Because there's so much wrong with iTunes
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Reminds me of this one
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That is arguably a more interesting video—it looks like they're using software to overheat the chip to the point that it fails mechanically.
In the video I posted, setting a fire inside the PC just causes the fan to go into overdrive which blows the fire out. When this is overcome, then the PC shuts down because of a 'thermal event'. I think they just resorted to hitting it with a hammer at the end.
Youtube recommended this next one, of a rather strange gentleman who doesn't appear to like TVs, and has a ridiculous generator to hand...
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Apparently sometimes, if you haven't told iTunes to encrypt your backups, it encrypts them anyway without telling you what password it used.
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of a rather strange gentleman who doesn't appear to like TVs
Hey, who was filming me?
has a ridiculous generator to hand...
Oh. Well now I wish it was me :(
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what happens if you literally light a computer on fire while it's running
Are you familiar with the expression "crash and burn"?
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But in this case, it's "burn and crash"
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But in this case, it's "burn and crash"
it is my understanding that thelogical and
operation is commutative,crash ∧ burn ≡ burn ∧ crash
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object != null && object.getSomething() != null
vs.
object.getSomething() != null && object != null
Evaluation of the operator is commutative
Evaluation and side effects of the operand expressions are not
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…have I just been out-pendantic-dickweeded?
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Checkmate
My destiny was to post on this forum. All my years of training in being overly sensitive to semantics, details, and nuance have finally paid off.
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have I just been out-pendantic-dickweeded?
No, because neither of you were dickweedy.
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Are you familiar with the expression "crash and burn"?
Something something Crash Override something something Acid Burn.
This is actually the first thing that came into my head. I should kill myself.
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If you want security patches for XP after that point, you have to pay through the nose for it
or create one registry key.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady]"Installed"=dword:00000001
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object != null && object.getSomething() != null
vs.
object.getSomething() != null && object != null
That's why the difference between&
and&&
is very important, even when applied to booleans.
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This is actually the first thing that came into my head.
Yes.
I should kill myself.
Pass the gun...
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That article doesn't really contradict the fact that that the following ideas are sorted into badness order:
- Run Windows XP without the security patches available for POSReady.
- Run Windows XP with the security patches available for POSReady.
- Run an officially supported version of Windows.
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Hah. Now, every time I try to open iTunes...
And it won't open.
No, I didn't change any folder permissions. iTunes is just shit.
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Well, apparently the permissions were fucked up... somehow.
After using the security/permissions dialogs to change the owner of the user profile folder and all sub-objects to myself and then applying its permissions to all sub-objects, the iTunes profile works again.
It might not've even been iTunes' fault. Who knows...
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TRWTF is still iTunes on Windows
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@anonymous234 said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
(post withdrawn by author, will be automatically deleted in 24 hours unless flagged)
This apparently never happened...
Paging @System
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
This apparently never happened...
Perhaps it got flagged.
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@PJH said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
Perhaps it got flagged
I never understood that deleted message. Like, would any flag against it leave it there? Did it mean the poster could flag for undeletion? In many ways it epitomises Discourse. Jeff understood it (presumably), therefore it was perfect
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@Jaloopa said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@PJH said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
Perhaps it got flagged
I never understood that deleted message. Like, would any flag against it leave it there? Did it mean the poster could flag for undeletion? In many ways it epitomises Discourse. Jeff understood it (presumably), therefore it was perfect
ISTR it was "anyone else" could flag it for undeletion, or for mod attention if it was flag-worthy beforehand.
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@TimeBandit said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@Zemm said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
TRWTF is still iTunes
on WindowsFTFY
I was waiting for that!
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iTunes and iOS devices are for iDiots.
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iTunes, at least on Windows, isn't as shitty as it used to be. It still isn't good, but at least the current version doesn't constantly crash and corrupt my iPod.
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@tar said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
Is iTunes still doing that shit where every time it updates it tries to sneak an installl of Safari onto your PC? That was the last straw for me.
I had Apple Software Update on my Windows PCs because of QuickTime Player being the "official way" to play MOVs (and the only way for some of them) until recently when QuickTime was discontinued. ASU always tried to install iTunes when updating QuickTime.
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@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
One final update: Uninstall and reinstall didn't work (same thing happened again).
Finally I opened the iTunes Setup file in 7-Zip, extracted all of the packages, manually ran the installers for Apple Application Support (32-bit and 64-bit) and Apple Mobile Device Support, and then ran the setup one last time and chose Repair.
Now TRWTF: I get the pleasure of having to use iTunes.
You're , trying to install different arch versions of iTunes and you blame it on the installer?
Now go, try installing visual studio.
