I'll respond to this with a quote from someone else: "If you have a link to something.jpg, would you rather it open in an image viewer in another application window? The ubiquity of PDFs makes them worthy of the same treatment as images."
Except that images are inline elements that fit within the document model of a web page and PDF documents are separate... er... documents. Images and PDFs are used in completely different ways.
No, there are few. How many released in the last 5 years 10 years??
1) The post I'm replying to specifically states 40+ years.
2) Five to ten years? Are you joking? Why not go all the way and say that it's not contemporary unless it was released last year. Or not quite released yet, but I got an advanced copy and it's not cool anymore now that you know about it....
Err, I dunno what you were doing wrong, but PDF's show up as Books in iTunes, its a simple drag and drop, and then view them in iBooks on your phone.
To be fair, while this is easy, it isn't exactly obvious. It requires you to understand that the document conduit that iTunes provides is segregated by application.
What should happen is groups should be formed based on the gear level of all members. If everyone has roughly similar gear levels in a group it's much more likely everyone will get along - if everyone has ridiculously great gear they will just blast through, no fuss, no muss. If everyone is in fresh 85 quest greens and blues the tank will be under less pressure to pull everything, the healers will be cut some slack, and the dps will hopefully be willing to use their aggro dumps and CC when they can.
This is actually how it works - but it is tempered with how long you have been waiting in the queue. If they kept this rule strict, everyone's queue times would go up since you've basically split the pool of available players into several ilvl based groups. There are several weighting strategies (ranged/melee, armor type, how many times you've done a particular dungeon, etc) that happen in the matchmaking system, and ilvl is certainly one of them. It's just that their 'value' decays the longer you are forced to wait.
With pugs, though, you essentially have people screaming at everyone for any mistake (real or imagined), hurling abuse for no reason other than to do it, and constantly insisting that everyone just GO GO GO despite not everyone knowing what they're supposed to do of knowing about gimmicks in the fights.
I hear this frequently on the forums, but I have never experienced it to the degree claimed. I only run PuGs via the dungeon finder. Are there jerks and idiots and do you sometimes get them in your groups? Sure. But the vast majority of the dungeons I run are smooth and painless - and when someone clearly doesn't understand a fight they respond quite well to helpful tips. I also know how to spell, use correct grammar, am courteous and try to be sociable and encouraging during the run.
That's if they plug in an external drive. How many do? And how many answer in the affirmative? A lot might worry that if they say yes, they can't use that drive for other things.
The advice I give to people in this class of user (ie, my mom) is to go buy a backup drive just for Time Machine. Plug it in, click 'Yes' and don't touch it. For a $75 insurance investment, you are now backed up.
If you need an external drive for more storage space, go buy another drive. They're cheap.
The Mac application is at a wrong place, it is at simple as that. The/Library tree and the/Users/user/Library tree is not supposed to hold any applications (except you want to call executeables like "java" or "python" applications.
As one of the parents pointed out it belongs into/Applications/Utilities
/System/Library/CoreServices is full of little utilities that user facing GUI components will leverage to actually to do low level work, but the work they perform is abstracted out in a nice little unix-philosophy way. None of them are specifically designed to be used directly by the user, but some of them can be.
For example, I frequently use Screen Sharing directly from this directory. If you know the host address and credentials, you don't need more than that. However, for the vast majority of users, it is much more convenient to initiate screen sharing via iChat or one of the remote management tools - which in turn launches Screen Sharing.
It's almost as if it's a directory full of services that are somewhat core to the system and really shouldn't be directly exposed to the user unless they know what they're doing. My guess (I don't have Lion) is that this new little utility is designed to be launched from some other user facing application - possibly something like the Network Utility which lives in... wait for it.../Applications/Utilities.
If they want to reduce deathrate on the road, reduce speed. It is as simple as that. You do not die if you crash at 35mph or even 40mph. But same collision at 90mph will result in death.
Some will say you go too far, but I say you don't go too far enough! Lets reduce the speed limit to zero and deaths caused by collisions will plummet!
Personally, I agree with this stance 100%. Shunning areas of your life that you find difficult to handle will certainly help keep you away from those things - but learning to control your own life is a much more valuable skill in the long run.
MP3.com was sued for copying and distributing songs to users - which is a violation of copyright law. Not a single person was sued for downloading songs from MP3.com.
If you owned thousands of pirated tracks would you really want to open your computer so someone with close ties to all 3 major labels can scan each and every one?
Who cares?
Long Answer: There is nothing in copyright law that states that owning a copy of some media, no matter the origin, is illegal. There are plenty of provisions to restrict copying, distribution or alteration - but nothing about possession.
