And as far as JailBreaking your iOS device, you get what you deserve, period.
So, thanks for proving the point that the "Walled Garden" actually WORKS. If you want to spend the extra effort to step outside into the Methane-Gas atmosphere, then don't complain when you start choking...
Yes. People don't use ink-jet printers for child pornography; obviously, they just want to know what computers the child pornography has been bittorrented through.
IIRC, the watermarks (yellow dots) were mandated on COLOR printers as an anti-counterfeiting measure, not (for once) as a "Think of the Children!" anti-child-porn thing. The Feds were worried that color printers were getting good enough that people (other than the gummint) would be able to use them to print bogus money. Of course, anyone who has seen the output of pretty much any consumer-grade color printer knows that this is laughable; but this is the gummint we're talking about.
I think you need to learn more about programming, then. Writing a non-trivial application for multiple platforms is not as simple a task as you seem to think.
Sure it is!
Just make it browser-based, and everything is fine, right? [ducks]
iOS doesn't need as much RAM because it's not a full-bore multitasking OS.
Actually, it is a fully preemptive-multitasking OS.
But it has been essentially "throttled" in that respect due to considerations over battery life. However, IIRC, the core of iOS is still Darwin, and that IS a multitasking OS.
All that sound reasonable; but the load being applied when the train crosses to the previously "unloaded" track should instantly pull-down the voltage on that track, and the inductance of the windings in the traction motors in the train should dampen any current surges. Otherwise, I can't believe that they could keep any incandescent lamps on the trains from blowing out basically all the time.
Also, I would be surprised if the track sections were electrically-isolated from one another anyway; and if not, there shouldn't be any significant voltage perturbations from one track section to another. I would bet it is more like power distribution in the "grid": where distributed power plants are essentially phase-synchronized (and voltage-matched), with inductors and capacitors along the way to help with power-factor compensation.
But if you are right, and there ARE big ol' dips and spikes, then that is even more reason why they should have the coin-op outlet that I mentioned in another post; because that outlet could have a hefty LRC filter and since this is Europe, likely a PFC to boot, thus doing enough "line conditioning" (especially since the currents are so low) that any AC adapter worth its salt would be just fine.
That's why the initiative to kill it should come from corporate users, not Adobe. By stopping using it.
Google using HTML5 for Youtube videos, so you don't need Flash for that anymore, was a good start. Next I'd like to see is Spiegel.de, the online branch of the German News magazine. Last time I checked, they still used Flash for their video clips. A few more of those jumping ship and I won't really notice Flash missing from my computer...
My 2013 MacBook Pro came without Flash installed, and there have only been a couple of times in the intervening two years when I was tempted to install it. But then I think to myself "Fuck this website/retailier if they can't get with the program", and move on with my life.
What really frosts me is when I can browse to a website with my iPad (which of course doesn't have the slightest idea what Flash is), and whatever refused to play on my MacBook "Because it requires Flash" happily plays away in HTML5 (or whatever) on the iPad. That's just inexcusably lazy programming, IMHO, and those sites are then usually forever awarded with my non-patronage.
The outlet in question looks like a regular outlet, but the power it supplies fluctuates wildly as the train passes between sections of track powered by different substations..
My guess is, no, and that you would turn off those circuits to prevent 60 W * 200 people * 8 hours...call it 100 kWh/day loss.
But that is a ridiculously unreasonable hypothetical.
We're talking a cellphone (or even a laptop) that is going to draw about 100-200 mW (that's 0.1 - 0.2W) from the AC line at roughly 230VAC (that's what the UK line-voltage is, right?). That much power is lost (actually much more) in the resistance of the electrical wiring in each and every carriage.
Why? Is it all that different from me tethering to your electric and using it for my own purposes? Is there some sort of law saying electrical outlet are fair game for all.
Forgot about the miniscule amount of energy for a minute. Would it be ok to run an extension cord from an outlet on your porch to power my fan when I get overheated riding my bike near your house? I know, someone will say but that is private property and this is government property. I respond with does that mean i can walk into a government building and grab some paper or just start using the photocopiers?
There is a principle involved here. Even if something needs changed to allow this conduct, it still needs changed to distinguish between it.
