Ahem, now that CMSF Nato is finished...

[Lethaface]

YankeeDog,

Well lately I have seen more and more warnings about security flaws in Apple software, even coming from the German government. And the 80's and 90's are not really comparable with today; at that time an untrusted floppy disk was the greatest hazard while today your on the hazard everyday: the internet. And more and more people who only have minimal knowledge of computers are moving to mac. However, there is probably still more money to be made from windows users given the same input, so for the moment i'm not expecting problems to skyrocket.

Regarding the iPhone 4, i'm not saying it is definitely a bad phone or bad buy. It was more that my colleague was defending that they had made this mistake, that is was no mistake and the bull**** about the wrong display info and everything (instead of just accepting that everyone makes mistakes). I mean he would be excited if they sold him an iTurd

Luckily this colleague is full grown enough to face non-serious sarcastic comments about apple products and admitted he is not really objective regarding apple products, so we are just having a lot of fun with the whole apple b!tch fighting

The only thing I can't stand is when there is a business problem with some software and the given solution is 'buy a mac'.

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Perhaps you are lucky with your version since his one does have 3g problems when you hold it. Or perhaps you have small hands? Dutch people drink a lot of milk so we have big bones, that might be the case

And a new phone after 2 years is not something strange, but 4 times the same phone in a couple of years is a bit staggering in my eyes. There are 3 perfect older iPhones in working condition in his drawer since he doesn't want to sell them on ebay. I should displace them and make chain of m or something.

[YankeeDog]

We'll see about the "Mac security issues." Every month or two, someone comes up with a big warning about some major OSX security hole, and then nothing materializes. Time will tell...

And a new phone after 2 years is not something strange, but 4 times the same phone in a couple of years is a bit staggering in my eyes. There are 3 perfect older iPhones in working condition in his drawer since he doesn't want to sell them on ebay. I should displace them and make chain of m or something.

Yeah, that is wierd. I mean, I like my iPhone and all, but I don't know why I'd need more than one of them... and even my beat-up old 3G (which had two buttons not working and a small crack in the back of the case) got me $75 on the resale market. The way the smartphone market is set up here in the U.S., where the carriers heavily subsidize the price of the phones, and lock you into a 2-year contract to recover the cost, you're kind of stupid *not* to sell your existing phone every two years, and get a new one. If you don't, you're basically giving your cell phone company money.

Oh, and as for my hands: Actually, I'm a pretty big guy with large hands (I grew up in dairy farming region and drank a lot of milk, too). So that's not the difference...

I don't mean to imply that the signal drop issue doesn't happen *at all*; unbiased laboratory evidence clearly shows that, if you bridge the gap between the two antennas on the side of the case, you will attenuate the antennas and reduce the ability of the iPhone 4 to send and receive signals.

But you definitely have to hold your phone in a very specific way for this to happen. As mentioned, I tried to replicate this effect, and wasn't able to do so in any meaningful way. The only way I could get a signal drop at all was If I cupped the phone in both hands, and then pressed firmly so that my skin was in contact with the entire side of the case. This is certainly not something I'd ever do while using the phone, and I think just about any RF device would see some attenuation from being completely encased in flesh. In any event, the problem goes away once you put a case on the Phone, something I was going to do anyway.

All the hoopla about the "grip of death" did result in Apple giving me a phone case for free, so I guess I should be happy for all the hype about the "grip of death"; it saved me $30...

[rune]

Ummm, you DO realize Apple just posted a urgent update for Snow leopard 10.6 like a day or two ago? Fixes a *gasp* security issue. No operating system is 100% safe. I am updating a mac now for the fix.

Rune

[YankeeDog]

Yep; Software Update alerted me of the update and I installed it a few days ago.

There's no doubt that potential security holes in OSX have been found; someone finds one several times a year. But to date, anyway, to the best of my knowledge Apple has always managed to release a security update before any potential exploit of such a security flaw has actually been propagated "in the wild."

It's certainly true that no OS can ever 100% secure. Especially with highly complex systems, if a human made it, another human can always break or exploit it. And operator stupidity can break even the best security. Even in OSX, If a phishing attack convinces the user to download a program and run it with admin privileges, all bets are off. But overall, I've been pretty impressed with how proactive Apple is with maintaining the security of the OS. I definitely can't say the same for Microsoft... heck, just yesterday, we had a major security breach on my Boss' PCs here at work (where we have a full-time staff of 6 IT guys who supposedly keep everything patched and secure). Granted, he's not the most computer-savvy guy, so he probably clicked on, or downloaded something he shouldn't have. But it's still very concerning to me that this happened, given the amount of money and time the firm spends on computer security.