You will note that all of the RIAA cases brought to court to date were explicitly about 'sharing music' and not about 'downloading music' or 'having music'. There is a reason.
I cut out soda at the same time I cut out GMO food and other 'fake foods'. So high five to you on that one:)
the women are the easiest in the world
Debatable. There's something about 9 months of rain that causes promiscuity when the sun finally arrives.
the pot is so cheap just anyone can smoke it...
Not Legal, but not exactly rare either if you're into that sort of thing.
Lumping all of the states into a blanket statement like that is akin to me making claims about 'All of Europe'; They're bound to be inaccurate and make me look ignorant.
Tivo had a brilliant idea, first to release first to implement and revolutionize the concept of DVR, and despite being better then the setups that the cable networks bundled in almost every category, got completely crushed by falsely claimed free offerings offered by the cable and satellite companies.
Tivo is expensive. More expensive than the services offered by the cable and dish companies. It truly is a better experience, but most people see the final cost as the only important metric. Plus there is an up front cost. For some reason, people hate up front lump sums and love perpetual monthly payments. For proof, see the US cell phone market (and cable boxes).
Done like this, the hacker would not need to bother figuring out the password 1234 at all, but instead he would use opqr directly (derived via the constant DB salt xyz...)
Exactly. This just changes the secret that the hacker has to guess from plaintext to the hashed password - which is stored on the server. If the server is compromised, you still have the keys needed to gain access.
This does prevent wire sniffing, but that's not what we're talking about in this story. This was an intrusion. Presumably servers were compromised and stored credentials were stolen.
For a credit card, I'd probably wait it out and hope for the best. A debit card, though, would best be cancelled immediately.
Never, ever use a debit card for anything other than a card present PIN type transaction for exactly this reason. Get a credit card, put the purchase on it, then pay it off immediately.
Doing this means that the disputed amount is a debt you owe and no longer cash you have. When that amount is 'locked', who cares if you can't do anything with the debt. You sure do care if it's actually cash, however.
So apple's going to encrypt the location cache on a phone that is otherwise locked, where other people generally don't have access to it other than the device itself, and lower the battery to deal with encryption routines all because people are idiots?
Worse. In order to use the contents of the file that is now encrypted, the device needs access to the key. This is basically the DRM falacy: both the lock and the key are in the users' hands and the only thing keeping things locked is the current configuration of the system. Hack the system and there is no lock.
The encryption is a placebo to silence the backlash from clueless privacy nuts. Saying "Well, we'll encrypt it then!" is pretty likely to result in "Oh, good. We're safe now" by most everyone.
Aging the data out of the cache, however, is a pretty good idea. Not that it'll matter to the folk who rarely takes their phone out of a 20 mile radius. I'm guessing this number is pretty high. It just means that the trip you took to Paris - which is likely pretty well documented by the paper trail you leave with your credit cards, receipts and other scraps already - will eventually come out of the cache.
The fact of the matter is that the device needs to know things about you in order to do things for you in a convenient way. If the phone were sending realtime location data back to Apple, I'd be up in arms as well. That's pretty far from what's happening here, though. Pick your battles.
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Except that images are inline elements that fit within the document model of a web page and PDF documents are separate ... er ... documents. Images and PDFs are used in completely different ways.
And the dance studio. And aerial combat. At least Path of the Titans ended up in the game in some form or another :)
Correction: Monk has a tank spec in addition to the healing and dps specs.
You should try looking at the list - there are plenty of contemporary Sci Fi and Fantasy authors on it.
To be fair, while this is easy, it isn't exactly obvious. It requires you to understand that the document conduit that iTunes provides is segregated by application.
There is a finite (and very small) supply of valuable TCG cards. There are an infinite number of these pets available in the Blizzard store.
This is actually how it works - but it is tempered with how long you have been waiting in the queue. If they kept this rule strict, everyone's queue times would go up since you've basically split the pool of available players into several ilvl based groups. There are several weighting strategies (ranged/melee, armor type, how many times you've done a particular dungeon, etc) that happen in the matchmaking system, and ilvl is certainly one of them. It's just that their 'value' decays the longer you are forced to wait.
I hear this frequently on the forums, but I have never experienced it to the degree claimed. I only run PuGs via the dungeon finder. Are there jerks and idiots and do you sometimes get them in your groups? Sure. But the vast majority of the dungeons I run are smooth and painless - and when someone clearly doesn't understand a fight they respond quite well to helpful tips. I also know how to spell, use correct grammar, am courteous and try to be sociable and encouraging during the run.
The advice I give to people in this class of user (ie, my mom) is to go buy a backup drive just for Time Machine. Plug it in, click 'Yes' and don't touch it. For a $75 insurance investment, you are now backed up.
