Comment Re:What was it, and how do I read it all? (Score 1) 326
http://www.archive.org/ maybe
Comment Re:I've been bricked before (Score 1) 648
"not to the point of hardware failure"
I don't think apple has the power to get away with pushing updates that would destroy hardware
I don't think apple has the power to get away with pushing updates that would destroy hardware
Comment Re:I've been bricked before (Score 1) 648
I guess you're right, I've been thinking about buying a license to 10.5 just because I believe pirating software is wrong, I just enjoy the novelty of "I paid $800 for my 2.6Ghz dual core mac!". I don't blame apple either, but I really do wish they would just put out a version of OSX that would run legally on a PC. I don't care if I don't get support. Literally all they have to do is stop bricking my machine with quicktime updates and I would shell out the $129 instantly
Comment I've been bricked before (Score 0, Offtopic) 648
I've had my osx86 machine bricked by updates, not to the point of hardware failure, but to the point of unrecoverableness. There's actually a .kext file that they put in called "dont_steal_macosx.kext" or something similar, but I guess that's a risk you have to take with this kind of software
Submission + - Man's Spare Room Filled With Almost Every Apple Mo (gizmodo.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Do you think you are fanboy? Think again. Apparently this guy "has a spare room which contains one hundred Apple computers. In total, he has more than 150 in his home and all of them are working, from an Apple II+ and a Lisa to the latest MacBook Pro." He also has a NeXT and, as you will see in the gallery, even one of those huge, minifridge-like Workgroup Servers. The article has a long interview explaining why and how: "we asked him about his passion — some would say obsession, others medical condition." I personally think the second option is the correct one.
Submission + - Hacker publishes notorious Apple Wi-Fi attack (computerworld.com.au)
inkslinger77 writes: "More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David Maynor has finally published details of his exploit.
Maynor had been under a nondisclosure agreement, which had previously prevented him from publishing details of the hack, but the NDA is over now and by going public with the information, Maynor hopes to help other Apple researchers with new documentation on things like Wi-Fi debugging and the Mac OS X kernel core dumping facility."
Submission + - Rising Attacks on ISPs (darkreading.com)
eldavojohn writes: "DarkReading is running a story on botnets replacing DDOS attacks as the number one threat to ISPs. The report lists the staggering bandwidth consumed by ever increasing distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks. From the article, "Not surprisingly, ISPs say botnets are the number one threat to their networks, and that these malicious networks are growing in size and sophistication. Botnets are used for DOS attacks (71 percent), sending spam (64 percent), as open proxies (34 percent), for storing ID theft information (16 percent), and as part of phishing systems (37 percent), according to respondents.""
Submission + - Tux Racer is Back (again)!
Christian Picon writes: "Everyone's favorite racing penguin is back in a revival of the classic game "Tux Racer". When it died in 2004, Tux Racer was continued by Volker Strobel in a game he called "PlanetPenguin Racer". Although distributed with a good deal of major Linux distros, PlanetPenguin Racer is widely considered dead, and its creator seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.
Since February, a new team of developers and artists have taken up the code, and are almost finished converting it into a new game. Scheduled for release on September 22, "Extreme Tux Racer" has a load of new graphics, a spiffier logo, a new cup, and a few other improvements. This release was mainly intended to break in the new name, and clean up the PlanetPenguin Racer code, but huge changes are planned for the next release, such as multiplayer mode, new events, new models, and a 3D level designer.
Extreme Tux Racer, unlike PlanetPenguin Racer (which was programmed almost exclusively by Volker Strobel), is using a very community oriented development system where anyone can jump in and contribute. They originally planned to call the game PlanetPenguin Racer, like its predecessor, which explains why they are currently organizing development at planetpenguinracer.com. The new website, extremetuxracer.com should be up by the September 22 release date, say webmaster "ranger", and designer "slythfox".
So, whether you have a talent you'd like to donate, or whether you liked the original game, be sure to check out Extreme Tux Racer."
