OK, so the private key is now exposed, but isn't there much more to getting AirPlay to work than simply having a key? Or, does this just follow the model:
1. Install private key 2. ??? 3. Stream music!!!
Personally, I wonder if this was done simply to lock down what devices can be streamed to, or if there are other issues at play here. For instance (think movie rentals), if content providers allow you to rent content and stream it in your house, won't they probably require some sort of encryption such as this to to be used to prevent unauthorized capturing/copying of the stream? Just wondering.
I'm just trying to figure out the real value of this - given the fact that AirPort Expresses can be had rather cheaply.
As someone who owns an AirPlay-enabled Denon AV receiver, I can tell you from first-hand experience that AirPlay is a pretty useful and slick feature. By selecting the Denon as the output in my iPod/iTunes/Whatever and hitting "play", the Denon will automatically wake up, switch to the correct (network) input, and start playing the stream. If the TV is on, song info is displayed there (as well as on the front of the AVR). Also, you can adjust the volume of the AVR simply by using the normal volume controls on whatever device is doing the streaming.
Now, is this any good to you? Maybe, maybe not. I was impressed by how well the integration worked, though.
One of the investigators sat down at a terminal and said, "Hey... this is UNIX! I know this!" Then, he used the UNIX GUI to fly around the interwebs until he found a box with the name "scarface" on it. He clicked on that box, and it brought up this guys address, phone number, names of his family members, and favorite color.
It was pretty simple, actually. The investigator learned how to do it by watching Jurassic Park over and over.
... back in the mid-90s. Best to forget about them... hey sucked hard. All sorts of hardware compatibility problems cropped up, if memory serves. But as others have said, Apple is fundamentally a hardware company - not a software company. So they really don't give a rat's ass that Psystar is paying for copies of Mac OS - Psystar is still trying to grab Apple's bread and butter - hardware.
Launch 1: Failure
Launch 2: Failure
At this point, who the hell decided that "third time's the charm" and it would be a good idea to load it up with pricey satellites and irreplaceable human relics?
Lunch 3: Spectacular Failure
Here's an idea: how about we let Space X get at least ONE successful test launch under their belt before we start entrusting them with our payload?
"I'd much rather see into Steve Wozniak's head. The 'Mozart of the Motherboard' must have some beautiful stuff going on in there."
Ummm... be careful what you wish for. The man has seen Kathy Griffin naked. (shudder)
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"Force feeding" is a bit of a misnomer. It's more like "assisted feeding".
Here's the thing... after the duck has been feed using gavage, they will typically go around and pick up any pieces of corn that have dropped on the floor and eat that too. The farmers are simply using technology to improve the efficiency of the process... left to their own devices, the ducks would "force feed" themselves without any help from us. Like I said before - quality of the product is inversely proportional to the stress that the animal is under. It is not in the farmer's best interest to stress these ducks out.
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Sorry for the lack of formatting on that post... didn't realize I was in HTML mode. Too much wine.
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What an ill-informed statement.
Here's a few facts about this so-called "despicable" treatment:
1. Ducks (and geese) are not human. Things that might be uncomfortable to one species are perfectly fine to others. Anthropomorphism is bad, mmm-kay?
2. Ducks (and geese) are designed with a crop, no gag reflex, and an esophagus that is lined with stuff similar to what our fingernails are made of. Why? Because thy are designed to swallow really freaking huge things... like live fish that are flipping around with their tails still protruding from the bird's mouth. Does the bird care? Of course not... it will digest it when it's damn good and ready.
3. Migratory birds are designed to store *tremendous* amounts of fat prior to migration. They do NOT store fat on their hips and thighs (remember the anthropomorphism thing in note #1...). These birds store fat in their liver... it's what they do. It's not "diseased", it's simply stored. Once they stop eating and begin migrating, the fat is used, and the liver goes back to normal. Except, birds on foie gras farms aren't allowed to migrate, for obvious reasons.
4. Commercial chicken farms are far more cruel than foie gras farms, except you don't ever see people picketing restaurants trying to ban the serving of chicken. Odd.
5. There is a direct correlation between the amount of stress on a bird raised for foie gras and the quality of the foie that's produced. The result of this is that modern production methods pretty much dictate that the birds are treated like royalty during their rather brief lives. At Hudson Valley Foie Gras, for instance, once a person has been assigned as the feeder for a group of birds, that person is the *ONLY* person that can touch them... switching the person who is responsible for them just stresses the birds out. Bottom line: when I come back, I hope it's as a foie gras duck, because it pretty much guarantees that I'll live like a rock star, and then die young. Isn't that all anybody really wants?
6. Sheeple that regurgiate PETA bullshit should be thrown off a cliff, because their lack of ability to apply their own critical thinking to a situation is a big part of the reason common sense is being bred out of our gene pool.
7. I just got home from a 6-course foie gras dinner. It was orgasmic.
Thanks. Carry on.
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Yep... there are people that I know unfriended me, but they don't show up at all in the timeline for me. Seems like maybe they did fix it.
OK, so the private key is now exposed, but isn't there much more to getting AirPlay to work than simply having a key? Or, does this just follow the model:
1. Install private key
2. ???
