Fanboi's lament - falling out of love with the iPad
in [Wireless Internet]
|
Prev: Linksys 54G wireless Problem
Next: Newsgroups demise
From: Char Jackson on 2 Jun 2010 18:11 On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:57:24 -0700, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >In article <hu3isv$5v0$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, alexd ><troffasky(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > the vast majority of iphone users do not jailbreak. claiming that >> > someone can tether to at&t when most users can't is misleading. >> >> Would that be more or less misleading than claiming developers are >> end-users? > >they are end users. How can they be end users for a product that hasn't been released yet? Hint: they can't, and they aren't. They are simply developers at this point.
From: John Navas on 10 Jun 2010 21:39 On Mon, 31 May 2010 09:24:42 -0500, in <jollyroger-D7353F.09244231052010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: >In article <HIHMn.56618$HG1.4676(a)newsfe21.iad>, > Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: > >> Every one of my >> Windows machines is protected, and I can count on one hand the number of >> detected threats I've hit in the last couple of years. > >Meanwhile, I don't have to count at all with my Mac, because there have >been exactly ZERO for the past 12 years. That you know of. -- Best regards, John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: John Navas on 10 Jun 2010 21:41 On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:24:43 +1200, in <hu19b9$jps$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>, "Your Name" <your.name(a)isp.com> wrote: > >"Jolly Roger" <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote in message >news:jollyroger-D7353F.09244231052010(a)news.individual.net... >> In article <HIHMn.56618$HG1.4676(a)newsfe21.iad>, >> Todd Allcock <elecconnec(a)AnoOspamL.com> wrote: >> >> > Every one of my >> > Windows machines is protected, and I can count on one hand the number of >> > detected threats I've hit in the last couple of years. >> >> Meanwhile, I don't have to count at all with my Mac, because there have >> been exactly ZERO for the past 12 years. > >In all my Mac usage since the very first model, a virus has been detected >exactly once ... and that was on a floppy disk from a Windows user. :-) Makes no sense -- Windows virus won't infect Mac (and vice versa). ;) >> In contrast, I have lost count (it's around 6, 7, 8, 9, was it 10? Hmmm, >> maybe I need another hand to count!) how many times the corporate >> Windows network of my employer has been attacked by Windows-only >> viruses, worms and so on in that same period of time. > >This clapped out Windows 2000 computer gets something almost every week, and >that's with a so-called "anti-virus" program running ... and even when you >run scan from various software the malware isn't spotted or removed. Then something is wrong with your computer. Mine haven't gotten anything is years. >In >fact, the only product I've found so far that actually does what it says on >the tin, find and remove malware, is called "Unhackme". I use and recommend Microsoft Security Essentials. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: John Navas on 10 Jun 2010 21:41 On Sun, 30 May 2010 22:39:19 -0700, in <300520102239198779%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >In article <7ci606h5hucmoa7h9fsi759uilslbh8f1j(a)4ax.com>, John Navas ><jnspam1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >> >The only way to be malware free is to not use Windows at all, or not have >> >the computer ever connected to an outside data source (no Internet, no CDs >> >/ DVDs, no floppy disks, etc.). >> >> I have Windows machines connected to the Internet and to other data >> sources, and I'm totally free of malware, so what you write simply >> cannot be true. > >that's because you run anti-virus software, and have told others how >foolish it is not to do so. It's mostly because I practice "safe computing". -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: John Navas on 10 Jun 2010 21:43
On Mon, 31 May 2010 18:25:59 +1200, in <htvkm9$ki9$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>, "Your Name" <your.name(a)isp.com> wrote: > >"Walter Bushell" <proto(a)panix.com> wrote in message >news:proto-78D175.19232930052010(a)news.panix.com... >> In article <htukm9$2e9$2(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>, >> "Your Name" <your.name(a)isp.com> wrote: >> >> > "John Navas" <jnspam1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message >> > news:a315065qebubltq5lefijul2os2dpksrm6(a)4ax.com... >> > > >> > > Pretty much my thinking as well. >> > > I need a decent keyboard for email, documents, presentations, >> > > annotations, etc. >> > >> > You can get a real keyboard for the iPad - both from Apple and evidently >> > most USB keyboards via the camera adapter ... BUT the iPad is not a >> > computer, never was, never will be. >> > >> > >> > > Why would anyone rationally buy an iPad when (say) the Acer >> > > Aspire One can be had for only $200 (Newegg Memorial Day sale)? >> > >> > You'd buy the iPad just to escape Windoze hell. :-) >> >> To escape Windows Hell, Linux is a decent alternative. > >That's like saying a Skoda is an alternative to a Hyundai ... well, it is, >but who wants either of them when you can have a Honda for a few dollars >more. ;-) My Hyundai is better than a Honda. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes> |