It IS actually about the miniscule amount of electricity. The amount of taxpayer pounds that this WASTES is something like 100 metric ZILLIONS more than the "abstraction" involved.
But here's a novel idea that I haven't read here yet: Install a separate, coin-operated outlet (10p for 30 mins, or somesuch), with a circuit-breaker to limit the current-draw to 1 Amp. That way, no one is tempted to run their hair dryer or recharge their electric car with it; but it has plenty of current for even a quickie laptop charge. This monetization scheme works for parking spaces (I assume that they have parking meters in the UK); so why not electrical outlets?
Then, instead of ARRESTING someone for "abstracting" electricity from the non-metered outlet, you can "deputize" the train security personnel to hand-out "tickets" (I assume you have the concept of "illegal parking tickets" in the UK), with a fine that is appropriate to the crime (let's say 50 quid as a deterrent), instead of the ridiculous situation you have now.
If they're not for use by the public, then they should not be visible from public space, or the receptacle should be enclosed in a box that has to be lifted or opened for access. Simply attaching a label or sign to a publicly visible receptacle is not sufficient, since people won't notice the sign, and the receptacle itself is basically a universal sign for power available.
And what about people who cannot read the sign, due to a language barrier, or are illiterate? What good does a sign do then?
I was told that having a "Beware of Dog" sign was no protection against being sued if my dog bit someone, even in my fenced yard, due to the same reasoning.
Were Apple to allow people to integrate their own payment mechanisms for subscription(even at the level of just using a webview of the appropriate page in their app), the situation would be of much less concern.
Yes, but they would lose a very important measure of control over in-App scamming and phishing. Not everything is a money-grab, ya know....
If a developer goes through the trouble of creating a native UI within their app to handle purchases, along with the infrastructure to complete the transaction, Apple should not be able to deny such capability. Of course, Apple does have a say because they can reject an app submission for any, or no, reason at all. As an iOS developer, I'd love to see the Courts knock Apple down for this one.
Why? Their store, their rules. Nothing anti-trust about it. No one is forcing you to make a living writing iOS apps, are they?
While Apple does not have a monopoly in computers, phones, or tablets, it might be more difficult to maintain that Apple does not have a monopoly in the sale of music. [toptenreviews.com]
RU Sirius?!?
There is NO WAY that Apple has a Monopolistic-sized share of the music distribution business. Maybe of the DOWNLOADED music business; but certainly not of the sale of CD/DVD media (in which they simply don't get involved), and certainly not in the music streaming business, unless they had one HELLUVA week with Apple Music subscriptions!
Except they already are, so we can skip this clause. They are making contracts with their suppliers that fix the prices for other people who are not a party to the contract negotiations.
Um, this happens ALL the time in distribution agreements.
If you don't think the price that one distributor doesn't potentially affect the deals given to other distributors, you are sadly mistaken.
The part you are missing is "monopoly". Apple doesn't have a monopoly in computers, phones or tablets... If they aren't colluding with other companies, they can do whatever they want.
And they CERTAINLY don't have a monopoly on streaming music services.
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What does that do, exactly?
>> if security and privacy are a concern, maybe iPhone isn't really such a bad option
Dude, is Google down today? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iphone+ma...
Then look up WireLurker. Then MASQUE-D. And if you jailbreak a phone, pretty much all bets are off.
WireLurker looks to be pretty nasty, that's for sure. But it's also only on a GreyWare "App Store", NOT available through legit channels.
And MASQUE-D is such a threat (NOT!) that I had to try two different search terms to even FIND a reference on Google. Plus, it again is a Trojan, that has to entice the user to install it from a non-legitimate "App" site.
And as far as JailBreaking your iOS device, you get what you deserve, period.
So, thanks for proving the point that the "Walled Garden" actually WORKS. If you want to spend the extra effort to step outside into the Methane-Gas atmosphere, then don't complain when you start choking...
Next!
Yes. People don't use ink-jet printers for child pornography; obviously, they just want to know what computers the child pornography has been bittorrented through.
