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  • I disagree. XCP is a brilliant way to leverage XML to provide end-to-end connectivity. By dialoguing over the network medium, this provides a platform on which we can build complete solutions that provide value. XCP enables utilisation of exist…
    in x-cp Comment by dfryer April 2004
  • In the last few weeks I have seen an increase (from near zero) of spam for "V1A-G-rA" and other products to my (non-.mac) email address. However, the start coincided with one of the recent windows virii, which infected the computer of someone who a…
    in .mac spam is out of hand Comment by dfryer March 2004
  • Looks like I'm suddenly in the market for a new mouse - my apple mouse just bit the dust (loose connection finally gave out, then I .. uh.. "went to work" on it..) I'm not really into wireless mice - too many batteries & other messing around.…
    in Best Non-Apple Mouse and Monitor? Comment by dfryer March 2004
  • Another advantage to leaving the top level in control of "system" is security - if someone gets access to your account, do you want them to be able to nuke everything? although it probably doesn't matter...
    in Why does "system" own my hard drives? Comment by dfryer March 2004
  • Well, really, he only put up $5 to bet, so either it is owed to the first person who took him on it or it is evenly distributed among all claimants. Dr_Holistic: Sorry to hear your contact was wrong though, new PM's would have been nice. (To thi…
    in $5 says we'll see PowerMac G5 updates tomorrow! Comment by dfryer March 2004
  • As a fundamentalist Christian who is fairly confident in Biblical Inerrancy (i.e. there are no *mistakes* or untruths in the bible) I personally find most, if not all, of "Creation Science" repulsive. I mean, in high school, a friend of mine was t…
    in The Great Flood Comment by dfryer March 2004
  • Heh, I read about this in the local paper (I live in Victoria) and thought... "hey, this is probably going to make big geek news" and now it's everywhere. Unfortunately he publicly stated that he thought it would be "cool" to have a domain name t…
    in MikeRoweSoft.com Comment by dfryer January 2004
  • As far as I can tell, this patent explicitly *doesn't* include web applications- it's for using HTML, Javascript, VBscript etc. for desktop use (as a really easy way of creating a user interface & some functionality for a non-programmer) In s…
    in MS gets patent for WebObjects. Comment by dfryer December 2003
  • Just don't light that magnesium on fire!!
    in Digitimes: Magnesium Alloy iMacs next year Comment by dfryer December 2003
  • Quote: M.O.S.T. : Why lol to make room for the 3,000 fans ??? I don't know why I'd laugh out loud in order to make room for 3000 fans. I just don't understand how laughing could expand the case that much. Lol.
    in Request: Current G5 can be bought for 1,599$// Change on the next G5 Comment by dfryer December 2003
  • Heh heh... SCO suing IBM... over intellectual property ... heh heh... Why don't they just try to invade Russia in the middle of winter?
    in sue the world? Comment by dfryer December 2003
  • Do you have a hardware test CD?
    in What is this thing? (weird error) Comment by dfryer December 2003
  • hm, If I had joined Appleinsider when I started *reading* appleinsider (only last year, or maybe 2001) I would have posted from a Quadra 605.. not sure of the date on that one. But I didn't. So I'm a loser.
    in Oldest Computer Here on AI Comment by dfryer December 2003
  • From the page you linked to: "LDAP servers also provide "authentication" service, so that web, email, and file-sharing servers (for example) can use a single list of authorized users and passwords." I believe it is those type of services that yo…
    in More serious security hole... Comment by dfryer November 2003
  • I would assume that JNI is what they *are* already using on the windows side- it's just that the underlying C (the "controller") which JNI is being used to invoke also needs to be ported (aside from the drivers, which is another issue). What woul…
    in can you compile for OSX with GCC on a Linux box? Comment by dfryer November 2003
  • It seems funny that MacBidouille would claim that disabling remote services or the root account prevents the vulnerability- the guy who posted the advisory/exploit explained why it didn't matter. Either he didn't test it and is just guessing, or Ma…
    in More serious security hole... Comment by dfryer November 2003
  • The impression that I get from what you're saying is that the code that they need to port is possibly quite platform specific. If that's the case, then having the developers work with macs directly would probably be a lot more productive. Apple'…
    in can you compile for OSX with GCC on a Linux box? Comment by dfryer November 2003
  • ThuhFreak: Quote: Yes, apple does have some modifications, but under the rules of the GNU General Public License (which gcc is distributed under), they had to distribute those changes in source form to the world. So, if those mods are absolutel…
    in can you compile for OSX with GCC on a Linux box? Comment by dfryer November 2003
  • As far as I know, there are still some Apple-specific modifications to GCC that don't exist in the main branch. SSHing would probably be easiest and safest, and besides, you have to run the code to debug it. Hm, with that in mind it may be better …
    in can you compile for OSX with GCC on a Linux box? Comment by dfryer November 2003
  • I think one the problem with introducing a (hypothetical) "cluster-on-a-motherboard" laptop is that if the individual processors are slow, that will severely limit the performance of single-threaded tasks. Saying that people will have to change the…
    in PowerBook G5 Comment by dfryer November 2003