Thursday, July 24, 2003

Eric's top ten list I like doing lots of stuff on the Mac. I'm very loyal, I PAY full price for many software titles that I could just glom off of work for free. I want manufacturers like Microsoft, and EAsports and Macromedia and Adobe and Canon and Epson to know that there are people willing to pay more for their Mac products. But even a patient guy like myself has his limitations. I GIVE UP! 10:13:22 PM    comment []

It's just the tip of an Apple shaped iceberg Someone exclaimed, "What? Why? Are you thinking of getting a PC?" And the answer is yes. I'm fed up with the second class citizen status, and I'm tired of waiting a year or two for a Mac version of just about any software to come out. And now Microsoft and Adobe are having problems with Apple. It's never going to end. 10:10:10 PM    comment []

Switcher comments on campaign. Apple 'Switch' ad star Jeremiah Cohick has posted some interesting comments in defense of the Switch... [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network] This article from Jeremiah is pretty good actually. He does make some valid points regarding the general PC-centric mentality of the vast majority of computer users. I've been involved myself in an ongoing debate with a fellow Mac user as to why I think I'm going to switch to WinXP when it comes time to retire this Quicksilver 2002 in January 2005. 9:19:12 PM    comment []

Scientists Manufacture Nanomotor [Scientific American] It appears to work, at least the animated gif on this page shows it working. They want to shrink the size down even more, to something 5 times smaller than the current one they have. That is due to the biological equivalents in cells being 5 times smaller than this current model. It makes me wonder if they could refine it enough to make it do real work, rather than just be a proof of conecpt 7:43:48 AM    comment []

MS alerts users to Windows DirectX vulnerability. Potentially devastating flaw [The Register] Sorry about saying it was DirectSound. It isn't that service, but one called DirectShow that is the real culprit here. It doesn't really play the MIDI file, but checks on parameters within the file so that it can be handed off and played. During the check that it makes, it has to read data in the MIDI file, exposing it's buffer overrun flaw. 7:30:15 AM    comment []