If you install OS X on non-apple hardware that meets its technical requirements, it won't work because it's DRMd.
Have you read the thread you're replying to? We're discussing where Apple uses DRM other than itunes (the answer is everywhere it can, 'cause Apple loves DRM)
Frankly, I think you deserve my nickname much more than I do.
Projects such as OSx86 have succeeded in allowing the Intel-based version of Mac OS X to run on non-Apple hardware largely by bypassing the TPM in software.
The "Trusted Platform Module," or TPM, is a computer chip embedded inside Intel-based Macs to prevent the Intel-based version of Mac OS X from running on non-Apple hardware. (during installation of Mac OS X, Mac OS X interfaces with the TPM. If Mac OS X finds that the TPM doesn't exist, Mac OS X refuses to install or run.)
In building your "Hackintosh" however, you may want to keep as close to the hardware configuration of Intel-based Macs for the best compatibility. Intel Macs use (or have used) either a Core Solo, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, or Xeon processor. For graphics cards, Intel Macs have seen Intel's GMA950; ATI's Mobility Radeon X1600, Radeon X1600, and Radeon X1900 XT; and nVidia's GeForce 7300GT, 7600GT, 8600M GT or Quadro FX4500. . . . . .
Outside of iTunes, what is there in Mac OS X that's DRMed?
The operating system itself is DRMd to prevent you from loading it on non-Apple hardware.
However, as an Apple fanboy you can feel free to ignore that - and anything else that contradicts your rosy world view where the only bad things Apple does are force onto it by the labels.
Sony obviously hasn't learned any lessons from the failure of minidisc, atrac, memory sticks, r-dat, sdds, HiFD, 8mm video, SACD, UMF, etc, etc (I'm sure I've missed a few failed sony formats).
One of the many reasons I don't buy Sony products is 'cause of Memory Sticks, and I'm not alone - even non-geek colleagues won't touch cybershots anymore.
Bigger sufferers of not-invented-here-syndrome than Apple & MS combined.
Apple really isn't fighting its users, as a group. It's just fighting a small minority of users who hack their iPhones
Well, I've seen figures (guesses? estimations?) that put the number of unlocked iPhones at 1/6 to 1/3 of total iPhones sold. - that is not a small minority.
Small correction: The Mac OS X version uses X11, not Cocoa.
I don't see where Cocoa is mentioned in the summary, or linked articles. Was the summary/article silently updated - or were you correcting your own assumption that an OS X binary must be cocoa?
1) The linked article does not describe a successful bricking. You can pop in your recovery CD & away you go.
2) This is a software problem, not a hardware problem. I doubt this exploit is going to work on my (old & crappy) HP sempron laptop, seeing as its dual booting Debian & OS X.
A better headline would be "Exploit found in HP update software" - but I guess that's just not that ad-revenue generating.
Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you have a right to privacy or not. It's not a right you can rely on. Expect the monkeys to paw through your private photos & videos regardless of where you get your PC repaired.
The answer is routine encryption, but let's face it - if you need help installing a DVD drive, you're unlikely to have any idea what encryption even is....
And now? Create Custom iPhone Ringtones the Free and Apple Way
As long as you're an OS X user (what percentage of iPhone is this?), as long as you're happy with 40 seconds, and as long as you're happy that the Apple way is harder than all the competitors.
The IP laws around ringtones are complicated.
Not that complicated for blackberrys, nokias, etc.... but I guess they don't have the same sort of cozy you-scratch-my-back, I'll-force-drm-on-my-customer relationship with the content cartels that Apple does...
My post didn't imply that it was Apple claims. Nonetheless, hype & hysteria around a product prior to launch will create dissapoinment if that product doesn't live up to expectations.
As you're a known pro-apple troll, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask for a source for your statement "you're a known anti-Apple troll".
The pre-iphone hysteria was touting the iphone as being the device that would liberate US consumers from the shackles of the telcos.
And while it turned out to be a pretty cool product, it's got the same locked-to-a-cingle-provider, pay-twice-for-songs, proprietary, locked-down, no-3rd party apps attitude as other US cell phones
Vista wasn't the most dissapointing product - we already new how crap it was going to be. The iPhone was, because prior to release, it bought a ray of hope to US cell-phone consumers that was cruelly dashed.