IIRC, the watermarks (yellow dots) were mandated on COLOR printers as an anti-counterfeiting measure, not (for once) as a "Think of the Children!" anti-child-porn thing. The Feds were worried that color printers were getting good enough that people (other than the gummint) would be able to use them to print bogus money. Of course, anyone who has seen the output of pretty much any consumer-grade color printer knows that this is laughable; but this is the gummint we're talking about.
Do you honestly think the dictatorship makes the source code for Red Star Linux available to its people?
I'm sorry, but what part of dictatorship are you forgetting?
This is the government approved version. That's all there is.
So, is this a violation of the GPL? Is NK even bound by the GPL?
If so, let's see how big the balls of the FSF REALLY are...
I think you need to learn more about programming, then. Writing a non-trivial application for multiple platforms is not as simple a task as you seem to think.
Sure it is!
Just make it browser-based, and everything is fine, right? [ducks]
iOS doesn't need as much RAM because it's not a full-bore multitasking OS.
Actually, it is a fully preemptive-multitasking OS.
But it has been essentially "throttled" in that respect due to considerations over battery life. However, IIRC, the core of iOS is still Darwin, and that IS a multitasking OS.
All that sound reasonable; but the load being applied when the train crosses to the previously "unloaded" track should instantly pull-down the voltage on that track, and the inductance of the windings in the traction motors in the train should dampen any current surges. Otherwise, I can't believe that they could keep any incandescent lamps on the trains from blowing out basically all the time.
Also, I would be surprised if the track sections were electrically-isolated from one another anyway; and if not, there shouldn't be any significant voltage perturbations from one track section to another. I would bet it is more like power distribution in the "grid": where distributed power plants are essentially phase-synchronized (and voltage-matched), with inductors and capacitors along the way to help with power-factor compensation.
But if you are right, and there ARE big ol' dips and spikes, then that is even more reason why they should have the coin-op outlet that I mentioned in another post; because that outlet could have a hefty LRC filter and since this is Europe, likely a PFC to boot, thus doing enough "line conditioning" (especially since the currents are so low) that any AC adapter worth its salt would be just fine.
Sorry, you're right. I was thinking mA, not mW. My bad. I thought something didn't look right when I was typing it.AndbImshoukd know better.
They're issuing hole exchanges
Goatse?
What a load of rubbish
Yes, Flash is all of that. And less.
That's why the initiative to kill it should come from corporate users, not Adobe. By stopping using it.
Google using HTML5 for Youtube videos, so you don't need Flash for that anymore, was a good start. Next I'd like to see is Spiegel.de, the online branch of the German News magazine. Last time I checked, they still used Flash for their video clips. A few more of those jumping ship and I won't really notice Flash missing from my computer...
My 2013 MacBook Pro came without Flash installed, and there have only been a couple of times in the intervening two years when I was tempted to install it. But then I think to myself "Fuck this website/retailier if they can't get with the program", and move on with my life.
What really frosts me is when I can browse to a website with my iPad (which of course doesn't have the slightest idea what Flash is), and whatever refused to play on my MacBook "Because it requires Flash" happily plays away in HTML5 (or whatever) on the iPad. That's just inexcusably lazy programming, IMHO, and those sites are then usually forever awarded with my non-patronage.
The outlet in question looks like a regular outlet, but the power it supplies fluctuates wildly as the train passes between sections of track powered by different substations..
Citation, please?
My guess is, no, and that you would turn off those circuits to prevent 60 W * 200 people * 8 hours...call it 100 kWh/day loss.
But that is a ridiculously unreasonable hypothetical.
We're talking a cellphone (or even a laptop) that is going to draw about 100-200 mW (that's 0.1 - 0.2W) from the AC line at roughly 230VAC (that's what the UK line-voltage is, right?). That much power is lost (actually much more) in the resistance of the electrical wiring in each and every carriage.
Why? Is it all that different from me tethering to your electric and using it for my own purposes? Is there some sort of law saying electrical outlet are fair game for all.
Forgot about the miniscule amount of energy for a minute. Would it be ok to run an extension cord from an outlet on your porch to power my fan when I get overheated riding my bike near your house? I know, someone will say but that is private property and this is government property. I respond with does that mean i can walk into a government building and grab some paper or just start using the photocopiers?
