The issue is more that this particular method is nothing new either. It's NOT another new way of doing things; it's an old and common method in new clothing.
As I understand it, this particular method doesn't get as far as being converted to analog sound; it's more just redirecting the audio stream to a file. Which isn't anything new/
According to a post further down this discussion, launchd wasn't available under an appropriate license at the time they started writing their own, and by the time it was GPL-compatible, they'd got to a point where it was less work to finish theirs than to make the alterations to launchd for the features they wanted.
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Edgy always was expected to be a little less stable than Dapper, with more recent releases and updates included in it. Hence the name.
I'm not disagreeing at all. Just pointing out a theoretical advantage that would only work if MS was a company that bothered trying with such things. Which, as far as I can tell, is very false.
I can see advantages for antivirus-style protection, whoever provides it. Blocking a virus can probably be done a huge deal faster than patching the relevant vulnerability and should generally be less likely to cause damage with insufficient testing. There will ALWAYS be some flaws, whatever you do.
Because that's not the only thing it does. If it was, I'd definitely consider it a good thing to infect all those without up-to-date antivirus software with.
There are some worse things than Norton/Symmantec - and here I mean solely the antivirus; there is little worse than Norton's security suite as a whole.
My primary school didn't have much grass space for use at lunchtime - the main field was a minute's walk down a path from the main playgrounds. Hence they banned tackle football on the concrete playgrounds.
When kids were allowed on the grass, tackling and so forth happened as normal.
Hmmm... Problem is, the kid takes a lot more effort to raise to a good eating age than most other meat animals. I'd prefer to spend that effort on other things.
Part of the issue is that some of the security software developers had already found ways to bypass the protection that was casuing the problems to some extent - and if they can, it's safe to assume that malevolent entities can and probably already have too. Of course, being a flaw, eventually MS would fix it - killing all the security software using it until they found another workaround.
At least, that's how I understood part of the issue. If anything there is wrong, though, I would like to know.
I might be wrong, but shouldn't part of that be changed to:
(...) Spamhaus' lawyers said Illinois court has no jurisdiction, take it to Federal courts. Spamhaus fires its lawyers and sues them for malpractice and not doing what they wanted. E360 sued Spamhaus in a Federal court, saying that they weren't spammers. Spamhaus doesn't show up to Federal court, saying it has no jurisdiction. (...)
I have an iRiver H320. The stock firmware for that player doesn't do shuffling properly at all. Every time you play something shuffled, it's in the same order.
It really depends what I've just done. When web browsing I tend to use the mouse primarily, so using that to switch tasks is much easier. When typing on IRC I tend to have both hands on the keyboard so alt-tab might be faster.
I've used it, but I didn't find it much better. I rarely have multiple windows of the same time open except for explorer windows (which all look pretty similar anyway) - I use tabs where I can instead.
I don't use firefox full-screen except when I need to. My screen resolution is 1280x1024. I have a couple of other windows peeking out from behind the browser window that I also like to keep an eye on. I find it vastly quicker to slide my mouse sideways and click on the window to switch to it rather than use keyboard shortcuts of the taskbar. And unlike alt-tab, I never have to cycle through a few windows - including minimised ones - to get to the one I want.
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The issue is more that this particular method is nothing new either. It's NOT another new way of doing things; it's an old and common method in new clothing.
As I understand it, this particular method doesn't get as far as being converted to analog sound; it's more just redirecting the audio stream to a file. Which isn't anything new/
According to a post further down this discussion, launchd wasn't available under an appropriate license at the time they started writing their own, and by the time it was GPL-compatible, they'd got to a point where it was less work to finish theirs than to make the alterations to launchd for the features they wanted.
Edgy always was expected to be a little less stable than Dapper, with more recent releases and updates included in it. Hence the name.
I think that one works along the lines of "They're not people since they don't worship God, so it's not murder". Not that it's an excuse.
I'm not disagreeing at all. Just pointing out a theoretical advantage that would only work if MS was a company that bothered trying with such things. Which, as far as I can tell, is very false.
I can see advantages for antivirus-style protection, whoever provides it. Blocking a virus can probably be done a huge deal faster than patching the relevant vulnerability and should generally be less likely to cause damage with insufficient testing. There will ALWAYS be some flaws, whatever you do.
Not that it makes me any happier with the idea...
I would be very unsurprised to find that many - not necessarily most and certainly not all, but many - of MS's "leaks" were entirely intentional.
Most other tabbed browsers were single-window-only, as far as my experience goes. FF also allows multiple windows, remember.
Also, did Mozilla say they invented it themselves, or is the writer getting things wrong? Answer that before you place blame.
Best idea I've read all day.
Because that's not the only thing it does. If it was, I'd definitely consider it a good thing to infect all those without up-to-date antivirus software with.
There are some worse things than Norton/Symmantec - and here I mean solely the antivirus; there is little worse than Norton's security suite as a whole.
Not that I'd ever use it given the choice.
My primary school didn't have much grass space for use at lunchtime - the main field was a minute's walk down a path from the main playgrounds. Hence they banned tackle football on the concrete playgrounds.
When kids were allowed on the grass, tackling and so forth happened as normal.
Hmmm... Problem is, the kid takes a lot more effort to raise to a good eating age than most other meat animals. I'd prefer to spend that effort on other things.
As I recall, trademarks don't require originality in the same way as copyrights.
Where's my mod points when I need them?
Part of the issue is that some of the security software developers had already found ways to bypass the protection that was casuing the problems to some extent - and if they can, it's safe to assume that malevolent entities can and probably already have too. Of course, being a flaw, eventually MS would fix it - killing all the security software using it until they found another workaround.
At least, that's how I understood part of the issue. If anything there is wrong, though, I would like to know.
Spam is only likely to fry you if you lie on your mail server all day...
On the other hand, in Soviet Russia it's often cold, no?
I might be wrong, but shouldn't part of that be changed to:
(...)
Spamhaus' lawyers said Illinois court has no jurisdiction, take it to Federal courts.
Spamhaus fires its lawyers and sues them for malpractice and not doing what they wanted.
E360 sued Spamhaus in a Federal court, saying that they weren't spammers.
Spamhaus doesn't show up to Federal court, saying it has no jurisdiction.
(...)
Paper!
Oh... damn. I lose.
I have an iRiver H320. The stock firmware for that player doesn't do shuffling properly at all. Every time you play something shuffled, it's in the same order.
The Rockbox firmware solves that, of course.
"There was nothing between him and Zoe"
Oh dear. I take it you weren't paying attention then? They were husband and wife. Try watching the Firefly series.
It really depends what I've just done. When web browsing I tend to use the mouse primarily, so using that to switch tasks is much easier. When typing on IRC I tend to have both hands on the keyboard so alt-tab might be faster.
I've used it, but I didn't find it much better. I rarely have multiple windows of the same time open except for explorer windows (which all look pretty similar anyway) - I use tabs where I can instead.
I don't use firefox full-screen except when I need to. My screen resolution is 1280x1024. I have a couple of other windows peeking out from behind the browser window that I also like to keep an eye on. I find it vastly quicker to slide my mouse sideways and click on the window to switch to it rather than use keyboard shortcuts of the taskbar. And unlike alt-tab, I never have to cycle through a few windows - including minimised ones - to get to the one I want.