(Yes, I know the iPhone is number 5 on the list, but it's there for the wrong reasons)
Unfortunately, this is why projects like GIMP rarely (if ever) become as good UI-wise as commercial products like Photoshop. Instead of responding to critics intelligently with reasons why they are wrong or giving critics due consideration and implementing their suggestions, the egos of open source developers get in the way, and they write their critics off for daring to disagree with their narrow, developer-centric view.
The gimp's no good because someone modded you down on slashdot?
Remember the license requires you make source available to your customers with the product or to include a written offer. Putting a zip of the relevant sources on the Documentation CDis a great way to do this.
Or are you suggesting that each distro made from Ubuntu must have its own separate repository for the source? That clearly flies in the face of what already exists.
Tell me how that clearly flies in the face of what already exists. I don't see how it does at all.
As TFS & TFA have little info, here's some background:
The MPA(A) released a Xubuntu derived livecd with a bunch of F/OSS tools to assist universities in monitoring their networks. *rolls*eyes*. More info about the software in this Washington Post article.
Unfortuntately the CD as shipped contained no source & no written offer for the source, so was in violation of the GPL (and hence, the MPAA are in violation of various software author's copyright).
After several attempts to reach contact the MPAA, the ubuntu developer sent a takedown notice to the hosting ISP.
I hope he now presses for copyright violation - as he so elequoently says: MPAA don't fuck with my shit.
And your quote from Jobs is from a long, long time ago.
But, Jobs has come back to Apple & done precisely what he'd said he'd do - move on to the next big thing. He's even dropped "Computers" from the name of the company.
Making quite a success of it too, but OS X is suffering for it.
Errm, a minor update causes OS X running in a common configuration to not boot. Sounds like news for nerds to me!
The article also suggests that Apple new about the issue prior to release, a very serious charge if true.
Watch the quality of Desktop version of OS X slip as Jobs puts all the good engineers onto the iPhone/iPod. After all, as Jobs himself said: "...unning Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth -- and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago."
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Sorry Fanboy, you're still wrong.
If you install OS X on non-apple hardware that meets its technical requirements, it won't work because it's DRMd.
Have you read the thread you're replying to? We're discussing where Apple uses DRM other than itunes (the answer is everywhere it can, 'cause Apple loves DRM)
Frankly, I think you deserve my nickname much more than I do.
Oh FFS, get a clue before posting.
Have a read of the OSX86 project's wiki. Specifically, the FAQ:
Outside of iTunes, what is there in Mac OS X that's DRMed?
The operating system itself is DRMd to prevent you from loading it on non-Apple hardware.
However, as an Apple fanboy you can feel free to ignore that - and anything else that contradicts your rosy world view where the only bad things Apple does are force onto it by the labels.
Sorry, the GP completely correct.
Sony obviously hasn't learned any lessons from the failure of minidisc, atrac, memory sticks, r-dat, sdds, HiFD, 8mm video, SACD, UMF, etc, etc (I'm sure I've missed a few failed sony formats).
One of the many reasons I don't buy Sony products is 'cause of Memory Sticks, and I'm not alone - even non-geek colleagues won't touch cybershots anymore.
Bigger sufferers of not-invented-here-syndrome than Apple & MS combined.
Allowing your users to interact with a proprietary format is not embracing it YFI.
I love how the FOSS community embraces .doc as a Necessary Evil
.doc? Whaaaa? Were you looked in a room during the (numerous) ooxml is evil threads?
FOSS community embraces
Apple really isn't fighting its users, as a group. It's just fighting a small minority of users who hack their iPhones
Well, I've seen figures (guesses? estimations?) that put the number of unlocked iPhones at 1/6 to 1/3 of total iPhones sold. - that is not a small minority.
I mean honestly, how different is this to dialing ahead with your order from a cell phone? That uses wireless technology to skip queues & waiting too.
Well done Apple - patent innovation the Microsoft/Amazon way!
Small correction: The Mac OS X version uses X11, not Cocoa.
I don't see where Cocoa is mentioned in the summary, or linked articles. Was the summary/article silently updated - or were you correcting your own assumption that an OS X binary must be cocoa?
Two points about the article's headline:
1) The linked article does not describe a successful bricking. You can pop in your recovery CD & away you go.
2) This is a software problem, not a hardware problem. I doubt this exploit is going to work on my (old & crappy) HP sempron laptop, seeing as its dual booting Debian & OS X.
A better headline would be "Exploit found in HP update software" - but I guess that's just not that ad-revenue generating.
Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you have a right to privacy or not. It's not a right you can rely on. Expect the monkeys to paw through your private photos & videos regardless of where you get your PC repaired.