[Lethaface]

YankeeDog,

If you really don't want to give the phone companies money use a 1 year contract and pay up that $100 bucks orso. At least here 2 year contracts are almost always a scam if you calculate it through. My nokia from 2 years ago is still working like a charm (although it has been battered extremely, I'm never good at prohibiting my phones to hit the pave) and shining again with a new cover at 25 EUR. So last year I remewed as a 'sim-only' contract at 50% discount. For me thats about 22,50 discount per month excluding VAT, thats how they pay for those phones

Actually I liked how the iphone 4 looked and contemplated to get it for a moment, but i'm not really in need of apps on the go so im thinking to get a black berry for its 'ping' software this year. This will save me some more money on sms'es to my girl abroad. Apart from that I have to admit there's a bunch of phones in a drawer here as well, a Samsung Omnia which I hated for its short battery life (altough replacable) and some older nokia's for spare. Keeping the omnia for the moment that I have to travel without PC in my country, which will probably never happen.

Regarding your boss, IMO you better invest in a decent computer course then 6 IT specialists trying to contain his 'stupidity'

PS sorry for being offtopic all the time but thats just my nature; rules are there to be broken

[Battlefront.com]

No, I don't run a movie theater, work the popcorn popper, or even swab the toilets. No need... I have a friend who does all of that An actual fact, little known, is that I did most of my testing of DropTeam in the projection room because I didn't have broadband at the time and that place did. Thankfully technology has moved on and I have broadband.

Apple is a fun company to watch people bash. It's been counted out as "dead" or "lost its edge" pretty much twice a year for almost 30 years. And yet each year it puts out at least one product that sells like hotcakes. Not everything they do is perfect, but find me any high tech company and I'll show you a problem. The X-Box hardware failures cost Microsoft something like $1 Billion IIRC. This for a product that has never made them any money. If Microsoft can survive regular, and spectacular, turds like Vista (which even their own advertising admitted sucked), I think Apple should have nothing to worry about.

Steve

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[Waaarg]

Apple almost did die, they put a shotgun in their mouth and pulled the trigger. The slug being the canning of Jobs, the gaping head wound- the guy who replaced him.

I had a witty response, but I had been fighting the urge to participate in this thread, so I stayed strong and deleted it.

[Michael Emrys]

Apple almost did die, they put a shotgun in their mouth and pulled the trigger. The slug being the canning of Jobs, the gaping head wound- the guy who replaced him.

Yeah, that was a serious SIW. Fortunately the patient survived and recovered with the re-hiring of Jobs, who may be a PITA for some people but who generally gets the job done (pun intended).

Michael

[TheVulture]

Apple almost did die, they put a shotgun in their mouth and pulled the trigger. The slug being the canning of Jobs, the gaping head wound- the guy who replaced him.

I had a witty response, but I had been fighting the urge to participate in this thread, so I stayed strong and deleted it.

If I recall correctly (and I might not) didnt' apple almost go bankrupt in 1999 and were basically saved by unloading a load of their ARM sharesthat had been a $500,000 investment in 1990, and got $60million for them. So they were saved by the fact that a separate company increased in value a hundred fold over the course of a decade.

(ARM is a british chip manufacture offshoot from Acorn - the company that used to make the old BBC and Archimedes computers)

[YankeeDog]

Apple? I thought they were just called "Gimmick" or "Marketing" now.

Well, as of this past week, the "Marketing Gimmick" that is Apple is now larger than Microsoft (as measured by total share value).

[Disclaimer: I personally have my doubts about Apple's current stock valuation. Suffice it to say I'm certainly not contemplating buying any Apple shares at this price. Nevertheless, the company's recovery and stock price history over the past decade is pretty remarkable, by any standard]

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[WineCape]

What? Can it be true? Be still my heart! It could yet be a trick...

Michael

Get a BlackBerry or Windows mobile phone goddamnit! Or even an Android one. Cause I don't believe you're sitting in front of a Mac all this time typing post number

X to power of 10!

¤ Everything else is a toy, not a tool.

[Michael Emrys]

...I don't believe you're sitting in front of a Mac all this time typing post number

X to power of 10!

Every single one of my posts was sent from a Mac. Plus, nearly half of mine were lost in various forum crashes and the Great GF Purge. My current Mac is the fourth one I have used since I began posting here; #5 will be coming online shortly.

Michael

[Gromit]

Hey Winecape- How are things in the refereeing world? I have been meaning to ask you for some stories related to the World Cup and if you attended any games.

[Wicky]

What are you getting - A Mac Pro or an imac for bootcamping Windows and CM-N?

Solved my dual PPC 2 Ghz G5 problem and CM2 problem by biting the bullet, kept the G5 and got a dedicated gaming 3 Ghz PC.

