By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: February 21, 2007
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
- Cisco and Apple Settle iPhone Trademark Dispute ★
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Sarah Jane Tribble, reporting for The San Jose Mercury News:
The iPhone trademark battle ended late today as Cisco and Apple announced in a joint statement that they had resolved their differences.
After weeks of back-and-forth negotiations, the technology giants agreed that each are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world.
So much for that problem.
- Simple Proof That the Square Root of 2 Is Irrational ★
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Mark Dominus on a proof by Tom M. Apostol published in 2000:
In short, if √2 were rational, we could construct an isosceles right triangle with integer sides. Given one such triangle, it is possible to construct another that is smaller. Repeating the construction, we could construct arbitrarily small integer triangles. But this is impossible since there is a lower limit on how small a triangle can be and still have integer sides.
(Via Michael Tsai.)
- BBC Interview With MOAB’s Kevin Finisterre ★
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From a BBC interview with Kevin Finisterre, headlined “Mac Users ‘Still Lax on Security’”:
Finisterre said: “Try calling any Apple store and ask any sales rep what you would do with regard to security, ask if there is anything you should have to worry about?
“They will happily reinforce the feeling of ‘Security on a Mac? What? Me worry?’.”
What exactly should they say? What claim has Apple ever made regarding Mac OS X security that was disproved by the Month of Apple Bugs?
He said the Month of Apple Bugs (MOAB) project had succeeded in its original aim of raising the level of awareness around Mac security.
If by “raising the level of awareness around Mac security” you mean “conflating software bugs with security exploits”, then yes.
(Via Iljitsch van Beijnum.)
- Ford Mustang Translucent, Blurred Billboards ★
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Great idea:
Constructed from GE Lexan EXL semi-transparent resin, the billboard accurately blurs the scene behind it regardless of day, weather, or season.
Update: These ads are apparently just a concept — student work by Annie Williams and Ian Hart at the Miami Ad School — and are not in production by Ford.
(Via Cameron Moll.)
- Regarding the Rumor That Leopard Is Going to Ship by the End of March ★
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Think Secret says 10.5 is set to ship by the end of March.
I say: Bullshit.
- Your Mac Life Changes Domain Name ★
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Update your bookmarks accordingly.
- SoundSource 1.2 ★
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Updated version of Rogue Amoeba’s freeware menu extra for adjusting audio device settings.
- Classic WTF — Enter the Matrix ★
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Hard to believe this isn’t a joke.
