ridiculous virus? Anyone?
MUST-GO-FASTER!
I wonder why are they carrying a MacBook. And Jeff Goldblum.
>This practice continues to this day at Apple, putting in hardwired signal LEDs to indicate when a camera is active.
Jokes on you.
Seen the latest iMac?
Camera.
Microphone.
No LED.
So are you saying you are colorblind?
http://www.apple.com/imac/isight.html
And in case you were wondering:
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/isight.html
It's true that people's tastes vary, but no one can deny that the Asus designers have talent. While a lot of their competitors are using a white Macintosh look for lack of better ideas, Asus is innovating, offering designs that are both personal and novel.
Er... Apple displays haven't been white for a long time now:http://www.apple.com/displays/
It's probably the best-looking monitor available on the market today.
I guess they posted the wrong picture then...? Quick, someone point him out that's actually a 1980s TV!
None of the Intel-based Macs have a 1-button mouse, so your tip only applies to the MacBook's trackpad.
The Core Duo iMac (as the G5 iMac before it) comes with Apple's 3 buttons+scroll ball "Mighty Mouse", whereas neither the Mac mini or the Mac Book Pro come with a mouse, so you'll probably buy a multi button mouse to begin with, since they are just as useful under OS X.
Posted a week ago in Daring Fireball: http://daringfireball.net/2006/03/ipod_juggernaut Anything familiar?
The Vista interface reminds me of early Mac OS X. Circa 2001.
Back then, Apple made windows' title bars semi-transparent when they where in the background (that is, every window but the active one). Drop down menus where also semi-transparent.
Flash-forward to 2006, Mac OS X 10.4 - "Tiger". No semi-transparent window title bars, menus are almost completely opaque.
What happened? Did hardware mysteriously became slower during the course of the last five years? No, of course not. Flashy transparency effects were there in the first versions because they where new - they were there to show what the window compositor was capable off. Once the novelty wears off, usability is once again the prime factor in every user's mind.
I've played with Xgl on Linux, and just as OS X did in its beginnings and Vista will do on its first iteration (uhm... next year?!), it has many little "show off" FX, like the window "wobbling & inertia" when dragging and the "vibrating" fx for window & menu openings, among others. Luckily they can be customized/toned down.
I expect Vista's "transparency & background blur" on the border of each window to be the first thing most users will disable. I also assume there will be other more real-world-use themes included, least of it one without thick useless, borders.
All that being said, a composited desktop which makes good use of transparency, shadows et al does improve day to day usage. Not to mention that it frees up the CPU and makes everything more responsive. I use OS X daily and find it a pleasure to use. I know people who (for the time being) switched to Genome from their beloved KDE because of Xgl.
Tiger's (OS X 10.4) VoiceOver is indeed very useful. I'm not blind, but I had to go on for several days without a monitor after a power surge killed my CRT. Luckily I remembered the key combo to activate VoiceOver, and for a few days I used my Mac "blind", and was able to send and receive emails, even to the point of arranging my next monitor purchase thru it.