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@kt_ said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
You're , trying to install different arch versions of iTunes and you blame it on the installer?I was upgrading to a later version, using the full installer for the new version -- not like it was an incremental patch or something. In any sane setup, the installer would just uninstall the previous version, then install the new one. There's no plausible reason why the old version being 32-bit and the new version being 64-bit should cause that to fail -- either the uninstall of the 32-bit version, or the subsequent install of the 64-bit version.
Even if changing the architecture type could cause a problem, it should've detected it and said that it was a problem.
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@masonwheeler said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
iTunes and iOS devices are for iDiots.
If I had a nickel for every time you say that I'd have quite a few nickels already, maybe even one fitty!
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@kt_ said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@masonwheeler said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
iTunes and iOS devices are for iDiots.
If I had a nickel for every time you say that I'd have quite a few nickels already, maybe even one fitty!
he's right you know.
@masonwheeler i mean.
seriously, iDevices are overpriced shite that dont' even support defacto standards of the day.
and when they do support these defacto standards Apple removes them because it's the "brave" thing to do.
fuck.
that.
shit.
back.
into.
Tim.
Cook's.
Asshole.
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@accalia said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
iDevices are overpriced shite that dont' even support defacto standards of the day.
Overpriced compared to what? An iPhone 7 is similarly priced to, say, the S7 Edge, H10 or the Pixel.
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@loopback0 But are they comparable on spec and features?
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@accalia said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
seriously, iDevices are overpriced shite that dont' even support defacto standards of the day.
I agree with every word of that except for "shite". And while they sometimes don't support standards, they are also on the cutting edge on other things.
They generally produce good hardware. But you'll have to pay the Apple tax on it. And you'll do things the Apple way, because that's the right way.
edit: to be fair, I don't know how their latest phone compares feature-for-feature with the competing models. My information might be out-of-date.
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@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@kt_ said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
There's no plausible reason why the old version being 32-bit and the new version being 64-bit should cause that to fail -- either the uninstall of the 32-bit version, or the subsequent install of the 64-bit version.Ah, I see you've never discovered the wonders of the WoW insanity...
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@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
And you'll be forced at knifepoint do things the Apple way, because that's the
rightwrong way.Fixed that for Real People
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@RaceProUK Yes? Aside from the obvious headphone jack.
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@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
They generally produce good hardware
Like the iPhone that flexed when you put it in your pocket, causing it to break? Or the one that would completely drop signal if you held it in a particular way?
Then again, Samsung made a device that self-immolated, so Apple's not the only one to cock things up sometimes.
@loopback0 said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@RaceProUK Yes? Aside from the obvious headphone jack.
I ask because it's an oft-repeated thing that iPhones are about two years behind Android phones w.r.t. features, yet sell at the same price points, and I'm wondering just how true that really is.
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@RaceProUK said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
They generally produce good hardware
Like the iPhone that flexed when you put it in your pocket, causing it to break? Or the one that would completely drop signal if you held it in a particular way?
Then again, Samsung made a device that self-immolated, so Apple's not the only one to cock things up sometimes.
Yes, yes. And they have also built a few memorably bad peripheral devices -- mice, and keyboards. But it's the exception that proves the rule.
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@anotherusername said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
And while they sometimes don't support standards, they are also on the cutting edge on other things.
...such as removing useful features, inventing "walled garden" business models that violate some of the oldest principles of general-purpose personal computing, and destroying users' rights to ownership of their own property.
Yeah, Apple's been quite the innovators in the mobile space.
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@masonwheeler yes, those are good examples of them not supporting standards.
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@RaceProUK It isn't.
Also Apple are better at making the current version of the OS available for previous generations of hardware.
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@loopback0 my ~3.5 year old iPhone wouldn't run iOS 8 when it was released.
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@anotherusername iOS 10 is supported on the iPhone 5, which is a 4 year old device.
The Galaxy S3 and Nexus 4 do not have manufacturer support for the latest version of Android.
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@loopback0 said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
Also Apple are better at making the current version of the OS available for previous generations of hardware.
In the case of Android, it's mostly the carriers being arseholes about updates. Apple has the benefit of greater control of the hardware, so doesn't have that same worry.
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@RaceProUK said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
In the case of Android, it's mostly the carriers being arseholes about updates.
It really isn't. Samsung (who I'll pick on because they made the only non-Google Android devices I've had) are slow at updates even for the non-carrier-specific firmware.
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@loopback0 said in Because there's so much wrong with iTunes:
The Galaxy S3 and Nexus 4 do not have manufacturer support for the latest version of Android
Almost no phones have manufacturer support. Then again, they don't typically update whatever Chinese custom ROM thing...