Since February, a new team of developers and artists have taken up the code, and are almost finished converting it into a new game. Scheduled for release on September 22, "Extreme Tux Racer" has a load of new graphics, a spiffier logo, a new cup, and a few other improvements. This release was mainly intended to break in the new name, and clean up the PlanetPenguin Racer code, but huge changes are planned for the next release, such as multiplayer mode, new events, new models, and a 3D level designer.
Extreme Tux Racer, unlike PlanetPenguin Racer (which was programmed almost exclusively by Volker Strobel), is using a very community oriented development system where anyone can jump in and contribute. They originally planned to call the game PlanetPenguin Racer, like its predecessor, which explains why they are currently organizing development at planetpenguinracer.com. The new website, extremetuxracer.com should be up by the September 22 release date, say webmaster "ranger", and designer "slythfox".
So, whether you have a talent you'd like to donate, or whether you liked the original game, be sure to check out Extreme Tux Racer."
Submission + - Linux Day! (getnix.com)
land0 writes: "WE ARE LINUX! September 17th 1991 Linus Torvalds uploaded the Linux kernel 0.0.1 to the internet. He made the source code freely available to anyone interested in improving on it. Linux is turning 16 years old this year and boy has it grown up! This site http://linuxday.getnix.com was created as a place where you can personally thank Linus and all of the Linux Kernel developers. You can also take the time to share with the world how and why you started using your Linux based OS. On the 17th of September every year we will be challenging you to take Linux with you into your everyday life. Wear a shirt, slap a sticker on something, wear a hat or button. Hand out Live CD's with your favorite flavor of Linux on top! Let's take the time to show the people around us why GNU/Linux is Priceless!"
Submission + - truthout blocked by AOL/Hotmail (truthout.org) 1
dolo724 writes: Subscribers to Truthout.org are finding their newsletters sent to the trash by some pretty popular ISPs. Who's in charge now?
From the article: "Currently, AOL- and Microsoft-related email providers, including Hotmail, are preventing delivery of a range of Truthout communications to thousands of our subscribers. Such communications include Truthout's regular newsletters and notifications to our subscribers from individual workstations of Truthout administrators informing those subscribers that they are affected."
Submission + - KDE 4 Beta 2 released today (kde.org) 1
JackieBrown writes: "KDE Project Ships Second Beta Release for Leading Free Software Desktop, Codename "Cartoffel"
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0-beta2.ph p"
http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0-beta2.p
Submission + - HP's Answer To Dell Alienware - The Blackbird 002 (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: "After HP's acquisition of Voodoo PC last year, many speculated
that the company's entrance into the high-end gaming PC market was imminent.
After all, why else would they have bought Voodoo in the first place? On
their own, HP was also secretly working on their own gaming PC and
its codename was Blackbird. However, Blackbird wasn't being designed solely
by the newly acquired engineers from Voodoo. In fact, the Blackbird project was
well underway at HP before the acquisition was finalized. The two did
collaborate on a design though, that ultimately became the product that is
shown here at HotHardware — a high-end, fully customizable machine that's
poised to do battle with the best gaming systems the industry has to offer.
Benchmarks and a full design showcase are included in the article."
Submission + - What Vista Gets Right (linux-mag.com) 3
Risen888 writes: We've all seen the flamefests and endless dissections of how broken Windows Vista is. Now for something completely different, Scott Granneman of linux-mag.com brings us an interesting look at some areas where Vista excels, and perhaps surpasses modern Linux distros. While he does whip some (if not deceased) geriatric equines such as gaming and fonts, he also raises some interesting ideas, such as ReadyBoost, ease of home networking, Media Center functionality, and the MS iLife-clone apps, including Windows Movie Maker and Windows Photo Gallery (I know, I know, but hear him out, will ya?).
An interesting read, although one I disagreed with on several points. Have at it, Slashdotters.
