of course i would like to see you try to put a hardware keylogger on my iBook (it runs fedora and mac) or my iMac's bluetooth keyboard. Course bluetooth would prolly be easier to keylog wirelessly
the parent makes half of a good point, but even then windows can be secure if you are smarter than the average bear.
long answer is DING! DING! don't bank online. Walk, Bike, Hitchhike, or Drive TO THE BANK, and when online don't assume anything is secure, your just in for a supprise
nice try though (who the hell started that shit in the first place)
i personally think that most of this is a mdeia over reaction. yes more laptops are exploding than did five years ago, yes more people have laptops and more people make laptops than did five years ago. anyone who has been through highschool chem (not that i have) should know that lithium is really exciting stuff and should be given due respect
oh well i right now im more annoyed at my laptop's mobo frying after we just replaced it.
to bad this isn't happening to anyone who deserves it *cough*bil gates*cough* it would be funny if a certain microsoft founder had his laptop blow up
depending on wich of the three great mac classic ages we're talking about 7, 8, or 9 that wasn't really true
7: had to run on both 68k machines as well as the newer ppc machines and the numerous clones of the day, but still managed to perform quite well on all of them
8: was the first to run on ppc and the g3 line of chips along with supporting a new proggraming system with the carbon libraries
9: well nine sucked and im turning into a troll as i type so i just call it non classic and leave
of course i see no real problem with hand optimized assembly if thats what gets the job done right, and i still think that the mac gui is wonderfull and faster than others (kde, gnome/metashitty)
of course i'd be interested to see what happens when vista rolls out (maybe next decade if we're lucky)
i just pray that amd, intel, nvidia, ati, and all the other hardware guys can come to some agreement so we don't have a schizophrenic micro$oft come out with a horrible os that won't run well on any of them or worse only run on one of them
i think the key phrase there is "properly configured"
yes linux is great, I use it whenever possible
BUT
Most college kids are going to take one look at the steps required to install most linux distro's and go buy something that does wut they need out of the box
and you left out the number one reason that most college kids have a computer GAMES!
and as far as games go linux is considerably lacking, while a mac that can run mac ported games (most top sellers are these days), AND winblows games (boot camp y'all) that imac that also has a high bragging rights factor seems more appealing
linux is a wonderfull thing but it ain't quite there yet sry, it's true
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH get it off me get it off me
but seriously the two can't be compared
until you can show me a sco linux brick that can do everything my ibook can for your $699 (the price of my machine these days oddly enough) I'm not going to see this as any skin off the imacs back
AND
i run a linux (cent os on old dells) lab for my schools comp sci department, and after helping kids to do even the simplest of tasks (like logout) I don't think ur average college kid is going to be able to use a linux brick as easilly as a good clean imac, EVEN the cs students
well the two usb ports on the keyboard are usb 1.1 but my mouse and the light don't seem to mind
and they do have fw 800 on the top of the line machines
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european or african skittle
*mumble*
i love it
into the sig it goes
don't you mean the CIC
infocalypse
42nd duh
hogsheads, casks, and demijohns
*end train sequence*
yup
we just get the air to think really hard and then we use that thought energy to power our cars
just give the air some perl to trace and we'll have energy forever
not that it runs particularly well on a gigaBYTE either
but linux would run on either
and 512k of disk should be enough for anyone
of course i would like to see you try to put a hardware keylogger on my iBook (it runs fedora and mac) or my iMac's bluetooth keyboard. Course bluetooth would prolly be easier to keylog wirelessly
the parent makes half of a good point, but even then windows can be secure if you are smarter than the average bear.
long answer is DING! DING! don't bank online. Walk, Bike, Hitchhike, or Drive TO THE BANK, and when online don't assume anything is secure, your just in for a supprise
to late the first post beat you to it
nice try though (who the hell started that shit in the first place)
i personally think that most of this is a mdeia over reaction. yes more laptops are exploding than did five years ago, yes more people have laptops and more people make laptops than did five years ago. anyone who has been through highschool chem (not that i have) should know that lithium is really exciting stuff and should be given due respect
oh well i right now im more annoyed at my laptop's mobo frying after we just replaced it.
to bad this isn't happening to anyone who deserves it *cough*bil gates*cough* it would be funny if a certain microsoft founder had his laptop blow up
why do i not like the idea of something designed to fall just short of a static generator built in to my computer?
Me, I'll stick to fans. My fans are quiet enough and my computer doesn't run that hot anyway
--WAM
well not quite,
depending on wich of the three great mac classic ages we're talking about 7, 8, or 9 that wasn't really true
7: had to run on both 68k machines as well as the newer ppc machines and the numerous clones of the day, but still managed to perform quite well on all of them
8: was the first to run on ppc and the g3 line of chips along with supporting a new proggraming system with the carbon libraries
9: well nine sucked and im turning into a troll as i type so i just call it non classic and leave
of course i see no real problem with hand optimized assembly if thats what gets the job done right, and i still think that the mac gui is wonderfull and faster than others (kde, gnome/metashitty)
thats cause WinblowsXP
of course i'd be interested to see what happens when vista rolls out (maybe next decade if we're lucky)
i just pray that amd, intel, nvidia, ati, and all the other hardware guys can come to some agreement so we don't have a schizophrenic micro$oft come out with a horrible os that won't run well on any of them or worse only run on one of them
Most modern os's wouldn't fit in memory, and if they did you would run out of ram very quickly and be forced to flog your hd for swap
sure a chopped down linux distro may run in ram but no way in hell that vista will, or xp & 2k for that matter
what you will want to do is load your data into ram when you access a file
for a PC (and i mean personal comp. macs, linux, and typewriters included) this makes the most sense
Dude one word: PODZILLA!
way better than rockbox
and of course the real date of christmas (going on the birth of christ model) itself is debatable
i think the key phrase there is "properly configured"
yes linux is great, I use it whenever possible
BUT
Most college kids are going to take one look at the steps required to install most linux distro's and go buy something that does wut they need out of the box
and you left out the number one reason that most college kids have a computer GAMES!
and as far as games go linux is considerably lacking, while a mac that can run mac ported games (most top sellers are these days), AND winblows games (boot camp y'all) that imac that also has a high bragging rights factor seems more appealing
linux is a wonderfull thing but it ain't quite there yet sry, it's true
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH get it off me get it off me but seriously the two can't be compared until you can show me a sco linux brick that can do everything my ibook can for your $699 (the price of my machine these days oddly enough) I'm not going to see this as any skin off the imacs back AND i run a linux (cent os on old dells) lab for my schools comp sci department, and after helping kids to do even the simplest of tasks (like logout) I don't think ur average college kid is going to be able to use a linux brick as easilly as a good clean imac, EVEN the cs students
well the two usb ports on the keyboard are usb 1.1 but my mouse and the light don't seem to mind and they do have fw 800 on the top of the line machines