Apple – the lesser evil, but still evil
21-May-07
I like Macs. The OS allows me to switch seamlessly between open source and proprietary software, both Windows and Mac. Since it’s based on FreeBSD Unix, it’s both more stable and secure than Windows. Apple puts a lot of QA time and money into making sure everything works consistently. And I like Apple’s design aesthetics.
Unfortunately, however, Apple often still behaves in ways just as evil as Microsoft:
Parallels and VMWare, the respective makers of Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion virtualisation solutions for the Mac have both admitted that they will not support Mac OS X virtualisation in their software.
The reason isn’t technical though, as the two companies probably know how to make this work without the need of Apple.
The problem is that neither Parallels or VMWare want to strain their relationship with Apple by adding this feature without the Mac-maker’s consent and, by the way, violating or encouraging to violate its current user license agreement as well as Apple’s copyright regarding the protection system the company has developed so as to prevent Mac OS X from booting on anything that is not a Mac.
Virtualizing Mac OS X would allow PC users to run this system in a window or on full screen mode, which is probably one thing Apple doesn’t like.
However, it would also be an interesting feature for the enterprise and professionals markets, as virtualisation is used as a flexibility enhancer for easily creating or simulating secure system environments. This technology has been clearly embraced by the Enterprise market during the past two years and is now widely used for production purposes.
links for 2007-05-21
21-May-07
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Jonathan Coulton – MySpace – YouTube – Rock Music – New York TimesBut Coulton realized he could simply poll his existing online audience members, find out where they lived and stage a tactical strike on any town with more than 100 fans, the point at which he’d be likely to make $1,000 for a concert.
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YouTube – Dean Kamen and the Robotic ArmDean Kamen displays his robotic arm
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Fair Use as explained with Disney clips
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Small Companies & Google Adsense is the future « The Paradigm ShiftIt amazes me to think that my 1 person company is able to compete at a level where all the competitors have 600+ servers, and 300+ full time staff.
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Neatorama » Blog Archive » Zombie Last SupperZombie Last Supper
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The Sect of Homokaasu – The RasterbatorThe Rasterbator creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. Upload an image, print the resulting multi-page pdf file and assemble the pages into extremely cool looking poster up to 20 meters in size.
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Raptor JesusJesus as a raptor!
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Technical Papers on Broadband Communications from Aerial PlatformsTechnical papers for HAP’s
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York HAP WeekConference for high altitude platforms
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Heliotorr – transport aérien alternatifThe lenticular shape has been demonstrated to be the best shape (aerodynamics studies of an 8 meters diameter model in ( speed wind tunnel testing) to move in
air, including in atmospheric perturbation zones with wind of 120 km/h
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SIGNAL Magazine(DARPA) Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) program seeks to develop airship-based airborne sensors capable of detecting low-flying aircraft and dismounted infantry from hundreds of miles away.
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AeroVironment UAS enables first high altitude platforms for mobile robotic telesurgery testAeroVironment Inc. (AV) and a team of military and surgical experts successfully completed the first high-altitude platforms for mobile robotic telesurgery (HAPsMRT) test last month.
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ScienceDaily: ‘Paint-On’ Antenna Test Flight Paves Way For Next-Generation High-Altitude Airships“Paint-on” antennas, designed to establish new high-altitude communications and surveillance platforms, successfully transmitted voice and data during test flights in Nevada on board a SA-60 spherical airship.
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Amazon.com: High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Platforms for Tactical Wireless Communications and Sensor Use in Military Operations: BooksHigh Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Platforms for Tactical Wireless Communications and Sensor Use in Military Operations (Spiral-bound)
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PayPal Virtual Debit Card FAQs – PayPalPayPal Virtual Debit Card generates a virtual card number each time you make a transaction online so you don’t have to use your personal debit or credit card number.
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The Paradigm ShiftIt used to be that alexa was the only free ranking system in town. Unfortunately alexa is skewed and manipulated beyond belief. I found a new service called compete.com
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paidContent.org: The Economics of ContentSeems to be a good news site for online company news and economics
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A New Model For Getting Rich Online – washingtonpost.comDaimler and his wife now work full time on SeatGuru, which gets 700,000 visitors a month. About half of the site’s revenue comes through AdSense — $10,000 to $20,000 a month — and the rest comes from ad deals that Daimler makes with companies directly.
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WhiteDwarfpedal powered blimp
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Wireless Video equipment for the electronics hobbyistBlack Widow A/V is dedicated to the aerial video enthusiast/hobbyist. We offer bare components as well as ‘ready-to-fly’ systems at a fraction of the cost of most commercial systems, and the quality of the video will amaze you!
Via Brass Goggles. See their website and additional footage (wmv).
Magnolia plugin bug
20-May-07
I’m not able to bookmark links with the Magnolia plugin. This is a Quicktime video demonstrating how to duplicate the bug.
links for 2007-05-20
20-May-07
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Solar hot air balloonA solar balloon is an ultralight hot air balloon that only uses heat radiation from the sun to provide lift. Experimental technique nowadays, this innovative technique can be used for tethered or free flight, for recreational flying or other uses.
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Solomon Andrews (inventor) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSolomon Andrews (1806-1872) invented the first dirigible airship. The difference of specific gravity between the balloon and the surrounding atmosphere could be converted by a system of inclined planes to steer the craft, without a motor.
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Damn Interesting » The Gravity-Powered AircraftGravityPlane to become airborne, gas bags inside a pair of rigid, zeppelin-like structures are filled with helium from storage tanks inside the vehicle. This causes the aircraft to become lighter-than-air, and it rises from the ground.
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Just Don’t Call it a Blimp – Popular MechanicsIt might look like something out of a Jules Verne novel, but this prototype of a hybrid airship, hangared in rural Ohio, could hold the key to tomorrow’s long-distance, low-cost air transport.
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Global GuerrillasOpen source warfare.
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SurvivalistGroups — Survivalist Groups & IndividualsSurvivalist matchmatking service
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JumpBox ApplicationsVirtual appliance seller
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Opération AlizéLenticular airship
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Bill Maher Changing his Tune? | Students for Ron PaulBill Maher “loves” Ron Paul
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Giuliani’s Attack on Ron Paul Falls Flat by Jacob G. HornbergerAn anaysis of Ron Paul’s blowback thesis
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A Tiny Revolution: Ron Paul Discussed On The ViewRon Paul on “The View”?!?!
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YouTube – Kelly Pavlik Story: Documentary TrailerVia ernunnos
The Neverwas Haul
19-May-07
I got to see this today at the Maker’s Faire:
Debate strategies: The Guiliani
19-May-07
The Best of Tina Fey
19-May-07
Via Newmark’s Door