Sure to make Microsoft Execs Everywhere Happy!

alternateorg on September 15, 2004

Details have been released about several vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, and Thunderbird. These can potentially be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, access and modify sensitive information, and compromise a user’s system.

The link in question. . .

*Moves back over to IE on his WinBlows machine.*
I kid, I kid.

Seriously though, this doesn’t even affect the latest version of the programs, and the exploit is miniscule compared to those in IE. So, yeah, not a big deal. I’ve been using Firefox since it was still .5, I forget what it was called back then, Firebird maybe?

The only thing that concerns me here is that any time there’s even a minor security exploit in Firefox, Microsoft will mention it in a Press Release and it will make IE look like it’s on equal ground with Firefox where security is concerned. Psh.

By the way, I have posting privlidges now <3 Kev.

I'll believe it when I see it

alternateorg on September 13, 2004

A near-universal emulator that allows software developed for one platform to run on any other, with almost no performance hit? Hmm.. I have serious doubts about this. And just because it’ll run Mac programs on Windows doesn’t mean it could run OSX or system-level frameworks required by the iLife apps. But shit, if it runs IE6 on my Mac for testing websites for you fucktards and your awful browser, then that’s cool. But again, I have serious doubts.
In demonstrations to press and analysts, the company has shown a graphically demanding game — a Linux version of Quake III — running on an Apple PowerBook.

Um, couldn’t they just run the Linux version anyway? I mean, with a basic port? Why not show us something like Half-Life 2 running on a Mac? Now THAT I’d be impressed by.

All is well

alternateorg on September 13, 2004

As we just changed servers, Alternate.org had some database issues earlier today. They have (obviously) been fixed.

Hawt

alternateorg on September 10, 2004

I was pronounced “hot” by one of my son’s friend’s mothers today when dropping him off at school. Awesome. Mostly because I wasn’t wearing the ever-present hat. Still awesome.

iTunes Ads

alternateorg on September 3, 2004

So, you’ll notice that there are iTunes ads on our site now. Yeah, I know, but the thing is, I can customize them so that you don’t see the Kelly Clarkson and LL Cool J ads. So hey, if you were gonna buy that Exclusive Interpol Pre-Release Track anyway, why not do it through us? We get a shiny nickel every time you do.

OS 9 Tabs 4 U

alternateorg on August 27, 2004

StickyWindows:

Sticky Windows is an utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) which extends the tab browsing experience to the Desktop. Sticky Windows transforms your windows into tabs when you drag a window towards the edge of your screen. Providing you with a completely clutter-free workspace. By clicking on the tab the user can show and hide the window.

OS 9-style tabbed windows with any application, with any edge of your screen. Very nifty. Don’t bother watching the Flash demo though; it’s maddeningly slow.

If you’re really into tabbed folders, then check it out. But I have a few issues with it so far:

  1. The windows don’t slide up and down from their tab location, they (very, very slowly) fade in and out from wherever they were before you docked them
  2. If you dock a Finder window, clicking the Finder dock icon won’t create a new window for you, as it appears to think you already have one open
  3. You can’t drag files onto it, have it spring-load and open and drop the file there. This is about all tabbed windows are good for (in the Finder, anyway)

I think i’ll be uninstalling it. But you might like it. If you’re a nerd.

TeenPC

alternateorg on August 25, 2004

Dumb-ass computer company makes dumb-ass computer marketed to dumb-ass teenagers, while dumbassedly thinking they’re copying Apple in the process…

Last year, Digital Lifestyles’ CEO Kent Savage got his son Cameron, 16, and seven of the boy’s friends together and polled them about how they interacted with computers and the Internet.

One brand name that resonated was Apple Computer Inc., which has struck gold with its iPod music players and iTunes download service. But the teens said their parents resisted buying Apple computers because they don’t run Windows, the platform most people are familiar with.

So Savage decided to “Apple-ize the PC industry.

How does adding pink fur around the keyboard make it like a Mac? iPods are ‘gold” because the experience is flawless and unlike anything else. Stick pink fur or leopard print on a PC and it’s still a weaksauce PC. And don’t even get me started on a “professionally-written” piece ending a sentence with “with.” Grrr.

But the quintessential point in the article is the following:
Later the prototype went to focus groups nationwide, and now the hip-e is ready for release in November. Orders are being taken now, including at displays in malls where pop star Ashlee Simpson is performing.
Ah.. that’s it. Fans of Britney Spears copycat Jessica Simpson’s SISTER are the target audience; an audience clearly lacking in the headspace department. If they like Ashlee Simpson because she’s a copy of a copy then maybe they will buy a psuedo-copy of a Mac.