Every single one of my posts was sent from a Mac. Plus, nearly half of mine were lost in various forum crashes and the Great GF Purge. My current Mac is the fourth one I have used since I began posting here; #5 will be coming online shortly.

Michael

[Michael Emrys]

What are you getting - A Mac Pro or an imac for bootcamping Windows and CM-N?

Already got the iMac months ago but haven't taken it out of the box yet. Don't ask; it's a long story. The good news is that I am getting itchy to set it up so the wait—barring the famous "unforeseen"—shouldn't last much longer.

BTW, and not asking you to put yourself out to do a search that I can do myself, do you know a link to a site that gives step by step instructions on transferring files from one Mac to another? I'm thinking it's probably pretty simple with an Ethernet connection, but haven't gone down that road yet and not looking for a pile of frustration.

Michael

[YankeeDog]

Michael:

If you're looking to just transfer the applications, files, and settings wholesale from one Mac to another, then you can use the Migration Assistant utility that comes with OSX. The Apple support article is here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3322

Note that you don't necessarily need a shared network between the two computers; if both Macs have a Firewire port, you can also do it by simply connecting them via a Firewire cable.

[Michael Emrys]

Thanks, YD. I have an Ethernet cable but not a Firewire cable. According to that page a direct Ethernet connection will work. One thing concerns me and that is that it says that this is for 10.5 or 10.6. I believe that I have 10.6 on the new machine but the old one is running 10.4. I'll have to dare it and see if it works anyway.

Michael

[YankeeDog]

You should be fine; Migration Assistant is part of 10.4 as well, and it is specifically designed to transfer files from older Macs onto new ones (you can, for example, use it to transfer files from a PPC Mac onto an Intel-based Mac). So I think the transfer will go just fine as long as both computers are patched up to the most recent version of their respective OSes. If you have any difficulties, there's a wealth of information in the support documents on the Apple website.

Quick follow-up: A friend who is a greater Mac guru than I says that Migration Assistant works very well for files and most applications, but occasionally large and complex applications don't transfer over so well, particularly if the two computers are on different versions of OSX. Apparently, this has to do with the fact that Migration Assistant copies over setting and preference files verbatim, and this can sometimes lead to some wonkiness; settings on one machine don't always mesh with the hardware/OS setup on another... The more different the two systems, the more likely there will be problems.

So you may want to make sure you have your application install disks handy, in case you need to do a full re-install any of them on the new machine.

[Michael Emrys]

Quick follow-up: A friend who is a greater Mac guru than I says that Migration Assistant works very well for files and most applications, but occasionally large and complex applications don't transfer over so well, particularly if the two computers are on different versions of OSX. Apparently, this has to do with the fact that Migration Assistant copies over setting and preference files verbatim, and this can sometimes lead to some wonkiness; settings on one machine don't always mesh with the hardware/OS setup on another... The more different the two systems, the more likely there will be problems.

So you may want to make sure you have your application install disks handy, in case you need to do a full re-install any of them on the new machine.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing just as a matter of good practice. I'll probably shift the entire contents of the old HD onto the new one and then delete anything that looks wonky and re-install.

Michael

[H.W. Guderian]

Normandy will likely ship for the Mac on the same day as the PC.

Steve

OMG \0/

How many years have we been waiting to read these words?

FINALLY, I can be rid of my Bootcamp partition and enjoy CM natively in OS X so I can dupe myself, and others, that I'm actually working on / multitasking on real jobs.

Hopefully it will scream on my new 3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” powered MacPro with ATI Radeon HD 5870. Hmmm, wondering how / if CM:N will make use of multiple CPU cores?

May have to get 2 x 27" LED flat panels so I can be completely immersed as all the M72 AP shells bounce of the Tiger I front glacis plates.

Now . . . about that CM:N iPad / iPhone App?

[Destraex1]

Thats a really good question... is the code now going to take advantage of more than one core? Single cores are rare today.

[Mord]

They say no, for now....Steve said it's a ton of work that wouldn't yield much for the time spent on the programing. Probably something that will be done later on, though.

Mord.

[WineCape]

Hey Winecape- How are things in the refereeing world? I have been meaning to ask you for some stories related to the World Cup and if you attended any games.

And did I attend games Maradonna takes the cake for his antics & theatrics. I mean, who wears TWO watches as a fashion accessory? Sometimes it was more amusing & entertaining seeing "the great one" juggling the ball on the sidelines then actual play.

I was an "referee analyst" for the local national broadcaster and met coaches, players and referees. Short of, "uhm, yeah, the ref screwed up here", I also had to explain possibly why. The point gets (usually understood) when I, for the umpteemph time, quote Paul Durkin:

Although television replays shows 29 different angles on the field of play, the only angle they do not show is the referee's one. It's time for video spectacles for refs then, not?