If you need an external drive for more storage space, go buy another drive. They're cheap.
/System/Library/CoreServices is full of little utilities that user facing GUI components will leverage to actually to do low level work, but the work they perform is abstracted out in a nice little unix-philosophy way. None of them are specifically designed to be used directly by the user, but some of them can be.
For example, I frequently use Screen Sharing directly from this directory. If you know the host address and credentials, you don't need more than that. However, for the vast majority of users, it is much more convenient to initiate screen sharing via iChat or one of the remote management tools - which in turn launches Screen Sharing.
It's almost as if it's a directory full of services that are somewhat core to the system and really shouldn't be directly exposed to the user unless they know what they're doing. My guess (I don't have Lion) is that this new little utility is designed to be launched from some other user facing application - possibly something like the Network Utility which lives in ... wait for it ... /Applications/Utilities.
PS - this is slashdot news now?!
Some will say you go too far, but I say you don't go too far enough! Lets reduce the speed limit to zero and deaths caused by collisions will plummet!
Someone else has read Diary of a Drug Fiend.
Personally, I agree with this stance 100%. Shunning areas of your life that you find difficult to handle will certainly help keep you away from those things - but learning to control your own life is a much more valuable skill in the long run.
I'm pretty sure this is no longer true. Otherwise, your competitor could simply put you out of business with a concerted purchase/return campaign.
I assure you that resellers will be offering this as well. What's a few bucks worth of bandwidth if it pulls people into your store?
You mean something like like this?
You made good points in your post, but you do yourself a disservice when you start making stuff up to complain about.
MP3.com was sued for copying and distributing songs to users - which is a violation of copyright law. Not a single person was sued for downloading songs from MP3.com.
And I knew I was wrong right after I posted, too.
Ah, the Lego caltrop. Many a mother has cursed the swedish gods over a well placed collection of Lego caltrops.
Who cares?
Long Answer: There is nothing in copyright law that states that owning a copy of some media, no matter the origin, is illegal. There are plenty of provisions to restrict copying, distribution or alteration - but nothing about possession.
You will note that all of the RIAA cases brought to court to date were explicitly about 'sharing music' and not about 'downloading music' or 'having music'. There is a reason.
Copyright restricts the rights of copying, distributing and adapting a work, but makes no mention of possession.
Oakshire Brewery: 5 minutes away.
Rogue Creamery and Tillamook: Both 3 hours away.
Horton Road Organic: Just one of many CSAs in town.
I cut out soda at the same time I cut out GMO food and other 'fake foods'. So high five to you on that one :)
Debatable. There's something about 9 months of rain that causes promiscuity when the sun finally arrives.
Not Legal, but not exactly rare either if you're into that sort of thing.
Lumping all of the states into a blanket statement like that is akin to me making claims about 'All of Europe'; They're bound to be inaccurate and make me look ignorant.
Tivo is expensive. More expensive than the services offered by the cable and dish companies. It truly is a better experience, but most people see the final cost as the only important metric. Plus there is an up front cost. For some reason, people hate up front lump sums and love perpetual monthly payments. For proof, see the US cell phone market (and cable boxes).
Exactly. This just changes the secret that the hacker has to guess from plaintext to the hashed password - which is stored on the server. If the server is compromised, you still have the keys needed to gain access.
This does prevent wire sniffing, but that's not what we're talking about in this story. This was an intrusion. Presumably servers were compromised and stored credentials were stolen.
Never, ever use a debit card for anything other than a card present PIN type transaction for exactly this reason. Get a credit card, put the purchase on it, then pay it off immediately.
Doing this means that the disputed amount is a debt you owe and no longer cash you have. When that amount is 'locked', who cares if you can't do anything with the debt. You sure do care if it's actually cash, however.
Worse. In order to use the contents of the file that is now encrypted, the device needs access to the key. This is basically the DRM falacy: both the lock and the key are in the users' hands and the only thing keeping things locked is the current configuration of the system. Hack the system and there is no lock.
The encryption is a placebo to silence the backlash from clueless privacy nuts. Saying "Well, we'll encrypt it then!" is pretty likely to result in "Oh, good. We're safe now" by most everyone.
Aging the data out of the cache, however, is a pretty good idea. Not that it'll matter to the folk who rarely takes their phone out of a 20 mile radius. I'm guessing this number is pretty high. It just means that the trip you took to Paris - which is likely pretty well documented by the paper trail you leave with your credit cards, receipts and other scraps already - will eventually come out of the cache.
The fact of the matter is that the device needs to know things about you in order to do things for you in a convenient way. If the phone were sending realtime location data back to Apple, I'd be up in arms as well. That's pretty far from what's happening here, though. Pick your battles.