There is a principle involved here. Even if something needs changed to allow this conduct, it still needs changed to distinguish between it.
It IS actually about the miniscule amount of electricity. The amount of taxpayer pounds that this WASTES is something like 100 metric ZILLIONS more than the "abstraction" involved.
But here's a novel idea that I haven't read here yet: Install a separate, coin-operated outlet (10p for 30 mins, or somesuch), with a circuit-breaker to limit the current-draw to 1 Amp. That way, no one is tempted to run their hair dryer or recharge their electric car with it; but it has plenty of current for even a quickie laptop charge. This monetization scheme works for parking spaces (I assume that they have parking meters in the UK); so why not electrical outlets?
Then, instead of ARRESTING someone for "abstracting" electricity from the non-metered outlet, you can "deputize" the train security personnel to hand-out "tickets" (I assume you have the concept of "illegal parking tickets" in the UK), with a fine that is appropriate to the crime (let's say 50 quid as a deterrent), instead of the ridiculous situation you have now.
If they're not for use by the public, then they should not be visible from public space, or the receptacle should be enclosed in a box that has to be lifted or opened for access. Simply attaching a label or sign to a publicly visible receptacle is not sufficient, since people won't notice the sign, and the receptacle itself is basically a universal sign for power available.
And what about people who cannot read the sign, due to a language barrier, or are illiterate? What good does a sign do then?
I was told that having a "Beware of Dog" sign was no protection against being sued if my dog bit someone, even in my fenced yard, due to the same reasoning.
Were Apple to allow people to integrate their own payment mechanisms for subscription(even at the level of just using a webview of the appropriate page in their app), the situation would be of much less concern.
Yes, but they would lose a very important measure of control over in-App scamming and phishing. Not everything is a money-grab, ya know....
If a developer goes through the trouble of creating a native UI within their app to handle purchases, along with the infrastructure to complete the transaction, Apple should not be able to deny such capability. Of course, Apple does have a say because they can reject an app submission for any, or no, reason at all. As an iOS developer, I'd love to see the Courts knock Apple down for this one.
Why? Their store, their rules. Nothing anti-trust about it. No one is forcing you to make a living writing iOS apps, are they?
It's quite ironic that Spotify is complaining that they can't compete -they've been the ones benefiting from an unlevel playing field for years.
Mod Parent Up!
While Apple does not have a monopoly in computers, phones, or tablets, it might be more difficult to maintain that Apple does not have a monopoly in the sale of music. [toptenreviews.com]
RU Sirius?!?
There is NO WAY that Apple has a Monopolistic-sized share of the music distribution business. Maybe of the DOWNLOADED music business; but certainly not of the sale of CD/DVD media (in which they simply don't get involved), and certainly not in the music streaming business, unless they had one HELLUVA week with Apple Music subscriptions!
" If they aren't colluding with other companies"
Except they already are, so we can skip this clause. They are making contracts with their suppliers that fix the prices for other people who are not a party to the contract negotiations.
Um, this happens ALL the time in distribution agreements.
If you don't think the price that one distributor doesn't potentially affect the deals given to other distributors, you are sadly mistaken.
The part you are missing is "monopoly". Apple doesn't have a monopoly in computers, phones or tablets... If they aren't colluding with other companies, they can do whatever they want.
And they CERTAINLY don't have a monopoly on streaming music services.
Tell them what? That they can't legally compete with their non-existant franchisee?
No. That they must have a certain distribution model.
Your guide is for the 13" model. I do not know whether it works for the 15" model, but I can assure you that I am not intending to find out.
A posting on the iFixit forum led me to the guide I linked as being the same for the 15 inch replacement.
That IS pretty obnoxious, though, I'll admit. Same reason I haven't replaced the keyboard on my 2013 non-retina MBP.
I read the Headline as "Catastrophic Chinese FOODS Triggered By Air Pollution"
I thought "Yeah, I didn't feel too well after eating at the Chinese Buffet the other day; but WTF?!?"
crApple's
2001 called, and it wants its joke back.
Yeah, right there with "Winblows" and "Windoze" and "PeeSee"...