3. Stream music!!!
Personally, I wonder if this was done simply to lock down what devices can be streamed to, or if there are other issues at play here. For instance (think movie rentals), if content providers allow you to rent content and stream it in your house, won't they probably require some sort of encryption such as this to to be used to prevent unauthorized capturing/copying of the stream? Just wondering.
I'm just trying to figure out the real value of this - given the fact that AirPort Expresses can be had rather cheaply.
Actually, 3rd-party devices can support being AirPlay receivers as well - not just Apple devices. Google "Denon AVR-991".
As someone who owns an AirPlay-enabled Denon AV receiver, I can tell you from first-hand experience that AirPlay is a pretty useful and slick feature. By selecting the Denon as the output in my iPod/iTunes/Whatever and hitting "play", the Denon will automatically wake up, switch to the correct (network) input, and start playing the stream. If the TV is on, song info is displayed there (as well as on the front of the AVR). Also, you can adjust the volume of the AVR simply by using the normal volume controls on whatever device is doing the streaming.
Now, is this any good to you? Maybe, maybe not. I was impressed by how well the integration worked, though.
One of the investigators sat down at a terminal and said, "Hey... this is UNIX! I know this!" Then, he used the UNIX GUI to fly around the interwebs until he found a box with the name "scarface" on it. He clicked on that box, and it brought up this guys address, phone number, names of his family members, and favorite color.
It was pretty simple, actually. The investigator learned how to do it by watching Jurassic Park over and over.
http://www.masshightech.com/blog/2009/09/25/antigen-express-synthetic-h1n1-flu-vaccine-in-the-works/
Forgot to mention... similar scenario with Sun. Did anyone here every have to use an Axis (sparc clone) workstation running Solaris? Horrible.
... back in the mid-90s. Best to forget about them... hey sucked hard. All sorts of hardware compatibility problems cropped up, if memory serves. But as others have said, Apple is fundamentally a hardware company - not a software company. So they really don't give a rat's ass that Psystar is paying for copies of Mac OS - Psystar is still trying to grab Apple's bread and butter - hardware.
More on Mac clone history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_clones#Official_Macintosh_clone_program
Except NASA 2008 actually put payload on this sucky rocket. So who sucks more?
Launch 1: Failure Launch 2: Failure At this point, who the hell decided that "third time's the charm" and it would be a good idea to load it up with pricey satellites and irreplaceable human relics? Lunch 3: Spectacular Failure Here's an idea: how about we let Space X get at least ONE successful test launch under their belt before we start entrusting them with our payload?
"I'd much rather see into Steve Wozniak's head. The 'Mozart of the Motherboard' must have some beautiful stuff going on in there."
Ummm... be careful what you wish for. The man has seen Kathy Griffin naked. (shudder)
"Force feeding" is a bit of a misnomer. It's more like "assisted feeding".
Here's the thing... after the duck has been feed using gavage, they will typically go around and pick up any pieces of corn that have dropped on the floor and eat that too. The farmers are simply using technology to improve the efficiency of the process... left to their own devices, the ducks would "force feed" themselves without any help from us. Like I said before - quality of the product is inversely proportional to the stress that the animal is under. It is not in the farmer's best interest to stress these ducks out.
Sorry for the lack of formatting on that post... didn't realize I was in HTML mode. Too much wine.
What an ill-informed statement. Here's a few facts about this so-called "despicable" treatment: 1. Ducks (and geese) are not human. Things that might be uncomfortable to one species are perfectly fine to others. Anthropomorphism is bad, mmm-kay? 2. Ducks (and geese) are designed with a crop, no gag reflex, and an esophagus that is lined with stuff similar to what our fingernails are made of. Why? Because thy are designed to swallow really freaking huge things... like live fish that are flipping around with their tails still protruding from the bird's mouth. Does the bird care? Of course not... it will digest it when it's damn good and ready. 3. Migratory birds are designed to store *tremendous* amounts of fat prior to migration. They do NOT store fat on their hips and thighs (remember the anthropomorphism thing in note #1...). These birds store fat in their liver... it's what they do. It's not "diseased", it's simply stored. Once they stop eating and begin migrating, the fat is used, and the liver goes back to normal. Except, birds on foie gras farms aren't allowed to migrate, for obvious reasons. 4. Commercial chicken farms are far more cruel than foie gras farms, except you don't ever see people picketing restaurants trying to ban the serving of chicken. Odd. 5. There is a direct correlation between the amount of stress on a bird raised for foie gras and the quality of the foie that's produced. The result of this is that modern production methods pretty much dictate that the birds are treated like royalty during their rather brief lives. At Hudson Valley Foie Gras, for instance, once a person has been assigned as the feeder for a group of birds, that person is the *ONLY* person that can touch them... switching the person who is responsible for them just stresses the birds out. Bottom line: when I come back, I hope it's as a foie gras duck, because it pretty much guarantees that I'll live like a rock star, and then die young. Isn't that all anybody really wants? 6. Sheeple that regurgiate PETA bullshit should be thrown off a cliff, because their lack of ability to apply their own critical thinking to a situation is a big part of the reason common sense is being bred out of our gene pool. 7. I just got home from a 6-course foie gras dinner. It was orgasmic. Thanks. Carry on.