Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.4.10, the first palindromic - well, sort of - version number to be applied to its Unix-based operating system. The update includes fixes and tweaks for both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs.
What's it do? Apple is as terse as ever, but the patch incorporates bug fixes for the OS' Bluetooth software and …
Come on, you're all computer people, you should know this.
It's a palindrome at the token level, not the character level. Or another way to look at it, it's a palindrome if the numbers are taken in hexadecimal: A.4.A.
English palindromes have a very similar problem, which we just blithely ignore. The example given, "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.", is not a palindrome because of different spacing, punctuation and capitalization. What, you say it is? Then you should accept the token-level version number palindrome.
The poster who cites Wikipedia showing the release history "full of palindromes" is only partly correct. There are a bunch of early versions like "3.3", but these are barely palindromes. "6.0.6" is the only previous 3-element example, and it was never actually released.
Always do the Software Updates on my Mac's, never again.. a 5 month old Mac Mini is in a right state after this update - there is no other reason than the latest security update. I've read all the forums on the subject and have yet to find a fix. The thing won't start up, the fan is working hard enough to cool Metallica's drummer mid set, and when I force it to start up, the finder freezes.
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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.10
Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.4.10, the first palindromic - well, sort of - version number to be applied to its Unix-based operating system. The update includes fixes and tweaks for both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. What's it do? Apple is as terse as ever, but the patch incorporates bug fixes for the OS' Bluetooth software and …
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Posted Thursday 21st June 2007 13:16 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Beware! #
Please be careful, as there are quite a few reports of problems with this particular update.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1005263&tstart=0
I certainly won't be applying it for a while, to see how the dust settles.
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Posted Thursday 21st June 2007 13:16 GMT
Chad H.
Its not Palendromic!! #
Palindromic would be 10.4.01.... Which would be silly.
Posted Thursday 21st June 2007 13:16 GMT
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
No it's not... #
A Palindrome reads the same from left to right:
AnnA
HannaH
10.4.01
so nerrr... :o)
Posted Thursday 21st June 2007 13:16 GMT
chuckufarley
You call that a Palindrome? #
Sorry guys,
10.4.10 is not a proper palindrome.
"Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas."
Now that is a proper palindrome.
Posted Thursday 21st June 2007 13:16 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Palindromic MacOS #
The Wikipedia site shows the release history of MacOS is full of palindromes, what's so exciting about this one, which isn't?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_history
Posted Friday 22nd June 2007 12:29 GMT
Anonymous Coward
NO! #
A palindrome it isn't.
It's a bit like saying something is "almost unique". It's either unique or it's not.
No wonder Apple don't invite El Reg to their shows!
Posted Saturday 23rd June 2007 15:01 GMT
Anonymous Coward
yes, it's a palindrome #
Come on, you're all computer people, you should know this.
It's a palindrome at the token level, not the character level. Or another way to look at it, it's a palindrome if the numbers are taken in hexadecimal: A.4.A.
English palindromes have a very similar problem, which we just blithely ignore. The example given, "Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.", is not a palindrome because of different spacing, punctuation and capitalization. What, you say it is? Then you should accept the token-level version number palindrome.
The poster who cites Wikipedia showing the release history "full of palindromes" is only partly correct. There are a bunch of early versions like "3.3", but these are barely palindromes. "6.0.6" is the only previous 3-element example, and it was never actually released.
Posted Monday 25th June 2007 18:34 GMT
FerretOfDoom
It's a lot easier... #
...than Apple's previous cryptic updates.
For example...
System 7.5.2 got you 7.5.2. But, System 7.5 Update 2.0 got you System 7.5.3. And they weren't cumulative. It was much uglier back then.
Posted Wednesday 27th June 2007 11:09 GMT
Ritch Ames
This update has seriously shafted my Mac Mini #
Always do the Software Updates on my Mac's, never again.. a 5 month old Mac Mini is in a right state after this update - there is no other reason than the latest security update. I've read all the forums on the subject and have yet to find a fix. The thing won't start up, the fan is working hard enough to cool Metallica's drummer mid set, and when I force it to start up, the finder freezes.
Not impressed.
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