The answer is routine encryption, but let's face it - if you need help installing a DVD drive, you're unlikely to have any idea what encryption even is....
Oh FFS.
I agree that Microsoft isn't innovative, but to hold up Apple as the innovative company is ridiculous.
They bought fingerworks to get the multitouch IP you mention, they bought SongJam and renamed it iTunes, etc etc.
Apple is just like MS - unable to innovate themselves, they buy smaller companies for their innovation.
And now? Create Custom iPhone Ringtones the Free and Apple Way
As long as you're an OS X user (what percentage of iPhone is this?), as long as you're happy with 40 seconds, and as long as you're happy that the Apple way is harder than all the competitors.
The IP laws around ringtones are complicated.
Not that complicated for blackberrys, nokias, etc.... but I guess they don't have the same sort of cozy you-scratch-my-back, I'll-force-drm-on-my-customer relationship with the content cartels that Apple does...
Show me a single claim from Apple that says that
My post didn't imply that it was Apple claims. Nonetheless, hype & hysteria around a product prior to launch will create dissapoinment if that product doesn't live up to expectations.
As you're a known pro-apple troll, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask for a source for your statement "you're a known anti-Apple troll".
The pre-iphone hysteria was touting the iphone as being the device that would liberate US consumers from the shackles of the telcos.
And while it turned out to be a pretty cool product, it's got the same locked-to-a-cingle-provider, pay-twice-for-songs, proprietary, locked-down, no-3rd party apps attitude as other US cell phones
Vista wasn't the most dissapointing product - we already new how crap it was going to be. The iPhone was, because prior to release, it bought a ray of hope to US cell-phone consumers that was cruelly dashed.
(Yes, I know the iPhone is number 5 on the list, but it's there for the wrong reasons)
Is Ubuntu GPLv3 licensed?
WTF does the GPLv3 have to do with anything? What does usage have to do with anything?
If you distribute binaries, distribute the source, or a written offer for the source. Now STFU dumbass.
You know, you could've just said "I need a really big handicap" - it would've been shorter & more honest.
Learn a little more about life before joining in discussions with adults sonny.
It's nice to se JCR get the pasting he deserves.
But give up now - there's no point arguing with the stupid.
Unfortunately, this is why projects like GIMP rarely (if ever) become as good UI-wise as commercial products like Photoshop. Instead of responding to critics intelligently with reasons why they are wrong or giving critics due consideration and implementing their suggestions, the egos of open source developers get in the way, and they write their critics off for daring to disagree with their narrow, developer-centric view.
The gimp's no good because someone modded you down on slashdot?
You're an idiot.
Hmmmmn, on rereading his post, it appears you're correct.
Thank God he doesn't edit wikipedia. that post made no sense.
Sorry? Because you don't want to edit Wikipedia its useless? Seriously? Is every other resource you don't edit useless?
Wikipedia has many problems, but its still an enormously useful resource.
When did you last check? Prior to the GPLv2 at least. From gpl-violations.org's FAQ: Or are you suggesting that each distro made from Ubuntu must have its own separate repository for the source? That clearly flies in the face of what already exists.
Tell me how that clearly flies in the face of what already exists. I don't see how it does at all.
Explanation.
As TFS & TFA have little info, here's some background:
The MPA(A) released a Xubuntu derived livecd with a bunch of F/OSS tools to assist universities in monitoring their networks. *rolls*eyes*. More info about the software in this Washington Post article.
Unfortuntately the CD as shipped contained no source & no written offer for the source, so was in violation of the GPL (and hence, the MPAA are in violation of various software author's copyright).
After several attempts to reach contact the MPAA, the ubuntu developer sent a takedown notice to the hosting ISP.
I hope he now presses for copyright violation - as he so elequoently says: MPAA don't fuck with my shit.
And your quote from Jobs is from a long, long time ago.
But, Jobs has come back to Apple & done precisely what he'd said he'd do - move on to the next big thing. He's even dropped "Computers" from the name of the company.
Making quite a success of it too, but OS X is suffering for it.
Errm, a minor update causes OS X running in a common configuration to not boot. Sounds like news for nerds to me!
The article also suggests that Apple new about the issue prior to release, a very serious charge if true.
Watch the quality of Desktop version of OS X slip as Jobs puts all the good engineers onto the iPhone/iPod. After all, as Jobs himself said: "...unning Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth -- and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago."